Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-19
A Time for Hurry.

| WV oAiie" "a . us'1CH IfulOck. AOe young
man was faultlessly dressed in pair OF
brown overalls, "boiled Shirt" an old
straw hat and broadcloth coat and huge
boots that hadn't seen backing since
thee days before the Christian era, and
ne carried wagon whip in his hand
ihe young lady was little more cab
orately attired, bnt her toilet was also
rather lll-assorted and bore indications of
great haste In its arrangement AS thew
entered the Office the young woman looked
out OF the window and back at the Justice
and out OF the window again. The young
man slammed the door shut with bang
like Rodman gun, felt for the KEY and
not finding it backed up against the door,
braced his feet firmly on the floor and
said in hoarse whisper:
Gall right, .jedge fire away! I cot to
be nome before dark, and I've got seven
teen miles to drive. an powerful bad
roads; hain't a minute to spare. Shoot
Qer off!''
We'll, but see here" began the justice,
Il DON'T"
Hang it all, squirrel said the young
man, shutting his feet in nervous anx-
lety. Don't so for to asking questions;
just bang away, it's all right, i tell you;
go ahead, SQUIRE"
The young woman fateened her nose
against the window, and transferred a
large clean spot to the dingy glass and !.
very dirty one Of corresponding size to
the end of her nose as she tried to look
two blocks down the street and around
the corner
ooh Sam" she whispered, wringing
her hands, tell him to huryy!"
''Gaul dang it!'' whimpered the ex
cited young man, lifting his feet in rapid
attenuation, as though the floor was
hot 'ttats what I'm trying to do. Saw.
quare,' he added pieadlngly, crush
along, Won'tye? Shove her ahead, squire;
talk 1t right off jest as short an quick as
the lawn let ye; give 'em the CAD, squire,
an, let EN- go. Say, squire?"
The amazed justice looked from one to
the other of the young people in speech
less wonder. Why, certainly" he said
SIT you'll only collect yourself and tell
me-
Squire" exclaimed the young fellow,
VITA solemn earnestness, "lll tell We
everything, every blamed thing, I swan
to jude | will, as soon as it's over with.
it yell only stave ahead and finish the
business fust. I'll tell ye the hull thing
from the very start, can't I,Elviry?" And
the girl turned from the window and
Kicked him and blushed at him. "She
means yes, SQUIRE said the young man,
1alrly dancing with excitement; s.Go
ahead with the papers, squire. Drive on,
squire, land o. Goshen, squire, what air
3e waitin' fur? Why
The justice interrupted him, and made
one more effort to ascertain what these
excited clients wanted.
well, he said, ''ler us make a start
anyhow. WHAT
Inc young woman stopped tying knots
IN her bonnet strings, (she was maxine.
at low calculation, about sixteen knots q
minute), and looked around, and the
young fellow shouted:
"Them's the ticks, squirrel Keep her
agoln' now right at that gait, IAN we'll
git through like one o'clock. Go ahead,
ledger
what" asked the justice, at the first
opportunity, ''what is your name?''
Blank disappointment settled down
| over two faces like summer cloud.
S'Je-roo zalum. ledger shouted the
young fellow, while the young woman
burst into tit of hysterial weeping.
ITS enough to drive a fellow crazy
what dye want to stop an talk gossip
FUR when you see I'm in seech an all fired
hurry! Why squire roozlum!'
And he jumped clear into the middle
OF the room as heavy tread on the stairs
terminated IN tremendous kick against
the door,
Inc next instant an elderly man, who
never had taste OF anti-fat in his life
VINO was about three ieer broad at the
shoulders, who was wheeling so terrifcal- |
~ that he couldn't speak, and carried a |
Walking stick that looked like the tiend
OF DEATH walked into the room a step or
two and halted, gazing at ustice TruIock.
the girl and the young man in turn. as
undecided which of the three to immo
late first, while the justice gazed upon
the singular tableaux with unutter-
able feelings. Finally the old man,
with terrific snort of defiance, made a
step toward the young man, who eluacd
MN by lodging nimbly behind the JUS
tlce's desk; then the old party captured
the weeping girl, tucked her arm inside
his own and tramped wrathfullv down
tie stairs and SO out Of sight. The
young man followed slowly, after peep
ng out OF the window, with infinite
caution, to see that the old man was not
lying III ambush at the foot of the stairs;
as ne passed out at the door he turned a
mourntul glance on the justice, and said
pathetlcally:
''See what we've did, jedge; dad slam
the thunderin' luck, see what we've been
an done with your gol twisted prevari-
cashin. But I'll bet you a woke of rel
steers LII marry that gal yit, if I've got
to git up at one o'clock in the mornin' to
do it. Dog gone it, jedge"-
But he was down the stairs and out of |
hearing, and it seemed to Justice Trulock
that the office felt quiet and little lone
some when they had all gone away
Burlington Hosokeye.
One man described to me his night of
peril--twclve hours in the water clineinc
to the mast, after a day of great labor,
beat about by winds and waves One of
their number was washed away. 1--WE
threw him rope and would have dashed
him to the mast, but he was too weak to
hold on" SHOW did you feel when you
saw him going down?' some one asked.
"Oh, did not mind much, for 1 thought
we must all go soon: l did not believe
we could hold out long, for every time
the waves 1olled up we had to duck our
heads under water so as not to be swept
off," He stopped talking for minifte as
it it were more than he cared to think
about, and then ne said: ''But that man
was the only single man amongst us. He
had no wife and no children and that is