The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-07-09

MaflDOrOugn OtOuf taIe MADE one OF Jne sal
Investments of the day, he bought "Times
and "Punch,' the latter was full ofsteel De-
thrlsts and wood cuts. ValOr and beaut
deigned to laugh at some inflated hunbug o
other punctured by Punch. Now laughing to
gether thaws on human ice; long before Swim
don it was a talking match-at Swindon, VIII
so devoted as Captain Doligan--he handed then
out-he souped them--he tough chickenet
them he branded and cochinealed one and h
bgandicd and burnt sugared the other; on thei
return to the carriage, one lady passed in to tn
inner compartment to inspect certain gentle
mans seat on that side ofthe line.
Reader, had it been you or /, the beaut
would have been the doserter, the average on
would have stayed with us till all wag blue
ourselves ineluded not more surely does ou
slice of bread and butter, when it escapes from
our hand, revolve it ever SO often, alight fac
downwards on the carpet. But this was a bi
of fob, Adonis, u dragOon-so Venus remain
edin tete q tete with him. YoH have seen a do;
meet an unknown female Of his species; how
handsome, how eaapyesse, how expressive he be
comes; such was Doligan after Swindon, and tC
do the dog justice, he got handsemer and you
have Seen n cat concous ofapproaching cream
such was Miss Haythorn, she became demurf
and demurrer; presently cur Captain looked ou
of the window:
''Wo are only mile from the Box Tunnel?
ado you always laugh mile from Box Tun
ne?' said the lady.
Invariably"
"What for?p
"Why! hem! it is gentleman's joke"
"Oh, don't mind Its being silly if it makes
me laugh"
Captain Dolligan being thus encouraged re-
counted to Miss Haythorn the following: "a Ia
dy and her husband sat together going throuyl
Box Tunnel-thare was one gentleman oppo.
site, it was pitch dark, after passing the tunnel
the lady said, George, how absurd of you tc sa
Lutte me gong through the tunnel Il did nc
such thing 'You didn't Me! why?' 'Why
because somehow thought you did!'"
Here Captain Doligan laughed and endeayor
cd to lead his companion to laugh, but it wa,
not to be done. The train entered the tun.
nell
| Miss Haythorn-fAhn
| Doligan-'What is the matter?
Miss III am frightensd'
d. (moying to her sde)--'Pray do not be a.
hrm3d, am quite near YOU
Miss ii.-'You are near me, very near me in
deed, Captain
| D.-'l on know my namen
Miss HI heard your friend mention it,
wish we were out of this dark place
D.-l could be content to spend hours here
roassurns you, sweet lady,
Miss tl,-'NonsenSe'
D.-~Pweep, (Grave reader, do not put YOU,
lips to the cheek ofthe next pretty creature yov
meet, oryou viii understand what that means.
| Miss H--'Een
| Frlend-'What is the matter?'
Miss H.-Open the door-opan doorn
There was sond of hurried whispers, the
door was shut and the blind pulled down will
hostile sharpness
hany critic falls on me for putting inarticu,
late sounds in dialogue as above, | answer
WITH all the insolence can command at pres
ent, 'Hit boys as big as YOURSELF bigger per-
haps, such as Sophocles, Euripdos, and Ar8to.
phanes; they began it, and 1 learned of them
sore against my will. r..
Miss Haythorn's scream lost part of its effect
because the engine whiStled forty thousand
murders at the same moment, AMI fictitious
griei makes itselfho when real cannot.
Between the tunnel and Bath our young
friend had time to ask himself whether his CON
duct ha been marked by thlt delicate reserve
which is supposed to distinguish the perfect
gentleman. With a long face, real or fcgned,
he held open the door-hs late friends tried to
G 'cape on the other side! impossible they must
him. She whom he had insulted (Latn for kss)
deposited somewhere at his foot q look Of gentle
bushing cproach; the other whom he dad not
dnsultel, darted red hot daggels at him, from
her eyes, and so they parted.
1t was, perhaps very fortunate Cor Doll
gan that he had the grace to be friends with
Major doskyns OF his regment,a veteran laugh
ed by the youngsters, for the Major was too
apt to look coldly on billiard balls and cigars;
he had seen cannon balls and linstooks; he had
also, to tell the truth, swallo wed good deal of
mess room poker but with it some sort of NOR
al poker which made it as impossible for Major
Hoskyns to descend to an ungentIemanly like
word or action, as to brush his own trowsars
below the knee.
Captain Doligan told this gentlemaa his story
in asleeful accent; but Major Hoskyns heard
him coldly, and as coldly answeaed that he had
known man to loose his life for the same thing;
That was nothing continued the Major, for
unfortunately he deserved to loose it,
At this the blood mounted to the young
mans temples, and his senior added;
1 mean to say, he was thirty five, you, pre-
sumo am tweHty-one?
Twenty five
That is much the same thing; will you be
advised by me?'
'Ifyou will advise me-
Speak to no one of this, and send White the
three pounds, that he may think you have lost
the bet
THAT is hard, when won it,
Doit, for all that, SIR
Let the dsbelievers in human perfectibility
know that this dragon capable Of a blush did
this yirtuous action, albeit, with violent reluc.
tance, and this was his first damper. A week