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there was one gentleman opposite, il was
pitch dark after the tunnel, the lady said
'GeOrge, how absurd Of you to salute me
going through the tuupel' Il did no such
thing You didn'tr Met uhyp Why,
because somehow l thought you did p-
Here Captain Doligu,u laughed aud en-.
doavored TO lead his compasion 20 laugh, but
II was not to be done. The train catered
the tunnel
Miss Haythorn-'AhP
Dolignan-'Wbati is the matter r
Miss HI am frightened
Dolig (noving TO her side,) Pray do not
be alarmed, l am quite near you
Miss III You are near me, very near
ne indeed, Captain Doliguan'
Dolig You know my pamer
Miss HI heard your friend mention
1t l wish We we're out Of this dark place ,
Dolig Il could be con,eut to spend hours
here, re assuring you, sweet lady
Miss H.-'Nonsen,eP
Dolig g-Pwsep (Grave reader, do not
put your lips TO the cheek Of the next pret.
~ creature you meet, or you will understand
what this mesns)
Miss H-.Eep
Friend-'Whst is the matterg
Mas H-'oPen the door open the
door
There was sound Of hurried whispers.
the door was shu, aud the blind pulled down
with hostile shArpness
If aay critic falls on me for putting mar.
tieulate sounds in a dialogue rs above, / au
swer, with all the irsolence can command
at present, Hit boys as big as yourself big.
ger perhaps, such rs SophOcles, Euripides.
aud AristoPhanes; they began it, aud
learned il Of them, sore against my will
Miss lsythorn's scream lost = part Of its
effect because the engine whistlej forty thou
sand murders at the same moment, aud
fictitious grief makes itself heard when real
cannot
Between the tunnel aud Bath our young
friend had time to ask himself whether his
conduct bad been marked by that delicate
reserve which is supposed to distinguish the
perfect gentleman
With long face, real or feigsed, be held
open the door,-his late friends attempted
to escape on the other side impossible :
they must pass him She whom be had in
suited (Latin for kissedl deposited some
where At bis foot look Of gentle blushing
reproach the other, whom he had not 10.
suited, dsrtsd red-bs, daggers at him from
her eyes, aud so they parted.
IL was perhaps, fortunate for DoliRnau,
that be had the grace to be friends with
Major Hoskyns Of his regiment, q veteran
laughed at BY the youngsters, for the Major
was too apt 10 look coldly upon billiard balls
aud cigars; be had seen cannon balls aud
hnstocks be had also. TO tell the truth,
swallowed good bit Of The IA messToom poker,
but With il some sort Of moral poker but
which made il as impossible for Msjor IL
kyps TO descend TO an ungentlemaR- like
word or action, as to brush his own trowssrs
below the kBee
Captain Dolignan told this gentleman his
story in gleeful accent but Major Hoskyus
heard him cOIdly and as coldly answered
that lie had known 4 man lose his life for the
same thing Thai is nothing, continued
tho Major, but unfortunately be deserved
TO lose it
At this the blood mounted to the younger
mans temples, aud his senior added, i mean
to say he was thirty Eve, you, presume, are
twenty one
Twenty i've
That is much The same thing will you
be advised by meP
III you will advise me
Speak TO no Que Of tbis, and stud White
80 - "e-s - 49, A<'@- yNA AAhp A@eb iES
bet
That is bard when I won itP
'Do IL for all that, cir
Let the disbslievors in human perfsctibiIi.
" know that this dragon capable of = blush
did this virtuoas action, albeit, With violent
Tslue,anee. aud this was bis 6rst dAmper
A week after these events, be vas 81 ball,
not the ffst, siAco bis return, bisF sstsada
-. - - .s.fE a
uhieh belongs TO us amiabls Epglish He
Was booking 10 vain, f5r a lady, equal in Der
sonal attraction, 20 the idea he bad foFssd
Of George DoligBan A. mau, WhsB saddsb.
ly there gliJed past him a most delightful
vision = lady whose beauty sbd symmstry
took him by the syes--anothsF look ~
eab't be 'Yos, is isf Miss Haythorn
(not that be knes hsr name , but what en-
spotbsosis
The duck bad become pen ben --fadisbt,
da1Eling shs looked tWies ss bsautiful and
almssl tsios a. large a. before lie lost
sight Of her lie found hss sgsin She
VS. % lovely she ms3s bin ill-snd BE-,
alone musi nos dsres wi,h bsr spssk 70 her
Ifbs had been content 10 b.gin ber sequaint
sass che usual wsy Il miEh, bsve ended IN
hissinE but haviug began vita kiusiaR IL
must cod IL nothiBg A. she danced sparks
% beauty fell from ber 90 sll afound, bat
him--she did not tss hin u vas elcsr she
u0aid see bim--0no gentleman Was paftie1
iaFiy assidu0us she sailed on bic sssidui
ty; be uss usly, bat sbs sailsd oa bin
DolignAn vas suTpFitod AZ his success, his
100 taste bis uglinsss, his inpeTiinsBos Do.
liguan 40 last fouud himssf iujaFsd Who
sss this nan . aud chat right hsd be 10 70
On sof 'He hsd never kisssd her, | sop
pose, sid Dolly Dohgnan oould uot prove
h. hes be gsit that tomshov tbo rights n
property usrs Invaded Bs vtbt hone sui
dreamed q Mics Hsyih0Fa, baisd sll ibo
uzlg saoosssfnl Hs spsut f5Stnizht, ~
iae " had oat uhs tbis bssuty 90, ,--bs
sever ssald snssuntst hsf hEtin AZ lass
~ ksaFd q bsF, 10 this vay lhHyar's
aiefk paid kin = httls Visii Esd oemmsecsi
q litils asiisa sgaiBst Bin, 10 ihs nams Il
Miss HsJthsFa fos iasuitiag hoF ia . raj.
uay tsain
The youag gsatlemsa sas shooks5, sn.
dsavofea 70 ssfteu be lsaysf's eleFk thsi
mashins did nsl il0r5aEhly comprehend ths
nsaniug of tha tsFm. TIE ladya nans
hsssvsF, We 90 least rsvssisA ~ ihis uais
uafd insidsut from hss naas v hsf "a
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