Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
HOW THINGS CHANGE
TIME WORKS MANY WONDERS IN A
i LARGE CITY.

Vermont Bridal Couple Puzzles q Cab
man by Asking to Be Taken to the New
York Hotel-Mamma Had Told Them
Also to Go to A. T. Stewards.
They got off O train at the Grand Cen
trail station on Saturday afternoon and
Etood for moment apparently dazed by
hhe roar of traffic and the shouts Of the
cabmen. He was tall, angular and I'M
wieldy. His face was bronzed by ex-
posure, and the brown contrasted finely
with his wide blue eyes. He wore suit
The creases of which testified to the new
ness of the clothes, and his shoes creak-
ed as he walked. She was trim and neat
and wore a silk frock with becoming
dignity. She was young and diffident,
Her cheeks were rosy and her eyes were
bright. She hung closely to his arm and
glanced anxiously from his face to that
Of a particularly persistent cabman.
There was no doubt that she was partic
ularly proud of her brawny companion,
and there was something about them
that told at once that they were bride
and bridegroom. He hesitated q few
moments and then said to the cabman,
."We want to go to the New York ho-
tel" His accent betrayed the fact that
New York was an unknown quantity to
him, and that he probably acquired his
pronunciation in the Vermont hills.
The cabman scratched his head for
moment and then replied: II can take
yer where it were. 1t is closed up now"
The man seemed puzzled, and a look
of anxiety appeared Oh the frank, open
face Of the girl. She said, with little
catch of despair in her voice, as she
gazed appealingly at her escort:
"Whatever are we to do, George?
You know mother said to be sure and
go to the New York hotel. She and
papa went there when they were in New
York, and they know that it is good
place. There are SO many places in the
city that are wicked that am almost
afraid to venture anywhere. l am sure
that I never thought the New York no.
tel would close up. Why, mamma said
that it was as big as whole acre lot. "
"When was your mother at the no.
tel?'' asked the cabman, who was trying
to keep his prospective fare in a good
humor.
"Oh," replied the girl artlessly,
"when she was married. She hasn't
been in New York since, but she knew
that the New York hotel was all right
Oh, what shall we do?' the girl ended
with pathetic little wall in her voice.
The cabman smiled grimly. ''Why,
that's all right, mum, he answered
consolingly. 81 can fix you out all right
There are q hundred hotels around. Bet
ter go some place else
After long conversation and much
protesting and pleading the young cou-
pie decided to go to the Brunswick
They got to the hotel in time for supper,
as they call the meal up i'll Vermont,
and were much worried by the European
plan. Finally they managed to make
out the matter and ate o good meal.
After dinner. as they came cut Ct the
dining room the young wife pulled her
husband by the arm and whispered
something to him. He made a reply
about forgetting, and then turned to enc
of the hallboys and said: "Can you tell
ne where A. T. Stewards store is? My
wife wants to go down and do some
shopping.
The boy, whose knowledge of the city
began only few years ago on the east
side, had never heard of the old time dry
goods merchant, and he could not give
the information. Several attaches OF tho
hotel were called into consultation, but
to no effect When at length the mana
ger was consulted, he explained that A.
r. Stewart had been dead many years
and that another company had the place.
''That is too bad, murmured the
young wife in troubled way. "Mother
did some shopping there and told me to
be sure to 60 there, as it was safe. But
suppose tic new firm is as good as the
old enc, SO will go down. -
1t was then about s, o'clock in the
evening and the manager suggested that
it would be as well to wait until morn
ing to shop The girl looked at him in
open eyed establishment. ''Why?" came
from her lips.
"Well, you see," went on the mana
ger, ''the store closes at 6 o'clock and
there will lie no one there tonight. p"
"That's funny. Up i'll Vermont the
stores dent close until 8 O'Clock, and I
am sure mother shopped at A. T. Stew
arts i'll the evening.
"Well, ti.les have changed somewhat
since then. - was the managers philo-
sophical reply.
The yoarg woman thought of the
closing Of the New York hotel, the sys-
tenn Of running q hotel On the European
plan, the change i'll A. 7. Stewards es-
tablishment and other things she had
encountered. 81 guess they have. she
sighed. New York Tribune.
Georgians are "Buzzards," from q
state law protecting these birds.