The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-12-20
wOODvILLE, MISSISSIPPI, TUEsI

tiger and returned it like lamb; two or
three words Were interchanged on that occa-
sion. At Reading, the Marlborough of our
tale made one of the safe investments Of the
day, he bought Times" and Punch =
the latter was full of steel-pen thrusts and
wood-euts, Valor and beauty deigned to
laugh at some inflated humbug or other pune,
tured 10y Punch. Now laughing together
thaws our human ice long before Swindon it
was talking mateh-st Swindon, who so de-
voted as Captain Dolignan-he handed them
out-he souped them--he toughed-chickened
them-he branded and cochinealed one, and
branded and burntsugared the other on
Their return to the calringe. one passed into
the inner compartment to inspect certain
gentlemans seat on that side the line. +
Reader, had it been you or !, the beauty
would have been the deserter, the average
one would have stayed with us, till all was
blue, ourselves included; not more surely
does our slice Of bread and butter, when it es-
capes rom our hand, revolve it ever so often,
alight face downwards on the carpet. But
this was bit of a fop, Adonis, dragoon--so
Venus remained in tete-a-tete with him. You
have seen dog meet an unknown female of
his species how handsome, how impresSe,
how expressive he becomes such was Dolg-
nan after Swindon, and to do the dog justice,
he got handsomer and handsomer; and you
have seen cat conscious of approaching
cream, such was Miss Haythorn, she became
demurrer and demurrer; presently our Captain
looked out of window and laughed, this elected
an inquiring look from Miss Haythorn. 1--WE
are only mile from the Box Tunnel
"Do you always l,ugh mile from the Box
Tunnel 2" said thelady. e-E
Invariably"
"What for Z"
"What hem +! it is gentleman's joke"
""Oh don't mind its being silly if it
makes me laugh" Captain DoIignan thus
encouraged, recounted to Miss Haythorn the
following: "A lady and her husband sat to-
gether going through the Box Tunnel-there
was one gentleman opposite, it was pitch dark;
after the tunnel, the lady said, George, how
absurd of you to salute me going through the
tunnel did no such thingr You didn't9'
| No whyr-, Why, because somehow /
thought you did 2" Here Captain Bolignan
laughed and endeavoured to lead his compan-
ion to laugh, but it was not to be done. The
train entered the tunnel. t...
Mss Haythorn-" Ahw
Dolignan-" What is the matter 2"
Mss HI am frightened"
Dolly" (moving to her side) "Pray do
not be alarmed am near you"
Mss H." You are near me, very near Inc
indeed, Captain Dolignap"
DoHg.--" You know my name |"
Mss H." heard your friend mention it
wish we were out of this dark place"
Dohg.-"I could be content to spend hours
here, re-assuring you, sweet lady," q
Mss H" Nonsense !"
Dotig.--Pweep! Grave reader, do not put
your lips to the cheek of the next pretty crea-
ture you meet, or you will understand what
this means) 8.I. 3, a.aai t-... nj
Mss H" Eli !"
FrieDd-'' What Is the matterg"
!. Mss H,-"Opeh the door open the
door r r
There was sound of hurried whispers, the
door was shut and the blind pulled down with
hostile sharpness. #"1I 81 = ~
Ii any critic falls on me for putting inar.
ticulate sounds in dialogue as above, an
swer, with all The insolehce can command
at present Hit boys as big as yourself,
bigger perhaps, sucli as Sophoce, Euripides
and Aristophanes; they began it, and learn
ed it of them, sore against my will.
| Miss Haythorn's scream lost part of it:
effect because the engine whistled forty thous
and murders at the same moment; and 6cti
tious grief makes itself heard when real can
not. rag
Between the tdnhel and Bath our young
friend had time to ask himself whether his
conduct had been marked by that delicate
reserve which is supposed to distinguish The
perfect gentleman.
With long face, real or feigned, he held
open the door-his late friends attempted tc
escape on the other side-impossible they
must pass him. She whom he had insulted
(Latih for kissed) deposited somevhore at hi:
foot look of gentle blushing reptoach the
other, whom be had not insulted darted red
hot daggers at him from her eyes, aud sc
they parted.
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for Dolignan thai
he had the grace to be friends with Major
Hoskyns of his regiment, veteran laughed
at by the youngsters, for the Major was toe
apt to look coldly upon billiard balls and ci
gars; he had seen cannon balls and lnstocks
he had also, to tell the truth, swallowed q
good bit of the mess-room poker, but with il
some sort of moral poker, which make it a.
impossible for Major Hoskyns to descend tc
an ungentleman-like word or action, as tc
brush his own trowsefs below the knee.
Captain Dolignah told this gentleman hi:
story in gleeful accents but Major Hoskyn,
heard him coldly, and as coldly answered thal
he had known man lose his fife for the same
thing; That is nothing" continued the Ma
jor +" but unfortunately he deserved to lose it,
AT this the blood mounted to the youngel
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