Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-07-20
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A good story came in wilk ~ Svtelas1f
trsia On Mosday night AneaG shsipos4s
seegers vas . younG saas poseeeaed, 81 y
| judicious spirit Of ecouomy and 0 nordeo..
sbls share Of vanity. The judieioss 60. esaa
omy wss made insnifsst 10 TIE osksr UsiSiuissl
panss Of the car by the fact shss shs yossx
maa wore plsis eloshisg a6d . siaei1
Chevioe shirt Ill the Wy fron. Chjeaee !:
and for the pardonsbls vspity y-well., how
that became apparent u where tks jokS
comes in. He had osly been % ths Ed
on visit, ssd the gisl ~ lsit tehiud ti1
had besa sosi6ed 10 ,sdvssss ~ kis sp-
proach, ssd, in eonpsDy Nth . fsv Slher
| friends, Was to meet him q The NiDeuh
Station. s'a s6s 7# uols
| Visions Of rapture Aoated through hia
brain, and seating himself in I secluded
corner Of the car, he poured fourth HE
spirits gladuess 10 gush Of melody, ssnss
what a. follows: ;hs@f
:. Home again, home again, .,5,;,
| From a for-hor-reign shore
| And oh 1t fills my so-o-oul with Joy, .,,,
To me.he-est my friends once more"
Suddenly he hu.hed his notes Of joy and
reached for his carpet-bag. lFt1 Z
The appalling idea flashed across his
mind that the shirt which had done him so
much good service-which had cluug 10
him during the toilsome journey across two
thousand miles Of mountain, plain and
desert-was not exactly the thing 10 ap-
pear in when one wished to intensity an
already good impression. It certsinly
wouldn't be the clean thing, he said 70
hi,nself-it Wouldn't be justice TO the
shirt So he resolved to change IT, Hut
howl The car contained several lady pos.
sengers, aud they watched everything that
was going cn around them with 40 assid.
uity that did honor to the sex. "Ah. hs!
str r-r.rateyy my boy! said this resoluts
young man unto himself "The tunnel
We are approaching the tunnel. With
good management can do the deed in tho
long tunnel just beyond Sunol !" and with
heavenly smile on his manly features he
gracefully lifted his carpet-bsg from the
floor, unlocked it, and drew forth snowy
shirt, with q nice frilled bosom. Thea
from another recess drew he little packet
containing pair Of handsome sleeve but
tons aud set Of studs, which were quickly
! adjusted to their proper places. Casting
careful glance from the window, he aaw
that the train was not far from the tunnel,
where the metanlorphosis Was to take plscs,
SO he turned his back upon tho other pae.
sengers, and began to loosen suudry but.
tons-in short prepared to shuck himself
Presently the eventful moment came, tho
iron horse plunged into the deep recesses
Of the tunnel, and the car was surrounded
in impeuetrable darkness. Presently
ray Of light cleaned 10 fantastic shspes
along the rugged wall Of the tunnel and
by its faint glimmer q struggling figure
was discernable in the direction Of the
young mans seat. As the light bseama
stronger its gyrations grew more frsntics
It's great long arms, ipcassd 10 white,
thrashed wildly about, as though in Ind
agony Of despair, and finally when, With :
shrek of joy the engine dashed into The
dassling sunlight, il sauk into it, sest sp-
parently crushed with morti6cation and
chagrin. II
The ladies screamed with terror, and
hid their bushes at the unusual apparitiou.
Strong men crushed their -handkerchjefs
into their mouths, and nearly choked with
emotion. The figure reclined n,otionless
on the soft cushion. until some ons With
more courage than the rest. advanced %
ascertain who and what It was. Finally.
tho terrible truth was revealed. Tie
white covering was lifted, aud from bsasash'
appeared the features Of our young fl;ssd,
clothed with carnations richest hue. The
mystery was soon explained. He had eots
ten the Cheviot of. but alas in his hurry
and excitement, be had forgotten % undo
the collar fastening Of the elegant vhite-
frilled 'front.' Horror! Il would .snt 60
over his head.-Sas Fsascisce CAysaicles