Richland beacon., 1875-08-21
"GOin' Somewhere"

! M. Quad" Tie numOTIsI Vi tbc
Detroit Free Press, has been secured
as a regular contributor to the Hearth
and Home. He makes his first bow
to New York audience in a sketch
headed "Goin' Somewhere" as fol-
! lows:
He had been to uown-mcetine; had
once voyaged a hundred miles on
steamboat, and had brother who
had made the overland trip to Cali
/ fornia.
/ She had been to cuttings, funerals,
a circus or two, aud knew q woman
whose sister thought nothing of SET
ting out on q railroad journey where
she had to wait fifteen minutes at a
/ junction and change cars at a depot.
Sol found them-a cosy-looking
old couple, sitting up very straight in
their seat, and trying to look like old
railroad travellers. A shadow Of
anxiety suddenly crossed her face,
aJ1 she became uneasy, and directly
4, asked:
hPhiIetus, l act'lly b'leeve we've
sent and taken the wrong train"
i"It can't be, nohow," he replied.
Seeming q little startled. "Didnt l
ask the conductor, and didn't he say
five was right ~
"Yaas, be did, but look out of the
window and make sure. He might
have been lynn to us ~
The old man looked out of the
window at the fitting fences, the gal
Looping telegraph poles, and the un-
familiar fields, as if expecting to catch
sight of some old Landmark, and for
getting for moment that he was a
thousand miles from home.
81 guess we're all right, Mary"
be said, as he drew in his head.
ASK somebody-ask that man
there" she whispered.
"This is the train for Chicago, amt
it ?" inquired the old man of the pas
senger in the next seat behind.
"This is the train" replied the man.
"There! didn't say so 2" chuckled
the old gent.
at may bet may be !" she
replied obviously; "but if we are
carried wrong it won't be my fault
| say that We are wrong, and when
we've been led to some pirates cave
and butchered for our money, you'd
wish you had needed my words"
He looked out Of the window again,
opened his mouth as if to make some
inquiry of boy sitting on fence,
and then leaned back in his seat and
sighed heavily. She shut her teeth
together as if saying that she could
stand it if be Conld, and the train sped
along for several miles. He finally
said:
"Looks like rain over thar in the
west. / hope the boys hev got them
oats i'm
THAT makes me think of that
umbreller ?" she exclaimed, diving
her hand among the parcels at her
feet.
She hunted around for two or three
minutes, growing red in the face, and
then Strengthened up and hoarsely
whispered:
ats gone!"
"W-what?" be gasped.
"That umbrella!"
"Now
"Gone, hide and hair" she wen'
on, "that sky-blue umbrella which
have had ever since Martha died"
He searched around, but it was no
to be found.
"Waal, that's queer" be mused, a.
he Strengthened up.
, Queer! Not bit. I've talked tt
We and talked to We, but it does NJ
{ good. Ye come from a heedles.
family, and ye'd forgit to put on you
j boots, # didn't tell ye to-"
"None o. the Harrisons was .eve
: in the poorhouse !" he replied in
z cutting tone.
"Philetus-Philetus II. Harrison |!
s she continued, laying her hand on bi
5 arm. "don't ye dare to twit me of tina
s again. I've lived with We nigh on t
+ forty years, and waited on ye whe
" We had biles and toothache and th
l. collie, and when We fell and broke ye
9 leg. but don't push me to the wall
t, He looked out of the window, fee
If ing that she had the advantage {
b him, and she wiped her eyes. settle
e her glasses on her nose, and used u
IS the next fifteen minutes in thinking
y the past. Feeling thirsty, she reache
d down among the bundles, searche
a around, and her face was as pale {
I" death as she Strengthened back az
whispered:
. "And that's gone, tool"
10 "What now 2" be asked.
~ "That bottle with the cold tea
it!n
ats been stolen n he exclaime
looking around the car as If expectiI