in about an hour,—and we started for the library.
"I'm not going to write you one word about that library. It and my vocabulary aren't built on the same lines, and they won't associate at all,—won't even nod in passing.
"It was more than an hour before we got back to the station, and when the boy set that heavy case on the counter, I felt like crawling under it, under the counter, I mean. The man didn't fit the case, any better than my vocabulary fits the library; but he was braver than I am,—he tackled it,—and he changed hands three times before we got to the door! That was doing real well, though, for the waiting-room is almost as wide as the Columbus one is long;—and he only set it down once on the way to the car. I was awfully afraid the conductor wouldn't let us take it on; but he didn't even notice it, and everything went swimmingly. In one place we had to change cars, and I did wish that the thing had two handles, so that I could help get it across the street. The only time we had any trouble was when he'd gotten it about half way across, and it suddenly got heavier than he had thought it was, and
