Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-11

fuSlt. ana thlS was frequently uscu
bv the redagogues to impress the
youth with the value Of t.lc. and
"a! attention 10 the rapidly of It's
flight.
Old Father Time. although de-
picted as an old and decrapiI per
sonage, IS reputed 10 have moved 1T
a very swift pace in his youth, and
ever in this twentieth century It
requires an exceptionally .ifright!y
individual to be able to keep oven
with the old g~entleman's gait. and
this speed is supposed to apply Q
the whole Time family, for the
children OF yesterday, now the men
of our business world, are :oltia-
ually admonished to keep up with
the Times
We also were taught ut school Il at
exceptions prove the rale ln1 eX-
ceptions prove the rule in the Tine
family. For living in our midst there
is a descendant Of old "Fath1r Iime.'
he is some sort of a grandchild Of
the old gentleman, but how many
times removed" as the Scotch say,
is unknown" and matters not, for
the purpose of this story.
Be the relationship what it may.
the hero of tale rejoices in the
name of Time, or to be more partic-
ular he is addressed as Mr.. A. o.
Time.
A person of such ancient lineage
must naturally be expected to be
somewhat of a %rounder. and Mr..
Time is no exception. How could he
be otherwise when such traits have
been bred in the bone from time i'm
memorial? The time of A. o. Time is
in great demand socially, he being a
follower of Terpsichore and Apollo.
a Thespian of no mean order, and a
post prandial orator of ability. AS
he has had time at his command
throughout life, he has also distin-
guished himself in literature, and
when il comes to field sports is
there with the goods Any Old Time.
and supervises all things from a wa
ter melon patch to a baseball nine,
with the staid hand of Time.
There is one great drawback to
this time business, however. and that
is, time in superabundance begets en-
nui, and the combination creates alb
sentmindness, which obliterates the
''tempus fugit'' ideas, and thus, one
by one the roses fall.
A whole wreath of bridal roses,
mingled with perspiration, fell from
the brow of this untimely Time a
few days ago when, from the midst
of his water melon patch with only
an hour of time to keep the date, he
suddenly recalled that he had prom
ised to be best man at a wedding
slated for that evening.
The scene changes. Lo, we see par
lors draped with orchids and roses.
Soft music is heard in the ante room,
listen! it's Mendelsohn's Wedding
March. tits finished an akward
pause. What are they waiting for?"
rs the bride ill?' who did you say
was absent?" oh. that Any Old
Time. Well, l never" someone here
suggests in soto voice that one Of
the vocalists present render Sulli-
vans will he Gomez"
Nervousness prevailed The atmos-
phere, the men were irritable, and
the bridesmaids almost in tears over
this dreadful omen-an unforeseen
delay in the ceremony. What could
it %portend? Couriers were Dispatch
ed, and telephones called into requis-
ition without results.
But tempus fugit. knocking is
heard at the portal. It's the reception
guests arriving, and somebody says
the ice cream is melting, so a coun-
Gil of var is held and it decides to
proceed at once. in a crippled con-
dition. but TO proceed.
Gordius %thereupon takes aside ghe
bridegroom and consoles him with
the information that. seeing the best
man is lacking, the knot can be sue
cessfully tied with the assistance of
the second best man. and the la ter
being Immediately nominated and
elected the tying Of the knot is COM
menced. Starting with the well
known lovers knot, the deft hands
of Gordius quickly transformed Il in
to his celebrated Gordian knot.
But still tempus fugit. and this
time brought Time with its flight.
for at the conclusion of the ceremony
in stalks Mr.. A. o. Time. dripping
wi h p~ersriration and apologies. and
murmuring something about being
lawfully busy-watermclons - ter
rible bad time" and so forth. His