Sometimes a situation which to the kind of a mind which requires
certainty seems hopeless can be adjusted in the most common-place
manner:
Congressman Charles R. Davis of Minnesota relates that one afternoon a
train on a Western railroad stopped at a small station, when one of the
passengers, in looking over the place, found his gaze fixed upon an
interesting sign. Hurrying to the side of the conductor, he eagerly
inquired: "Do you think that I will have time to get a soda before the
train starts?"
"Oh, yes," answered the conductor.
"But suppose," suggested the thirsty passenger, "that the train should
go on without me?"
"We can easily fix that," promptly replied the conductor. "I will go
along and have one with you."