The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-11-20


his rights did ONES Heart good, and mad
one proud of ones country. Everybod
elsc's rights appeared fiat and tame com
pared with his, and the best of it was. NJ
ono was ever heard to dispute them.
|. Dear old man, lie is dead now, bu
some ct his rights survive him. was OF
my way home to the neighborhood o
that little country town wherein, for $,
}, many years, he might have been seen OF
a summer evening" standing in his sho,
door and exercising the rights he loved
when it 50 happened that | heard some
c "i ~ r"nrir' m"n elsn 's"our.ing ahou,
t'cd' right, ;nd the more they talked,
the more petty and insignificant seemed
their rights compared with those of Mr.
Bryce, the baker
We took our tickets at the London
terminus Of the Great Northern Railway.
and entered an empty carriage; in Il
corner seat, however, gcnilcman's great
coat was lying; presently II lady got in,
and now the two vacant seats were, it so
happened, as far as possible asundcr.
The next arrivals were another lady
with a little girl about four years old.
Without amy hesitation she took up the
coat, and placing it in another corner
seat, sat her child in the Jiv;.;nn ro,r
herself.
Had she right to DO this ! you in.
quire. Certainly NOT and sho vYs .n,,,,.
reminded Of that fact C,r inst ,t n,n
last minute a calm and ro,h'.r s,,oro;,;
Gus looking young man entered rlopccd
coldIy at her and said. ~ must trouhIe
you, madam, for that scat. lniI NV
coat ON it some time ago, and also turned
the cushion; | really D,,hf rcoutsi Won
10 leave 1t, as | have a riuht TO it."
lie laid us strong an cmpha,is on tbc
D'nf as if to turn her out was STRINGENT
duty. Perhaps she thought So. for ns
she glanced, in rising. at the child. She
said with smile at the youth. who wos
quite young cnonsh to te her son. Seer
tainly, you have an undoubted richt 70
this scat.;" and then added. .but | sun.
pose no one would have disputed your
right to give it up TO me. if Won Lud
chosen
Her easy, clf.posscssior, and pcrlaps
her remark, made him look little aw k
ward, but, as the lady rose, my brother
changed places with the child and thus
they still sat together; and while thc
youth settled himself in the place he had
a right to, our train set off with one of
those thrice horrible wavcr;ng and oucr.
uloas scrccchcs cf winch the G rc1t
M Mr. r2tTn'Iiir9 the an"tln inc .lnc wan
terrific shrirks, the little girl held tightly
by her mothers hand. and two largc
tears rolled down her ROSY face. .NYe
shall soon he at IIornsey." said her moth. |
er, m / accordingly inc few minutes we
stoppel, and while the lady and Child |
d>nppcared rrom our view, the owncr of
the seat calculated. "Cool!" and then
looking rouLd the carriage, he continued,
as appealing TO those who were sure to
agree with him ..When n man has
riuht TO thing. why he las Il richt;
bu, 10 have rlght TO waive right. is Il
dodge that Il man wouldn't expect TO be
told Of"
This lncid spccch he closeI with n cen
Cr;u smile, ANA we set oil AGAIN with
another shrick longer and sLril,er than
nnv former one.
After an hour travelling we were deser-
ted by all our fellow passengers, and
seemed to be waiting very long time at
IA little country station. At lcnath two
old gentlemen entered, and as the railway
man opened the door for them, said TO
him. "tan YOU tell us why we are dctain.
cl here 50 long!"
"Ycs ma'an." he replied, "there an
excursion train due directly, and we're
shuntcd of the line to let il pass"
"Ilurrid bore" said one old GENTLE
man."
Z" Disrraccful shame" said thc other
"but don't let that make you uneasy,
young lady" he added, politely address
ing me. "' shuntcd don't mean anything
dangerous
| was about to ask what it dill mean,
when with wliz, aud great noise of
cheering, the excursion train shot past us,
displaying Il long succession of second and
third class carriages every window gar
nished with pale faces of men and women,