The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-14
A RACE FOR THE TRAIN.

When they reached the depot Mr.. Man
and his wife gazad with unspeakable dis
appointment at the reeeding train,
which was just pulling away from the
bridge switch at the rate of thousand
miles minute. Their first impulse was
to run after it, but as the train was out
of sight and whistling for Sagetown be-
fore they could act upon the impulse,
they remained in the carriage, and dis
consolately turned the horses heads
homeward.
at all comes of having to wait for
woman to get ready" Mr.. Man broke in
with, grimly.
81 was ready before you were," ," replied
his wife.
"Great. heavensp cried Mr.. Man, in
irrepressible impatience, jerking the
horses jaws out of place, "just listen 20
thatl And / sat out in the buggy ten
minutes, yelling at you to come along
until the whole neighborhood heard
mer
YES" acquiesced Mrs. Man, with the
provoking placidity which no one can as
sumo but woman, "and every time l
started down stairs you sent me back for
something you had forgotten"
Mr.. Man groaned.
"This is too much to BEAR" he said,
"when every body knows that if l was
going to Europe would just rush into the
house, put on clean shirt, grab up my
grip-sack, and fly; while you would
want at least six months preliminary
preparations, and then dawdle around the
whole day before starting, until ever
train had left town."
Well, the upshot of the matter was
that the Mans put off their visit to Au-
rora until next week, and it was agreed
that each one should get him or herself
ready, and go down to the train and go,
and the one who failed to get ready
should be left. The day of the match
came around in due time. The train was
to go at 1890, and Mr.. Man, after
attending to his business, went home at
9:45.
"Now, then," he shouted, only three
quarters of an hour till train time. Fly
around; fair field and no favors, you
know"
And away they few. Mr.. Man bulged
into this room. and rushed through that
one, and dived into one closet after an
other with inconceivable rapidity,
chuckling all the time to think how
cheap Mrs. Man would feel when he
started off alone. He stopped on his
way up stairs to pull off his heavy boots
to save time. For the same reason he
pulled off his coat as he ran through the
dining room, and hung it on corner O.
the silver closet. Then he jerked of hi
vest, as he rushed through the hall, and
tossed it on hook in the hat-rack, and
by the time he reached his own room, h
was ready to plunge into his clear
clothes. He pulled out bureau-drawer
and began to paw at things like aScotcl
terrier after rat.
Eleanor p he shrieked, "where ar,
my shirts %
"Inyour drawer" calmly replied Mrs
Man, who was standiag placidly befor
glass, calmly and deliberately coaxinl
a refractory crimp into place.
, "Well, by thunder, they ain'tl
t shouted Mr.. Man, little annoyed. "Pv
| emptied every last thing out of tn
5 drawer, and there isn't thing in i
) that ever saw before"
Mrs. Man stepped back few PAGES
held her head on one side, and after sat
isfying herself that the crimp woul'
do, and would stay where she put it, re
piled:
, "These things scattered around tn
floor are all mine. Probably you haven
been looking in your own drawer"
, 81 don't see," testify observed MI
Man, "why you couldn't have put m.
= things out for nae when you hadn't moth
Ing else to do all morning"