22/43 Everybody seems very impatient, for all are getting out, and yet we have not reached the station,--no; and they don't mean to get there at present. Possession is nine points of the law, and another train is ensconced there. Wood, of course, is so dear in this country, and railroads give such low interest--varying from six to forty per cent .-- that they can't afford to have sufficient shedding. Touters from the hotels cry out lustily. |