Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-10
kissing In the park.

One of the prettiest and pleasaufest
mornings Of May, near the close Of that
delightful month Of balmy airs and fla
grant flowers, the train for louisville
was freighted with an unusual number
Of elegant women and gay, nicely dress
ed men As usual, amongst the latter,
was large proportion of Uncle Sam
pets with shoulder-siraps There was
no longer any apprehension Of gnerril-
las, or other marandeEs ON the road, and
after getting fairly under way, the rass-
engers, catching the spirit of the lovely
morn, addressed themselves to the task
of making time pass of pleasantly 1t
was not long ere all who were so dispos
ed were enjoying themselves in some
way. On one of the seats In she ladies
car was married lady with little
daughter; opposite facing them was an
other child, q con, and colored lady
we believe they are all "ladies' now
with the baby. The mother of these
children was q beautiful mAtron. with
sparkling eyes, in exuberant health, and
vivacious spirits Behind her sa. d
Young Lieutenant dressed to kill, and
seeking q victim. He scraped mp an &C.
to The children. IL was not long before
he was efsayipg to make himself very
agreeable to her, and by The time the
sun began to decline, one would have
thought they were old familiar friends.
The Lieutenant felt that he bad msde
an impression--his citation manifested
it. The lady dreaming of no, wrong,
suspecting no evil, was apparently
pleased with her casual acquaintance.
BY and by, the train approached the
tunnel at Muldroughs Hill The gay
and festive Lieutenant leaned over and
whispered something in the ladies' ear
1t was noticed that she appeared as
thunderstruck, and her eyes Immediate
~ after flashed with indignation. A
moment more and a smile lighted up her
feature. What changes7 That smil :
It was not Of pleasure, but was sinister
It was unperceived by the Lieuienant
She made him a reply, which vfjoiced
him apparently very much. For the I'm
Outstanding properly of this narrative
this o or true tele--we must tell the
reader what was whispered, and what
replied. Whispered the Lieutenant, " I
mean to kiss you when we get into the
tunnell' Replied the lady, /" 1t will be
dark; who will see itr' Into the earth 8
bowels--into the tunnel, ran the ears.
Lady and colored nurse quickly chang
ed seats. Gay Lieutenant threw his
arms around the lady's waist, raised her
from her seat and fast and fnriously inn.
printed kisses on her lips In few mo
msnts the train neared the. end of The
tunnel and elided out into the broad
dsylight-white lady look amazed, col
oisl lady bashful, blushing; gay Lieu
tenant befoRged. = Jane, said the
sSits lady, what have you been do
ing7' Responded colored lady; "No-
thing" ayes you have said the
white lady, not in under tone, but in a
voice that attracted the attention of all
in the car. g See how your collar is
rumpled, aud your bonnet mashed. =
Jane, poor colored beauty, hung her head
moment, the observed Of all observ-
ers," and then turning around to the
Lieutenant replied, ''this man Aitgged
and kissed me IN The tunnetr Loud
and long was the laugh that followed,
among the passengers. The white lady
enjoyed the joke amazingly. Lieuten-
ant looked like q sheep. stealing dog
left the car and was seen no more dur
Ing the trip-NashVilie Union