Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-28
THE DOx TUNNEL.
NEW STORY By CHARLES READS.

lady had u smooth, white, delicate
brow, strongly marked eyebrows,
long lashcs, eyes that seemed TO change
color, and q good-sizcd delicious mouth,
with teeth rs white rs milk. 4 iran
could not see her nose for her eyes and
mouth, her own sex could and would
have told US some nonsense about H.
She were an unpretcnding greyisL
dress. buttoned ~ the throat With loz-
cngc-shapcd buttons, and Scotch
shawl tia. agrccably cyadcd tho res
possibility Of color. She WAS like y
duck, 80 tight her plain feathers fitted
her; and there she sat, smooth, s,rug,
and delicious, with book liz her hand
and soupcon OF her snowy wrist just
visible as she held it. Her opposite
neighbor WAS what | call good style
Of man-thc more to his credit, since
he belonged 70 a corporation, that frc-
gucntly turns out the worst imaginable
style Of young men. lie was caval-
~ officer aged twenty-five. lie had a
moustache, but not very rcpusivc
one, not one Of these sub-uasa! pig
tails, on which soup is suspended like
dew on shrft II was short, thick, and
black rs u coal. His teeth had not yet
been turned by tobacco smoke TO the
color or tobacco juice, his clothes did
not stick to nor hang on lin, they sa.
on him; he had All engaging smile,
and, what | liked the dog fo,, his ,au-
ty, which was inordinate, was in his
proper place, his heart, not in his face,
ostilng mine and other peoples. who
have none in word, he Was what
ono oitcner hears OF than meets, a
yonng gentleman. He was convcrs-
ing in an animated whisper with com
panion, fellow ofI;ccr---thcy were
talking about, what il is far better not
to 10, woman. Our friend clearly did
not wish TO DC overheard, for hc cast,
ever and anon, q faftivc glance al his
0's Il us and lowered his voice. She
seemed completely absorbed Ia her
book, and that reassurcd him. At ast
the two soldiers came down to wills
per, and in that whisper Ohc truth
must be toli) the one who got down at
Slough, and was last to posterity, bet
ten pounds 10 three, that he was going
with us to Bath and Immortality,
would not kiss either Of the ladies' OPP
posite upon the road. lionel
Done Now ! am sorry a man ]
have hitherto praised, should have lent
himself, even in a whisper, to such a
speculation but nobody is wise at all
hours not even when the clock is
striking fivc.an,l twenty and vow are
20 consider his profession, his good
looks, and, the teiuptation-ten 70
three.
After Slough the party vas reduced
70 three at Twyford ono lady drop
ped ner handkerchief; Captain Dolis
nan fell on it like tiger and returned
il ike a lamb; two or three words
were rnterchanged on that occasion.--
At Reading the Marlborough Of our
tale made orc Of The safe investrncu.s
of that day, he bought Times and a
Punch : the latter WAS full Of steel
pen trusts aud wood-cuts Valor and
beauty dcigned to laugh At some inflat
ed humbug or other punctnred by
Punch. Now laughing together thaws
onr human Ice long before Swindon
il was talking match-at Swindon,
who SO devoted as Captain Dolignan
-ho handed them out he soupcd
;hcm--hc tough ehickened t'sem---he
branded and conchincaicd one, and he
branded and burnt sugared the other;
on their return to their carriage, one
lady passc into the inner compartment
to inspest certain gent!cman's seat Oh
that side the line
Reader, had il been Won or |, the
beauty would have stayed with lis, till
all was blue, ourselves included not
more surely docs our slice Of bread and
butter, when it escapes from our hand,
revolvc it ever SO often, alight face
downwar,is on the carpet. But tins
WAS lit of a fop, Adonis, dragoon-
SO VEINS remained in tete-o-fcte with
him. iou have seen dog meet an
unknown female Of his species how
handsome, how cmpressc, how express
sivc he becomes such was Dolignau
sftcr Swindon, and TO do the dog JUS
tee he rot handsomcr, and you have
seen n cat conscious Of approaching
cream, such WAS Miss Haythorn she
became demurrer. Presently our cap
tam looked out of tho window and
laughed, this elected an enqulng look
from Miss llaythorn. we arc only a
mile from the Box Tunnel"
DO you always laways laugh mile
tro'a the Box Iunuell' inquired the
! lady.
Invariably '-'t- >.-
What fors'
Why, hem It's u gcntleman's joke.
'Ch! don't mind its being silly il
it makes me laugh
Captain Dolignan, thus encouraged
rccountcd TO Miss Haythorn the fol.
lowing A lady and her husband sat
together going through the Box TIN.
mel. There was one gentleman oppo.
site, and it WAS pitch dark. After the
tunnel had been passed through, the
lady said, George, how absurd Of you
to salute me going through hctunncl.'
| 4 did no such thing" You didn't !.
mo! Why why, because somehow
l thought you did y
Here Captain, Dolignan. laughed,
and cndeayor,d to lead his companion
to laugh. but it was not to be done.
The train entered the tunnel.
Miss lIaythorn. 'Ah"
| Dolignan, What is the mattcrf
Miss IIaythorn, i am frightened
Dolignan (moying to her sidc), Pray
DO not he alarmed, l am near YOU
Miss Haythorn, Yeu are near me
very near me, indeed, Captain Dolly
nan
Dolignan, You know my name
Miss Haythoru, 4 heard your fricn,
mention it, wish We were out of Thu