The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14
AN INCIDENT IN THE CARS.

On the whole, pleasant traits and incidents
are not common in the cars, | think. This
opinion [ expressed to my friend Sommers the
other day. In reply to my remark, he related
a little adventure, which as it is appropos, anG
moreover involves a little love and sentiment
Igive without apology, in his words. 1t proves
that in the most unlikely places, love and sen.
timent may be discovered: - 49,.
81 was e~scorting home the lovely Charlotte
D., to whom l was at tnat time quite
devoted; We got into one of the crowded ave.
nue. cars, where Charlotte could scarce find
room to spreadsher crinoline and arrange her
voluminous founces.. l stood up near her,
there being no vacant seat.
CATER a few minutes, came in a poor woman,
who deposited a basket of clothes on the plat
form, and held in her arms a small child, while
a little girl chung on to her skirts. She looked
tired and weak but there was no vacant seat
to be sure Charlotte might have condensed her
founces, but she did not. Beside her, howev-
er sat a very lovely and elegant young woman,
who seemed trying by moving down closer to
others to make space enough for the stranger
between herself and Miss D. At last
she succeeded, and with the sweetest blush l
ever saw, she invited the poor burdened female
to be seated. Charlotte D. drew her
drapery around her, and blushed too, but IL
was not a pretty blush at all, and she looked
annoyed at the proximity of the new conner,
who was, however, clean and decently though
thinly clad.
eThe unknown lady drew the little girl up
on her lap, and wrapped her velvet mantle
round the small half clad form, and put her
muf over the half frozen little blue hands.
$50 great was the crowd, that [ alone seem
ed to observe her. The child shivered-the
keen wind from the open door struck her I'M
protected neck. 1 saw the young lady quietly
draw from under her a little crimson WOODEN
shawl, which she softly put on the shoulders of
the little one, the mother looked on in confused
wonder. After a short time she rose to leave
the cars and would have removed the shawl.
The unknown gently whispered, "No, keep it
on, keep it for her" The woman did not answer
the conductor hurried her out, and her eyes
swan in tears, which no one saw but me. l
noticed her as she descended to a basement,
and 1 hastily marked the house.
"Soon after, my unknown also arose to start.
I was in despair, for I wanted to follow and
discover her residence, but could not leave
Miss D.
Glow glad, then, was 7, to see her bow ng
as she passed out, to a mutual acquaintance who
stood in the door way From him, ere many
minutes, [ had learned her name and address.
T shorten my story as much as possib e,
that lady is nov my wife. In the smallest in
cident which introduced her to me- she showed
her real character. A few days after our mar
rage, l showed her the blessed crimson shawl
which 1 had redeemed from its owner, and
shall alwaps keep it as a memento.
"There are sometimes pleasant things to be
found even in unexpected places-certainly 1
may be said to have picked out my wife in the
cars."-Home Journal.
s COOP MANNERs.-If Christianity has no
higher recommendation than this, that it makes
a man a gentleman, it would still be an invalu-
able social element. TIL New Testament in
~culcates good manners. Our Savior was court
eous even to his prosecutors. Look at Paul
before Agrippa! His speech is a model of
digni6ed courtesy as well as of persuasive elo-
quence. A spirit of kindly consideration for
all men characterized the Twelve. The same
mild, self-sacrifcing spirit which pervaded the
sayings and doings of the early disciples is ex-
hibited by all good men Of the Old Testament,
and the true followers OF the cross of the pres
emit, day. A man, it is true, may be superficial
" polite without being a Christian; but a
Christian by the very conditions of his creed
and the obligations of his faith, is necessarily
in mind and soul-and therefore in word and
act-a gentleman. ~
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