Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-11-20
No. 26.
Scene il. a Sia.c Caach


e certain funny scenes in stage coach.
are o''eh told. we may as we'll give
one 'las occurred last winter in Kenuekr
ne Stage started from the hotel In
JUST as night was drawing her sabl,. cur.
Jams over hill aud dale; proceeding ON.
ward 10 the outskirts Of the ctiv tYo 4.
males approach 10 enter. II so h,n,s,sa
That only one place remained vacant as
'hree had the front seat three the hack
ana TWO the middle. The passengers re-
nons'ra'ed with The agent, who was ve,
on The box. but 10 no purp ,se: tvo mora
must get IN. So the gentlemen ON the
hidaie seat were obliged TO take partners.
10 be as gallant as possible. seeing
they must take IN two more, The gentle.
man, nearest The door. who, bv the bye.
belonged IN This CITY, stepped out; The first
was likely looking negress, the other
was a closely yelled and gloved lady,
he negress took the middle sea, and the
lady The only remaining. but our Cincin
nalIan was not 10 be Ouldone. SO he
bounded IN. saying To the lady she must
enher hold or lei him! She chose 10
take the extra passenger into her lap
crack went the whip and away rolled tbe
wheels.
Imagination in place Of iipht-as The
| curtains al the stage were lei down-pic-
tnred TO our friend beautiful face hidden
under he veil-rch because she had n
servani--a fine come clion, because she
came from fine house.
Soon, our Clnclnnalian proposed to
swap sitnalions-the stage running smooth
ly gave an opportunity, and HE lady was
relieved OF her load. and furnished a seat
on the young mans knee.
| Al this comfortable position the ac
qantances of our townsman began to
show signs Of envy. They didn't talk
so. but they hawked and hemmed and
made divers sly insnuations.
On rolled the stage and The cold wind
sometimes blew through the unsteady
curtains. The gentleman fearful that
his charge might suffer from the chilly air.
asked pahetirally and concernedly if his
| cloak would not add 10 the comfort of his
fair unknown. Ii being affirmed. he
placed his magnificent wrapper aronnd tht
slender form which he often pressed not
rudely but very lovingly.
As the hours passed each in his or her
turn grew dozy. and The happy couple by
divers jolts found themselves with head
upon shoulder and lips not very far
asulder.
The yonng gentleman found that what
he al first feared would be sore incon.
veninence had turned out mos, interest
ing affair. He felt determined in his own
mind 10 find out whothis charming person
was, and. il all was right, pop the ques.
ton despite of little engagement in this
city, which. we may add has since been
fulfilled. But no matter. The time
passed rery agreeabIy, aud very quickly.
for, before our gallant had completed all
his castles in the air, the coach arrived at
Aavsville.
The lady signifed to The driver where
she lived; but our friend offering his SER
vics 10 escort her to her very door. the
driver was allowed to proceed to The Ho-
tel. while with arms locked and the SER
want following behind, the party, moved
on, and soon arrived in front Of a stately
mansion. The inmates being in bed, the
lady politely invited her beau to follow
her through the yard into the kiichen.-s
CtIC lOhih w HOtiIiHg .icsS. III tNeY e
went till reaching lhe door-lhe dog
barked and aroused the negroes-the fe-
male entered and big black fellow clasp
ed her eXclalmng.
why, Sue, lie heaven gad to vou," 81
The spell was broken Our in love
young man had actually Rugged aud held
and fell in love with very genteel ,lres-
sed, well formed, well spoken, bn, awful
black young 'niggerl
In the morning he took his envious
young friends up to the house and intro
duced Them according TO their pressing
desiies. Ii was hard to tell which of the
company had the the worst Of the Joke.
One held the niggef-nursed and kiss.
ed her. in the dark ach-cologne and
musk prevented immediate detection
bu, the others Uouid have done so! sa
Hon0rs were easy, probably, and so
we conclude the last stage coach story.
If not the best of the season. Gin Goz.