A MAN IN A HURRY R.W. CHAMBERS
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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A young man traveling from New York City to Florida to stop his brother's sudden wedding on behalf of his family finds himself in the company of a young woman with the same mission.- to stop her sister from getting married.
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| 0:28.4 | Promo. And the The Welcome back everyone to one thousand one classic short stories and tales. This is your host |
| 1:04.6 | John Hagadorn. Today a story from R. W. Chambers who wrote a collection of short stories |
| 1:10.6 | called A Young Man in a Hurry and others short stories called A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories. |
| 1:16.4 | Chambers was well known for his light romantic tales in which his love of fishing and |
| 1:20.5 | hunting and natural scenery prevails. But the only hunting in this story he'll be doing is for a train seat to take him down to Florida to see his brother in a hurry. |
| 1:30.0 | We hope you enjoy a young man in a hurry by R. W. Chambers. |
| 1:37.0 | At 10 minutes before 5 in the evening, the office doors of the Florida and Key West Railway Company flew open |
| 1:44.6 | and a young man emerged in a hurry. |
| 1:47.8 | Suitcase in one hand, umbrella in the other, he sped along the corridor to the elevator shaft, arriving in time to catch a glimpse of the |
| 1:54.8 | lighted roof of the cage sliding into the depths below. |
| 1:58.0 | Down! he shouted, but the glimmering cage disappeared, |
| 2:02.8 | descending until darkness developed it. |
| 2:05.7 | Then the young man jammed his hat on his head, |
| 2:08.0 | seized the suitcase and umbrella, |
| 2:10.1 | and galloped down the steps. |
| 2:12.6 | The spiral marble staircase echoed his clattering flight. |
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