Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-06-18
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CHILDREN's CORNER.

anu JcI IuOSe WDO hutW him OeoI WeIo
aware of great many blunders he had
made, because he was not wide-awake.
This is the way he described one of his
blunders. He was travelling from Buff
falo to New York, with his wife and
her sister, and stopped at Syracuse to
dine.
"The railroad depot IN Syracuse New
York; is centrally situated, and its east
ern and western entrances are exactly
alike, as much so as the two ends of
car. We all, my wife, her sister and
myself dined, and then escorting the
ladies to the Car and seating them
asked the conductor how many minutes
before the train started, and when he
replied, Just seventeen minutes, sir, l
thought l should have a nice time for
q stroll and look at the city. So 1
started off, and, after an absence of
thirteen minutes, having enjoyed de-
lightful walk. l was sauntering back,
watch in hand, when to my establishment
l beheld the train slowly gliding out at
the other end of the depot, and increas-
ing its speed at every puff of the gigan-
tic locomotive That was call that
admitted of no delay, and, as there was
no time for taking it into consideration
put off like skyrocket with double
fuse. For a moment l thought had it
all nay own way thought was gain
ing ground, although l knew l was los
ing wind. l was encouraged in the race
by sundry helpful fellows, who kept
crying out as l passed, Go it. CATERS y
'Plucky boy / he amt left, o mol and
other kind and we'll meaning expressions.
Though they intended, perhaps, helping
me over the course, | found that the
more they shouted the less inclined l
was to run, and the more decidedly did
the locomotive make visible Roadway
against me. To give up the chase; to
submit to the chagrin of being left; to
lose my party and my baggage; to meet
with disappointment, and not to meet
with friends, all this was bad enough
but the thought of meeting, all the way
back to the depot, that line of interested
individuals who, with their cheering ex-
CARNATIONS, had so feelingly encouraged
me on my outward journey, this was the
bitterest pill of the unexpected dose.
"But it must be done. So tapering
off gradually, l gave up the contest and
turned back to meet my fate, and-if l
could find him-the depot-master, whose
laundering statements were the cause of
all my troubles. Without any search,
that individual advanced to meet me,
with look which said most plainly,
We'll, you got left, did you 2 which l
returned with the resentment of a 'silenc-
ing eye, and if l looked as l tried to
then, my picture would never be chosen
to grace an album of eminent divines.'
Several bystanders, seeking information,
asked, with show of confidential inter-
est in my case, 'on what wise the thing
had happened and others, wishing to
point moral, advised me to be on hand
little earlier next time. With return
lug breath, relief and words came to-
gether, and | squarely charged the rail
road official with all the blame.
81 spoke of his incompetancy in no
measured terms, recalling how after l
had placed my party in the car he had
assured me that there were fully seven
teen minutes to spare before the train
went out. While here said l, with a
triumphant exhibition of my watch, the
seventeen minutes are now barely up,
and yet the train is gone and out Of
! sight 7 After no little hot-shot cast back
and forth, while the usual variations
and final perorations of You did and
! you didn't You're another, etc., l ask
ed him whether l would be risking an
! other chance of being left if depended
r upon him to give me the exact hour o.
the departure of the next eastern train
/" Eastern 7 exclaimed he.
Yes, Eastern l replied, with
a decidedly upward and sarcastic infection
? Why quoth he, the train you'v
e just been chasing with such good lucl
i wasn't an Eastern train, but the West
e ern expressY
D "With much interesting confusio
and excitement, l stammered out, The
where in Joppa is the Eastern train p
y "'There it is,' replied he, Just gel
u ting under weigh at the other end c
. the depot leg it, or you'll lose that
"If ever did make good time,
u made it then, | passed right through til
y depot like the wind. l felt as if 1 wa
Il all legs. One glance, however, at tb
= rear door Of the last car came near bein
III too much for me. l discovered IL
D. group of long-lost friends, whose form
7, and faces seemed bursting with poorl,
n suppressed and ill-timed mirth. The
- all had witnessed my chase after Il
:. wrong train; now fearful lest l shou
IL overtake it, and then rejoiced at n
50 evident lack Of strength, as my spe,
m began to slacken, and my chances wi
to the locomotive began to grow small
= degrees and beautifully less They h
y / Al Il i.