Year: 1873

putting In word on the other side OF the
question, and telling something Of the
life of hurry-upper.


If the habit of putting offs frightful-
ly common" the other extreme is fright
fully dangerous. For while slow, easy
person usually enjoys long life, one OF
those go-ahead drivers will hurry him
self into the grave and drive his friends
there before him. For the last eight
years, have been daily, yes, hourly,
prompted by such precepts as, "Take
time by the forelock," Procrastination
is the thief of time" Delays are danger
Gus" "Time is money!" etc., by hus-
band who is model in every respect ex-
cept that he is always in a hurry. Some
of you may sigh with envy perhaps, at
the thought of husband with only one
fault-but if there is anything else so
wearing to both body and soul rs being
hurried, do not know what it is.


"Hurry up, hurry up, En-, it's almost
Z o'clock-time breakfast was ready" is
often the first greeting L have in the
morning. But long ago L learned that
"most O'Clock " means from five to ten
minutes after 6, and David always keeps
our clock half-hour ahead of the right
time why, gain still another half hour,
and reckon the real time is only half
past 5. l do protest against the idea of
gaining time by having the clock too fast
When our clock is ahead of time am
always thinking, Well the clock is too
fast, l need not hurry SO and go n lit
tie slower-and then, am too late, when,
if the clock had been right l would have
planned accordingly.


Now, l hope no one will think l am
one Of the put-otfers, for am not. am
never late to church, and in my school
days | used to pride myself on my punct-
uality-would go term after torn without
getting a single tardy-mark-never used
to miss train of cars, though l never
had to sit an hour on the hard seats in
the depot waiting for train, as l have
sometimes done since David, the hasty,
became my guide.


Shall l ever forget the last time We
went to visit grandma? lam certain the
hurry and worry and excitement of that
one trip must have shortened the span of
my earthly career by some hours at least.


i was in very happy frame of mind,
that morning, thinking how pleased
grandma would to see us, and how she
would admire Baby Bennie Qhe only
grandchild,) y and whether she would agree
with me in thinking it best not to cut his
gums to let the little teeth through, etc.
With n great many such things running
through my mind, / was leisurely get
ting Bennie ready for his bath, stopping
to admire his dimpled shoulders, and
give him hug and kiss, when heard
the front door open and shut hastily.
The next moment David called up the
stairs, Emma. how near are you ready?
1t is time we were off,"


Now l knew better. l knew the train
did not leave for good hour at least, but
somehow, when David gets in one of his
hurrying fits, it is always contagious, and
in few minutes was flying around the
house at rate that was caution to all
slow folks.


Bennie's bath, of course must be omit
cd. would only have time to wipe off
his face and hands a little, which, Of
course, he resisted with all his force OF
fist and foot. A regular bath in his bath
tub he always enjoys, but wash-rag?
he'll fight it to his last breath. Under
the circumstances l did not wait TO put
much of polish on the chubby cheeks,
but hurried his clothes on, and, to keep
him out Of mischief, seated him in the
middle Of my nice clean bed. lie must
have something to amuse himself, any
thing to keep him still, l thought, as /
crowded the cover tight in the pomade
jar, and handed it to him, greatly to his
delight, for it was new plaything.


Bennie disposed of, hurried to get
myself ready. had just taken down
my hair, when another call came from
below, Come, EN-, hurry upr' Now,
Nature has given me switch only a
yard and a-quarter long, and thick pro-
portionately-not like chignon that can
be pinned on at a moments notice-but
with shaking fingers (for the hurry was
already beginning to tell on my nerves. /
twisted it up in about two minutes, and
was hurrying on my clothes, when again
from the lower regions came a call,
" Why, wife, what are you about? You
surely will be left, do hurry |" Oh, was
not that exasperating When every
nerve and muscle possessed were strain
ed to the utmost in my efforts to move
fast, to be told to "hurry." My emo
tions were indescribable, but certainly
my strongest desire was to get my fingers
around that mans throat, and, if posi-
Bile, choke off, for five minutes at least'
that everlasting hurry up"


A noise from Bennie attracted my at
tention, and turned TO him to find the
little mischief had taken the cover off the
pomade jar, and with his little fingers
had taken out dabs of pomade and spread
them all over the counterpane, pillows,
and everything else within his reach.
Never mind, we must not wait now to
fix things, for just then came another call,
"Do hurry, Em; are you never COM
ing ?" and hurried down stairs, wiping
Bennie's fingers as went, and we hur-
ried into the carriage the horse hur-
ried to the depot at q rate that sent people