The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-30

And she, by this tims wiaes avakA. he.an q
collect her scattessd applss-.a 90 81 "a
smaM Mmcu'ty, bstween the nfocAievoaS.se1
Of two aehoot6oys Who had elreaiiv poasssse6
themseivos of three or four. oud ~ eoread ~
snndry hoops that concealed dothsrs. Il tleuath
she naa gaatefed the better rart Of her ftsi.,
Ieenn9 rather Puzzl0d by the eAsnsst dsolarx.
thing, whom she had fonnd three rclisd l,svcri
them; and jast ae she AioopAd 70 pick as ora
nore the train started and pitched her forward
Luckily the boml,azino bounot took the hrnnt
OF hsr sail. the front crushe ia and saved her
lace, bat the bonnet was depIorab.e: and the
poor old iady's discontinue was couupleted bv
her.
| As soon a she vas seatsd tha oondncto.
came back, his face twitched hale 81 Nrs.
1000 8 aspect, the pongee was strsaked with
aust from the car floor, the bonuet bent In an.
gtes that were none of them afeht snaleo. and
nsr attemrts at stsaighfening il hsd only nal
tipliea Oem, her face was flushed with hest
and mobilization, and she had pat down her
basket OF apples ON tbs foor beswesn her two
were glued to either sids
Where's your ticket, Ma'am 20 said ha.
why, hain't got none,' she answered,
meekiy Il thought you KEEP EN-
Didn't you get one at the ofice ~
Well declare, forget John told mo to.
was IN secli hurry. iou SEQ come in on
the Providence train, and i see tlis train come
about tickst.''
Where do you want 70 go?" said he,
why, | want to go TO York Yon soc I'm
gem to Albany. but I'm goia' 70 Ycrk fus.'
You're IN the wrong train, Ma'xm. This
train goea TO Bestar.,
Oh dsarl" exclaimed she, in q tone Of
heartfelt confusion and distress. .'What be 1
gGin' to do ~
"Why, we stop at Springfield in few min.
utes. and you can pet on the down train there,
| and go right on to New York"
Well, can yoH give me ticket, Sir? I've
got the money all right. held on TO t down
TO Hartford deepott sos there shouldn't NO
pickrO kets get It =
81 guess shan Mt ask Won to pay for this
ride, said ne. smiling. ''You can get ticket
for New York at the Springfield Office. and
the down train Etarts in i've minutes
right alongside t'other side of the waiting
room; you won't have any stop to make thers
IL this all your baggage ~
~ expect it is, Sir John, he sent my trunk
by express, and these Is all besides, if I don.
| tip over my apples agio."
Pretty soon the train did stop, and the old
lady bundled out and Of er much questioning
and explanation discovered ticket Office, and
| in her fire sa confusion asked for aud bought O
ticket to Albany, and deposited herself in the
| train for Boston.
1t was some time before the cars began to
move, and Mrs. Dodd thought her friendly
conductor must have mistaken the time, 90 che
left her box and walked forward to an elderly
man who sat reading q paper just before her,
| and eaid
az thought these here cars want goin'
| to wait very long,
Tim ceaDged,' gruffiy replied be.
So Mrs Dcdd eat down again, and in few
! minutes the same two women, who had been
before her on the Springfield train, came in
and took the same scat. Mrs. Dodd was hard.
| ly pleased by this encounter, and it puzzled
her somewhat that these two ladies' who had
just come up should b. going down again; but
she eaid rothing, and in ten minutes the train
was Off. 1t was an express train, aud stopped
at but few places, 20 that she was we'll on her
| journey before the conductor claimed her tick.
| ct, which was safe at the bottom of her
/ pocket.
! I'm get it in miruts,' said she, deprecat.
ingly, as the condu ;tor began to look impasi.
emily at the heterogeneous articles that one by
| one we're beiag fished up out of her pocket
| Hurry up, Ma'am!' eaid he, at leng' b,
| Grossly. 4 can't v ait all day!'
So nraed, thnpoo old lady thrust har hand
| enefgsticAIy y Mn, deeper yet, and ran q
| chaIP PAA AVnA tuo plu-U6lt lutO uor tuulQO
her hand was Withdrawn with as much force
as it went 10, and her elboy hit the basket of
| apples, which, for the third time that day,
went rolling along the floor. This last catas.
trophs was tC0 much for poor Mrs. Dodd.
She was tire d, and pa7z ed, and hungry, with.
| al she had had no dinner, aud had brought
| nothing to eat with her; and tears of fatigue
| she tried to inspect tho wounded thumb
III get your ticket when come bach,
said ths conductor, tired of waitiug.
But the old lady scarcey heard him-she
could not see the pace that was hurt on her
| thumb; which she was most anxious to do
and in her simplicity che quite forgot that the
ladies ia front of her had been lie ia the
| che li:tsd herr.if halfway off the seat, ard
| leaning forward. thrust her hand bssw cen the
two ladies, and asked, in p 'rfect good faith
Say, Ma'am can you see the Lole2'
The lady on the right turnsd round and
looked at Mira. Dodd with pair Of eyes that
expression made more ius0ient even tnan nat
ure had msde them, and said in the 8. .,s ct
voice OF ice and snow. tinyting with fine
suggestion of astoniahment-
'WDas?'
Mrs Dodd never wine d chs was 80 abeorb.
ed in her hurt why, you sac stick. d q
pin into my thumb, and pins are p'isrnous.
they say. Hester Smiths daughter, STE t
worked to pin 'actory, che got pricked and
didn't take no pains TO heal up the wownd.
and she swelled up awfuliy, got mortified and
reilly died; 20 always cary DAILY in my
pocket to put on fret jump; bat can't see
real well in the cars as to apply it right
DO you see the hoie
The green eyes and amber hair confronted
her again, and the came discriminating voice
remarked, L see q very dirty thumb
Now Mrs Docd's thumb did not look clean !;
she had taken off her clineirg elk gloves to
straighsen ont her bonnet and pick up her ap-
pies, and the du It had left namistak kaole trac
on that plockered and pierced member. But
Mrs. Dodd's hobby was cleanliness; she was
ecrupulousIy, reigi0usly neat; however old,
and faded, and stained her dress might be il
was always faultlesaly clsan as soap ard wa.
ter could mako it; and to have strange wo.
man in public conveyance tell her shas her
thumb was dirty was not 70 be endured.-
She bsnt her head elightly TO facilitate the
man9nvre. and directed q look over her spec
tacles ct the offender, a look of that iranefix.
ing kiud pecoliar to indignant old ladies. in
which they assume soma. hing of the severely
virtuons aspect common to those dragon flies
that have tour eyes, though they do not wear
hair were turned away, and poor Mrs. Dodds
Medassan artillery was wasted. Nhs g We no
further license TO her tongue than to remark
quito audibly.
/ wish you better manners
No notice was taken Of this little remark by
the green eyes. An ioicle could not have been
more inssnsitive, and Mrs. Dodd had spent all
her ammunition; 20, affer amounting her whole
thumb with her fAvorite remedy, and tying It
mp In rag extracted from that v0lumjnous
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