Golf in the Year 2000, or, What we are coming to by J. McCullough

Author:J. McCullough [McCullough, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Publisher: Feedbooks
Published: 1892-10-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

How they cross the Atlantic — What the ladies of 2000 do — Miss Adams — Has the female sex degenerated? — The picture gallery — Miss Adams again, a little too much of her this time

When we had arrived home I made my way to my bedroom, had a wash, and changed my clothes. Adams, you know, had let me into the secret of the wardrobe. Then I went down to the morning-room, where we had had breakfast. There were a lot of papers lying about, and I took up one to pass the time. The first thing that caught my eye was a heading, “A Fast Trip to America.” I wonder what they have reduced the Atlantic record to now, I thought; I expect it will almost be under the five days. You can judge of my astonishment when I read:

“The fastest trip yet made to America by the Transatlantic Tubular Railway was achieved yesterday. The 10 o’clock car from London arrived at New York at 12:32, thus taking only two hours and thirty-two minutes, and beating the last record by thirteen minutes. The stoppage at the half-way station was abolished, which saved some minutes. It will be some time before this record is broken.”

“So I should expect,” I said to myself, laying down the papers as Adams joined me.

“Been amusing yourself with the papers?” he said.

“Yes,” I replied. “I see they have been making a very fast trip to America.”

“Oh, they are always at that,” he answered; “anything under three hours is good.”

“But, by Jove, I would not like to risk myself for three hours under the Atlantic,” I said. “Is that tubular railway quite safe?”

“Safe?—yes, there has not been an accident since it started. The world is a very small place now. You can go right round it in a day, and feel as if you had never left your own house. What do you think of that?”

“Well, I told you I was not going to be surprised at anything more. So I’m not. I won’t be astonished even if you inform me you take a trip to the moon occasionally for change of air. But, I forgot, they’ve got no air there, have they?”

“No, we’ve not got that length,” he replied, “we’ll leave that for another generation or two. The legacy left in your own day for that purpose hasn’t been claimed yet. By the by, my sister has come home. I saw her and explained about you. She is quite agreeable to let you remain incog. for the present, but is very anxious to see you. You mustn’t be surprised when you see her, however; for women, I must tell you, don’t dress as they did in your days, but clothe themselves just as we men do. You can’t tell the difference between the sexes at a glance, as in your day.”

“That will account for my not seeing any ladies, as I thought, in the street.”

“Yes, that’s it, you would not be able

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