The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-18
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Did anyone ever, wonder, wait at a
meeting place for a tardy friend, with
out passing through three distinct
states OF mind?
The first state of mind is one OF ir.
Iritaticn. "She is always late" you
think as you consult your watch; II
will never promise to meet her again.
suppose she'll have some story OF
the cars being slow, for she always
does. There's no sense in it. She
ought to allow for that when she
starts
How long this state Of mind lasts
all depends upon your previous eX,
perience with your friends capabilitS
for tariness. In ordinary cases it would
endure from Eve to ten minutes. AT
the end OF that time, irritation gives
place to an entirely new feeling.
This new state OF mind. as Of course
you know il you have ever waited fot
anyone, is a growing wonder Il you OF
she could have made any mistake in
1.-THE time or place appointed for meet
ing. Gould she have said RS instead
of S's?S YOU question yourself. I'VE
used to meet at RS. No, I'm sure she
said SIS. for remember thinking that
they had nice waiting room in here"
|"Could it have been half past three In
stead of half past two?" is the next
question. NO you assure yourself,
because she never coull have expect
ed us to set all we planned done, ana
get out to Cora's at five. Still thar
would be Just like her I've a GOOD
mind to telephone. But i'll go away
from here she'll be sure to come and
think I've given her up, Oh. dear,
why must she always be late?'
The third state of mind sets in
earlier or later according 10 the tenn
permanent Of the waiter? But half an
hour otswaiting almost aiways.ebrings
to the average person the apprehen-
sion that something has happened TO
the missing one Godld, she haSesbeen
run everg These automobile aGciderits
are so common nowadays Can she pc
sick? Can 1t be- that her mother IS
worse? She looked real miserable tite
last time was there and she's liable
to these sudden attacks. Dear me.
wouldn't 1t be terrible for Lucy If any,
thing should happen to her mother.
She depends on her mother so much,
so runs the current Of your thought,
and SO probable does this entirely
groundless hypothesis Of yours seem
TO you, that you have almost come to
regard II as fact. and are proportion.
ately relieved when you see Lucy's
familiar figure ilurrying towards you.
Your car broke down.? you re-
spond to her GREATNESS explanations.
Lucy, you do have the worst luck. |
was getting real worried about you.
Nonsense? Well. guess you wouldn't
say SO ,if ,Sou were me. | felt that
isomething must be the matter. ]
never waited quite so long before.
How's your mother?" so you greet
your rccalcirant friend, much more
warmly on the whole than you would
have, had she come in that first ten or
fifteen minutes.
Is the moral to be halfa hour late
II you must be late at all2 No. II
there's any moral. It's Just this-you
haven't made mistake in the time
or the meeting place; she hasn't been
run over or taken suddenly i'll; no
member OF her family has died; she's
just late, as she has been before, and
win be again. So next time don't fret
and, worry. Just sit still aud read a
book or paper. and remember this lit
tie talk. and possess your soul in
patience.
viii do the same? ri try to, my
friend That's the best can promise,
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