Smyrna times., 1878-06-26
Too Late For the Train.

When they reached the depot, Mr.. Mann
and his wife gazed in unspeakable disap-
pointment at the receding train, which
was just pulling away from the bridge
switch at the rate OF a thousand miles a
minute. Their first impulse was to run
after it, but as the train was out Of sight
and whstling for Sagetown before they
could act upon the impulse, they remained
in the carriage and disconsolately turned
| their horses heads homeward.
| "It all comes of having to wait for q
woman to get ready" Mr.. Mann broke the
silence very grimly.
II was ready before you were," replied
his wife.
"Great heavens2" cried Mr.. Mann with
great impatience, jerking the horses jaws
out of place, ''iust listen to that And |
sat in the buggy ten minutes yelling at you
to come along, until the whole neighbor-
hood heard me-
Yes" acquiesced Mrs. Mann, with the
provoking placidity which no one can as.
sumo but woman, and every time |
started down stairs you sent me back for
something you had forgotten"
Mr. Mann groaned. "This is too much
to BEAR" he said, "when everybody knows
that if were going TO Europe, | would
just rush into the house, put on a clean
shirt, grab up my grip sack, and fly, while
you would want at least six months for
preliminary preparations, and then dwad-
die around the whole day of starting until
every train had left town"
Well, the upshot of the matter was that
the Manns put off their visit to Aurora
until the next week, and it was agreed
= that each one was to get himself or her
self ready and go down to the train and 60
and the one who failed to get ready should
be left. The day of the match came
around in due time. The train was going
at 1890, and Mr.. Mann, after attending tC
his business, went home at $40.
Now, then," he shouted, "only three
quarters of an hours time. Fly around
a fair field, and no favors, you know"
And away they flew. Mr.. Mann bulgeC
into this room and few through that one
J, and dived into one closet after anothe
with inconceivable rapidity, chucklinI
under his breath all the time to think hov
cheap Mrs. Mann would feel when h.
started off alone. He stopped on the wa
up stairs to pull off his heavy boots to say
time. For the same reason he pulled oil
his coat as he ran through the dinn
room, and hung it on the corner of a silve
closet. Then he jerked off his vest as h
ran through the hall, and tossed it on tn
hat rack hook, and by the time he ha
g. reached his own room he was ready t
plunge into his clean clothes. He pulle
out bureau drawer and began to paw {
the things like Scoth terrier after a rat.
Eleanor" he shrieked, "where are III
shirts?'
"In YOU bureau drawer" calmly reptile
Mrs. Mann, who was standing before
/, glass, calmly and deliberately coaxing a r
:, fractory crimp into place.
+, Well they ain'tr' shouted Mr.. Man
little annoyed. "I've emptied ever
thing out of the drawer, and there isn't
thing in it ever saw before"
Mrs. Mann stepped back a few pace
held her head on one side, and after sat
flying herself that the crimp would do, I
nj piled:
ey, "These things scattered around on Il
'n floor are all mine. Probably you haver
-- been looking in your own drawer"
81 don't see," testify observed Mr.. Man
"why you couldn't have put my things o
for me when you had nothing else to do
to the morning"
The the " Because" said Mrs. Mann, setti
ed herself into an additional article Of r
ith- ment, with awful deliberation, "nobo
All nut mine out for me. A fair field and
favors, my dear"
"a Mr.. Mann plunged into his shirt lik'
:. bull at a red flag.
"FoulW he shouted in malicious
umph, "no buttons on the neck"
"Because,' said Mrs. Mann, sweet
= after deliberate stare at the fidgeti
= . impatient man, during which she button
- her dress and put eleven pin9where ii
. would do the most good, "because }
have got your shirt on wrong side out"
\ When Mr.. Mann slid out Of the shirt