The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-03-16
Mrs. RS Adventure.
From Chambers Edinburg Journal.

VIC ulOSt tDIlIlIbS luCiueutS WHICH ever o.
Il CURED in the existence OF any lady movin
in the upper circles Of society, and as tia
lady is myself, the public must kindly col
tent themselves " It'll the above heading.
They will be doubtless DESTROYS to learn Il
+ name in full Of the heroine of so tremenc
uous a catastrophe-belnga female myse
| can easily pardon so natural curiost
. but cannot furnish more than the initi
letter. My nerves are not what they wei
previous to the overwhelming experienC
narrated, and feel that l am not equal t
the further trial which publicity would Ell
tail upon me. | could not receive the thou
sand and lone expressions of sympathy whic
would certainly flow in it, after such rev
citation, from all quarters -deputation
from numbers OF my own sex and position
in life-condolences, likely from Royalt,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. addresses, a memoria
fund, and perhaps, even monument.
II the feelings, doing such honor to on
common nature in the case supposed should
take that very permanent form of expression
| have last mentioned-a monument, erect
ed in memory of my unparalleled sutferings
it would undoubtedly be that of Stone
Omnibus-for it was when travelling in al
omnibus that this torture was endured-a
granite bus as it seemed to poor friendless
me, at the time, with driver of black mar
bic (but of him | only saw the boots through
the inside Window and with conductor OF
impenetrable adamant.
do not belong to "a rank of society, please
to understand, which is in the habit O
using public conveyances, and far less 'buss
es, at all.
When wish to take the Dir or go a-shop
ping, ''touch bell, like Mr.. Secretary
Stanton, and observe: THE Brougharn al
3 or A. as the case may be, and it comes
to the door accordingly; but my husband
having been less pressed by professional
| business of late than usual and the last few
mornings being fine, he had observed
''Let us have no Brougham, but Vaux;"and
although | did not quite understand his
meaning was very well content to accom-
pany him on foot, for it is not always one
can get a husband to go shopping.
He had been in my company to sit for
crystal cube portrait, to give me on our
III arriage day; and all seemed sunshine, as
it sometimes does when the greatest nisfor-
tunes are awaiting.
No sooner had we left the Establishment
in question at Charing Cross, than it began
to rain-one of those sudden and violent
downfals, which really seemed to be the re-
suit Of some accident i'll the main of natures
water works-as though the grandmother
of all buckets, as the Persians say, was
emptying; and our cry was, Cab cab, cab
and still they did not come. No two ex-
pressions in the human face divine are per
haps more different than the look of cat-
man who wants fare, and the look of
cabman when he doseu't. In the one case,
he is sprightly intelligent, obliging, eager;
i'll the other, he is morose phlegmatic, re-
pulsive, as though all the world was indeed
the orange to which it is SO often likened,
aud he had squeezed it fiat, and there was
nothing more to be got out of it. He takes
no notice OF cries, gestures opportunities of
half drowned persons, for it is his turn now
to be deaf to the solicitations OF his fellow
creatures, aud blind to all the signals of the
human semaphore. Nay, he enjoys the sui
ferings of the northumberland for, as my
husband quotes from Milton or somebody,
Il air is foul, foul is fare" with the Lon
don cabman.
Although observing hitherto these I'M
pleasant characteristics as an uninterested
cpCSbcbOi OhiyS utlNt hhOhIIS VI LtIGlI Elu-
eous attempts at overcharge, and dreadful
language when withstood, except from here
say, have always hated cabmen and their
cabs; but l never could have imagined that
any vehicle either upon two wheels or four,
could have filled me with such unimagina-
BILE loathiug as that with which | now re-
gard a bus
have said that we could get no cab, and
the wet was pouring through my delicate
parasol as through sieve, when my hus-
band exclaimed
Come, here's a roof at all events" and
hailed a Noting Hill omnibus
''Never" exclaimed l.
''Come along, cried he; ''dont be ridicu-
lous;" and while still feebly resisting, |
found myself on the step of this-this very
machine. On the step but by
no means inside. The machine, indeed, was
large, but it was not large enough. I read
afterwards upon scroll above the door, the
startling fact, that it was lscensed to carry
twelve inside; and | am sure they must
have all been there besides the passengers.
Four females were already within;and above
the sea Of crinoline, the hats and heads Of
six gentlmen were visible. My husband
and myself, l was given to understand,
would make up the company.
| will not wound the sensibilities of my
readers by describing my emotions during
my passage from one end of that vehicle to
the other. | will only say that--doubtIess
from experience Of what it was best and
kindest to do-every passenger gave my
dress pull as Isqueezed by him and that
when | reached the furtherest corner, and
sat down Gf we may call it sitting) regis
tered mental vow, that would not get
out again until everybody else had done So
My husband followed, as the lawyers say,
ION the same side;' and if he had square
inch of sitting room, it was as much as he
had, and good deal of that was sharp
steel.
My DEAR" said l. perceiving the express
sion OF his countenance, ''it's no use nutter-
ing those dreadful words; | can't help it. I
can't make my crinoline smaller"
''Well, then, | can't stand it, replied he.
81 shall get out, and go to the club. I'll tell
the cab to put you down at Westpourn
Terrace"
''Oh, my goodness cried l. ''you are
not going to leave me in this dreadful place
all aone.'
says he; ''you cannot meet with anything
unpleasant; it isn't as though there was no
body in the bus to protect Qt certainly
was noD Have you got some money with
you.
Yes, returned |, with a sort of calm
desperation;'I have got my PURSE for feel
Its silver clasp running into me, and hurting
me very much.
That's all right said he with out think
of what he was saying; but rm(sometbing
which didn't quite catch) if stand this
any longer"
The next moment was aIoue-that this
is to say, there We're fellow atures all
arc und' but not drop of sympathy which
could be depended upon, among them all.
Herm's never half so lone
As ae wh' hath fellows, hu- friend one
and this is especially true of a lady of
quality in a crowded omnibus. For some
little time, the novelty of my situation pre-.
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