Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-11-12
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By CHARLES READE. ~
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The 10.l5tram glided from Paddiugton
May !. 1877 LII the left compartment Of
a certain irst-elass carriage wcrefonr pas
sengers; OF those, two We're worth tleserip-
ton The lady had smooth, white, deli
cate brow, strongly marked eye brows long
lashes, eyes that seemed TO change color,
and a socA-sized delicious mouth, viii,
teeth as white as milk. \ man could not
see her nose for her eyes and mouth; he.
own sex coui, andwould have told us some
nonsense about it. She wore lan5 unpre-
tending gfayisll dress, buttoned to the
throat. with loachye- shaped buttons, and a
Scotch shawl that aSreesbly evaded the re
sponsibility Of color. She was like a duck
so tight her plain feathers fitted her; and
and there she sat, smooth, snug, and deli
cieus with u book in hes hand, and soap
con of her snowy wrist just visible as she
held it, e9gfs
Her Opposite neighbor was what | call o
good style of niar--the inore tot his credit,
since he belonged TO corporation that fire.
quently turus out the worst imaginable
style OF young men. Hcwas cavalry Of
hcer. agc.i twenty five. He hat nous
tachc. but not a very rcpulsive one; not
one Of these sub nasal pis-t1ls. on which
soul Is suspended like dew ON shrub; it
was short. thick. aud black Us a coal-
His teeth had not yet been turned by to-
baceo smoke 20 the color of tobacco jnice,
hi; clothes dill not stick nor hang on him,
they sat on him; he had an engaging smile,
and, what like,l thee dog for. his vanity,
which was inordinate. was in its proper
place, his heart, not in his face, jostling
mine, and other peoples, who have none;
IN word he was what one oftener hears of
than meets, a. young gentleman lie was
conversing In an animated whisper with a
companion; fellow oflicer-they were
talking about What is far better not to do,
women. Our f.;cnd clearly did not wish
20 he overheard, for he cast ever and anon,
a furtive glance at his fair gis-a-ris and
lowered bis voice. She seemed completely
absorbed in her book aud that treasured
hirn At last the two soldiers came down
TO q whisper 1.-THE truth must be told) the
one who got down at Slough, aud was lost
20 posterity, bet ten pounds TO three, that
he who.was going with. us to Bath and i'm
mortality would not kiss either Of the ladies'
opposite on the road. '.Dohev' s'Donel''
Now am sorry man have hitherto
praised should have lent himself, even in a
whisper, TO such a speculation; but mo
body'is wise atall hours" not even when
the clock Is striking fivc-and-twepty; and
you are to consider his profession, his good
looks, and the temptation-ten to three.
After Slough the party was reduced to
three; at Twyford one lady dropped her
handkerchief, Captain Dolligan fell on it
Ikea tiger and returned it to her like 4
lamb, two or three words were interchanged
on that occasion. At Realizing the Marl-
borough OF our tale made one of the safe
Investments of that day; he bougbta Times
and a Punch; the latter was full Of steel-pen
thrusts and woo.l-cufs. Valor and beauty
designed TO laugh at some iafiated huinbuy
or other punctured by Punch. Now laugh
ing together thaws our human ice; long be-
fore Swindon it was talking match-at
Swindon, who so devoted as Captain Dol
igan-le handed them out--he souped
Lthem-he tough-chickened thenl-he bran
died and cochinealed one, and he branded
and burnt-sugared the other; on their re-
turn to the carriage, one lady passed into
the inner compartment TO inspect o GER
tain gcntleman's seat ON that side Of the
line -Jsft .gHDgLaE -
Reader Lad it been you or l, the beauty
would have stayed with US till all was blue,
ourselves included, not more surely does
our slice of bread and butter, when it es-
capes from our hand, revolve it ever so Of
ten, alight face downwards on the carpet
But this was a bit of a fop, Adonis, Dragon
so Venus remained fete-o-tete with him
You have seen dog meet an unknown
female of bis species; how handsome, how
empresse, how expressive be becomes; suci
was Doligan after Swindon, and to do tho
: dog Justice he got handsomer; and yot
have seen cat conscious of approaching
cream, such was Miss Haythorn; she be
came demurrer and dcmurcr. Presently on
3 captain looked ont of the window ant
laughed; this elected an inquiring look from
Miss Haythron. 1--WE are only q mill
from tho Box Tunnel.
= ssDo you always laugh mile from tn
Box Tunnel?" inquired the lady.
'Invariably-' ~
What for?'
Why heml it's gentleman's joke
oh! 1 don't mind it's Icing silly if
makes me laugh
Captain Doligan, thus encouraged, re
counted to Miss Haythorn the following:
a.:, a lady and her husband sat together go
4 ing through the Box Tunnel. There wa
; one gentlemanssat opposite, and it wa
pitch dark. After the tunnel had bee
passed through. the laly said: go
George, how absurd of you to salut
me going through the tunEel!'
E.i did NO such thipgp sst4s
You didn't
.Notwhys'1 .21Eisg 2IUi
Why, because somehow thought 20
didlh ? 9 I'D ~ Z 7 ~
Here Captain Doligan laughed, and Ell
:. deavorcd 20 lead hrs companion to laugh
but it was not to be done. st..HF
The train entered the tunnel.
.hiMiss Haythorn-sAh!E91e f1H)