Smyrna times., 1859-09-08

our suspicious friend could not tOrbear teStln
her conjugal devotion. There was not, we be
to state, the very slightest ground for such
proceeding; the gentleman is good-looking
smooth-taced parsonage, of peaceful appear
ahce-belng, indeed, a clergyman-and tn
lady looks up to him (he having consderabl
The advantage in point of years. with the atiec
tlonate reverence that is his due; they get on
In short, exceedingly well together, and he i
not so addicted as so experienced a matrimo
nlalist might be torgiveA for being, to THROWN!
at her the good-behavior Of his other wives
whenever she displeases him.
| 1t was during their wedding tour, and while
lhey were Journeying from Bristol northward
mat the idea of the unwarrantable proceeding
Whlch we are about TO relate, entered suddenl,
into his foolish old noddle. Most persons have
heard of the Box Tunnel-the largest but one
1t not the largest, OF the Iartarean roads for
which our railways are celebrated; the ordina.
ry Great Western speed is lessened as its trains
burrow under that long hill, and only we'll
Ike shaft at rare intervals assures the passen-
ger that, in spite of appearances, he has not left
daylight forever.
In the same irst-class carriage with the
Young ghusband's, got iu al Bath, a Young dra-
goon, hrsute and of martial countenance, at
sight of whom the wary Benedct-or Benedic-
usslmus-thus soIloQulzed as they were about
to enter the tunnel -" Now will | prove my
Angelina, that she loves me, and only me, and
that the attractions OF even this handsome hero
would be quite thrown away upon her." So.
III the darkness aud the thunder of their SUBJ
terranean journey, this cunning man leaned
forward in his seat, so that his face would seem
10 come from the opposite side, where sat the
soldIer-and on the lip Of his unsuspcous con-
INN tod 4
back again, and wearing an unconscious coun.
tenance as they whirled beneath the shaft,
when the momentary light revealed his bride
- heavens las quiet, composed, and limo.
cent OF anything having just occurred, as him.
self! Again this deceIver did it, gain and
a gain ; as many kisses did he bestow upon her
as there were shafts--:s though they had been
Cupds shafts-and still the lady took them.
and made neither sign nor scream. MIR. Young.
husband was almost out of his mind with zeal
ousy, and ready to tear from his head that hair
among which the fngers of Time had already
been cleaning. There was but a very little
darkness now remaining wherein the star OF
Angellna's constancy might yet display ITSELF
the space between the last shaft and the termi.
nation of the tunnel. This precious interval he |
employed III counIerfeiting with renewed care
lis military uiS-a-UiS; he fortunately possessed
l very long neck, and by cranng round, he |
even succeeded in saluting the dear girl upon
he cheek that was, according to their relative
POSITIONS, away from him--tbereby, as he i'm
Igined, placing the identity of himself with the
handsome dragoon beyond all question with
Ter.
Conceive, therefore, Mr.. Younghusband's ex-
'essIVe dlsmay when his Angelina, after suffer
ng him with much equanimily 10 )" Craze -
is he subsequently, expressed it, to Mrs. Y.'s
a considerable period, very
Iuletly kissed him again. In the whole annals
IT love-maklng, there was never probably any
PRECEDENT for a swain SO sngularly dIsconft-
ID if she had but slapped his face, he would
ave thanked her from the bottom of his heart.
lr. Younghusband had often had occa sion To
norallze, professionally, upon the vile hypocri-
y of the human family but he had never be.
ore beheld, as he thought, so tremendous an
Example of it as he read 10 his AngelIna's face
when it emerged from that Box Tunnel. Had
he been a sister Of charity, who had employed
erself throughout the darkness in telling her
eads or saying her prayers, she could not have
resented to his astonshed gaze a more child
Ike expression of feminine innocence.
lie told her to let down the window, which
ad been closed during the passage, in so sharp
marital tone, that the dragOon looked up in
hrlvalric pity for her, and drove Mr.. Y. there
y to the confines OF madness nor was it with
ut difficulty that he repressed his Indignation
ntll that dlsturber of his peace had left the
arriage, and himself and his abandoned help
late were once more alone together.
Madam" cried he, " that fellow kissed you
S we came through the tunnel, and you know
:"
Z" But how do you know it Z" asked Mrs.
with a comical twinkle of her
ye that would have .dsarmed pacha.
"And You kissed him again." continued he,
D vain endeaVoring 10 keep warm his jealous
yrath.
"Only once," replied Angelina, laughing
only once and away"
1t was impossible that even Mr.. Younghus-
and could hold out any longer in his unwar-
antable suspicious, so he relapsed at once into
and the domestic affections.
But, Angelina, my love, do tell me hO,o
id you know it was g.
Know !" answered she. nsvely--" why.
cry easily; itS as different as possible when
person has mOuStGcheS, and I0hen q person
as not :"
Mr.. Younghusband, who had been upon the
oint of regainng tranquility. was plunged
nee more into suspicious by this reply 4; but he
as made up his mind to believe this, at all
nothing satisfactory is to be de-
ived from any experiments of the dangerous
haractes Of the above.
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ady was ever known TO write letter covering
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