Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30

9:15 she Is before the glass pulling down
the short curls under the brim OF her
new hat, and wondering If there will be
time to curl over the little wisp Of hair
on her left temple. 1t is so damp this
morning she is sure it will never stay in
curl until she gets there. and dear Mrs.
Browns son Charlie is such an admirer
of curlst
Peremptory call of:
Carriage at the door, ma am, scant
time! Hurry up"
Oh, dear! what does make hackmen in
such hurry; Where's her veil. and her
gloves, and her parasol?
The escort, meanwhile, has converted
himself into pack mule, and staggering
under the weight of her few necessary
things is trotting his toes impaticntly on
the hall oil.cloth and wondering what
does make women so long getting ready.
She comes down at last, all smiles and
apologies. With her foot on the car
rage step she discovers that she must
have her crochet needle, and some
worsted and the pattern of her cousin
Fanny's tidy
She goes back for them, and takes
parting glance in the mirror, and hurries
out with the worsted trailing behind
her.
She bnttons her cuffs in the carriage,
and gets her escort 10 put the crochet
needle in his pocket, where presently it
viii work loose and stab him in the re-
gion OF the pit Of his stomach; and she
gets on her veil and feels in her pocket
to see ii she has got her porte monnaie,
and by that time they are at the depot.
The train is there before them. There
is no time for tickets. The escort stun
bles on board as best he can, making a
futile attempt to assist his companion.
He drops some packages as he makes his
advent into the cur, for the train starts
just as he reaches the door
The treachcrous paper bursts, and the
lunch, and the Florida water, and dressing
sacque roll on the floor
He picksup the sandwiches and dough-
nuts as if they were counterfeit money,
and huddles that sacque out of sight AS
quick a. possible
She looks on, and wonders why men
will be so awkward
The bundles all fixed they settle them
selves on scat together She wants the
window open. II is SO close in the car.
He opens it. Then she wants it shut
because the cinders get in her eyes He
shuts IL.
Then, won't he please count her bun
dies 70 make sure that they are all there
He counts. Then she must have the
window open again. She is suiiocatiug
He opens it. Then she wonders if this
Is really the . 80 train. Yes, he tells her.
L. he sure that it is the right road Quite
sure
Does he think the boiler will be likely
to burst, Oh, mol 1t never burst in the
world 1t il the safest boiler on record!
Then those railway car nuisanccs, the
peddler boys begin to come. She pities
them, they look so threadbare, and she
buys something every time--oranges, APP
plies, peanuts, bags of popped corn, pho.
tocrapbs. prize stationery packages, and
so on. Her escort has to find pockets to
put them in
And by this time the bundles have to
be looked over, and just as she has set
tied herself 70 read they reach their
journey end, and the difficult process
Of discriminating takes place.
We draw a curtain over it. Every gen
tlcmau, who has ever travelled with Ii
lady, knows al about it,-Hatc IIo,R, an
Nac lork WeeiRy