The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-10
ffuta h~ntiess Nisssiisns
VERY rNrRoBsiLx STORY.
KISSING - rHE DARN.


The lo.l5 train elided from Pad.
dinion. Nay Z. isi1. In the lcil com.
Partment OF certain frst-class carriage
were four passengers Of these. sinru-
iarly enough, two were worth dcscrip-
lion. The Young lady had smooth.
white, delicaie brow, strongly marked
eyebrows. hong lashes, eyes that seemed
to change color, and n good sized deli.
cious mouth. with teeth white rs milk.
She wore m unpretcnding grcyish dress
bniioned 10 the throat, with long shaped
bottoms, n Scotch shawl that agrceably
e'aded the responsibility of color
She was like duck, ~ tight her plain
feathers fitted her; and there she sat.
smooth, snGg and delicious. with book
Ia her hand. aud touch of her snowy
wrist just visible as she held IT, Her
opposite ncighbor was what call
good style Of man more 10 his cred
H. since he belonged TO corporation,
that frequently turns out the worst i'm
aglnable style of young men. lie was
a cavalry officer, aged twenty-five
lie had n moustache, but not yery re-
pulsiVe one; il was far from being one Of
those subnasal pig-tails, on which soup
is suspended like dew on shrub il
was short, thick, and black as a coat
His teeth had not been turned by smoke
TO the color Of tobacco juice, his clothes
did not stick nor hang 10 him. they sat
ON him he had an engaging smile, aud
what liked the dog for, his vanity.
which was inorlinaie. was ia ITS proper
place, his heart, not in his face. ostling
mine and other peoples who have none
in word, he was what one ofiencr
hears than meeis--a young genticmaH.
lie was conversing in an animated
whisper with n companion, fellow
oiiicer-they were talking about, what
IT Is far better not to do, women.-
Our friend clearly did not wish TO be
overheard, for he cast ever and anon.
fugitive glance at his fair us-a-cis
and lowered his voice. She seemed
completely absorbed in her book, and
that re-assured him. At last the two
soldiers came to n whisper, and in that
whisper Ohe truth must be told) the
one who got down at Slough, and was
lost to posterity, bet ten pounds 10 three,
that he who was going down with MS
10 Bath and Immortality would not kiss
either of the ladies opposite upon the
road. "Done!' Now am sorry
man have hitherto praised, should
have hitherto praised, should have lent
himself, even in whisper, TO such
speculation, but nobody is wise at all
hours" not even when the clock is
striking five-and-twenty and you are
10 consider his good looks, and the
temptation-ten TO three.
After Slough the party reduced 10
three; ; at Twyiord, one lady dropped
her handkerchief, Captaid Dolignan fell
on 1t like "A tiger and returned il like "A
lamb; two or three words were inter
changed on that occasion. At Read
ing, the Mrborough of our tale made
one of the safe investments of that day
he bought Times" and Punch" h"
the latter was frll Of stecl-pen lhrusls
aud wood-cuts. Valor and brauty de-
signed to laugh at some inflated hun
bug or other punctured by Punch
Now laughing together lhaws our hu-
man ice long before Swindop il was
"A talking natch-at Swindon who 80
devoted as Captain Dolignan he hand
ed them out--he souped them-he
tough-chickened them-he branded and
cochinealed one, and he branded
and burnt-sugared the other; on
their return TO the carriage, one lady
passed into the inner compartment to in.
spect certain gentleman's seat on
that side of the line.
Reader had it been you or !, the
beauty would have been the deserier,
the average one would have stayed with
US, till all was blue, ourselves included 1;
not more surely does our slice of bread
and butter. when it escapes our hand.
revolye 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. Presently our Captain looked
out Of the window and laughed, This
elected AN inquiring look from Miss
Haylhorn.
We are only mile from Box Tun-
mel
DO you always laugh a mile from
Box Tunnel ? said the lady.
Invariably
what forf
Why hem ii is gentleman {.
joke
'Oh! | don't mind iis being silly Il
II makes me laugh Cap;. Dolignan
thus encouraged, recounted 10 Mis-,
Hayihorn the following:
! a lady and her La band sat iogalher
I g'ing through Box Tunnel-lhere was
one gentleman opposite, il was pitch
dark : after the Tunnel, the lady said,
George, how absurd Of you 10 salute
mc going through the Tunnel i did
no sacb thing You didnif No
whyy 'Why. because somehow ihu',
you did Here Captain Dolignan
1 hushed, aud endeasorrd TO lead his
companion 10 laugh. bui Il VA, no, 10 be-
d0ne' The train entered the tunnel.
Al. n a.