North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-11-07
.TUNKHANNoCK, Pa, WE'D >EsDAY, NOV. T. 1866

paltment, SAID she land | saw, tell the
guard to let us have the carriage to our
se,ves, you're not afraid of me, and I'm
sure I'm not afraid ofyou." .."
81 was going to disregard this last order
as bad no wish whatever for tete a tete
but Constantia came up and gaveit herself,
together with half crown, which had the
effect which she desired.
"We found the portmanteau under the
seat. and taking our places the train started.
Not long after she said,- .
"Object to smoking p a..
"No, thanks. Miss Valdane; It's very
good of you. but don't smoke"
Mind it 2" -p... ,..t.t. ... .
"Well, no. | said 'pot much." ..r
Il stared bIsnkly at her willie she took a
cigar-case out of her pocket, and selecting
one, lighted it, and settled herself com lorta-
bly in her seat, . FL. tn.rn.- - .s..s .
Il sat as far as could from her, and
looking out of the window, tried to forget
her." .-.. ....... .r....- .. ....... .-. .. ..
You're very pleasant companion,
must say" said she, after time. "Come
say something man, and don't leave
me laLguishing here. Here, we might have
a very little bit of flirting, if You would on
ly say TIT to my tat.'' ..l.ss-. ..s -..ssl .
Excuse me, Miss ,Valdane,' | said "but
1t was business, and not pleasure, that gave
me the task of escorting you home and
| shall make no apology for saying that
have had no p leasure whatever in the mat
ter. You will, therefore, permit me to fin
sh my business in the way 1 think best,
which is to hand you over to the care of
LordN aldane with as much dispatch and
as. little talking as possible" ...,.... .
'lf YOU woD t talk, YOU must work, >" said
she. "Yon surely won't object to oblige a
lady so far as to take Il at portmautear
from under the seat, and unstrap it. .... --
81 complied, to save further words. She
threw Eer keys at me, and said ....
unlock, and throw open the fatal
chest"
Il did so, and saw the usual contents of
a gentleman's portmanteau.-There were
the neatlyfoIded shirts, and brushes and
shaving tackle fitted in here and there Wis
ions of very gentlcmanlv- booking garments,
below. boots gniltless of the feminine foot
and, in fact, nothing whatever that ought
to belong to ady's wardrobe. | was real
ly rather pleased than otherwise, and
said: -.F .....
' you've managed to bring some one
else's portmanteau." #... .--.
No, haven't, YOU clever man: Tn
rather given to foreign custors, affect what
yon, you mass fproprietv, wonll consider
eccentricities i'm my costume However
before | make the requisite changes to fit
me for meeting dear papa, let me tell You
little story, as you seem in want of anuse-
meEt.
"Yonr clever people in Lonlon, backed
by the wishes ofLord Valdane, sent ycu
over to Antwerp to bring home that noble
mans refractory daughter, r,who,it was hoped.
had forgotten her disgraceful engagement.
Give me those baimoralS, will you ranks.
You. accordingly, bring very clever
young man and an admirable accountant,
were Of course eminrntly fitted for the
work, and were'ther'fore chosen to do it
Just see if YOU car find bhe-striped fan
mel shirt among those. Thanks, IIargit
over the arm Of the seat to air. WeH.vour
noble client wrote to the schoolnrStress
what would have been more pleasant let
fer, if it had not been quite so dctatorial
and he also wrote to his affectionate daugh-
ter. congratulating her on having recovered
from her little attack OF love, and saving
something disparagIng to the poor lover
who was in America. If YOU will take
that coat and trou- WrlE,hose things
under it, and hang them to the roof the
creases will come out You won't that's
rude, and not proper conduct to an unprn-
tected woman. But, to continue nv story,
as fsee you are getting restless. BY a
wonderful chance this frr!orn damsel saw
her unfortunate lover shortly after she got
papa's note. She shouldn't have done it.
but she did They put their heads togcth-.
er, they'd done that before, bnt they did it
in manner now, and they made up little
plan. The young ladr went down to Ant
werp under charge, and she got so poorly
as they neared the station, and her head
was so bad, and she had, oh such pain
here, and all such twitch there, lhat,ta,
bed she must go as soon as she reached the
hotel. The elegant and polite escort arriv-
ed and was met by domestic whose face
showed longitude, if her Instructions did
not admit much latitude. o. By the wav,
where do you get boot -Iaces Look at this
thing, broken off in the middle Well. the
the maid told her story, aRd the. youth lis
tened. and then home goes the maid, leav
ing the youth in sole charge. Shortly
afterwards down comes Miss Valdsne, re
covered and charming. Introduces Miss
Manvers. more charming STILL They dine
this beautiful trio, and away they 90 The
advantage of this apparatus is, that you
hang up the glass like this, and then you
can shave at leisure. See what a good
lathrr this makes. Well, ,,our three Graces
arrive at dover, and then dear Mss Man
'vers makes her bow, and the other pair of
turtle-doves 60 off together, only, y,-and
how, please attend, for come to the point