Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-01

1wo Oid l..iis. niner'd over small
Matter. bet the Rider WON.
Up on tho Delaware aud Hudson rail
road tho other day two nervous old ladies
climbed ON board tho south bound train
at Crown Point They were Of the Same
hd4ht. looked much iliko and both NJ
thum wore gOssamur rubber rloaks--
possibly under the vague impression that
cinder, melt They Gutteftd .niou scat
rear The door, evidently prepared for u
lms journey. When the bird cage, two
mtchelsuu1 three hoe boxes ofiuuchcon
had been properly slowed away. Tho two
ladies sat down IN unison, much a. It
pulled ou one string.
Beyond vigorous attack on The
luncheon an hour later they quietly de-
voted ihOir attention 20 the scenery I'M
I'll Albany was reached In the late aftor-
noon. That being the terminus Of tn,
road, The passengers started for the car
door us tho train Stopped but there
seemed 20 DO blockade Of .ume sort on
the platform II wasn't just exactly a
bl1alnici % was She twooli ladies from
Crown Point
Equipped with sltchels the bird Gag,
and the luncheon NOW reduced to ono
shoe boXl. they had led the procc. .ion &,
the door, but had succeeded IN getting
no farther, ~ tho train had run into the
station ON u middlo track, and thoy
could not agroo on which side OF the car
TO get oil.
II toll you. Janet. said tho old lady
with tho bird cage, with much dignity,
THAT this Il Che proper side. Il Is nearer
tho depot, and no doubt our train Sc clnss
BY. Como, don't DO obstinate. sister,"
sho added porsuaAvoly.
II viii not leave the ear un that side.T
declared the Othcr, holding mp the sho1
box and both saichcls ~ II foE a barri-
cade, which the iinpationt crowd within
tho car thought quito supuriluouB. III
You think I am going To career across
three tracks, she continued cnphatical-
ly, lin front u moving locomotives, and
rick ourselvcs and that precious bird,
then say, Hannah. you have lost your
senses: that's ALL
"Nou seem TO forget that an older
than you, Janet rcioincd tho other
with offended dignity
"That uay all DO. hut little good rs
done. Nou would have 5caudalikoi tho
whole family NJ Cousin Maria Sorcr'.
funeral up at the Cornors II | had not
inANod"--
'HcyT Whats the mnttrr;7 "shnk5
1t up Get orr came In chorus from
the impatient throng inside.
Sake aliyof calculated tho boligpr.
ent janet. for tho inst time olseryiug
the crowd in waiting. "Clm1 this way.
DO come" pleaded the other.
81 WON'T
"You must; insist cried the elder
sister, stopping hastily down to decide
the matter Thero was no further
chance for argument. Already the othot
passengers were pushing out So. with
an expression OF annoyance and fright,
tho second old lady tourist Joined th5
other aud tho two rubber g0s-uiucrs bo-
gan theirdeyious flight acrus. the tracks
and before waiting locomotives toward
tho station. They reached there Mt
lcugth. bat it was apparent that sume-
thing had happened.
ANiN NNNA H"t ANl'A hh NNF NNIAAhfA
screamed the younger sister ~ soon -
she could catch hlr breath.
You say you dropped IT, asked tbs
othor Ia troubled tones.
"Ycs' thar horrid engine lot on steam
and jumped | suppose dropped IL
then. Why can't engines hold their
steam till they yet cut In the country.
III like TO known
"Woll, mover mind. Janet, we can got
along said the other Goothingly
But do mind suppose, Hannah.
ought to be thankful that you and thu
bird arc safe but just to think" ahs
added, with almost sob, "tho whole OF
Aunt Lucinda's sponge cal.o gone, aud
we'yo only got 10 Albany"
And suro enough, some distance up
tho second truck, r,porng peacefully on
tho of rail, lay tho familiar green ont
line Of tho last shoe box. New York
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