The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-21
: ACCORDING TO HER CLOCK
BY BLANCHE JONES.

NOM, said the rosy ldceu eieho'
taker at the suburban station to the
hurried woman in mink, the 1l:4'
amt gone yet Nom. Y'see by the
clock it's only 1885,
WELL" gasped the woman in mink,
with considerable asperity, my CLOCK
gave me just four minutes to get here
and it usually takes seven; SO, accord
ing to my clock, it ought to be past
train time! l don't understand what
the road means by not attending to
its clocks instead of letting them run
behind this way and get people all
flustered!"
Wouldn't that frost you?" inquired
the rosy checked ticket taker of the
woman behind the window who sold
tickets. She's mad because she didn't
miss her train when she fully expect
ed to-! There amt no pleasing some
people!"
shes woman" explained the tick
ct seller graphically. "All you have to
do Ia to take their tickets after they
get 'em, while have the heavy end of
1t. I have to make up their minds
where they want to go and whether
they want round trip ticket. Here
comes one of my regulars now"
Downtown please" crisply ordered
the newcomer in pony fur. What
IL cents? Oh, yes, l remember now
it's 10 cents as usual IL get round
trip, but got round trip the other
day and then changed my mind
while downtown and took the elevated
out to my cousins and came the rest
of the way on the street car, SO you
see lost money by it. I'm not at all
sure I may not want to do the same
thing today, although my cousin has
card club that l think meets today.
I'm not sure, though. You wouldn't
take It back, would you: think it's
a perfect nuisance the way this road
makes new rules! Yes. of course, I
said I wanted round trip ticket!
don't see why it's so hard for you to
understand! Have I missed the
11:47?"
NOM" said the rosy faced ticket
taker. "It's late. You've plenty Of
time"
Trains are always late on this line,
It seems to met" the woman In pony
fur said sternly.
Another woman mad because she
caught her train," caroled the ticket
taker. Say"
He paused before an onslaught of
three young women, who dashed
madly through the gate in pursuit of
the 11:47 that was just steaming in.
Then he sighed.
Here" he said to the girl behind
the window, did you ever see any
thing like the way pie hurry in this
old town? tell you, after coming
from st. Louis, where people walk leis-
urely and as though they had at least
six more minutes still to live, it's kind
OF hard on a fellow! There ought to
be just as much time here as any.
where else en- the map. And yet no
body has any! There are men who
take the $3.50 every morning who'd die
sooner'n get here moren As Sec
onds before train time! They like the
excitement Of it. l believe they wait
around the corner II they're ahead of
their schedule just SOS they can make
their spectacular home run at the fin.
ish. Gee. this is a wearing life on me!
! went to a vaudeville las night"
"Whadyuh see?" asked the ticket
seller with some interest.
Swell show" said the ticket taker
There was one girl called Nora Glen.
artey. who sang some bully Irish
songs, but she said in her spiel she
was French. She didn't look 1t. You
can't tell a thing about these actors.
though knew one once who looked
melancholy and long haired like Ham.
let and he could crack jokes that'd
Kill you dead on the spot
"Yes'm, the 11:47 is gone. Six min.
utes ago. Well, its too bad, but your
watch must have been wrong"
It's an outraged" snapped the tall
grenadier Of woman, who was
flushed from running. Il had an an.
pointment with the dentist, too. and
he charges whether am there or not.
Now, II l take the 1915 won't get
back home in time for luncheon and
must buy my luncheon downtown, See
what an expense you've put me to-"
I'm SORRY" said the ROSY faced
ticket taker, humbly. ida had the
train wait if ida known YOU were
coming"
I'll report you." sputtered the tal,
woman as she stalked through the
gate.
Funny. you can't please 'em no.
how the ticket taker unused to the
girl behind the window. Il think I'm
lucky that l never tied up to one of
you women. If a fellow was legally
required to listen to that sort of areu.
ment "a hours a day and take it along
on his two weeks summer vacation .
man'd be in the nut farm before lone
wouldn't hep
I guess you're right" cynicallv
agreed the girl who sold tickets