The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-30
THE MAN WHO "HADN'T TIME"
Illustrative Of a Great Many Men.
BY MARY HARTWELL.
(Author OF A Woman in Armor.J

duced on this soil. Whether he has more
remote ancestors, Bangs never had time
to ascertain.
He entered this world on business, and
meant to make the most OF his term.
Ready for college in his twelfth year,
he charged through that institution Ike a
mad bull, carrying the honors on his horns
Bangs had made up his mind what line
of business he would pursue, in that early
period circumstances obliged him to waste
in his mothers lap. SO he made flying
trip through the States, gathering force as
he went, and landed plump in an editorial
chair, where he began to SCribble before his
coat skirts fell from the breeze. "Liie is
short" said Bangs; mo time to waste in
ton-ioolery of any sort. Business is the
word"
1t is a historical fact that Bangs married.
Whether he caught his bride ION the fly"
or took her in business way as part pay
for his paper from some overloaded papa,
ask me not. lie certainly never wasted
anv time in courtship | cannot imagine
Bangs lingering under a window touching
the light guitar. | cannot imagine love
letters written by lightning. | cannot quite
see him in my minds eye with one leg
bent in supplication and the other rushing
off for marriage license.
Let US merely state the case as it ap-
peared. Yesterday there was no Mrs.
Bangs. To-day, presto, Mrs. Bangs there
is She must have been an amiable woman
though Bangs never had time to asccr
tain whether she was or not for she Of
icred no opposition TO that electric fluid,
Bangs; and she made an excellent mother
of his little kilograms. The only drawback
to their felicity was, that Bangs saw so
little of his family, he had occasionally to
seek fresh introduction.
1t was a beautiful and instructive sight
to see Bangs in his office. Bristling with
uuills, he suavely entertained a caller
scratched leader with his right hand, and
suuibs on his brother editors with his left;
simultaneously and at the same time"
scanning his favorite politicians speech
and stamping applause of the same with
one foot, while he dismissed bad typo
with the other.
lie went through his morning mail like
buzz-saw. Z-z-z-sizzle! A cloud Of let
tiers and envelopes-stamps settling on re-
plies like swallows on barn-it was dis
posed of. He would peruSe with one eye
Iln, a. 49,, (''IS I,,,l .m e,,no,,ira bnr
'iI, y - i, Sy,,a coIIod Ill ths ,ro,7e,, in
w. ~ "L Inoa t9',p Aro;st tbat tyrant NAN 70 Stand
I,'u i ~, iS'ttnrioss ristbSnds wave In
melancholy DER her grave" And with his
other eve Bangs would devour the Hon
NJ C.'s letter relating TO some important
public movement, while in the same breath
he would veil, "ConfOund that womanl
rh,,a,.Ia T,n, ie uIs;no . si- vor,, fnar,
Indaod io,,;ncr ti,e horan,o some,yha,
l''teII' '"aalS pm ,'r'o Iin aar ,an,
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a,t'aI, a., ,1,o,'thC,L his eecond a. ,,o ne,t
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anu n, tlls" ,, ooteu io' Iii .tI % o c nan, Inn in
i''S'o''' 'e"''''s " ''l'N' ""' f'N'''
behind him.
no IlVinS pore, NOT even. even nc ,,.t,e nt9 '. +ha
agents WIN Mliat P't'tII -,
since one oi 'llose ~
me lor my premium @ t,l' my; n;5"''l hos eye e
ilis 'i'os''Ii -i.i.l''", ~ pon , i;r N
hanoS @ on d lnilautG nt,;,. o' tnr can" .ane ~
tl"lil NePl nm M''i|ts ~ u ~ W"Ii r.
cent hy tcIegranh
When BANGS had t, attend party, h
,rada commitments and nnnned ~,-Ials
with the same breath, lie once saved tim
amazingly in his own family by buryin
three children at once.
Now Bangs had so well invested h
o days that public emoluments and plum
generally were coming to his hand; h
future looked rich, and his time more pr,
tiono I'l"' Gnen maen 0iN VIZ '. s, Rana
o'.n.si,,ni 'neG oi n,i Hid Ti,ne said
1utsu ii'p,t>s ''l'',' r,i,,
- ih'ilSSn' ~" MI Ic -, l;' ~, l'a tt,ua
" g DIS o'o - -, oo ne ii,eo ~ ~ va ~
Score' he II iooh iiNe ''ly Si"i'ul"'i'el' a. a.
d tLon can f,rnieb This viii never DO
= = t''an =, car, luri'lsi; ilIis M'ii noNI, W
u saia Ola lime 90 ne spec OUT Dang
blows.
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Ddtns nas ;,o "a; ", a'ro "t his ~
g ootJ .,,to,di,,o.ps
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lie "i,t nCSo, =, n ,,,L -. ayyhons ay smo9sted ~
n DS, ou.'f .'f'0"Ne'' p.'''"P'' ''ee u
K ''0o'0''
"Not any shooting,it you please Doc' 70
u No, not gunpowder. Let II DC d pm J
prefer. l only stipuIate tnat you cure
without wasting my tlile'
r. "Sir,n said the Doctor, "you must
here and rest, neither doing nor thinkir
simply being. You must rest or you v
, die You have used Yourself up shan
ia fnIly, sir. You have destroyed with'
ca h,iidino up-you-"