The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-01-24
TIPTON, IOWA, JANUARY "a, 1867,

window. Il don'tsec train anywhere
that we can have ia friendly collision
WITH '.a @
Get out here, gentlenren,' said the
guard, passing the window; the line is
| showed up, andwe shall have to wait
till it Is Clear @3
The grumbliIg which this pleasant
announcement %used was Immediately
stopped, by hearing the voice ofour dis
agreeable compaIfoa in the next eon,-
partment, Line Ssnowed up, is itc'
said the gentlemaA, trying to appear
calm, in his fury and we get out here?
Oh! and do you SUPPOSE / am quietly
going to submit to this. The line ought
to have been cleared ready for us.
shall bring an action = .*s.
'Butsir,' I said, how on earth could
they; :xirn. ! go yy.1h,o -, .,o.. ~,
| you. size I cor ~ rensAfA ana
Iinterferenee cxc6ssiv Hpsrtinence.'
This was q little too bad, ana turned
to Jack and whispered that we would
devise some plan Of giving our friend a
lesson demonstrative Of the evils attend
ing bad temper at Christmas time. nl
We were fortunately stopped at a dis
tance Of only two hundred yards from a
station; but q very poor station 1t was,
without any waiting-roon and refresh
ment-rooms.
The station-master, who was a pleas
ant sort Of fellow, said we should have
to wait but a couple o. hours, and gave
us room, where we made the best of .
bad Job, and having sent for some beer
from the nearest pubic, became, as Ed
wards mathematicall! observed, appro-
priately happy. The old gentleman,
however, had not velted all his wrath,
but kept on anathcm1lzing the snow
and railway people at intervals. After
we had warmed ourselves, Strctcher
proposed that We should have some
songs; but as no one volunteered, sug-
gested that we would get on our way
sooner II we all went cut and helped to
clear the snow from the line. TO this
all agreed with the exception Of our
amiable friend, of course). g..
We had worked away merrily for
about ar hour, and were congratulating
ourselves OH being able to start again,
when Jack came running up with a very
,,loocop pt oxnroS,;,,, - ,,,,-to,o~,, o,,.l
as he tapped mo on the shoulder, re-
membcred that he had not been with US
for the last half hour.
Fred he said, 1--WE an idea.'
Keep it, them 1 replied, for it is SO
rare commodity with you that I would
not deprive you of it for the world
Don't chaff, and I'll tell you all about
tion just now, and found cur friend, the
old boy, fast asleep in his chair, COM
pletely collapsed under the soporific ef-
forts of the fire and glass of brandy
and water. Immediately ran into the
village and bought these, he said, show
ing me handful of screws, a gimlet and
a screw-driver.
What In the name of everything ridic-
ulous do you want these for? asked.
Don't you see? We shall be able to
start again directly, now that the line is
clear; we meanwhile run up stairs, and
screw the old gentleman firmly into the
room-the train goes on-we are reveng-
ed for his suiIy behavior to us, and he
will then learn that old gentlemen
should not be nl-tempered at Christmas
time.'
'Capital!' said I, always ready to fall
in with practical Joke: let US be of at
once.' ..r..
We certainly found the old gentleman
in Us Morphean . torpof as we could
wish. His feet were propped up on a
chair, whilst his boots we're drying, and
he was breathing, with his mouth wide
open, in rather apopleptic manner.
Shall l put a SNOWFALL into each OF
his boots?' I asked.
No! that would bc too much of q
good thing; but I'll tell you what you
shall do. You're rather swell at draw.
ing, aren't you? I'll just burn the end
Of that beer bottle cork, and you shall
artistically adorn his face
That is Splendid he whispered, as
finished off with giving him moustache
which turned up in facstious manner
Just move that loeking-glass, and put II
20 that he may admire himself directly
he wakes; and now let us be off,
We walked ON tip-toe to the door. The
hinges began to creak, and, cold as tht
weather was, faint perspiration begar
to develop itself on my forhead a. I no
ticed the old gentleman move in hi
chair; it was, however, only to turn hi
head on to the other shoulder, and W,
closed the door In safety.
Give me the screws, quick said
'and 60 to the bottom of the stairs ant
prevent any one from coping up
I bored hole after hole as noiselessl,
as could, and having made the door a
fast as eight good screwl would make it
l ran down stairs and whispered 'Al
right!