Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-12-08
MISCELLANY.
A RAILROAD INCIDENT.

It was late, The lamps of the car burned
dimly. In one seat were "hapPy couple" re-
joicing in a carpet-bag, two band-boxes, bas-
ket, brown paper parcel, and sleeping
cherub." Suddenly cherub-a girl Of some
three years. experience ia this strange world
awoke from one of those long, undisiurbed
slumbers, that are among the unalienable pre-
negatives of bameless childhood, and climbed
up so as to look over the back of the seat. Two
care-worn, travel-weary and half awake men,
sat directly in front of the innocent little crea-
ture. They looked as though they had been
on railroad car for month, and had journey
ed from the regions about sunset. The great
curious eyes of the child fell upon them. She
scanned carefully the faces of each, and one
would have deemed her 10 be an infantle phys
iognomist Presently one of them looked at
her. 1t was evident that she rather liked him
of the two, and had about made up her mind to
speak to him for instantly her little voice was
heard, as she piped out the query
''Does he love little girls ~
The man looked at her a moment rather
grufy and then replied
"No-I don't"
shade of unu,terable disappointment and
surprise was instantly daguerreoiyped upon the
sweet and blooming counenance Of the child,
but passed away when she replies
eyes you do"
The man reused himself and took another
look. He was evidently both puzzled and sur
prised and he said
''How do you know %
And she replied
"Cause you look as if you did,
This thawed him out some, and he replied !:
81 have little gil at home"
The little questioner now evidently felt that
she was on the fright track" and after look
that showed that this intelligence showed new
and unexpected view Of the affair, renewed the
conversation earnestly, and the following COLO
guy ensued
"Does you love your little girl %
eyes"
SIS she really good little girl !"
"Sometimes she isl
SIS she naughty sometimes !"
eyes"
"Does she go down in the kitchen when she
had nj ought to dol"
Eyes, sometimes"
"Do you whip your little girl when she is
naughty"
Eyes"
"Ihen do you whip her :"
"Souetimes.
"When she says sho is sorry, do you whip
her then o.
"No, never"
Tho little creatures eyes danced and spark
led at this, and drawing conclusions, and no
doubt from her own experience, she exclaim-
ed
us real glad, is"
Then looking at the other man, who had re-
fused to answer the question she had put to
aim, she said to her newly made friend with a
look Of wonder
THAT man won't speak to me Doe, he
love little girlsi"
The man had heart somewhere, and he
ihawed out Rousing himself he extended his
brawny hand, and said
SLOW do you do, sissy :" 4.
And the little creature, not altogether easy,
replied
rs pretty well how is you %
by this time, all who were in hearing of the
eolloquy were moved to tears the eyes of the
parents of the little pratiler were full to over
flowing, and those who were nearest, heard one
OF the men she had questioned say to the 9th
er:
"She's little witch"
Aud so she was Her blooming beauty and
her inianiile artessness were powerful enough
TO break through the roughness, the WEAKNESS,
the reserve and the Indifference of the travel
worn men of the world, and TO melt them to
iears.-A,burn American