Year: 1875

Mr.. EditOr:-I suppose you have


been in love once upon a time; but


did you ever experience the feelings


of fellow about ten feet deep in


love with the prettiest girl as he


thought, in the country, and she


something less than forty miles


away, and he living in a place


where a horse and buggy could not


be-hired for love nor money, and


the cars did not run on Sunday?


Then if you have, you can sympa-


thize with two young men living


between Puia ski and Lynnville, but


do not understand me to say that


they live at the same place. I shall


call them respectively A. and B.


Neither one could leave only on


Sunday, and the only train on that
day was freight due 4:30 A. NJ.


So they determined to meet each
other Saturday night, and board
this train next morning. Both sent
notes, to two of the fairest of the
fair. living in the beautiful town of
c., stating that they would be on
hand without fail, the coming sun
day. Time for once sped slow. Sat


urday night came at last, and the
two boys were together. Business
hours were over, and all nature
seemed hushed in sweet repose.
But not so with A. and B.,who we're
as wide awake as ever, talking over
the pleasures of tomorrow, al
though the clock licked the wee
small hours fast away, and the mid
night lamp burned dim and low. I
do not know how they felt, but
imagine they felt as used to feel
when l was a small boy, on Christ
mas eve, before my hair was tinged
with silver gray. At last re-
membering that they were to rise
very early, finally sought repose,
and were soon dreaming of sweet
milk and honey III the arms of
Morpheus. Time flew on, and the
wild shrek of the freight engine
echoed and re-echced, through hill
and valley, as it came laundering
up to the station. A. and B. both
sprang with one accord from bed.
A, who had taken the precaution,
before retiring, Of placing his Sun
day clothes where they would be
convenient, hastily pulled on his
boots ard pants aOrong side Out, and
grasping his coat bolted for the
back door; B. shrieked to him to
take his coat and that he would
fasten the door. A. grabbed up what
he supposed to be BIS. coat, but
which afterwards proved to be both
his coat and pants, and rushed into
the car. b. was not so lucky.
Finding that A. mad taken his pants,
he locked the back door and hur-
ried to the front, feeling for the key
as he went, but horror of horrors
The night had been warm and the
flesh colored apparel which he had
on, had no pockets. Hurrying back
he got his key, and clutching his
boots in one hand and a paper col
lar in the other, rushed frantically |
toward the cars, but loi they were |
in motion. The engineer
looking back saw something


HPale and fleeey, ghostly and white,


Onward borne in its speedy flight


Which in reality was only B. run
ming with the speed of a locomotive |
over the moon-lit track, waving and |
gesticulating with the boots in one
hand and the paper collar in the 9TH
er. No wonder this sight caused /
the engineers blood to eurdle, for he /
supposed it to be an angel or the /
Devil, but thinking it more likely /
to be the latter, he pushed on a full |
head of steam, and soon left the
ghostly spectre. Now A. was in a
dilemma for he had BIS. coat and |
pants, and it was too warm to wear
two of each article at once. Look /
ing around he found an empty box,
stuck under one Of the seats, mark
ed ''fancy candy" Taking news
paper, he rolled the clothing nicely |
up. and pat it in the candy box.
rucking it under his arm, he pro-
eeeded to the fair ones home. The
young ladies were IN the parIor
awaiting their arrival A. straight
ened himself to make his most po-