The Sussex Republican., 1911-12-09
On s' p
Their Way

There's man on earth whom II
hoping to meet some day" muse
the girl who likes TO talk. He's thI
president OF raiiroad. I don't oar,
30 much about merely seeing him a
do about oonvsrsing with him.
should be satisfied with saying |
few things 20 him over the tsaephorr
II I couldn't DO any bettesi
Tt isn't that want 10 rage at him
] want merely to assure him that
am filled with the deepest admdratsos
for any human being with a nerve al
colossal and contempt for his fellow
man as sublime as are hssi
He runs the railroad which is tiss
only means OF getting out Of my sum
mer resort Ali during the seoapn
heard vague rumors and ruinbixnsz
of disoontsnt from the floating popa
lation at the Inn, who. Of course. wars
Obliged to escape By ra1l, In "a tn
doisnt fashion 1 learned shat nothing
ever occurred on that road In the
way that II should, Peopae rathea
inferred that the train crews sat w
nights planning new and fnSsnfcste
ways 10 upset the schedule and keer
people waiting.
ITO be sure. It was annoytng to
have to take train at IL O'Clock at
night but we got to the village by
dark and had our dinaes. The bus
left at for the station q mile away.
30 we went in It, Three OF Us could
kill time easily, we said. we sur
vfved the blighttng Oppression Of the
village station for haif an hour and
then we took a walk. II began ia
rain.
"On going back we heard the bag
gageman saying that the train was
forty minutes late. hnt that sleeper
would run down from somewhere else
earlier and we could get aboaxd that
and be picked up later by the train
Ia half an hour the report was that
the sleeper wss delayed By q sand
slide on the track. We had taIked all
we knew and were getting TO the
point where we eyed each other with
growing dislfka
"a woman with Eve small children
added to the joys of the evening be-
cause IL one child cried all the rest
piped up, and II they all stopped l
think she must have pinched them 10
start them up again
'sThen Harry Qilfist burst in upon
Do. ,rr4F ~ ~ lass. .<.l,-
room a block away. We fied to II.
and started In on ham sandwiches TO
kiU time. We abe sandwiches with
deadly serfousness, and then vs be.
gan on the Gagged apple pie and The
petrifed doughnuts. Harry reported
that the main train was two hours
late now, because OF washout.
THE rain poured down The staI
don agent slept on the table. The
said terrible things out
oud to himself and demanded 10
Know how any man could live On fear
hours sleep a day and why was o
railroad anyhowY Mrs. Gflfist and l
sat hunohad up in dry corner and
yawned and straightsnsd oax hair
rritably, 'Whadys sayf
Down the track two men were
carrying lanterns close to the ground
IN a wavering way. 'wha<hey doing
Mrs. Gilfst demanded, orossiy.
They're searching for the train my
lear l told her soothingfy. They
.hink maybe they'll find It slipped
iown crack where the rails 5otn-'
Don't be siilyi she snapped Z she'll
lie II I can't go to slsepf And the
rain poured down in the miserable
,lack silence. We could hear the
agent snore.
"There isn't any train. there never
was train and thsre never viii be a
rain on this line.s Harry Gilfist
,hanted mournfuiiy. They put up
his station tust as an ornament and
.dded the ticket agent for touch OF
'ealism. II he had a Gothic nose.
low
"'The sieeperll get here at
,'clock, they report said the desper-
lte baggageman. TIL resign tomor.
owt'
"And we have to get up at ST. ssid
Mrs. Gitfst, holiowiy. oh. how those
,ann sandwiches made me feeli'
sat 10 minutes after a train am
sled in from somewhere, and. reelins
rom weariness, we dashed TO the
deeper end OF it. I wish owned
his roadi' confided to the Pull
nan conductor. I'd like to hack n
I'D with a little hatohet and use II for
cHuhi' he retorted. If
,wned It I wouldn't take so much
rouble with It'll I'd Just step on u
md exterminate iti'
after hurling umbrellas and suit,
vases into our section and finding
Without doubt that IT wasn't out sec
ION at all, because there was a man
n the lower berth, who was annoyed
because the corner Of suitcase land
ID against his stomach. We finally got
.djusted and snatohed about two min
ties of sleep. think, In the midst of
he switching and humping and back
ng up.
when woke up tn the morning
Il daylight I looked at the scenery q
onE time before I addressed Louise
.iifist in a shriil whisper. She looked
nut and said we weren't in Chicago,
yhere we were supposed to be. but
It the Junction twenty-five miles from
where we had started. There was
wreck ahead of US, the porter told US
cordially, and maybe bs could pro-
,eed in about five hours.
"That Was when my desire to meet
he president of the road came into
,xistenoe-and I'm still living on
iopei"