The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-10-03
An Incident in the Cars.

On the whole, pleasant traits and in.
cidents are not common in the cars, i
think. This opinion L expressed to
my friend Somers the other day. In
reply 70 my remark, he related little
adventure, which, as it is appropos,
and, moreover, involves a little love
and sentiment, / give without apology,
in his own words. 1t appears that in
the most unlike places, love and senti.
ment may be discovered
al was escorting home the the love.
ly Charlotte D, to. whom was at
the time quite devoted we got in one
of the crowded avenue cars. Charlotte
could scarcely find room to spread her
crinoline, and arrange her volumipous
fiounces. / stood up near her, there
being no vacant seat. i'o, ~, '''7'
After few minutes came in Door
woman, who deposited haskell of
clothes on the platform and held in her
arms small child, while little girl
hung to her dress skirts. She looked
tired and weary, but there was no va.
cant seat; to be sure Charlotte might
have condensed her, founces, but She
did not. Beside her, however, 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 / ever saw
she invited the poor burdened female
to be seated. Charlotte D. drew her
drapery around her and .blushsd, too,
but it 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,
i" The unknown lady drew the little
girl upon her lap, and wrapped her lvel=
vet mantle around the small half clad
form, and put her muff over the half.
frozen little blue hands,. E.syor,
$50 great was the crowd that alone
seemed to observe. The child shivered
the keen wind from the door blew
upon her unprotected neck. l saw the
young lady quietly draw from under
her shawl little crimson wooden shawl,
which she softly put on the shoulders
of the little one, the mother looking on
with confused wonder. After short
time she rose to leave the cars, and
would have removed the shawl, but the
unknown gently whispered, :" No, keep
it on, keep it. for her.''e The woman
did not answer; the conductor hurried
her ont, but her eyes swan in tears,
which no one saw but me. I noticed
her as she descended to basement,
and hastily marked the house. acii
go" Soon after, my unknown also arose
to start / Iwasin despair, forI wanted
to follow and discover her residence,
but could not leave Miss D---At
How glad, then, was /, to see her
bowing 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.
-" To shorten the story as much as
possible, that lady is now my wife. In
the small incident which introduced her
to me, she showed her real character.
Ia few days after our marriage, I
showed her the blessed crimson shawl,
which had redeemed from its owner,
and shall always keep it as amemento.
There are sometimes pleasant things to
be found even in unexpected places
certainly I may have said to have
picked out my wife in the cars.