The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-07-28

W, don't MIND It's being silly, il III
makes me laugh" Captain Dolignan,
thus encouraged, recounted to Miss
IIaythorn the following; "a lady and
her husband sat together going through
the Box unnel,-there was one gentle
man opposite; ii was pitch dark after
the Tunnel the lady said, George, how
absurd of you to salute me going |
through the tunnel !'-'I did no such
thing !'-' You didn't ?'-' No! why?'
= Why, because somehow L thought |
you did y" Here Captain Dolignan |
laughed, and endeavored to lead his
fair companion to laugh, but it was not
to be done. The train entered the tun.
mel.
"Ahv'
What is the matter? ?"
1 am frightened"
Moving to her side). "Pray do not
be alarmed, 1 am near you."
"You are near me, very near me in.
deed, Captain Dolignau."
"You know my name!"
"I heard your friend mention it.
wish we were out of this dark place."
81 could be content to spend hours
here, reassuring you, sweet lady,"
d" Nonsense!"
"Pweep" Grave reader, do not put
your lips to the check of the next pretty
creature you meet, or you will under
stand what this means.)
Eh Eth Eh!"
"What is the matter ?'
"Open the door open the door!"
There was sound of hurried whis-
pers, the door was shut and the blind
pulled down with hostile sharpness.
Ifany critic falls on me for putting
inarticulate sounds in a dialogue as
above, answer with all the insolence
can command at present, "Hit boys
as big as yourself" bigger perhaps,
such as sophocles, .Euripides, and Ar
istophanes they began it, and learn
ed it of them. sore against my will.
Miss Haythorn's scream lost a part o
its effect because the engine whistlet
forty thousand murders at the SAINT
moment and fictitious grief makes its
elf heard when real cannot.
Between the tunnel and Bath oul
young friend had time to ask himself
whether his conduct had been marked
by that delicate reserve which is sup.
posed to distinguish the perfect gentle
man.
| With long face, real or feigned, he
held open the door,-his late friends at
tempted to escape on the other side,-
impossible they must pass him. Sht
whom he had insulted Latin for kissed
deposited somewhere at his foot lool
of gentle reproach; the other, whom
he had not insulted, darted red-hot dag
gers at him from her eyes, and so they
parted.
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for Dolig
nan that he had the grace to be friends
with Major IIoskyns Of his regiment, /,
veteran laughed at by the youngsters
for the Major was too apt to look coldl,
upon billiard balls and cigars he ha,
seen cannon balls and linstocks. Ill
had also, TO tell the truth, swallowed
good bit of the mess-rOom poker, whicl
made it es impossible for Major Hos
kyns to descend to an ungentlemanlik
word or action as to brush his owl
trousers below the knee.
Captain Dolignan told this gentle
man his story in gloeful accents; bu
Major IIoskyns heard him coldly, an
as coldly answered that he had know
man lose his life for the same thing
) That is nothing" continued the Ma
jor, " but unfortunately he deserved t
, lose it,"
J AT this the blood mounted to tn
younger mans temples, and his senio
added: " mean to say he was thirty
, five; you, presume, are twenty.onc !
"Twenty-hve."
"That is much the same thing; wi
} you be advised by me?"
4 "If you will advise me-"
t "Spaak to no one of this, and sen
4 White the sc that he may think &c
: have lost the bet.'
"That is hard when l won it,"
"Do it for all that, sir"
Let the disbelievers in human perfeC
d ibility know that this dragoon capab
d of blush did this virtuous action, {
II belt with violent reluctance and th
It was his first damper. A week aft
g these events, he was at ball. lie W
t in that state of Fictitious disconte
10 which belongs to us amiable Englis
Of He was looking, in vain, for a lad
d equal in personal attractions to the i'd
J. he had formed Of George Dolignan a
ii man, when suddenly there glided p,
a him most delightful vision a la
" whose beauty and symmetry took h
VS. by the eyes another look: "It ca
1t be!-Yes, it is |" Miss Haythorn! Il
40 that he knew her name!" but what
10 apotheosis
- The duck had become pea hen
ed radiant, dazzling, she looked twice
eu beautiful and almost twice as large
'ir before. He lost sight of her He fou
ed her again. She was so lovely she ms
ia him ll,-and he, alone, must not da
de with her, speak to her. fhe had b,
content TO begin her acquaintance
he usual way, it might have ended in k
or, ing, but having begun with kissing
ed must end in nothing. AS she dane
In sparks Of beauty fell from her on
Ice around, but him, she did not see h
'es 1t was clear she never would see hin
en, one gentleman was particularly ASST
ct. Gus she smiled ON his assiduity
ons was ugly, but she smiled on him.
lignan was surprised at his success,