Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-28
Catching the Morning Train.

| find that one of the most serious OBJ
jections to living out of town lies in the
difficulty experienced in catching the
early morning train by which l must
reach the city and my business. 1t is by
no means q pleasant matter, under any
circumstances, TO have ones movements
regulated byn time table; and to be OBJ
liged to rise 10 breakfast and TO leave
home at certain hour, no matter how
strong the temptation to delay may be.
But sometimes the horrible punctuality
of the trains is productive of absolute
suffering. For instance: look at my
watch when get out of bed, and find
that have apparently plenty oftime, SO
| dress ieisurely and sit down to the
morning meal in frame Of miad which
is calm and serene. Just as crack my
first egg hear the down train from
Wilmington. start in alarm and TAX
ing out my watch compare it with the
clock and find that 1t is eleven minutes
slow, and that have only five minutes
left in which to get to the depot.
Just as get to the gate | find that !
have forgotten my dpster and the bundle
my wife wanted me to take up to the
city to her aunt. Charging back / snatch
them up and tear down the gravel walk
in fr-nzy. do not like to run through
the village it is urdignifed and it at
tracts attention but walk turiously.
20 faster and faster as get away from
the main street. When half the dis
tance is accomplished 7 actually 10 heaI
the whistle; there can be no doub
about it this time. ] long to run, but
know that if l do will excite tha
abominab!e speckled dog sitting by tn,
sidewalk little distance ahead Of me
Then l really see the train coming
around the curve close by the depot, anC
I feel that L must make better time snC
I do. The dog Immediately manifest
an interest in my movements. He tear
! after me and is speedily joined by five o.
six other dogs, which frolic about ny
legs and bark furiously. Sundry. smal
boys, as go plunging past, contribute Z
the excitement by whistling with thei
fingers, and the men who are at worl
upon the new meeting house stop to loOl
at me and exchange jscular remarks
with each other. do feel ridiculous
but must catch that train at all hazards
| become desperate when | have t.
slacken my pace until two or three wo
men who are standing upon the side
butter, scatter to let me pass. j arrive
within few yards of the station will
my duster flying in the wind, with m!
coat tail in hor zontal position, ant
with the speckled deg ripping at IN.
heels, lust as the train begins to move
put on an extra pressure, resolving t.
I get the train CT perish, and reach i
just as the last car is going by. l seiz
the hand-raib l am jerked violentl.
around, but finally, after desperate ei
fort, / get Upon the step with my knees
, and am hauled in by the brakeman, hot
dusty, and mad. with my trousers tori
across the knees, my legs bruised, ant
three ribs of my umbrella broken.
Just as / reach comfortable seat il
the car the train stops and then back
UP On the siding, where it remains 70
half an hour while the engineeS repair
dislocated valve. The anger whic
burns in my bosom as reflect now upe
what has proved to have been the foil
of that race, is increased as | lock out {
the window and observe the speckle
: dog engaged with his companions in a
alteration over a bone. A man VIII
permits his dog to roam about the street
nipping the legs of every one who hal
pens to 60 at more rapid gait than
: walk, is unfit for association with civilii
ed beings. He ought to be placed on
desert island in mid-ocean, and be con
PEELED to stay there. Max Adeler.
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