The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-19


 The shrflI, childish whistle oe ths. locomotive reached us at that iRstsnt- A look of wonder sprang into the eyes of the guard
 esft-it is going to stop, mein herrl's he cried. t'It has never stopped be- fOrey' He rushed out upon the plat-i form in great state of agitation, and we tTaiIed along behind him, even more excited than he.
 A conductor stepped down from the last coach bazt one and prepared to as- Bist passenger to aIight, hhstoned up to him.
 Permit me- sad, eIbOwing hlrui bstde.
 A portly lady squeezed through thej vestfbule and felt her way carefully down the steps. BeAind her wau q GmaIIksh, bewhiskered man, tryInR to raise an umbrella 1na3de the narrow corridor, a perfectly tznpossa7sIe feat
 She came down into my arn1s with the umpness of one who is accusbonsd Do such attenf1o1s, and then wh8asIsd instantly upon the futile individual on tlae steps above.
 s4Quick. My hatl Heaven prasE8 us, how it rainsF' she cried fin a 6la8s wheezY voice and in GeEman-
 1Ndoth''- began tnsfnua4inely. b the sacred word died unfinished on mn lips The next instant was scuIEl7s ing down the platform b where saElI Britton standing.
 Have yen seen theng' I sHolte5 wildly.
 ..No. sir. Mot sign,- sir. An, .aesl.a
 He pointed excttedly down the Blats form.
 a'NoY' I rasped out eBy no possis Aae stretch of the imagination can Chat be Mrs. Titus Come, we must asE the conductor That vgoman7 Good Lord, Brffton, she wadd1esF'
 The large lady and tho szaaIlish uaan passed us on the way to sI1rleeE, the latter holding an umbreAla over her hat with one hand and laGgfng sa heavy. hamper in the other They vpeEs b1th exelaintng in German The etltt0n guard and the conductor were b0VinE and scrapang in their wake, both car rying boxes and bundles.
 No one else had descended 4rc11 the train. grabbed the conductor by Che arm.
 "Any one else getting off here9" II demanded in English and at once Te- peated it in German.
 He shook himself. loose, dropped ths bags in the shelter Of thesta41on houge.  of his late passengers, and scuttled back to the car. A moment later tne train was under way.
 eCan you not see for youraels AQ shouted from the steps ss he paased me by.
 Once more swooped down upom the guard He was stuh8lg the laEgei German lady into small, lopsided caE-h riage. the driver of which was taking of his cap and putting it on again aftS CT the manner of mechanical toy.
 tsGo away htesed the guard aneEily- saThis is the mayor and the mayoEel4- Stand asideI Can't you see
 seWhen does the next train get in asked for the third time. Eae y7ag still lowing after the depaEting hack
 e.Ach, Gottg' he gasped. OolASeting bis thoughts, he said: ssThere Is no train until g o'clock in the nEornings Nine, mein herr"
 .sAch, Gotty' groaned I, "Are yol sure3"
 aJah! You can go home now aud ao to bed, sir. There win be no train mn til 9, ana win not be on duty then Good night
 q dare say we'd better be startinE sonne. sir" said Britton t1midly. sSome-l thing .as gone wrong with the pla1ss 2 fear. They did not comet sir
 ssDo you think am bhnd?' rearedl-i
 ssrJot at all, sir.'' he sa1d in hasteut taking a step or two backward
 By the time we succeeded in gtarGingl the engine after crRnki1ag for nearly half an hour I was so consumed by wrath over the scurvy trick Mra. Titus had played upon us that swore she should not enter my castle if eouldi prevent it. Moreover, would take fendish delight in dumping her con- founded luggage into the Danube. We then had trouble wiEh the lamps. At last we were off. Britton at the wheel. shall not describe that diaboaicd trip home. It is only necessary to say that we first lost our way and went ten or twelve kilometers in the wrong d1ree- ton; then we had . blowout and no quick detachable rim. Subsequently something went wrong with the mud caked machinery, and my unrorcunata valet had to, lie on his back in puql- de for half an hour. Eventually Wo sneaked into the garage with our treIl- hing car and quaxreled naufully with fine men who had to wash her.
 Good heavens, BrittonF' eIclainnea suddenly.
 He looked at me in astonishment- admit that the ejaculation must have sounded weak and eIemtmatg to hlaal after what had gone before
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