Columbia gazette., 1854-05-27

nose into an angle OF fOrty-iivc degrees.
"Wall now," persisted Hocs,,iere>us,
'sthat don't seem reasonable, that you
should litter up a hull seat with them
ARE little traps, when places is SO scarce.
Hang 'cm up onto nail; stick 'c,n un-
der ye; set onto 'em; there's lcta o ways
to fix it,
Snap went the eyes again, and up
cooked the little nose, as she rctortcd:
II shall do no such thing, sir; and
moreover, I'll be obliged to you, if you'll
just mind your own business"
"Well now, you see, I've set my
heart onto fixing this, and it don't seem s
though l could think o. being disap-
pintcd. And I've about made up my
mind. that unless you fix it so, shall
be obliged to give up my scat to the old
gentleman, SOS to bring him as nigh as
possible . his wife, and | shall have to
come and sit along you. | dunno but
you'd like that rangement; Pm coHsid-
cred some among the girls where l
i've"
| A look Of determination began now to
CLEAN from the corrugated face of the
countryman, and the young lady, with
mingled alarm and indignation, hasten
cd to reply:
"You'd better take care what you do,
sir; I'm not to be iusulted with impuni-
ty.>
90, I'm responsible was his only
answer, as he led the old gentleman to
his own seat, and immediately commence
ed crowding into place by the side of
the young lady. This movement she
resisted strenuously, when, cncircling
her waist with his brawny arm, he lifted
her up, as though she we're a child,
planted her dowa firmly at Hse further
end of the seat, and settled himself COM
fortably into his place.
There said he; that's the dandy.
| Now let's hev a little turn O. talk.
You'll find me one O. the pleasantest
fellows sou ever dad see, in private con-
vcrsation.'
The reader may well suppose there
were screams and struggles, and eyes
that flashed through tears, and threats Of
vengeance BY the quantity, while the
passengers on every side, staggered by
the Cromwellian boldness of this conp d
etat, and more than doubtful of its pro-
priety, bat rejoicing. i'll spite of THEN
misgivings, over the sudden retribution
that had befal1en the common enemy,
were vainly striving to conceal the;r
merrimcnt.
"You brute! you william! I never wa:
so insultcd in my life! It's outragcou:
for the passengers to premit il! Conduc.
tor! Conductor! wa--augh lew! Where's
the conductors! Well see if ladies are tt
be insulted in the cars with impunity!
/ "Fetch on your conductor" Gays tht
imperturbable squatter,' like to hav'
him tell us what lady ine car is:''
Out bounded the lady in rage
"Sheh rather jump off upon the tract
than sit with such beast Immediate
ly the hoosier rose, turned over the re
volving back, removed the lady's 'things
carefully to the seat on which her com
panion, mute and terrified, was sitting
placed the passive old gentleman ant
his wife (who obeyed him with an anus
ing reliance upon his superior ability
into the vacated places, and returned
quietly to his own seat, with the crss
monumcatum air of man who has "ser
we'd his generation.'' The elected lad,
soon returned to the side Of her compan
ion, and in crest-fallen and unobtrusiv'
mood retained her place to the close o
the journey.
Our story is done. We hardly thinl
we should have attempted it had NC an
ticipated it would prove 50 long one
): We'll not spin it out any further will
! philosophizing, but let every rcadc