The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-01

He Lost tho Train.
When tboy reached the depot Mr., Man
and bis wife gszed with unspeaksble dis
appointment at the rseeiing tram, which
was jutt polling away from the bridge
switc1 at the rate Of % hundred miles u
minute. Their first impulse was TO ruu
after It, but rs the train was out OF sight
and wbistllng at SsgstoWn before they
could act upon the impulse, they remain
ed 10 the carriage aud dlscousol-teIy
turned their hor.es' heads homewa d.
1t all comes Of having to wait Tor a won
on to get ready, Mr.. Man broke IN, very
stimly,
was ready before you were replied
bis wife.
Great hesvensI cried Mr. Man IN ire
prejslbIe impatence, Jerking The horses
Jaws out OF pIac', lnst listen to thatI
Aud sat ou in III. buggy ten minutes
yelling at you TO come along until the
whole guborhuod heard me
Yes, scIliesoed Mrs. Man, with the pro
yokIug plnoldlty which 10 Que but WON
an eau assume. and every time / started
down stairs you sent me back for some
tbiug you had forgotten. Winch habit OF
yours always bslstes US whatever and
wherever be our objective point,
Mr, MaD gro4ned:-
lhis is to- much 10 bear. when every
body knows that II Iwere going TO Europe
| would Just rush into the house, pat on y
clean shlrt, grab ~ my gnp sack aud fly,
while you would wait at least SIX months
Tor preliminary preparations aud then dsu
die arouGd toe ~uole day OF starting un
I'll every tr.ln had left town.
Well the urshot OF the matter WAS that
the Mans put oil their visit to Aurora, un
til the next week and 1t WAS agreed that
each one should get him or herssli ready
and 60 down 10 the train and the Que who
failed TO get ready should be lett.
Toe day OF the match came around 10
due time. The train was to go at 10. 30
and Mr.. Man, after attending to his busl
ness, went homo at 8 45.
Now, then, he shouted. only three quar-.
ters OF an hour 10 train time. Fly around;
fair field aud 40 iAvors, yJu know.
And away they flaw. Mr.. Man bulged
into this room and a,w through that one
aud dyed into one closet after another
with inconoeivsbls rapidity, chuckllng
under bis breath sll the time, the think
now clesp Mrs Man would feel when be
started of alone,
He stopped on his way upstairs TO pull
of his heavy boots to save time. For tue
same reason he pulled oh his coat as he
ran through the diniag room and hung 1t
oa the corner OF the silver closet.
Then be jgrked III his vest as be ran
through tue nall and tos ,ei /, on hook
10 the hat rack sud by tls time be Lad
reached his own room, be was ready to
plunge into his clean clothes II He pulled
out berea1 drawer sud began TO paw at
the things Ike scotch terrier after srat
Elssnorl he shrieked, where are my
ahirts?
Ia your bureau drawer, calmly replied
Mrs Alan, wlo was standing placiIly be
lore Plass, calmly and deliberately coax
lag feirsct~ry orImp into place.
Well, by thunder, they STAT, shouted
Nj Man, little annoyed, We emptied
everything out Of the drawer end there
isn't thing Ia it that ever say before.
Ms Man stepped back few p4oss
held her head on ons side sad alter satisfy
ing herself that the crlmp wLud de-, sud
vouli stag where che put 1t, replied
Tbese things scattered sround on the
8oor sre oil mine Probably you haven't
been looking 10 your ovn drawer.
doat s,e, testify observed Mr. M.o,
shy you couldn't have i nv thugs out
Tor me shea you hal nothing else to do
Gil the morning,
Bseaase, salt Mr.. M,o, setting Lersell
into su sddi'i nal snicl Of rsimeut With
a tall IsAbua!ioa, nobody PIT mlae out
Tor TIE. isjr dsld SOD DO eI,s favor.
ny deaf
Mf. Mao plaag.i iato Ai, shiu like q
ball sts res hag.
F,ull be shoa,ei. Ia m.Itoioa, triumph,
o. baton 90 the neck
B .c4gs., ssii Mr. Mao svssiiy. Gitsr .
deliberate stare At the hlgsting. in npstisul
mao, duuag which sLe bolt9oed hsf
drsss sod pat elsysa pics where they
woali DO tue m,st good, because y0u
have 40, the shlrt % -rJas eide out.
Wass Mr. MAJ sid out Of shat sair. b e
L ga iosss., Hs dtoppsI the shif!
tLfss unss bsiJrs as s3t it % All while
It vas over hts head la heard tbs clock