Fork Union Military Academy - Skirmisher Yearbook (Fork Union, VA)

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-: 'r H EISK ia M is H ER Twenty Years Hence HAD just boarded 'one of those sumptuous trains, long 'fu an tznnous as the l'. l'. X . of the Lhesapeake and Ohio, and was watching a small white handkerchief waved by a loving hand M X from the front door of my home overlooking the City of L litton Irorge. X a.. when my attention wqasuattracted by the super-polite porter: I.ower 10 15 ready, sir, and I was soon li ist in the realms of dreamland, The road became as smooth as the placid surface of a lake on a breezeless summer day. The train was crowded with gaily-dressed people, and numerous porters went to and fro, attending to the comfort of the passengers. Gut for Ifork Union! Change cars for Richmond, Newport News and Old Point Comfort: XYashington, Philadelphia, New York and all points North and Ilast!'y I had forgotten that Fork Union was now on the trunk line of the Ches- apeake and Ghio between Xew York and New Orleans, and all trains from the XYest stopped here now instead of going on to Richmond. Great Scott! A Union Depot! By the Butless Billy Goats! The Great liastern! A trunk line from Newport News to Chicago! The yelling of the porters and the pushing of the crowd put an end to my ejaculations. Hotel Fork Union! Academy Hill! Snead's Inn! all sounded in lily ear simultaneously, causing my hair to stand on end. Heres your automobile to Hotel lfork Union! yelled a porter, and fairly hustled me into a seat in the veritable palace of luxury. and before I could realize what the situation really was I was off up a beautiful granolithic street. bordered by solid blocks of business houses and crowded with hurrying people. autos, street cars and all manner of vehicles, and here and there hurried bunches of cadets in their trim uniforms. Is this Fork Union? asked I, as I pulled off my hat and rubbed my brow to see if I were really myself. Yes, sir: never here before? asked my neighbor passenger. She has grown wonderfully in the last twenty years. Heres the 'Institutef said he, pointing to a magnificent group of buildings on our right. 'flohn D. 104 ,