Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
1T WAS IMPERATIVE.
He Had to Go Away and Was Bound O.
Catch the Train.

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Catch the Train.
From the Buralo Express.
A man sat in an uptown restaurant on
Sunday afternoon eating what the waiter
called an EGG omelette" He was at peace
with all the world and he had plans for
using that afternoon In the pursuit Of pleas
ure.
Just as he buttered his last piece OF toasa
messenger boy strolled into the room.
talked a moment with the cashier and then
came over to him. The messenger boy
handed the man q telegram. The man tore
It open and read q message to this effect:
imperative that you should be In Elmira
at 8 O'Clock tonight"
The man read the message through twics
and then looked at his watch 1t was 80
o'clock. He jumped up. rushed over TO the
cashiers desk. paid his check and hustlel
out to the street He walked rapidly TO Q
ticket ONCE on Main street. entered and
asked for time table. He found that the
only train that would suit his purpose LEFT
Buffalo at 4s6 O'Clock II 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 a Niagara street
car. As he climbed UP the steps he saw by
the city hall clock Il was S:l4 O'Clock. The
conductor told him that IL took sixteen min
uteS 10 10 10 Ine corner OF MdS6&cluSftI0
street where he wanted TO get on. and
that, as IL 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 Massachu-
sets street two minutes ahead OF time.
When the man struck the ground n was ex-
actly s:2s: He rn briskly up the street:
After he had gone three blocks he took or
his cuffs and unbuttoned his collar. He un-
buttoned his vest also and loosened his sus-
penders. When he reached his home he was
practically ready for his clean linen. He
tore into the house and looked at the clock.
The hands stood at 3:Ss.
There was a wild paving through bureau
drawers. a frenzied search through cuff and
ling of hairbrush. comb. night shirt and one
or two other things into It. muttered
curse or two at a refractory cuff button ana
at 3:3s the man was running toward Mag
heard a 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 breathess into q seat. not
forgetting. however. TO look at his watch.
He had made the journey In three minutes.
II was 3:l O'Clock.
The car bowled along at O good rate OF
speed. When Il reached the corner OF the
Terrace and Main street the man had re-
covered his breath and II was S:57 He
jumped of the car. but was stopped by an
acquaintance 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 IL was 40l.3o. Then ensued q
mad race He reached the station and ran
into the ticket Office. noticing by the clock
on the wall that IL was 4!e4 O'Clock. Gin
me a ticket for Elmirai" he gasped. throw
ing a IS bill through the window. The tick
ct seller was provokingly slow. and when
the man got his ticket IL was just 4:06
o. clock time for the train to start
The man made two bounds and was out
I'm the train shed. He saw his train stand
ing over to the left and he ran over TO II
like a hundred-yard sprinter. He reached
n in time climbed on. dropped into a seat
and tried TO get his breath. The train
didn't start.
whats the natter asked the man OF
the passenger who sat in the next seat
Isn't this train for the east?"
Yes" was the reply.
Thine for 1t to go. amt it,"
Yes; but we've got to walt forty-nve
minutes for a connecting train from the
west"
And the man thought OF his hustle and
said, with much emphasis: We'll. I'm
darned."