The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-06-07
when HIRAM WAITED
FOR HIS WIFE

D.. ..|.' IT'D ''I INIH about hiram.
700 Ns Samuel Smith "It may uu.
8"'m avery r0w.uly thing 90 do. but
MS '.l good foo keep Ypu s.c. Nra
,IHau Smith lnl boon 600 puohur.'
Too SOME N.. fs and Ou Monday I..
.Hm H'' @ telegram saying that She
"1a s." .ug hum" and that her train
was dr" foo arrive ut Jersey CITY about
8 80 o'clock uu Tuesday evening go
RAIN maln plans accordingly start
ug away from FT"Hu0rt earl. ON Tues.
lay afternoon. arrived with time To
spare at 'hg Jersey CITY station
Walking up and down the concourse
ho saw hundreds uf commuters hurry.
Ing flr their trains and listened to
the s'"ntoran announcements as to
the Movements uf trains cmanatlng
from man with a mcgaphonc
There was nothing said about
train from Piuchurst but Hiram did
not think that was strange he Just
walked mp and down and waited Six.
thirty came. but mo- sign Of the Pine.
hurst train. This did not seem un.
usual these southern expresses are
often late. thought Hiram. and tramp.
cd up and down the ooncoursc some
more Seven o'clock. 1880. and siill
no Plnchurst train Hiram began TO
feel the pangs Of hunger. also the
pangs Of worriment at the nonappcar.
ance II his wife Finally he applied
at the Information window with the
idea of finding out something
planning at the same time that the
men at the gates did not seem to have
very clear idea as To- the arrival ~
trains
so, dear said the man at the
window turning to nearby mirror 10
adjust his crayat. these southern
trains are very often hours behind
time, The one from Piuchurst will
probably be- worry late Move along.
please; there arc persons behind you
who wish information
Then there was more tUmpiug
about IN that chcorless concoursc, the
scanning OF strange faces and tense
watch for the PInchurst special that
did not appear At ten o'clock things
began 10 look deserted and apparently
the mogaphono mau had retired Tor
the night Al was stiffness az 1880
o'clock. and the only sound was the
faraWay clnng OF the bell Of some
yard locomotive. Hiram decided TO
Try the so-callcd information bureau
once more. lie moved In a rather
gingcrly way TO the window ana
poercd In. There he saw an old man
asleep.
"'Ploase. said Hiram. will you
toll me when the Pinchurst train VIII
arrlvog
The elderly man awoke with
yawn.
"'Plnchurst,' he said hazily. Pine.
hurst? Tomorrow morning - she's
late-shell get In tomorrow morn
Ing; and then returned to ropose.
"Dlsconsoiate. Hiram watched the
scrubwomen who were now cleaning
mp the station. for awhile. and then
decided that he needed rest He would
80 quickly to some hotel on the New
York side and snatch n few hours Of
needed sleep. This was a good plan.
and he followed Il. leaving cali for
tour o'clock with the clerk, so that
he might be on hand early the next
morning for the PInehurst train
Faithful to his word. the clerk
routed Hiram out at four o'clock the
next morning. and no extra charge.
Hiram forthwith snatched hasty
breakfast and hurried again to Jersey
city 10 the great concoursc whore the
trains arrived Things were pretty
much deserted az such an early hour.
and II was a long time before Hiram
could find person to whom he might
breach the subject Of Pinehurst trains.
Al first he thought the train had al.
ready arrived. and his conscience
smote him because he had gone to
the hotel To rest. Such was not the
case. however. he found upon inquiry
OF yawnlng and uniformed attend.
ant The Pluchurst train. said the
tired officer, was very late-might not
be In for an hour or two.
Hiram waited II was eight
o'clock-S:3O and sim no news Of the
plnehurst express. Crowds filled the
station and many looked askance NJ
Hiram, wan and pale through the long
vigil Would that train never come?
"Thc mcraphone man appeared
again, staggering, important. as II he
had some wclghty message to deliver
Raising the horn to his lips, the
mogaphone man roared forth the ques.
don.
lis Hiram r. Smith In the sta.
tom?
Hiram ralHed his hand I'm here.
he said, with all the strength he could
muster.
MT Smith, you are wanted on
the telephone, advised the announcer.
and Hiram hurried toward the booth.
Il was the bank AZ Rockville Center
that had been trying TO get him
they are on the wire now the attend.
ant said. Hiram took the receiver and
said Hollon weakly
Hello. Mr. Smith. came the voice
at the other end; Mrs Smith got TO
Freeport last night, and this morning
telephoned the bank asking where
you were and when you would be
home