The record-union., 1896-05-03

off at a jog-trot, and we had only gone
about four blocks at regular sna1is
pace which would have enabled anyone
f! to keep up with the car by walking cas-
| lily beside it, when out from a trim gar
| den stepped little girl, and handing
| the driver letter, said simply, From
En- and retreated. A huge smile
broke over his honest countenance as
| he tore open the envelope, and laying
the reins upon the dashboard proceed
ed to unravel its contents This done
he was in a very amiable frame of
mind, and volubly named to us the diff
| ferent homes we passed 1t tranSpired
that this road conveyed to the l. 0. 0. F.
Cemetery. When we left the car l in
nocently inquired when he would be
| back
"'Oh, not for an hour he said. If
you go right through the cemetery you'll
| get the other car, and that will take you
back by different route. Hurry, or
you'll miss it. That one don't come out
again for two hours
1--WE did as directed, and, of course,
missed it. This was an unlooked-for
predicament Two hours to wait on
| this side or a tramp in the hot sun
through the cemetery again to get the
car driven by Ems young man.
1--WE decided in favor of our present
situation, and after spending half an
hour strolling about reading headstones
we finally settled ourselves in the shade
| of some lovely old oaks outside the
i grounds, from which were suspended
two or three stout rope swings, where
we further amused ourselves in a truly
juvenile manner. This, too, grew tire
some after while, and just as we be-
gan to realize that our list of diversions
was exhausted and the time was drag
ging along in a most trying fashion,
and visions Of the cool hotel parlor and
rocking-chairs began to dance aggra-
vatingly before our eyes, and we began
to despair of ever getting back to town
again, away in the dim distance mere
speck on the horizon, but growing mo-
mentarily nearer, behold a street car!
We sailed forth to meet and lay siege
| to it, lest it get away from us.
| They told us this car would not be
| back for another hour. How did you
hapen to return so soon,' we asked.
oh, they said you was out here and
come out to fetch you in, was the
cheerful rejoinder from the youthful
|
out here; it don't pay anyway; you see
nobody ever thinks of riding in this
| town; you're the first passengers I've
had for a solid month";
LAS we logged back to town he sat
down on the step of the car and let the
reins hang loosely over the dashboard,
| singing the while in a contented un-
| dertone to himself. 1t was only when
| T yo1 tn MI hot Ia
street car system was evidently an ac-
| commodation for tourists, and they
were probably glad to have us ride free
of charge, that we might see the town
and perhaps find some inducement to
settle, that the driver, who, to my chag
rim, had overheard and was shaking with
| laughter, came in and collected our
fare. He gave us a very grimy and am
cient looking transfer slip, with which
we finally boarded the Fourth-street
car and were driven back to the
hotel
This last Jehu actually SpOrted
species of uniform and seemed to run
his car with some degree of regularity.
The drivers were also conductors and
exerted themselves to entertain us with
information about the place. Without
but we both agreed that it was a most
novel system all through and highly
amusing to travellers who We're used to
more speedy style of transportation"
1 heard the other day of one of the
meanest cases of so-called pride that
ever came under my notice. 1t really
seems incredible, and yet 1 know pos
iS A a in y,fn
young-lady, shall 1 call her?-started
from home one afternoon to go up town
to do some shopping. Her old grand
mother took her departure at the same
time to make an afternoon call upon a
neighbor. The young lady, very fash
ionably gowned, looked uneasily at her
aged relative and fearing some of her
wealthy friends seeing them together
might know them to be relatives and
comment upon the ancient cut of the
old lady's dress said
Grandma, you go on the other side
of the street and pretend you don't
know me; don't look across or notice
me at all. I'm afraid 1 might meet
somebody 1 know"
What would any whole hearted, SEN
sible girl who is devoted to her mother
and the mother of either parent think
of such cold-blooded and unnatural
conduct in one whom she perhaps
knows well, for the young lady in ques-
ton is not stranger to the best soci-
ETY. in our city by any means.
Girls, don't be ashamed of your grand
mothers, whatever comes. Suppose she
is not shionable-remember she is on
the down hill side of life, and lives in the
memory of days long since fled, when
she was as young and merry hearted as
you. Suppose she sometimes offends a
fastidious sense of etiquette, what then?
Would she be the same dear old grand
mother who crooned you to sleep upon
her bosom, bound up your scratches and
kissed your bumps to make them
well'' in your bread and butter days,
which now you have outgrown with
your dolls, If she appeared in any other
guise? Her life of patience, her untir-
ing devotion, her labor in striving to
win the position of which you reap the
benefit, ought to compensate for all
these little peculiarities, which are de-
fects Of character in your judgment
Tenderness and Difference even if
they be not the promptings of the heart,
are so graceful from youth toward old
age, and this consideration alone ought
to be worth striving for, at least in the
eyes of the world.
Miss Mary Dunster, the well-known
musician, VINO has been seriously i'll for
some months past, is said to be showing
some improvement under a new treat
ment which is now being used under