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"Mebbe he thought you said Greenville; this train goes to Greenville, if that'll do you! Folks ain't used to the new station yet, and the ticket agents are all bran' new too,  guess you got hold of a tenderfoot!" MAYBE YOU THOUGHT YOU SAID GREENVILLE THIS TRAIN GOES TO GREENVILLE IF THAT'LL DO YOU FOLKS AIN'T USED TO THE NEW STATION YET AND THE TICKET AGENTS ARE ALL BRAND NEW TOO GUESS SHE GOT HOLD OF A TENDERFOOT
 tears and turned her face despairingly to the window, while the bride talked to the groom excitedly about what they ought to have done and what they would have done had she been consulted. Gilbert could hardly conceal his enjoyment of the situation, and indeed everybody within hearing--that is, anybody who chanced to be on the right train--looked at the bride and groom and the pretty girl, and tittered audibly. "Why don't people make inquiries?" thought Gilbert superciliously. "Perhaps they have never been anywhere before, but even that's no excuse." He handed his ticket to the conductor with a broad smile, saying in an undertone, "What kind of passengers are we carrying this afternoon?" "The usual kind, I guess!--You're on the wrong train, sonny!" Gilbert almost leaped into the air, and committed himself by making a motion to reach down his valise. "I, on the wrong train?" he asked haughtily. "That _can't_ be so; the ticket agent told me the 3.05 was the only fast train to Greentown! RETTY GIRL BURST INTO A FLOOD OF TEARS AND TURNED HER FACE DESPAIRINGLY TO THE WINDOW WHILE THE BRIDE TALKED TO THE GROOM EXCITEDLY ABOUT WHAT THEY OUGHT TO HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE HAD SHE BEEN CONSULTED GILBERT COULD HARDLY CONCEAL HIS ENJOYMENT OF THE SITUATION AND INDEED EVERYBODY WITHIN HEARING THAT IS ANYBODY WHO CHANCED TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRAIN LOOKED AT THE BRIDE AND GROOM AND THE PRETTY GIRL AND TITTERED AUDIBLY WHY DON'T PEOPLE MAKE INQUIRIES THOUGHT GILBERT SUPERCILIOUSLY PERHAPS THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE BEFORE BUT EVEN THAT'S NO EXCUSE HE HANDED HIS TICKET TO THE CONDUCTOR WITH A BROAD SMILE SAYING IN AN UNDERTONE WHAT KIND OF PASSENGERS ARE WE CARRYING THIS AFTERNOON THE USUAL KIND OF GUESS YOU'RE ON THE WRONG TRAIN SONNY GILBERT ALMOST LEAPED INTO THE AIR AND COMMITTED HIMSELF BY MAKING A MOTION TO REACH DOWN HIS VALISE I ON THE WRONG TRAIN HE ASKED HAUGHTILY THAT CAN'T BE SO THE TICKET AGENT TOLD ME THAT THREE O FIVE WAS THE ONLY FAST TRAIN TO GREENTOWN
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