The morning came; a cab was sought:

The proper time allow’d

To reach the station door; but lo!

Before it stood a crowd.

For half an hour they there were stay’d,

And when they did get in—

“No train! a hoax!” cried clerks agog

To swear through thick and thin.

“Yaa!” went the throats; stamp went the heels;

Were never folks so mad,