The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1854-01-12
I" beautiful to see, her 1adyship re-

beautiful to see, " her ladyship re-
piled &
"No, 1 thank you, sir; 1 want this
seat for my baggage, and I shall not
give it up to any body;" and up goes
her nose into an angle of forty-fve
degrees.
"Wc-all now," persisted Hooshier-
osus, "that don't seem reasonable,
that you should litter up a whole seat
with them are little traps, when pla-
ces are so scarce. Hang 'em up on
to nail stick 'em under ye; set
onto them; theirs lots of ways to fix
it,"
Snap went the eyes again, and up
cooked the little nose as She retorted:
II shall do no such thing, sir and
moreover, 1 shall be obliged to you,
if you'll just mind your own bust
ness"
"Well, now, you see, I've set my
heart unto fixiug this, and it don't
seems though I could think ofbcing
disappointed. And I've about made
up my mind, that unless you fix it SO,
l shall be obliged to give up my seat
to the old gen'lman, so as to bring
him as nigh as possible to his wife,
and I shall hev to come and set along
with you. I dunno but you'd like
that 'rangcmcnt; I'm considered some
among the girls where I livc."
A look Of determination now began
to gleam from the corrugated face of
the countryman, and the young lady,
with mingled alarm and Indignation,
fastened to reply
You'd better take care what you
do, sir, l'm not to be insultcd with
impunity."
40, I'm responsible. was his only
answer, as he led the old gcLtlcman
to his own scat, and Immediately COM
menced crowding into a place by the
side of the young lady. This move
ment she resisted strcnuously, when,
cncircling her waist with his brawny
arm, he lifted her up as though she
were a child, planted her down firmly
at the further end of the seat, and
settled himself comfortably into his
place.
"Thcrc, " said he, "that's the dan
dy. Now let's hev little tern O. talk.
You'll find me one OF the plcasantest
fellows you ever did sce' in private
conversation.
The reader may we'll 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, staggcr-
cd by the Cromwellian boldness of
this coup d'ctat, and more than doubt
fu! Of it's propriety, but rejoicing in
spite OF their misgivings over the sud
den retribution that had bcf,ll. II the
common enemy, were vainly striving
to conceal their mcrriment.
"You brute! you william! I ncv-
or was SO insultcd in my life! It's
outrageous for the passengers to per-
NIT it! Conductor conductor we
-augh-ew! Where is the conduc-
tori Wen see if ladies' arc to be in
suited in the cars with impunity ?"
"Fetch on your conductor, SAYS
the imperitable squatter, I'dIike to
b hasa " A;ps ,e4 " ria1a . ialxziaear
Out bounded the lady in rage.
She'd ratherjump on the tract than
sit with such beast. Immediately
the hoosier rose, turned over the re-
volving back, removing the ladies
things carefully to the scat on whi III
her companion, mute and terrified,
was sitting, placed the passive old
gentleman and his wife (who obcycd
him with an amusing reliance on his
superior ability into tho vacated pla-
ces, quietly returned to his own seat,
with 'cxcgi monumentum' air Of
man who has served his generation
The elected lady soon returned to the
side of her companion, and in crest
fallen and unobtrusivc mood, retained
her place to the close Of the journey.
Our story is done. We hardly
think VIC should have attempted it,
had VIC anticipated it would have
proved so long a on,. We will not
Sr::. spa. t out anv' further with pl,iloso-
phizing, but let every rcaacr make
his own Improvement We don't
believe the all-pervading young lady
on the cars, atany rate, has any doubt
about its moral.
AngloJapauese Work.
This elegant and most useful work is very
easy in its execution, while the means and
appliances for its performance are within the
reach of cYery one The matepials nra a;,nr,