Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-24
now L0sr my w6hsI1ERs.
aDo Won object to smoking. sir ?''

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an old gentleman who sat, With his face
hidden by newspaper, opposite to ME in
railway carriage. Isr 10.
All the seats in the carriage were filled, i
and tour others were on our way from Cam
bridge TO enjoy the Christmas VACATION.
Our spirits were high, for there is a delight
in banishing tor atineall thoughts of copic
kectionsF Newtofl's ssPrincipia,'' and the
iittle-go, and entertaining, in exchange,
the visions of ''nops,o skating parties, and
all the orgies which every right-minded
family hold at this season 10 honor of King
But must introduce you to my chums.
for chnms We were, although, our tastes Sid
not ali lie in Athesz same directionsA Jack
Stirrup is (or rather was at that periOd) /
riding and hunting man. and was not Jun
frequently to be seen at Newmarket.
Stretcher, on the other hand, loved boating, /
and preferred the sight of a well developed
biceps TO that OF the best bred hunter. and
would often remark, to. j lack, : II Nv on earth
you can say that you would rather see the
Two Thousand than the Time race in the /
sColquhoun Sculls.s cannot for the life of
me make out" Edwards was poor and
reading man, but his wit and talents rend-l
cred him universal favorite whilst Davis
was aofich, open shanded, good hearted fel-l
Tow as ever lived. For my own part, i do
not think had any well-defined peculiar-
ttyI but did little of everything. i read
a Httle, we'd a little, had "a fair income
in short, il had any Characteristic at all,
&c was love of laziness and practical jokes.il
We c0naraEulated ourselves getting all
carriage to ourselyes1 with the exception of
the old gentleman / have namedl, for we
intended to keep out the, cold, and, begulle
our journey with sundry pipes and cigars. 1
We had. our cases out, and were preparing
to light up as a matter of course, when we
were astOnished by my ois, q ULs .dashlngI
away the newspaper which had hidden tt e his his
face. ,e.f - ot,.e =. -fliif .-s--q,itfa - y,,r
object! / object very strongly, sir and
beg that you will instantly replace your
cigars in you pockets. insist on having
no smoking III this carriage!e
% We looked aghast at this sudden burst Of
Old-gentlemanIy wrath.
y -b'stAIigft ask ii you intend to travel far
Foffthis line, sir?'' inquired Edwards, in his
comically- polite tone. p - re.
8 s0Wbat is that to You, sir !? What bust
ness is'i6 of yours where am going to !'s l
s'astI merely wished to suggests in case of
your travelling far, that pleasing and de-
1ightful as it would be tor us to ENJOY your
Agreeable society, yet, nevertheless. would
try to bear the loss should YOU prefer to
change carriages at the next statiion." ST
mo doubt you would wish to get rid OF
me: but no sir! l do not move my seat and
therirst one that smokes =lrePort to tn I
sin, that case, I fear We shall be obliged.
painful though it be-. to tear ourselves
away said, as we drtw upat small sta
ton. .-s,-.s-.- ,.-s=. /
:nent empty, and as We started again We
pulled out our cigar cases, this TIME TO light
Ia The old boy has certainly got out fbed
the wrong side tais morning. y said I, puff
ing away. 'lsDe - 7. -, p y
1,il
him benefit now, at any rate; I; vote we
take it in turns to puff smoke through the
lamp hole. Let's look at him; ha! cooled
down little. is about to compose himself
to sleep. Eli trouble YOU for. his night
HsCome and look at it. Fred, - isea 80.
81, did so, aud roared on seeing a red,
woven cap of comical shape which added
considerably, to the wrathful expression OF
the wearer's features. s.i,, Lgs., y tq.a ESQ.
flWiLh perseverance, which deserved pet
ter cause. we each made tube of paper,
and putting the end through the lamp
hole. took ear tern at "a smoking him out %
and blush now as think how heartily we
enjoyed the enfaged state in which he
paced up and down the empty carriage,
like Gagged tiger seea2-fl' a,sEfrq T. z.-'
The next time we stopped, however, the
guard put his head into our carriage Win
dow and said with wink: w z5-ses.
-"Gentfm in next compartment complains
of your smoking, SIR .Ssrs a. ..rs- z.ass
Z lsOmOklH2gs we eACIdtLllCu Will
dignation; "EU we look as though we'd
been smoking? What nonsensr" and
added in mysterious manner: F'IOu see
there's one vacant seat; of course we're not
going to tell tales OF the manwho occupied
that.'' Aks'ls.s3 . - --2 - - -
"All right !'' said the guard, laughing
"I wasn't born yesteTday.Ygt And after a
slightly confidential transaction of pc
cuDiary nature, lett us in peace.
1ltsnow, which had been falling heavi-
j. allday, now lay, thick all rOund.s Our
eyes ached again, as we looked out of the
window (Which was itself all frosted over,
ON to the dazzling which covered al
the landscape; and as we stamped our feet
on the floor of the carriage, we began heart
lily to wish ourselves at our journey end
and by the ireside. ulA HTIkEH
.x "Hallo what are you stopping for now
/ wonder whether we're goiug TO do ahiup
set, or anything exchingl OF that, kind
said Davis, looking out OF the window. -
don't see train anywhere that we can have
friendly collision With
"Get out herea gentlemen" saiG th'
guard, passing the window; ,tthe- line j.
showed up, and we shall have to wait till i
is clear.o -t- - 81
The grumbling which this pleasant an
-Douncemeht caused'Was Immediately stop
ped by hearing the voice of our disagreea
ble companion in the next compartment
man, trying to appear calm in his fury
and we get out here2 OH and do yol
suppose am quietly going to submit tt
this? The line ought Go have been cleared
ready for us. / shall bring an action"
s1{ 1{"Bht, sir % i said, show on earth cSult
b.sMight I request to know who spoke to
you, sif?z consider your remark and in
reference excessive impertinence." sa' J'aa
saThis was a little too bad, AID L turned Il
Jack and whispered that we'could devils
some plan of giving our friend lessor
ademonstratiVe Of the evils attending baI
itsmpers at Christmas time. J - -f 80
81 We were fortunately stopped at a dis
-tance of only two hundred yards from
station; but a. very poor station i5 wa
without any waiting-reom or refreshment
1.-The station-master, who was a pleasan
sort of q fellow, said We should have t
wait but a couple of hours. and gave us
room, where we made the best OF a bad lOl
and having sent for some beer from tn
nearest public house, became, as Edward
mathematicallE observed, appropriated
'happY. The old gentleman, however, ha
not vented all his wrath, but kept o
anathemizing the snow and railway peopl
Mt intervals. After we had warmed Oul
selves, Stretchers proposed that we. shoul
have some songs; but as 10 one yolunteei
ed suggested stha6 we should get on OF
way sooner if we all went out aud helpe
to clear away the snow, from the line. i
this all agreed a(with the exception of OF
lamiable GFiend)3 OF course. !aa
We had worked away merrlly for abol
an hour, and were congratulatlng ou
selves on being able TO start again, whe
Jack came running up with very plea
ant expression OF cOuntenance, and as
tapped me on the shoulder, l remen
-befed that he had not been with us for Il
last half hour.