Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

The guard looked at my ticket and
told me / should have changed at
Crewe. ] had happened to be in the
only carriage which did not go through
to Liverpool without change. The
booking office was closed, the lunch
shed was also closed, and L could not
learn what 10 do in order TO get TO
Liverpool in time for my steamer,
which would start early aud promptly
at l o'clock the same day, 1t being now
past 10. An hour after ! heard a train
approaching and saw the window Of
the booking Office slowly open. With
my heart in my mouth, | inquired
when / could get q train towards Liver
pool. The agent said | could not get
TO Liverpool before 2 O'clock Wednes-
day, which, 1t struck me, would be- an
hour after my steamer had gone, and
TO run and catch up with a steamer
that has an hour the start is discourage
ing.
He told me to take the next train-at
l o'clock-which was then pulling In.
/ was just going to buy a ticket, but he
saw the one | still had, for the guard
did not take it up, and told me that !
did not need another ticket. This
struck me as very generous. for our
railroads make a passenger pay for his
ignorance by buying another ticket.
So with my old ticket / got abroard and
reached Liverpool not at 2 p. m. but AZ
9 a. M, aud slept till 9. However, |
was so scared for an hour that my scalp
turned perfectly white.
Last week l had an engagement for
dinner at 7 and concluded 10 90 by the
underground road. AS we stopped a
minute or W in one Of the stations, |
got out nimbly and bought a Pail Mall
magazine. The train was ust starting as
l got back and into my ear. IL turned
out, however, TO be another carriage,
for my umbrella, overcoat and speech
were not in the rack where | had left
them.
At the next station l got out and
tried another car In the brief time l
had to do 1t in, but 1t was not my car,
though II looked the same.
| did this all the way 10 my destina-
ton and then gave It up. | asked an
official what to do, for | was In evening
dress aud a soft cap. lie said the
quickest way would be to wait there
till my train came around again. Mean
time he would wire the guard to search
for the goods, while l t%elegraphed the
presiding officer Of the dinner that n
fatal accident had delayed me.
| waited all the evening in the cold
until my train made It's circle and a por-
ter brought me my stuff. That was one
of the best speeches l ever delivered.
| delivered il TO q messenger boy who
took il 70 the Office Of a morning paper
while | ate a brace OF Welsh rabbits by
nv lonely self and went home.
Another annoyance which seem 10
have a copyright on is my failure to get
money when / run short.
In Paris once / used up my letter OF
/ credit sooner than 1 had expected TO do
and asked the bank where / had drawn
nv non before TO draw by cable on
nv home bank. 1t was done before |
had time to feel the pangs OF hunger In
a grtat city aud among strangers.
But when 1 noticed here that was
getting down 10 where / did not have
! soyereigns enough for a quorum
went TO the bank where had been do
ing business and stated the case. The
cashier shook his head aud said, 1--WE
cash Brown Bros letters OF credit,
but we don't supply needy American'
nal a