The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-02-28
HOW | LOST my sWHISKERS.

This l asked in my biandest manner of
an old gentleman who sat with his face
hidden by a newspaper, opposite me In a
railway carriage. All the seats in the
carriage were filed i and four, others
were on the way from Cambridge TO enjoy
abroad the Christmas vacation. Our spir-
its were high, for there is rare delight
in banishing for time all though OF
comic sections, Newton's Principia, and
the like, and entertaining in exchange
visions of hops, skating parties, md all
the orgies which every right-minded fam
lily hold at that season In honor OF King
Christmas.
But must introduce you to my chums,
for chums We were, though our tastes did
not lie In the same direction Jack Stir
rup is Cor rather was at that pcriod) a
riding and hunting man, and was not un-
frequently te be seen at Newmarket !;
Stretcher, on the other hand, loved boat
ing, and preferred the sight of well
developed 5iceps 10 that OF the best bred
hunter, and would often remark to Jack,
"How on earth you can say that you would
rather see the Two Thousand than the
time-race In the Colquhoun Sculls, Cali
t.
reading man, and his Wit and talents made
him universal favorite while Davis was
rich, open handed, good hearted fcl-
low as ever lived. For my own part, I do
not think [ had any we'll defined peeuli-
arity, but did little of everything. /
read little, hunted little, had a fair
lncome-in short, if had any character
istic at all, it was love of lazincss aud of
practical jokes. rTat ~TF
We congratulated ourselves IN getting
carriage TO ourselves, (with the excep-
ton OF the old genIlemab have named y
tor We intended to keep out the cold aud
beguile our journey with sundry pipes aud
cigars. We had our cases out, and were
preparing to light up, when we we're as-
tonished by my vis-a-vis dashing away the
newspaper which had hidden his face -
''Do l object to smoking? Yes, sir, l
do object; and | beg that you Will ia
stantly replace your cigars in your pock-
cts. l insist on having no smoking in
this carriage !" A fzs13f
We looked aghast at this sudden burst
of old-geutlenlanly wrath. sF-ss1 zss1
"Slight / ask if you intend travelling
far on this line, sir?' inquired Edward,
in his eomically-poiite tone sasE
"What is that to you, sir? What
business is it of yours where 1 am going
10? .-. - :
81 merely wished to suggest, in case of
your travelling far, that, pleasing and
delightful as it would be for us to enjoy
your agreeable society, yet, nevertheless,
we would try 20 bear the loss should you
prefer to change carriages at the next
station"
"No doubt you would wish to get rid
of he, but no, sir do not move my seat,
and the first one that smokes report to
the guard" 3 szaa
The old gentleman looked determined.
ain that case, fear we shall be obliged,
painful though it be, to tear ourselves
away" l said, as We drew up at small
station. - -~-~rS sF
Fortunately, we found the next compart-
ment empty, and as we started again, we
pulled out our cigar-cases, this time to
light their contents.
"The old bUy has certainly got out of
bed on the wrong side this morning" said
l, putting away. 81
"Or has made mistake In his betting.
book, remarked my sporting friend
We ii give him benefit now, at any rate
L vote We take it in turns to puff smoke
through the lamp hole. Let's look at
MIN ia cooling down a little is ABOUT
20 compose himself TO sleep. I'll trouble
ye1 ioT his nightrcap; come and look at
L eld so, and roared on seeing red
woven cap OF comical shape, which added
very considerably to the wrathful expires
sion OF the wearer's features.
With perseverance, which deserved