Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-09-19
Nnmaruas Department.
A CAR ADVENTURE.

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A CAR ADVENTURE.
There was FIVE of us-yes, FIVE as happy
fellows ss ever was let loose from college
ItWas vacation, " and we concluded to take
q trip TO the Falls. We got aboard the cars
at n, and were soon travelling very rapidly
towards our destination. We'had just seat
edenrselyes and prepared for, a comfortable
smoke, when in came the conductor, and
who could It be but our old friend, Fred B.
After the common, salutations had passed,
Erred said he had some business for us to at
tend TO. ss
aOut With it, old chum," said we, ssany-
thing at all will be acceptable, so let us
have it, ssas5 ae So ..-
9sWen boys" said he, Gin the next car
there is as loving pair as it was ever my
lot to see. They are going down to q. to
get married; and now if you can have any
fun over it, just pitch in"
In . moment he Was gone, and we set our
heads together to form aplan. 81
,asI have it, boys" said Bill Steevers.-
ave must make the girl think that her low
er is married
ssssThst's it, Bill, that's it, said We, not
giving him time to finish the sentence.
ssThat he is married man, and the fa-
ther of children" said Bill.
It deYoived upon me to commence opera
tions. Accordingly I entered the car in
which we we're informed the lovers were.
Sure enough, there they were. The girl
thinking, | suppose, that she must give her
lover all the seat, had taken seat on his
knee, and he, for the purpose of protecting
her, had thrown his arm around her waist; {;
and so they sat in real soft lovers style
All this I gathered at a glance. Stepping
up to them, L said -,.s-z.4,az-s .,asa
"Why, Jones, what in the deuce are you
doing with this girl ?',- : <-- s''A - ...
The girl rose hastily and seated herself
on the seat. - Il 81 3
seSee here, stranger" said the fellow,
t:syou are mite mistaken my name amt
Jones. -i5.s ~.
-asWhy Jones" said I, teyou certainly
hsven't left your wife and children, and
tried,to palm yourself off for single man,
have youq S}4ss8 a5ss"S5 l&5ss
'I tell you, my name amt Jones !; it's
Hafper. It never was Jones-'tain't 60
IN to be nuther." 60 III < -
Imerely. shook my head and passed on
toanother seat to see the rest Of the fun.
About the time the couple got to feeling
all right again, in came Elliot Gregg
Walking up to Harper, he accosted him
with .,-..~,...-
..Why, Jones, you here =? How did you
leave your wife and babies p
SHOW see here, stranger, you amt the
fust man that's called me Jones to-day, an
Ireekon must look awfully like him, but
7 amt Jones, an more'n that you mustn't
call me Jones. hain't got wife nor ba-
bic. either; but this ere gal an me is 60
ing /, splice, and then you can talk about
my wife, and I wouldn't wonder but what,
in course of time, you might talk about ba-
bies, too; but you musn't call me Jones"
This retort brought forth vociferous
laughter from the spectators, and it also
brought bushes to the face Of the girl that
s'was goin' to be spliced." ...
..sssAh, Jones" said Gregg, "youn regret
this in the future. I pity your wife and
this poor girl.
$50, MIR, Harper, your real name is
Jones, is it? and you've been foolng me,
have you2 Well, we amt spliced yet, and
I don't think we shall be, very soon, said
the girl, and her eyes flashed fire.
sissJane, janet said Harper, 'don't you
know I'm Bill Harper? Thar amt darned
drop of Jones blood in me, an I'll prove
it. -. - '--' .--. - .....
At this moment, JEFF Jackson, Bill Stee-
vers and Jem Byers entered, and of course
their attention was called to Harper by his
loud talking. They stepped up to him, and
said 81 ~ 10. .@-.
"Why, Jones, what is all this fuss about?"
This was more than Harper could stand
He leaped upon a seat. ~.
."Now," said he, .'my name is not Jones,
an I can lick the fellow that says it is.
By this time we had got to H., and our
friend Fred came into the car and got Har-
per to keep quiet. The girl that wouldn' t
be ssplieed" requested Fred to help her on
the train that was going back to S., which
he did, and the notorious Jones, alias Har-
per, followed her. We learned, afterwards,
that he proved himself to be Bill Harper
instead of Bill Jones, and he and his gal
Jane, got ttspieed."
HOLD ON, DEVIL.
In the early days of the State of Indiana
the capital was Corydon, and the annual
session of the General Assembly usually
brought together as wild a set of mad wags
as could be found in the State, who had to