The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-07-22


Inatch-at Swindon, who so devoted as
Captain Dolligan-he handed them out
The souped them--he tongh ehickened
them, he branded and cochinealed one and
The branded and burnt esugared the
lother; on their return to the carriage, one
llady passed in to the inner compartment
to inspect certain gentleman,s seat on
that side of the line. =. r@i.ssl. IS
1 Reader, had it been you or !, the beauty
would have been the deserter, the average
one would have stayed with us till. all was
blue, ourselves included; not more surely.
does our slice of bread and butter, when it
slescapes from our hand, revolye it ever so
.|often, alight face downwards on the car
jpet But this WIS q bit ofea fob, Adonis,
a dragoon- so Venus remained in tete a tete
with him. You have seen dog meet an
unknown female of his own species; how
handsome, how empresee, how expressive
fhesbecomes; such was Dolligan after Swim
don, and to do the dog justice, he. got
handsomer, and you have seen a cat con-
.lcious of approaching cream--such was
/ Miss Haythorn, she become demurrer and
.ldemnrer; presently our Captain looked out
lof the window:
+ Eve are only a mile from Box Tunnel?''
T. .Doiyou always laugh mile from Box
|Tnnne.?p said the lady. % Ss's's,
IL aInyariabiy.'' eaaGa3ST'ss' l''s = - =
1 q NV hat for?n ss Nis' /. s1as5 5s1S ?
- s"Why! hemlit is / gentleman's joke"
/ .sOh. / don't mindzits being silly if it
Imakes me laugh" ses eg s5s aee IiHss
Captain Dolligan being thus encouraged
jrecounted to Miss Haythorn the following:
E"A lady and her husband sat together
going through Box xTnnnel-there was QUE
|gentleman opposite, twas pitch dark. AT
ter passing the tunnel, the, lady said,
George, how absurd of you to salute me
i going through the tunnel. Il didno such
thing Y ou. didn't Mel ewhy?s--
4 Why because somehow 4 thought you
4 did!'snn, zo5is.s sisi he4 sssasy las
l. Here Captain Dolligan laughed anden
Edeavored to lead his companion to- laugh,
but it was not TO be done. The train en-
TERED, the tunnel. ls.5igaa ~ sfsfss ,ie
| Miss Haythorn+sAhlsi.sst s7sa sesea
I7q Dolligan-'What is the matter?' s
+ Miss HI am frigbtened.' secs 81
] d lmogipg to hey side III Praz.do not
be alarmed, / am quite near yon..
i Miss H.-.You are near me, very near
me indeed, Captain "a ~ So.
T D. You know my name!' IS g
4 Miss Il. ri heard your friend mention
8 it I wish we were out of this dark
placed sss,sis IS . bsss.s1a q E.aaefs =
q aA D.--I could be content to spend hour.
treassuring you, sweetlady.'. =; g Efs9a.
4 = Miss III. --Nonsense., ale9oa S
D.TzP-s-ep, (Grave reader, do not pu
Iyour, lips to the cheek of the first prett,
creature You meet oryou viii understand
what that means. l3is &aig saa AZ
Miss Heel ssaall 80 sfd..s. 81 rs
, , s.. Friend-7-.What is the matter?'a . k5sa
Miss H.--'Open the door--open tn
. door!' Sci eli aeupzs - astSisf 8
: There was q ,sound fhurried wbis
: pers.. tie door was shut and the blind pull
led down with hostile sharpness.e 80
II If any critic falls on me for putting in
artiealate sounds in q adialogueasabov
: answer, with all the insolenceI can ON
: ! mand at. present. a Hit boys as big a
'jygurself,' bigger perhaps, such as Sopho
cles Enripides, and, Aristophah S, they be
gan it, and I learned softhem sore sagains
my will. III ~ sgasg1s npsfslht sesiss3
Miss ;Haythorn's scream lost part of it
9 effect, because the engine swhistled fort
: thousand murders. at the same moment
land factitious grief makes itself heard whel
real cannot. -a..-@----=---
s Between the tunnel and Bathaur yonn;
$ friend had time to ask himself whetherlhi
q teonduct had been marked by that delicat
reserve which is supposed to .distinguis
!. the perfect gentleman. With along face
: real or feigned, he held open the door
lhislate friends tried to escape on tile lothe
: sidel impossible! they must pass him.
She whom he bad insalted Latin for,kiss
J depo posited somewhere at his foot look G
: gentle blushing reproach; the other, whor
!. be had not insulted. dartedared hot dag
! gers at him, from her eyes, andsso the
4 parted. ssia7s aea aeasiiSs stsa afss-s
!. Itwasa perhaps very fortunate for DOLL
: tgan that he had thegrace to be friends wit
!. Major Hoskynsof his regiment, a yetera
, llangheds at by the Youngsters, for the Ma
1Ejor was too aptsto look coldly on billiar
: balls and cigars; be had seen cannon bah
and linstocks; he had also to tell the truth
5 swallowed goodsdeal of mess room pokei
s but With itsome sort ofmoral poker whic
!, ,Imade it as impossible for Major Hoskyn
{ to descend to an nzungentlemanly like wor
: !, or action, assto brush his own trowsers be
: low the knee.% die 20 ID sii o. 48 s.
d AZ Captain Dolligan told this gentlema
IS his story in a gleefal accent; but Maje
ol Hoskyns heard him coldly, answered tbs
1 .he.had known a man to loose his life fo
o the same thing; sehat was nothing" cor
ri tinued the Major, /" for unfortunately
.e deserved to loose it.'' $. ''' as'4 Z
oil AT this the blood mounted to the youn
I'll mans temples, and his senior added
b II mean to say, he was thirty FIVE, 20,
: presume are twenty -one?n
., r~Twenty-fve." s