Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-23

''EeE3gs 9says he, pile it on. You've got y6AS new bunnit. now git sassy
 Just Ben the station agent came up and l asked him if that was all there was Of the place.
 "0h," says he, there's more houses along the road. but they don't grow very thick
 The next train back didn't go till three o'clock, he said. Three hours and half to spend there. Truly a 4 Hbeautiful prospect! There wasn't q store, no place to get any dinner. and nothing to do to pass away the time. asked the station agent where was the folks that wrote to the Social Cor ner. Why, if you believe me, he never heard on it.
 When ] explained to him what it was, he told me the folks signed Leon ard Bridge because that was their ! pOstOfisce address. He said a R. r. D. route started there that was the long est in the eastern states. He said twas thirty miles long, went through two towns and two counties and was pat rOnIaed by thousands of people. Je- | hiel thinks he got that number pretty ! high Ii the houses ain't no thicker than what We see. Wall, we had got took in, and thought we might as well 1 make the best on it.
 | A team come up with a load of wood ! and another come with @ load of ties. l Jehiel went tO talk Co the men with l the lOqds and l thought I would go l to the pOst0ffice and git some cards l and mail to my friends also one to l Jehiel to kinder jog his memory with ! when he got another gadding streak, l Wall, when 1 got to the p0st0fhee. ] found they didn't sell no fancy post 1 cards, nothing but Uncle Sam's writ
 ing kind. The mail man come in from his trip while I was there and
 [ asked him about his route and ii | he knew "Cheristette' and Elizabeth and some of the others
 "Oh, yes, says he. "Cheristette lives not far from me"
 Just then ] heard a whistle blow Ny landl the train was coming You better believe 1 sJreakcd it for the depot and got in sight of it in tim,
 to see Jehiel swing on the platform
 and the train move on. l screecheC
 and waved my arms. but no 30. | didn't stop. Wall, here was a pretty
 mess. Jeniel gone and me left 1 asked the station agent when the
 next train left and he said 745 D. m
 Oh, dear! thinks I most five houri
 more to spend in that awful place, anC
 nothing to eat. l was beginning t
 get pretty hOller. I went in the depO
 and set down and thought of all tn,
 good things I had to home to eat
 Gingerbread and sniclterdoodles, an,
 Baptist cakes and brown bread ant
 pickles. The more l thought of 'en
 the hungrier I got Finally a mea
 wagon came along and l hailed it. i could have ct a raw dog by tha
 time, out I didn't have 10; he ha,
 some bologna. I bought a hunk an, it was so peppery it most burnt m
 throat eff; but l felt better inside
 anyway. By that time I was som
 tired and 1 rOld the station agent
 was going to have a nap, and to walk me up in time to take the train. If h
 let me get left ag'in I'd haunt hir when l died, Wall, the next thing , knew he was shaking me like all pos sessesd.
 Wake up. Aunty!" says he. "lt' . train time"
 , He helped me aboard and I tell yo
 l was glad to leave the place. Jehiel was on the platform to mee , me In Wilimantic and such a sheep
 ish looking critteT as he was. Seem he was Dusy talking to them 5eamster 5 and watching them unload when tn
 train come. Not seeing me enywheI , he thought I had got aboard. so h 3 jumped cn. Went through all the car and didn't see me, so when he got { {. Willimantic he pitched in 10 have
 good time. He went to a restauraI 5 and got some dinner, went to moyln
 pictures, went to Coventry on the troI lev and had general good time whil 3 1 ct bologna and took a nap. Next time we so pleasUing ou lunch goes with Us, and old Dobbi r ! carries US sc we can cC1le home Wha 9 we have stayed long enough: an
 above all Jehiel says he is going i Q tie a string to me so We won't gs 9 separated again.
 Lebanon. HULDA.