The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-10

liable to ourselves, but may have looked likt
pale ale to our neighbors. A leg of lamb, will
J salad and mint sauce, was substantial, but
it rather paled its elegance beside fowls tied
up with white ribbon, Yorkshire pies, and
decorated Holsters. We were very quiet al
lunch, and | am sure no one could have
said that we were other than most genteel
and respectable people, if George had not
persisted in thumbing his cold lamb, in
stead of eating it from plate. George was
incorrigible. lie sat down upon the ham
per, and smoked short clay pipe under our
noses, and, what was worse. under the very
noses of the drags. He leant Familiarity
over the side of the pheeayton, and proposed
that we should get up sweep among our
selves, 'just to give an interest to it, like"
a proposal which | need not say was indig-
nantly rejected
| Every time the bell rang we stood up in
the pheeaton, but could see nothing except
the backs of the people on the drags imme-
diately before us. Nevertheless, we pre-
served our gentility to the last, which was
the hour Of six, when George, with the aid
Of many volunteer hostlers, hauled us from
the mass Cf vehicles in which we were inn
bedded, and put us on the road. The hors-
es were put to, George mounted the box
and away we went homewards.
1t was not long before we were assailed
with shower of chaff and peas. George
was commanded for the hundredth time to
come out of his hat. Miss Croucher was
asked for lock of her hair, and frequent
inquiries were made of Mr.. Candy and my
self if we didn't feel very well. This last
being sarcastic allusion to the rigid gen
tllity of our behavior. Miss Croucher
laughed outright at joke once, and was
severely reproved by Mrs. Candy. She
didn't laugh again for two miles, no more
did |, and the consequence was that the
jokers were more severe upon US than ev
er. "Was we very sick 2, ''Would we
take a drop of summet to cheer us up ?"
''Had we lost heavy on BreadaIbane, or
what was it ?" And when van fell be-
hind, and caught us up again, the people,
cried, Slap bang he we are again !" and
sang, $50 jolly, so jolly, oh !" in mockery.
Even the Mossoos, elated with the success
of Gladiateur, chaffed us in broken English.
Dreading three more hours of this, | came
to secret understanding with Miss Crouch
er. 1t was that we were to smile private
ly at our assailants, with the view of con-
ciliating them. This we did most elabor-
ately, grinning like Cheshire cats at all the
jokes, and playfully, in kitten like way,
putting up our paws to ward off the sportive
peas, We winted also, and nodded our
heads significantly, as much as to say,
''There's stiff backed old gal here who
won't allow us TO lark but we're the right
sort, so don't be too hard upon u.s." This
had some effect in mitigating the violence
of the dead set that was everywhere made
against us, and we managed to reach Clap
ham without coming in contact with either
Hour or oranges.
Miss Croucher was bound, in courtesy, to
say that she had never spent a pleasanter
day in her life; and so was 1 but we nudg- |
ed each other and exchanged winks as we
said SO and escorting Miss Croucher home
told her how had once gone
to the Derby in van, and enjoyed myself
very much and Miss Croucher was delight
ed with the narration, and if [ would go that
way next year, she would put on thick
veil and accompany me on the sly.