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You ought to have worn a linen duster over it on the train . '' At this even Hiram showed keen amusement , and Mrs. Ranger herself joined in the laugh . `` Well , it was a good , sensible fashion , anyhow , '' said she . Instead of hurrying through dinner to get back to his work with the one o'clock whistle , Hiram Ranger lingered on , much to the astonishment of his family . When the faint sound of the whistles of the distant factories was borne to them through the open windows , Mrs. Ranger cried , `` You 'll be late , father . '' `` I 'm in no hurry to-day , '' said Ranger , rousing from the seeming abstraction in which he passed most of his time with his assembled family . After dinner he seated himself on the front porch .