The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-14

y ~ S. I they
s;sall & sficlss a,,,, ,,a;,.
rugs their SD s.,as f, q; .,s =
strapiood uss ana their iianSI baps ST.
tails, 80 sss' sliss,r t5 ani-
hey sat down together. and ~
3, osas ms watch, remarked easily
s.Is They had plenty Of time, and M m
osnsf sag ti,at it was s'beastly to be SO
carry don't you know, with ali tbe TAI.
lows That are borcs, you know. lanc-
ing around TALKING to Won for honrs :.
ss1aa enc sis1-xi sail: Yes. and Che plant,
vas ;siWsfs. 60 cholscd with the visitors
you ceuiSlia + lad your statc-room with
ous q lot of fuss,' and that : ataamar
inc noar before she sailed was tho best
place Tor pic.1poclscss in the world and
that nc never wanted to. be ON hard
fifteen minutes before the panr,,la,,,-
was drawn in. sN''--A>
Meanwhilc the boat had drawn ont
and was putting on steam to cr,,s,, bo,
way through the ice. The three oen.
siemanly fellows had done evervti5ino,
just as they he'd meant to, and were
ocautlfglly satisfied with themselves
put shey Gid net seem to know . orrc,t
deal about ice in the North river. pref
y soon the boat stopped that is, she
ceased to go forward. and. as ono Of .bo
passengers said, began to. chaw on thu
lce." The ice did net seem to mind #
nor at iirst did the three occan-bound
travellers. I.ut time went en- and the
boat didn't. and after awhile it BEGAN.
to strike Thorn tll4t this, was {, bad com
oination, and that IL it kept ND long
enough it might be inconvenicnt. One
went out OF the cabin, saying he was
gong to :, ind somebody to ask about
things. This Napolconic measure did
not perceptibly increase our al but inn
pcrceptiblc progress. When he cane
back the three looked at each other
very blankly, then Glcl- locked at their
watches and looked blarl.or. They did
not seem to find much consolation in
conversation. They began trampinc
about aneasily. One discovcrcd that
from window they could sec their
steamer lying at her dock. They all
stared ct her in turn long and earnest
~. Still the boat chawcd on the ice.
The mutterings of profanity could be
heard from theironcc gentlelnanly lips.
At last tic boat forged ahead for q few
feet, and the trio in woe looked each
other in the face and smiled once more.
When progress again stopped cad The
Il 1L,J
was worse than their first When finally,
by bacl1ings anlstartings and many ma
neuvers that all consumed time, we gotir-
to the clear water, they looked ten years
older than they Gid when we left New
York. Never had a trip to Europe usedup.
moro vitality in tic same length Of time.
They tried to exchanges few words
about the imrrobability Of the steamer
leaving exactly on time, but their voices
seemed to sticl. i'll their threats, and it
was plain to any man with watch in
his pocket andscn advertisement of the
line in his paDci that they were still
left, even il the, steamer should be :.
good many minutes late.
When at last VIC got in they had their
measures ;,rrangcd for the best fight
they could make. They had. taken all
their traps and bags TO some cmployc
on the ferryboat to keep till called for,
only putin, il their pockets some small
things fro!=: t,,cir contents, for carriages
and laci::s; &c not common around that
part CT ;iofc;,cr, ai,;l they were wise
enough to prci,:::.: ! . run that they
soon took. They .;t:ll..l from the boat
at very nearly tuil speed, in spite of
cheerful y,v::.s,...a.i,.e;;s from their fellow
passengers, ilawsboys and others to
save then Wind.
Ai,umE>a Ct thcm followed alta lesser
speed to see how t,,c3- c::lnc out, A cry
of "Stap thieii::' W., raised by an unen-
lightsIed silob.,:;,,s::.:l:,, but he was
cholscd OH. To .:?.rev scntlcmanly fell
lows wcrc for It's time hardened to all
the slirss ana arrows Of outrageous
torture. So5 SO when one Of them had
to come back. done lie was shorter
and latter taan Lis companions; they
few over tic wfavcriag gangplanl1 just
Us it was trembling On the very point OF
rctircnacnt from public service. He
didn't. lie returned asaid expressions
of sympathy from the Interested popu-
lace to l.o,t 10 TAG nl2a Tat had all
their thin -, I'D WITH plenty of time TO
consider what he'd do next.