The Arkansas banner., 1843-11-25

about the dish neatly and quite temptingly. l By tl4is time, the odor of the fowls had awak- anel into keanaeas the unsatsi.ed appetltes ! Of the whole companys who were enlv wait ing lor an invitation to help Themselves. h carving, the accomplished stranger hal sur rounded the edge of the dish with the pieces of turkey and chicken, leaving quite space il the centre. Into this he emptied the eoa- tents of his pocket handkerchief, consisting i of Q dozen or SC of boiled eegs, with bread.
 "N0w, ladies,n he said, lifting the dish and turning partly round, sa that t rested on the tant leathern strap that fofmet themoYe- able back Of the seat, and thus was fully pre- senseI to tHem-sHelp yourselves, l know you are hangry.7
 The ladies looked at the tempting exhibi- ton. coloresl, and hesitated.
 seBon'tbe afraid" he urged. 'sNecessity knows no law.2
 The temptation was too great for one hum grier than the rest, who, hesitating no long CT. took the wing of a chicken in one hand and a piece of bread in the other, and forth i with commenced operations, not however, before she had smiled, bowed, and said courteous
 s'Thank you, sirn
 The other two ladies followed suit quite natuFaIIy,and then the men went to work in right good earnest, nor paused, until turkey, chickens, bread, eggs and all had vanished. Of course, the sailce for all this was good humer, jokes and funny sayings, in no small quantity After Inc eatables had fully disap- peared, tha empty dish was cast overheard, and all hands composed themselves, in the best temper possible with themselves, each other, and all the world. Bonifacenot exeept- ed
 Two hours aud half afterwards, the stage brought up at Grimes's for tea. For some time past, the late dinner arrangement had not affected the aPpetites of the passengers as t had done at first, much to the surprise Of the landlord and 'sagent,n and not q little to his regret. On the occasion, however, his guests seemed more inclined to laugh than to eat, and finally left the table after having taken only one cup a piece, with siixinsn in proportion. The secret of this leaking out before the stage moved on, to the great merrimeat of Grimes and the cote TIC in his haG-room, to whom one of the pas sengers related the joke. Among these, was the editor of a country paper.
 On the next morning, the whole story ap- Peaeed in print, wiih names, places and all detailed with much point and humor.- This account, Parker, who most people thought knew about as much of the whole matter as any body, had put into the form of a handbilI, two or three of which were cir culated among the passengers in every stage. Of course ScrewIer soon became aware of this fact, and did not venture again to cheat the passengers ont of their dinner, when they consented to eat at all. Butit happened two or three times week, that a whole stage load would refuse to dine with him, and thus he would come off the leser. Finally he abandoned the proiiless business of dining the stages, and fell back into his old ways,
 Whoever goes that road now, gets I com fortable dinner, in good time, at Pafker's, and should the old man feel in the humog, will have added, by way of extra fare, q graphic sketch of the saying and doing at Scrowler's, with which our readers have just been made acquainted.