"Too late!" he shrieked--with bulging eyes
He watched the train pull out--
And, overcome, gave vent to rage
In one tremendous shout.
"We'd caught the thing in plenty time!"
He turned around and said:
"But for the hour you took to put
That hat upon your head!"
"I know it!" happily smiled his wife;
"But did you notice, sweet,
How everybody rubbered 'round
When we came down the street?"
_New York World._