Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-12-07
NOT A RARE EXPERIENCE.
Tint of the Man Who Made Unnecessary
Haste to Catch His Train.

Haste to Catch His Train.
A man sat In nm uptown restaurant
the other afternoon eating what the
waiter called an egg omele.te." lie
was ut peace with all the world, and he
had plans for using that afternoon in
the pursuit of pleasure. just as he
buttered his last piece of toast mes
senger boy strolled into the room,
talked n moment with the cashier, and
then came over TO him. The messen-
ger boy handed the man telegram
The man tore it open and read mes
sage TO this effect
Cooperative that You should be in
Elmira at o'clock tonight"
The man read the message through
twice and then looked at his watch. 1t
was 3:O5 o'clock. lie jumped up,
rushed over to the cashiers desk, paid
his check, and hustled out to the
street He walked rapidly to ticket
Office on Main street. entered, and asked
for time table. He found that the
only train that would suit his purpose
left Buffalo at 4:05 o'clock. 1t was
then $40. The man decided that he
had time enough to go home, change
his linen, get his grip, and get back to
the train. He ran down Eagle street
and caught q Niagara street car. As he
climbed up the steps he saw by the
city hall clock it was 314 o'clock. The
conductor told him that it took sixteen
minutes to go to the corner of Massa-
chusetts street. where he wanted to get
off, and that, as it was Sunday, it was
probable that the car would get there
on time. He lived five blocks up from
Niagara street, and after some rapid
figuring, he decided that he could
make the rifle. The car reached the
corner of Massachusetts, streets two
minutes ahead of time. When the man
struck the ground it was exactly 1928.
He ran brislsly up the street After he
had gone three blocks he took off his
cuffs and unbuttoned his collar. He
unbuttoned his vest and also loosened
his suspenders. When he reached his
home he was practically ready for his
clean linen. He tore into the house and
| IOOhcu db lHc ClOCK' Liz HUuuS otOOu
Mt $3.50.
There was a wild paving through
bureau drawers, frenzied search
through cuff and collar boxes, grab
for grip and tumbling of hairbrush,
comb, nightshirt and one or two other
things into it, muttered curse or two
at refractory cuff button, and at 1858
the man was running toward Niagara
street block from that street he
heard q car coming Half way down
the block the car crossed the street.
The man sprinted, ran a block at top
speed, caught the car and sank breath
lessly into seat, not forgetting, how
ever, to look at his watch. He haG
made the journey in three minutes. 1t
was 3:4l o'clock. The car bowled along
at good rate OF speed. When it
reached the corner of the Terrace and
Main street the man had recovered his
breath, and it was 1857. He jumped off
the car, but was stopped by an ac-
quaintance and detained three minutes
before he could break away. Then he
thought that he would have to have
some cigars, and he entered a place
where they were sold and bought some.
He looked at his watch when he came
out of the door and saw that it was
4:01:30. Then ensued a mad race. He
reached the station and ran into the
ticket Office, noticing by the clock on
the wall that it was 4:04 o'clock.
+. Gimme ticket for Elmira!' he
gasped, throwing fve-dollar bill
through the window. The ticket sell
er was provokingly slow, and when the
man got his ticket it was just 4:O'
o'clock, time for the train to start
The man made two bounds and wa;
out IN train she'd lie saw his trair
standing over to the left and he rar
over to it like hundred-yard Splinter
He reached it in time, climbed on
dropped into seat and tried to get hi
breath. The train didn't start.
whats the matter?" asked the mar
Of the passenger who sat in the mex
seat. Isn't this train for the east?"
: S"Yes;" was the reply.
. Time for it to go, amt it,"
eyes; but we've got to wait forty-fiv,
minutes for connecting train from
the west"
And the man thought of his hustl
, and said, with much emphasis: "Well
I'm darned.' --Buffalo Express.