Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-07
From Dickens's Household Words.
English Railway Adventure.

railway, and 90 to town and return from every ay
the two journeys consume about two hours, and hay
ing taken them regularly TOR the last fifteen years,
must have spent at least a twelvemonih Of my ex-
istence in hrst-cass carriage therefore may be
supposed TO know little about the passengers.
know almost every-bodys name who gets into the
train at the haf-dozen stations between my own
and London, and whether he will return by our five
thirty. or not, TO a dead certainty. know which
are the stock brokers. and which the lawyers, and
which are the bill discounters, and the places OF
business ofevery OF them, althOua acquain-
lance IS only acknow ledged by nod, nor ever ex-
tends beyond the terminus OF Lcnion Bridge
When or 3 Is not in eleven forty five up twice run
ning we look for him III the Times, ana find him
der Deaths or Bankrupts; and when myself, X am
missing. feel confident that the rest OF the alphabet
viii as easily understand what has become OF me-
We do not pretend to entertain the sympathetic Eel
ings of Posseau, ora De LamIrtine, tow ards cur
friends of the South Angular; our conversations,
which are Carried Under cover oi our respective
newspapers, are kept studousy general, for there
is no knowing shat religion or politics any OF Us
may profess or whether We profess them ct all; we
discuss principally the money market only, ana the
murders, trusting that, it there he homicide or
two in the same carriage. any offensive remark may
DC understood not to apply 10 the present company
We season ticket holders are of course well known
by sight to all the company's officers, so that they
rarely give the trouble OF producing passts
at all is one one OF us more easily recognizable
than T., the eviathan banker. who makes the train
stop in front o. his OWN house, where there is no
station the concentrated disgust OF the three class
e. lie is called by Us familiarity "the Old Cock"
but, although he knows this il is not, OF course,
tomary To address HIN 10y that appeliaton. My
brother, however, who Is q stranger To the South
! Angular, going down with me once, upon visit by
the five th.rty-remarked, unhappy, upon occI-
sion of the usual stoppage in front OF the huge red
I ..Ot ,l;s rbara tl,c rcsk Evc yhn
causes you much annoyance, is it!' Whcreup-
ON, the great G, who sitting opposite, crimsoned
excessively, got out slower than usual, and has new
| er nodded u me since. \ little alter this, new
ticket collector having been appointed by the COM
pany, he called upon the whole carriage full, which
included but one casual passenger, TO produce our
/ tickets which with the exception OF the old Cock,
we readily did. He confessed that he had it in his
waistcoat pocket, but that 10 human power should
| induce him 10 exhibit it he harrangued the unior
tunate collector for nearly aquArttr OF an hcu.--U'
ring which time tho train OF course delayed,
and the business passengers goaded to ireuzy--oE
the absurdity ofhis (C'sl beng unknown 70 any
person on the South Angular railway, no matter
/ how newly appointed, Or how iorsetIuI by DISPOSE
ton he took the official TO task, just rs though he
himself, the Old Cock, the aggrieved party,
I and as fine were the Lord Chief Baron addressing
some great offender against the law
"Nav, but," ur- Ell the poor man, at is my duty
10 see your ticket sir, whether you have COMPOUND
cd for the year or not. You nay, for al ain sup
posed t" know to the contrary, have len. or even
sold your
| sell my ticLe;.--I abuse my privilege" cried
the Old fellow, in terrible voice. Give the rascal
into my hand, john" TO his son, who was sitting
opposite) whereupon the collector got of the step
with great agility
"What am 10 do" said the discounted. ap-
pcaling 10 the rest OF Us; a." ought TO take the gen
t.emln into custody"
{ had reapsed behind his paper in high dungeon,
al would reply to no mans iuterccsSion upon the
suffice. further, while his son John shook his heal
very decidedly, Swing
''He won't give Il up. Ihlve known him for for.
~ years. He won'l give il NJ; know him 50
well"
Indeed, 40 it happened; and after a constitution
amoug the officials upon the platform, and y very
prolonged stoppase OF the train, the d Cock was
ed on in triumph, 81 Ii s.e.tJrOus with in isn,
ticn.
These little incidents are the only ones, as have
alid, which, to my knowledge, ever inttr!tr,d with
the strictly business character OF our y tr.;nsts;
but when have Glanced 20 be detained longer than
usull n town, and TO miss the five thirty, hive
met with more interesting companions Three
times, by the evening express, have travel with
gentleman hound Tor the ether side OF the chalnel
1 from whom always parted with regret, middle
aged, rather ruddy -compexiohcd man, 81 are and
tail, with an intimate acquaintance with ioreign
countries, and fund II stories OF adventure which
/ il Was very pleas 10 dIaw upon Though we
changed cards, Mr.. Settler ever told inc What was
his profession; but scthm down u traveller for
some great house. At salary, pehaps OF ven hun
dred year, and am seldom wrong III such calcu-
Ltions. lie carried particularly beautiful Gene
VI watch, with turquoise figures on Il which must
have cost forty guineas, 1T the very least, but his
| tsSss was otherwise plain and insignificant
Abou, week after had met him for the third
time, took house At Power, for the season, for
nv wife and family, 20 whom used to run down from
! London every week. | WAS returning TO The city
by an evening train soon afterwards, for which the
poor yoyageurs from France were. as usual, not in
| time, III consequence o. the delays in the custom
house, when heard my travelling friends dice out
side OF the window, and instantly locked forth TO
Welcome him in. Somehow other, however he
had disappeared at that very instant, and seemed
doomed to ride the whole way to London in compa-
ny oil a solitary stranger who entered at tie open
door instead He was big enough for two, indeed
but Singulary uncommGnlcatlye, replying 10 the
few ciyilites which ventured upon in cruif mono
syllables, and eoiling himself up in corner. with
hs capOye his eyes, in the manner OF the true pas
senger ruflian. Still could not help thinking that
at some time and place, both forgotten, had seen
/ this<man, and spoken To him before; the romem-
Drance OF HIN was like one oil those mysterious ex-
Deriences which we all have OF having previously
Witnessed some passing scene, which Our mortal
eyes can in reality have behold; but ndistnc;
this was II was strong enough to drive all thoughts
iroueny IN nj except the absorbing one, "To whom
is h, Hkcl and where have met this suky fellow
betOTe2"
| Presently, however, my mind reverted 10 the
voice bad heard at starting, and Immediately this
idea combined with it AMI said to myself
! "Why, it is Mr.. Settler himself, to whom the man
is somehow like. after all"
True, my old acquaintance spare man, and
this person stout even to obesity. The icrmtr
had voice especially pleasing, and the latter a
Il conyiyial vsage, aud this a face from which i'll
health and i'll humor together had expelled every
ofjollity. Still, having acquired my idea with
so much trouble, WAS not the man to let it easily
20 again, but fattered and nourished il in my mind
until it grew larger and stronger, and last shot up
| IN full belief that this urcOmmuncative stranger
was not only like Mr.. Settler himself. No other
thanhe could have presented himself at the
riage window SO Immediately after my hearing his
voice close beside it.
"Sir," said !, competing myselfin my corner, ms
If to sleep, II should ike to know how long ! ma
hope to rest myself Will YOU kindly favor me with
/ the timer
shot through my fingers an eager glance as the
Stout gentleman pulled his watch out with an expires
sion OF inn aticnce at being reused. My scheme
had succeed d; my suspicious confirmed. 1t
wAs the old Geneva watch with the turquoise fe-
ures.
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