The Washington times., 1895-06-02

! He had missed his schedule and he got
into the depot two minutes to 2 p. m in
stead OF 2 a. m. next day.
ut was what we call q rear-end col
Iision.o
DoGGIE HAD NOT ARRIVED.
''The ticket agent about month ago got
a telegram like this: Please send Flossie
by next train to New Haven. VIII be
there tomorrow. Emeline R. W Well,
what do you suppose that meant? The
/ agent got a letter from New Haven from
Mrs. W to the effect that the dog had
not arrived, Notwithstanding her telegram.
and that she would report him TO the pres
ident of the company.
~ suppose FloSsie just picked herself
up, after her mistress left the depot and
went out into the street and is now play
ing with common dog in somebody S back
yard. When heard about il first thought
the lady had left one of her children in
the station"
/ think the eaddest of all the travellers
are the prople that other people pay the
least attention to. There is one OF them
right over there now-that woman with
the two children and the baby. She has
transportation TO Richmond from the Dis
! trict Commissioners.
''She says fhe is from Pittsburg and is
making her way TO Birmingham, Ala, to
I find a brother, who, she says, went there
( to work in the iron mills three years ago.
! her husband is dead. She has been feed
ing the children on cakes all the morning
and nursing the baby. Her train doesn't
20 out till after 10 tonight and she will
+ stay about here till then This happens
very often. 1t makes fellow feel mighty
bad when he sees that kind of thing, but
/ there are worse things than that.
JACK NEVER CAME.
-
Mrs C., who lives on Fourth street, near
here. She came in here one morning withtwo
OF the prettiest little girls ever saw. They
are young ladies now. They just came in
Z 10 meet the husband and father, an engineer
OF train that used to get in at l in the
afternoon. Ii was Sunday. They were
laughing and chatting away, but the train
didn't come.
while they were at the gate two firemen
came along and one of them said to the
other:
4" i wouldn't ike to be the man to tell
it TO Jacks widow
Il suppose you can guess the rest of the
story. TIE widow was carried home
Jack never brought his train in, but he
went with his engine through the trestle.
Lots Of people wait for trains and peo-
pie that never come. 1t is just like waiting
for letters that never come.
who think they can do a smart thing,
that is to get ahead of the company. A
fellow wanted TO go from here the other
night to Augusta, Ga. He was told that he
could buy a sleeping berth to Charlotte
and make the rest of the trip by day coach,
as the train got to Charlotte at O'Clock
in the morning
Then said the man, Il won't buy my
sleeping car ticket till / get to Char
lotte,' and lie wasn't an Irishman, either;
but he didn't get a sleeper, all the same,
and did what we call the contortion act
in day coach all night to Charlotte.
LADIES' ROOM STUDY.
zone of the best places to go to for study
ing faces and guessing at peoples busi-
ness is the ladies' reception-room. 1t
doesn't take long to tell whether a woman
is waiting for funeral party or bridal
party, whether she is on the way TO a
funeral or to her wedding. The motives OF
both of these classes stick out foot.
''You can always tell man or woman
who is going on a long railroad journey.
They have a serious lcok. Short journey
folks are careless and light, just as il they
were going on the cable car to the theater.
''Then well-trs veled men never get mixed
up in their prepa rations. Whenever you see
a woman fumDling about a satchel that
won't open. and with her ticket in her
teeth, you may bet that she doesn't go
often, or far, by steam. Such woman is
alwaysin lump, and usually Handicapped is
by the most important things which should
/ have gone in her trunk. You can't always
! tell why one man, who runs to catch train
| is in a harry, but when two or three or q
| party are in the act of getting left, there is
! only one reason for it-time wasted at the
! last bar"
JUDGMENT SOMETIMES AT FAULT.
mo, my judgment is not always accurate.
| Only the day before yesterday lady came
in with a little boy and took her seat on that
middle bench there. She had the most
/ panied expression, think, ever saw. The
! little fellow went over at least half dozen
! times to ask the information man what time
'the train would come in.
Every now and then / heard him say:
! %, mamma, why don't he come at which
she appeared TO be as deeply grieved as
! human feelings could be expressed. She
] passed her handkerchief many times across
/ her brow. At last the train came, she
] knew the time of arrival, and sadly and
/ quietly asked me to point out the conductor
| to her when he came into the waiting room.
81 was by that time as much interested
| in the inquiry as the boy and the lady,
! and my heart sank when ! heard the
| conductor say, Yes, madam, be is in the
express car 1 knew then that the
/ QedQ 0uSDdnQ was on Ice.
1T never struck me bow difficult thing
/ it is, after all, to read human faces Alright,
until 1 heard the lady say to the little
! plague, as they were going out:
Well, now, I hope you are satisfied.
! You have talked me into q headache
about your billy-goat, aud I'm glad he's
/ come
But she kissed him, all the same, be-
] fore they reached the carriage