The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-02
That Time Table.

running his thumb down the hSt OIL
towns on the time table and glaring
helplessly at the columns of figures
amy dear. the man must have given me
the wrong business. We can never get
anywhere with this
Lets see" murmured Mrs. SpOopen-
dyke. laying her hand on bis arm and
drawing the time table towards her.
There is boston Lv. Albany ar. $50
20 $40; that's PLAN enough
at is. is itg" snorted Spoopendyke.
abandoning the table and bending his
eyes on his wife. think that's plain
enough. do We? Show me how YOU
make it. If you've got this thing by
the tail wiggle it once for my informa-
tionT
why said the battered Mrs. Spoop-
endyke, "iust YOU add EN- together.
Aught's aught; four and three are
seven; eight and two's ten; put down
the aught and carry"
Garry swill to the hogs rOared
SpoOpendyke, bracing himself in his
seat and surveying his wife with mark
ed disapprobation. "That's about as
much as We know about anythingl
What's Boston got to do with itY What
interest has Lv. and Ar. got in this
thing? Got some kind Of a notion they
own the road. havn't ye? P'raps ye
think ones a tunnel and the others a
bridget Well. they amt, and they're
not half-baked females who don't know
a time table from a dog law Now yOn
let me figure this thing, if you don't
want to spend the balance of your life
on the road"
Certainly, DEAR" cooed Mrs. Spoop-
endyke. nesting up to her husband and
glancing around the car to see if he had
been overheard. You can make it out
If anybody can
Now, we started from New York at
1880 a. m.," continued ~Sp0opendyke,
"and we get to Buffalo at l2 30 a. m.
Then ~according.to this, we leave Buff
falo at 1875 and 12:40 for Chicago.
What | want to know is why we leave
Buffalo twice."
Il suppose it's to make sure of get
ting away from there" suggested Mrs.
Sroopendyke, fastening her thumb and
forehnger on the margin of the time
table with a death grip. Maybe the
engine leaves at 1885 and the last ear
at l2:40," she added, as the new explain
alton occurred to her. Anyway, it is
better to get away from there twice
than stay there altogether; don't you
think so, DEAR" and she looked up at
him conGdingly.
"S'pose anybody along the line of this
road knows what you are driving at?'
snarled Spoopendyke, hauling at his
end of the table. LET go, will yea En-.
CINE leaves at 1851 Last car leaves
ut 12 .4Oi That's the idea! 1t took you
TO hit It'll When ! get time to fit you
up with a c~ow-catcher and a schedule
of cut rates, I'm going to start an oppo'
Sltion road with you! Now you lei
this thing alone, will your
There it lsP' exclaimed Mrs. Spoop
endyke. flushing with another discov
cry. I've got it nowl You see, VT
arrive at Chicago twice-at 7:4O and al
z:40 again. Look at it here! OF course
we've got to leave Buffalo twice to ge'
10 Chicago tWiceW and Mrs. Spoopen
dyke settled herself back and regarded
the table with much complacency.
"Oh, you've got itl' roared Spoopen
dyke. That explains it! This railroad
is twinsl Leaves everywhere twice
and gets everywhere twice! Nobody
would eyer have found it but you! Al
you want now is a misplaced switcl
and a coroner!s inquest to be a through
trunk linel Can't you see that it's two
different trains that get in there a
7:402 S'pose they only run II train
on this dQdgasted road? Got a notion
that the same train goes both ways a
the same timer | know all about get
ting there as well as you do, but wha'
want to understand is how this measll
train leaves Buffalo twice. Got it now
Tank you've fathomed my design Oh
this time table,"
Perhaps there are twodlfferenttrain
out of Buffalo" hazarded Mrs. Spoopen
dyke.
Mr.. S~poopendyke deliberately tori
the time table into a thousand piece.
dropping them carefully under the seat
buried his hands in his pockets ant
glared out of the window.
"Idon't care" soliloquized Mrs. Spoop
endyke, "there can't be two trains ar
rive any where without. leaving som,
place, and, anyway, | suppose we'd &c
to Chicago just as well if we didn't I'm
derStand this Buffalo affair"
With such ~consoling reflection Mrs
S~poopendyke settled herself in her sea
and gave herself to considering how
that girl on the other side of the aisl'
would act if she knew how much he
laughter and loud talking with he:
escort offended the Yirtuous minded o
her sex.