Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-23
STUDIES AT TIE pEPoT.
The Great Trio--The Late Man, the Las
Man and the Left Man.

The Great Trio-The Late Man, the La
Man and the Left Man.
Whoever doubts the prevalence OF uni
gersal law has but to watch the depart
Ing trains from railroad depot. There
Is always late man, last man and
left man. They are readily distinguish.
able. However much they may differ in
physical attributes, the instant they
enter the magic region Of train they
are metamorphosed into their standard
types.
The late man heels and toes it along
the station platform under high pres
sure Indignation. 1t registers itself in
the shake of his head, the nervous
change of his grip sack from one hand
70 the other, his defiant stare at his
watch, bis challenging look at the con-
ductor, his go-ahead-if-you-dar glance
at the steaming locomotive, and the vol
ume OF assertions written upon his face.
that every thing else in TIE world lie
wrong excepting himself He places
his foot upon that train as If to hold it
fast until the last allowable second.
The last man has lost all starching
confidence; he has abandoned hope,
reason. Indignation. As he whirls
through the gate, like a gale around a
corner, he has but one purpose in life
to catch the very tip end of the rear
most portion of that train, if he has to
| chase it through all eternity. Going at
| his maximum speed, he takes no thought
Of life, its surroundings, it's troubles,
| its cares. His coat-tails and grip-sack
| might belong to another universe, in so
far as severance of knowledge of them
| from himself is concerned. Beyond the
| vision of smoke puffs and moving
mass ahead OF him, his wild stare takes
no cognizance. He is a wound up auto
maton with a grip sack and purpose.
The concentration of his thoughts
upon the moving engine would hypno-
tie it if it was susceptible to mesmeric
| laws. He cranes his neck forward; he
| projects his body as IL to hook on tc
something with his nose; he throws his
free hand ahead to its uttermost extern.
sion; he condenses every muscular
| power into a leg motion; he spurts
| There is frantic grab at the rear hand.
rail Of the train; jerk, swing and he
rides a block or so with the ratchet
edges of four steps holding him by the
back, his feet treading space in search
OF a foothold and his gsipsack anchored
to some friendly post on the last verter.
bra of the flying train.
The last man is o concentrated desire;
but the left man is an attenuated void.
The bydrant sign of plumbers shop is
an intellectual wonder and phenome.
nal acrobat compared to him. As the
train gate slams before him he comes to
statuesque halt. The speed Of his ar
rival and the suddenness of his stop,
shoots establishment to his face to leave
it there, fixed as mask upon wooden
god For an instant his skull is a
vacuity to which seed squash is as q
plethoric pudding. Then his allotment
of original sin swells to the occasion
with unimpeded fervor. He chances
stealthily about to see who is looking a.
him. Conscious of full dose of inward
depravity, he smiles with the benignity
of one who. having forgiven all ant
everybody, is ready to become a cherub
He quickly slips his gripsack behint
him, and with face set to catch sympa
thy remarks to the nearest stranger tina
he is much disappointed that the frien,
whom he came to meet did not arrive o.
that train. Seeking the nearest cor
ner, for the seclusion proper to swear
he loosens his safety-yalye and blow
off until all about him is blue.
Watch him. In few moments he i
an innocent Interrogation mark befor
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