The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-26
4 Trip Under Difficulty.


On Thursday last a party Of ladies
boarded the morning &. \. Il l.. train
for Columbia to witness the conSecra-
ton of Bishop Capers.
THE DAY BEFORE.
The schedule and programme seemed
to have been arranged To suit their par
ticuIar trip
The train, you know, comes at 7.30,
and services begin at ll.3O."
I'VE will have time to spare III the
city, loo.'
The train always comes on time,
and it will return in the afternoon at
such convenient hour for us"
Isn't it just splendid?"
1T is the very thingW
So they put their several heads to-
gelher aud it was all mapped out.
1t is no everyday business for half
dozen or so Of the gentler sex to take
an early morning train. 1t requires
little brisk moving about to keep up
with the procession, else an odd glove
will be left dangling behind, and this
or that accompaniment not be IN time
with the lead. This is imaginative
on the part of the writer, but he thinks
it fits the bill in any similar case.
THE DAY OF THE TRIP.
The depot is finally reached in good
time, tickets bought, everybody and
everything ready, including lunch
(for they were very independent: they
would eat their luz ch-for-dinner while
waiting on the afternoon train at the
Columbia depot. But the strange
perversity of fate-the train is late.
And then comes the train of anxiety.
If you ever want to see the scene at
Babers tower re-enacted, just he at a
depot uuder like conditions. This is
not cimagipa,ive-but it also applies to
any such party in the same circum-
stances
ut is too bad"
THAT old train was on time yester-
day and every other day."
"Of all days, why it should be late
to day is mystery TO me-"
II just can't understand it,"
Mortal man cannot comprehend the
suspense of waiting one hour on a
train at such a time. That is, silent
man cannot. It takes woman-real
live woman-to appreciate the sltua-
ton.
The train came. But she didn't go
not right away. The very irony of
destiny! She shifted, she shifted, sae
shifted.
"Why should the train have so
much shifting to do on this especial
day, would like to know?"
II declare, it is too provoking!'
After so long time-ages to them
tke train did manage to start; but the
little party had heavy doubts and
trembling fears that they would at last
miss the view they longed to behold.
The train might be side-tracked; it was
likely that it would be. Then there
would he weeping and wailipg and
gnashing" for fact. $50 near and yet
so far,n when miss would be worse
than 43 miles.
Conductor George Bishop had not
more than stepped into the coach be-
| fore he was aware that be had hot
box on hand. He just had to get them
to Columbia in time; there was no use
talking about it, they were obliged to
be at Trinity church at l1.30. They
impressed the fact so vivid!y upon the
captain that he sent word to his en-
gineer of the hot water be was in.
Well, to make a long story short,
the train and her obliging and ener-
getic crew did their level best, and all
hands got to Columbia in time, but
| with not minute 60 spare.
That was one time at least that
this train was on the accommodation
line; and if ever a conductor and his
engineer were appreciated it was then.
And peace reigned for the space of a
| few seconds. NEEDLE.