The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-09
Catching the Early Morning Train.

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The early morning train from Dan
bury leaves at half-past g. This is a
very seasonable hour in the summer,
when people are stirring, birds carolling
their melodies, and the incense from the
newly awakened flowers filling the air
and inspiring the senses. But in the
winter time, with animal and vegetable
life dead, the air raw and chilly, the
matches mislaid, and gloomy darkness
wrapping the face of the earth, as if with
a pail, half-past 6 o'clock a. m. is very
unreasonable and disagreeable hour, and
the man who has occasion to leave home
on that train may easily be pardoned
the uneasiness unavoidable the day be-
fore. Our legal friend, Prince, received
information Friday which made it neces-
sary that he should be in New York be-
fore Saturday noon. He contemplated
the early start with some misgiving, and
determined to make the best prepare
ton for it by getting to bed early.
Some people would not have thought
of this, and remained up until their
usual hour, and either oversight them
selves, or have awakened unrefreshed or
depressed. Mr.. Prince went to bed at
8 clock, and got to sleep about half
past IL. When he awoke it was at the
earnest solicitation of Mrs. Princes
toes, which were digging vigorously into
his back, while Mrs. Princes hands
were otherwise engaged in his inter-
ests. Mr.. Prince jumped up at once,
and inquired the time, which Mrs.
Prince was not able to inform him
exactly, but was quite confident by the
general feeling and looks that it was
hard ON to car time. Mr.. Prince
snatched up his clothes at this, and flew
into the sitting-room, and straight-way
got into his clothes, and then examining
his watch, found that it was 10 minutes
past II. "By crackey," said Mr..
Prince, and Immediately returned to
bed, and encasing his head beneath the
clothes, preserved moody silence in
answer to Mrs. Princes inquiries. 1t
finally dawned on that excellent lady
that the hour was too early, and she
soon went to sleep. But there was nc
immediate sleep for her husband. He
felt gloomy and dissatisfied, and seemed
weighed down with the impression that
he was to miss the train in spite of all
he could do to avert the calamity. He
carefully reviewed his past life, arraign-
ing himself as student, lawyer, a
citizen, and husband, to see if there
was anywhere in his record an act, q
word, or thought, which by the finest
ingenuity could be distorted into crime
for which this losing the train might be
considered fitting judgment. But in
vain he went over the past for such q
provocation, and finally assigning the
cause to dispensation of fate none OF
us can avert, he, too, fell asleep. WheI
he awoke again he found Mrs. Princes
toes at his back, and Mrs. Princes
hands on his shoulders, and Mrs Princes
voice in his ear, and vivid impression
on his mind that the train had gone, OF
that the whistle would sound before ht
could get out of bed. But he arose ant
hurried into the sitting-room with .
show to interest, and drawing on hi
clothes, again consulted his watch will
an air of desperation, and ascertainet
that it was just o'clock. He didn'
say By crackeyl ~ this time. But it il
no matter what he said. He skippe,
back into the bedroom without any los
of time, and appeared before Mrs
Prince with lamp in one hand, and
lot of clothes in the other, and with
good deal of fire in his eye. But h
blew out the light in silence, snd thel
getting back into bed, gloomily urge,
her not to do that again or her officious
, ness might cost her pain. The mex
time he aroused himself. 1t was
o'clock This was little earlier thai
was absolutely necessary, but for fea
of missing the train, he remained up
First carefully dressing himself, h
kindled the fire in the kitchen, an
, thoughtof the excellent breakfast he wa
to carry with him, while Mrs. Prime
, lay and slept. At halfpast 7 she awok
of her own accord, and finding tn
broad daylight streaming into the win
dow, jumped up with sincere regret tina
Prince had gone without warm break
fast, and pictured to herself during tn
toilet, the aching void he would carr
with him through the streets of the me
; tropolis. Then she thought of his vexs
} ton, and the tears came into her eyes
And then she went into the kitchen, an
was struck motionless at the sight be
; fore her. For there was Prince with
3 carpetbag clutched tightly in one HAND
and roll of legal documents in tn
other, sitting bolt upright in a chair
fast asleep. Astonished and confuse
! by this spectacle, and hardly KNOWN
) what she was doing, Mrs. Prince &c
the woman in the other part of the hous
to arouse Mr.. Prince, while she stol
: over to her mothers to see about som,