Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-11
Love in Tunnel; or, kissing in the
DARK

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Many amusing anecdotes Of ventrilo
qulsts have been published, and many
moro told that have not been published
But we think thoro arc few ventrlo
quial incidents that will compare with
ono We witnessed recently on tho cars
Of the Virginia Central Railroad. We
have often road anecdotes OF Nichols
Kenworthy, Love, Sutton, Harrington,
aud Blitz; but wc think the following
actual occuranco will bear favorable
mention side by side with either.
The cars left Charlottsyillcfor Staun-
ton, nj IL NJ. and entered the tunnel,
which Is worry dark, about half.past one
II. NJ. We had hardly been .hut out
from daylight Who q noise was heard
In the rear end Of tho last car. The
conductor and several passengers, who
were standing on the platform, entered
the car with q Wow of discovering the|
cause OF thedisturbanco. But owing to|
the extreme darkness, nothing could bd
seen; while patiently waiting 20 hear
the slightest movement which might ex
plain tho excitement, boisterous noiseI
resembling the sound produced by fer
vent kissing, and at tho same moment|
n female voice was heard exclaiming:
"Get out, you brutel Let mo alonel
I'll call the conductorl Keep your
hands of, sir This is shameful"
."Where is he?" cried the conductor, in
an angry tone, approaching tho direct. ;.
ion in which the sounds proceeded.
enereln says the Indy, "ths end OF
the car; arrest him! He insulted me
shameful. Hero he is againl viii you
let me alone? / think its a burning
shame THAT o respectable lady should
be treated in this manner
acct in tho ladies car, then, shouted
gruif voice. "You have no business
hcrcl'
"She hns right hcrc!" replied the
conductor, scizing tho individual be
supposed guilty.
You needn't grab mel 'didf't
touch her; lIavn I seen woman In the
ear" ,4 lftn. ..sIl Ia .iln.
The conductor seemed confused, and
retraced his stops to the forward end of
tho car. Again the. voice lwas heard
apparentlwin IN the very rear. q.
Here he is again, CONDUCTOR goI
away quit lot me aloncl this is shame
full keep yonr hands to yourself sir;-|
III leave tho carl you follow If youI
darcl"
Tho language was concluded by AMI
explosion resembling the concussion OF
two lips. All was now confusion. Tho
sympathizlng parsengers were all stan
ding up, highly excited, but owing to
the darkness aud the uncertainty that
|exiptVds slFoa~-ssl--s-vt the,so4alis proceed.
cd, nothing was dono A noise like the
rustling Of silk was beard, tho rear door
Of the car opened, and then closed with
u banging sound, which made tho ex-L
tra0rdinary stiffness which followed
very fearful TO contemplate, which in
creased TO horror, when tho CONDUCTOR
announced that tho lady musthavc step
ped off tho platform, as there was no i
ear attached. Tho cars were stopped
by signal rope; and the passengers,
headed by tho conductor, groped slow
~ and silently back through the tunnel,
expecting momentarily to discover the
female. But after searching back TO
tho mouth of tho tunnel, nothing was
found, they sadly retraced their steps
Upon arriving ut the train, passon.
ger suggested that the cause Of tire ex-
citement DO arrested, and in the cars
they went, tho party searching every
seat, until they came TO n person, lean.
ing forward on tho back Of n scat III
front Of him, apparently asleep. The
conductor roughly shook the sleeper,
when he raised his head, aud lo and
behold, 1t was Wyman, tho vcntrilo-
quist!
The party very reluctantly swallow
tho unmitigatod sell The cars star
ted and sped on to thoir destination,
having been detained an hour over
time. ALL