The weekly Butte record., 1863-09-05

110th; land, indeed, 1 have have
great mind to drop You out of the win
dow as We 60 along"
Il vi thank you for your name and
address," returned the phenomenon
stifly s.; ''here is my card at your SER
vice. Be so good as to name yonr
friend"
"Smith, Of London" replied Pepper
pot; only give me time to write to my
wife and family. What bloodthiisty
young creature it is"
He is very plucky,'' remarked Nor
man, of the kits, approvingly, 81 will
say that for him; but ,chQt cheek. ,chat
cheek!"
81 am obliged to you for Your good
opinion" returned the little wonder,
drawing out a gold repeater, ''but if
within one minute your cigars are not
all extinguished, | will appear against
you as sure as am living Man My
time is of no consequence, and had as
soon get out at Farnboro as anywhere
else; SO you may be sure YOU will not
escape me. feel it my duty to pros
ecute you upon public grounds.
Once more did Pepperpot glance at
the window, and even stretched his hand
toward the human gadhy, as though he
would have nipped him up between his
finger and thumb but with a ruoful
look at hiscompanions, he presently cast
his beloved weed out of the carriage,
instead Of tie boy. The other three
followed his example; for was it worth
while to pay forty shillings each for a
forty minutes ride!
That's right" observed the young
gentleman approvingly, returning his
watch to his pocket, and re arranging
himself in the columns of Bells life.
obedience to law is one of the first du.
ties of the soldier"
Conversation tagged after this, for
sense of disgraceful defeat oppressed
the spirits of my friends. They said
great number of severe things against
the common enemy; but he never lifted
his eyes fom the exciting details of the
Champion Fight of the Light Weights,
which appeared to afford him intense,
though tranquil satisfaction. When
the soldiers got out at Farnboro, | OBJ
served his eyes to twinkle with especial
merriment but | could not be certain
that he was enjoying his victory until
the train began to move again. No
sooner, however, had we left the plat
form, than the Etonian busrt into such
series of fits of laughter hat they
actually rumpled his neckcloth. He
became, in short, to my horror, Boy
in one Of its most extraordinary and re-
pulsive forms.
Il think l did 'em, eh, old stick-in-
the-mud 2" observed he, when he got
little breath.
''You deprived four gentlemen of an
hours pleasure" returned haughtily. |
eyes but deprived myself as well"
returned the diminutive one, producing
from his pocketa brier-rcot pipe. 81
can't 60 without my tobacco myself
without great Inconvenience"
"What." cried I, you are not going
to smoke yourself, you young monkey?"
"Aint l, though - interrupted the
Etonian, nodding in an Extensively fam
liar manner. "If those fellows had
been civil. and asked my permission to
smoke as we'll as yours, would have
given them each better cigar than the
Line are accustomed to, fatter myself; /
but since they chose to carry matters
with high hand, YOU see-puf, puff
and got hold Of the wrong man for that
sort Of thing-puf, puff-why, they
had to take the consequences"
''But l will not permit you to smoke,
young sir" observed Indignantly; or
if you do for | shrank from Personal
contest with that audacious child you
shall pay couple Of soyereigns out of
your pocket money at the next station"
Excuse me-" returned the Etonian
blandly; ''the bylaws says, If object
81 l. 1rIc-, f~,o,1- ,,oc,--oI