Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-15
ARE YOU SATISFIED I?
You People" Who Were Delayed An
Hour On Midnight Cara Few
Difficulties To Overcome In A
Trip From Baltimore.

Nothing is so bad that il could mo-
be worse, and 1.-THE people" who hap
pened 10 be so unfortunate as to at
tempt to return TO Annapolis lasi
night on the li.35 car over the Shori
Line from Camden Station, Baltimore
are thanking their stars they got here
at all, and did not have to SIT in the
car all night, even if they did get tc
A nnapolis an hour late.
Shortly after the ll.35 car pulled
out of Camden Station last evening il
ran amuck Of a derailed caboose.
These cabooses are anything but re.
liable and are apt to jump the track
whenever they have a mind 70 or
to do any other off color at of leger-
demain. This particular caboose.
bound for Baltimore with freight,
took ii into its head to become reck-
less and jumped the track at the
nastiest place along the line, that
when called out by the conductor
sounds like "Sage Bottom Cove" or
words to that effect.
In the darkness and pelting rain of
last night this particular place seem
ed to be Dante's Inferno, or the bot
tomless pit of hades, or some other
such nice place. Scarcely had the car
pulled out from Baltimore than the
lights went out and the travellers were
cast into utter darkness. This state
of things prevailed, much to the dis
gust of the occupants of the car, who
were all married people with a few
exceptions-an no spooners. Inter-
mittently the lights were turned on,
and they continued to play hide and
seek while the car stood stock still
with temperature near the 100 mark
on the inside.
Men began to investigate. Some
man remarked "the porter had better
make up his berth" Afew giggled,
but more looked the crouch they felt.
1t soon became evident something
"had happened" and after this evil
1ence got thoroughly soaked into the
people in the car, especially the men
who had been outside in the rain to
investigate, the conductor seconded
by the motorman, made an announce.
ment that sounded like this: "You
people are you satisfied to get cut of
this car and walk to the car that
comes from Annapolis and will take
you back, or stay in this car, and we
don't know how soon we can get her
started.
Afte%- emphasis on "are-you-
satisfed?" and an explanation that a
caboose was on the track impeding
the progress of the car from Balti-
more, wave of satisfaction" swept
over the belated passengers it
was then past the hour of arrival of
the car in Annapolis and they took
the bull by the horns. fguratively, but
the situation in the rain literally.
Soon the car up from Annapolis hove
in sight and footed, and the sleepy
passengers piled out, some with some
without, umbrellas. To walk two or
three blocks in the pouring rain on
red clay soil above an embankment
that looked fathomless, on ledge of
a precipice about six inches wide, was
the feat of an equilibrist, but this
was mere bagatelle to stepping
into the cara distance of some four
to six feet from the ground to the
first car step.
1t is thought the car hands who as
sisted some of the women who tipped
the scales at 200 pounds. more or
less, are today carrying their hands in
a sling as the result of using them last
night as stepping-st me. To make
long story short, the passengers did
reach Annapolis this morning, after
having overcome difficulties, mud,
rain, darkness and the like, an hour
late, but thankful to reach home at
ALL