Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-12
A RAILROAD ADVENTURE.

Are you acquainted with my frienC
Sam H? He is, undoubtedly, the
best fellow living. Good, generous
high-souled, witty sometimes, humor
Gus always, possessing all that is re
quired to please, and with but one fault
worth at least two good qualities, and
which know will conciliate the sy M
pathies of my lady readers.
NY friend Sam has had, from early
childhood, prodigious disposition fol
falling in love. The number of sighs
he has drawn and the tears he has shed
since he was weaned I cannot tell
That necessity" of outpouring his
heart and spending his affection, the
prodigal, has already got him into
many q scrape-and out of it, too, by
the by.
I should therefore be happy, not to
extinguish that flame, but to localize it
that is, I should like to see him marri-
ed, and we'll married, to some bright,
intelligent girl, who would understand
all the delicacies, all the worth of that
ever vibrating heart, and with whom
Well if you know of sweet girl-Sam
is young handsome, rich-but the
deuce of it is you cannot find his heart
tenanted by less than three idols at a
time.
Now that I have introduced him to
you, [ shall let him tell his own tale.
He narrates it with ease and humor, and
is very entertaining. /
Yesterday, as I was taking break
fast-all alone, as usual-in steps Sam,
whom thought absent on pleasure
travel. A slight shade of melancholy
was spread over his countenance. and
the forefnger of his right hand was en-
veloped in voluminous rag.
"Hallo p said I, 'When did you get
back? Sit down. But what's the
matter with your finger ?"
Nothing, nothing at all, I assure
you have had splendid journey, and
reached here this morning,
81 am happy to learn you are not
wounded, however, my friend. find
it odd you should thus tie up your
~
saw in his face he had something
to say, so I added:
''I'll bet anything there is quite q
romance in that finger. Now, out with
it, old boy. You are in love-that I
know well enough-and you come here
for the special purpose of telling me all
about it Here, take cup of coffee
and fire away
"But no ;you are mistaken. I only
mashed my finger in the car window"
''Sam, here is your coffee. Sit
down and blaze away
He hesitated few moments, and
then, suddenly
swell, yes," he said, 81 have met
with an adventure. Are you alone
perfectly alone"
Certainly. Speak at once
"Well, I was in the cars all alone, so
[ went to sleep on the seat. Suddenly
the jerking of the train woke me up.
What was my surprise to see on the
seat Immediately opposite mine lady
dressed. How and when the
deuce she had got ON the train I know
not. :" IA.
"While You were sleeping, of course.
'sThat may be but what is certain is
The sensation I felt when my eyes met
those of the enchanting beauty, who"-
"And you fell in love right off, of
course"
"How do You know ?"
"But, my dear friend. you have been
telling this tale over and over again
for the last twenty years, at least"
Don't laugh at me. Well, after
brief examination 1 saw that she was a
lady of the best society her tiny hand
80 well gloved the refinement of her,
plain simple dress everything, in fact,
revealed the we'll bred, the aristocratic
lady.
''The train was rafting at terrible
rate and my heart was beating still
faster. The shades of night were fall
ing fast All my friend, only mag
me To be alone at night with q
woman tn o,uess her beatlty