Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-01-25
An Adventure on the ca,

fellows as ever were ever let loose from col
lege. 1t was vacation and we concluded
to make trip to the Falls We got aboard
the cars at n, and were soon travel
ling very rapidly toward our destination.
We had just seated ourselves and prepared
for a comfortable smoke, when in came the
conductor, and Who should it be but our old
friend Fred B. After the common
salutations-thow are you, old fellow ect
had passed, Fred said he had some bushes.
for us to attend to.
''Out with it. old chum," said we; .sany-
thing at ali viii be acceptable, SO let us have
| it
! s'Well, beys," ssid Fred, in very conf
Dental tone, "ia' that next car there is a.
.lovin' pair as it was ever my lot to see,-
They are going down to H to get mar
ried, and now if you can have any fun owe,
it, just pitch in. They must be cared for
and [ don't know who can do it better thar
you"
In moment Fred was gone. and we SCI
our heads together, to form plan for taking
care of the lovers.
Il have it boys" said Bill Sewers; eve
must make that girl think that her lover is a
| married-"
That's it. Bill--thats it," said we, moi
| giving him time to finish the sentence.
That he is married man and the father
| of children" said Bill
That's the game, boys, now let US play il
| out"
1t devolved upon me to commence opera.
tions. Accordingly, I entered the car in
which We were Informed the lovers were The
girl thinking, | suppose, that she must give
her lover all theseat, had taken seat on his
knee; and he, for the purpose of protecting
her. of course had thrown his arm around her
| waist; and SO they sat. in real, soft lovers
style
All this gathered at glance. Stepping
up to them, L said:
why, Jones, what in the duce are you
doing with this girl?
The girl arose hastily and seated herself
on the seat
''See here, stranger" said the fellow,
you're q mite mistaken; my name amt
Jones'"
"Why, Jones'" said L, "you certainly hav
emit left your wife and children. and tried to
palm yourself off for single man have your
Il tel you my name amt Jones; it's Har-
per. 1t never was Jones; ''taint goln' to
be nuther -
Il merely shock my head. aud passed on 10
another seat to see the rest of the fun The
girl looked wild" after l sat down; but Jones
alias Harper, soon convinced her that | was
mistaken.
Why, Jones, you here? How did you
leave your wife and babies?"
Now see here stranger, you amt the fust
man that's called me Jones to-day, an rec
on l must look artfully like him; but l amt
Jones, and morn that, you Inusen't call me
Jones. | hain't got wife nor babies either
but this ere gal an me is going to splice, an
then you can talk about my wife, aud /
woldn't wonder but what in the course of time
you might talk about the babies, too; but you
mustn't call me Jones!''
This retort brought forth voicferous laugh
ter from the spectators, and also brought
bushes to the face of 1.-The gal that was goin'
to be spliced." --=.--
ssAb, Jones,r said Gregg. "you will re-
gret this in the future. [ pity your wife
and children, and this poor girl?"
80, Mr.. Harper, your real name is Jones
is it; an you've been foolin' me, have you!-
Well. we amt spliced yet an l don't think
We will be soon" said the girl and her eyes
fairly flashed fire.
"Jane, Jane" said Harper, ''don't you
know I'm Bill Harper? Thar amt darn
drop of Jones blood in me, an I'll prove it to
you"
At this moment, JEFF jackson, Bill levers,
and jim Beyers entered. and of course their
attention was called to Harper by his loud
talking. They stepped up to him and said:
why, Jones, what is all this fuss about"
This was more than Harper could stand.
He leaped upon seat.
Nov" said he, "my name amt Jones,
an can lick the feller that says 1t is.
By this time We had got to H and
our friend Fred came into the car and made
Harper keep quiet. The girl that wouldn't
be ''spliced'' requested Fred to help her on
the train that was going back to ~,
which he did, and the notorious Jones, alias
Harper, followed her We learned after
wards, that he proved himself to be Bill Har
per, instead of Bill Jones, and be and his gal
Jane ''got spliced. "
.Stereoscopic Spectacles.-Prof. Wharton
Jones has made an important optical discov-
ery. which, while advantageous to persons of