The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-06-02
Too Late For The Train.
A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE.

When l reached the depot, Mr.. Man
and his wife gazed with unspeakable
disappointment at the receding train,
which was lust rolling away from the
bridge switch at the rate of thousand
miles a minute. The first impulse was
to run after it, but as the train was out
of sight and whistling for Sagestown
before they could act upon the impulse,
they remained in the carriage and dis
consolately turned the horses heads
homeward.
I" 1t all comes of having to wait for a
woman to get ready" Mr.. Man broke
the silence with, very grimly.
" was ready before you were," re-
piled his wife.
Great Heavens i'' cried Mr.. Man,
in irrepressible impatience, Jerking the
horses jaws out of place, just listen
to that And sat in the buggy ten
minutes, yelling at you TO come along
until the whole neighborhood heard
me-"
" Yes" acquiesced Mrs. Man, with
the provoking placidity which no one
can assume but woman, and every
time started down stairs YOU sent me
back for something you had forgotten. I"
MIR. Man groaned. " This is too
much to bear, when everybody knows
that if | 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 for preliminary preparations,
and then dwade around the whole day
of starting until every train had left
town.
Well, the upshot of the matter was,
that the Mans should put off their visit
to Aurora until the 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 lett. The day
of the match came round in due time.
The train was TO go at 1890 and Mr..
Man after attending to his business,
went home at As.
Now. then," he shouted, {" only
three quarters of an hour to train time.
Fly around fair field and no favors,
you know"
And away they flew. Mr.. Man bug
led into that room and rushed through
that one, ,and diVed into one closet after
another with inconceivable rapidity,
chuckling under his breath 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 of silver closet. Their
he pulled off his vest as he rushed
through the hall and tossedit on hook
in the Eat-rack, aud by the time he
reached his own room he was ready to
plunge into his clean clothes. He pulled
out bureau drawer and began TO paw
at the things like Scotch terrier after
rat.
Eleanor - he shrieked, where
are my shirts %
4" In your bureau drawer" calmly
replied Mrs. Man, who was standing
placidly before a gass, deliberately
coaxing refractory Crimp into place.
Well, by thunder, they amt 70
Shouted Mr. Man, a little annoyed. 1--WE
emptied everything out of the draw
er, and there isn't a thing in it ever
saw before
Mrs. Man stepped back q few PAGES
held her head on one side, and after
satisfying herself that the crimp would
do, and woald stay where she put it, re-
piled
These things all scattered around
on the floor are mine. Probably you
haven't been looking in your own
drawer"
" don't see," testify observed Mr..
Man, why you couldn't have put my
things out for me when you had noth-
ing else to do all the morning."
-" Because" said Mrs. Man, settling
herself into an additional article Of raj
ment with awful deliberation, ''nobOdy
puts mine out for me. A fair field and
no favors, my dear"
Mr.. Man plunged into his shirt like a
bull at red hag.
" Foul I" he shouted, in malicious
triumph. No buttons on the neck l''