The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-03

disappeared.
i wesgnearls el,pKiSg with tn, fumes
Of her deteslabls aIevappah At last
could staud j. no longer, apdI said - =.
II Beg!Soar pardon, baold objsef %
smoking. s
'Ah,' replied the lady, you objsesto
snoke-you travel in smoking carriage iiai.a |!
Donkcy-jackass Donkey
T She said those, hst;three words with
thc air ofsoheswhosh done short ad.
dition sum, aud was stating the total
had never travelled abroad, but
knew that foreigners are remarkable for
their politeness. ,i..t
i entered this carriage to avoid the
society OF ladiee.'
Ne, too, said the foreign lady.
Dash I hate lady, I like gentlsnlang.
Then she added us an aitcr-thoneht
You arc naughty old customer, but
like yop-yoq rpuuty old passenger =
1iwas exceedingly annoyed at this |
plume myself on my good taste in dress
that is to say, study to dress myself
in such a way us to call for no rema rk
of any kind, which Ish9ld to be the per
Efeetion of good taste Ny personal ap.
pearance is simply gentIemauly, without
any thing remarkable about it, 1t has
been my eonstan: study to be gentleman.
y,but ukunI; mud to be called 'rummy
old passenger was, under the circum:
stances, ns Irritating thing. However
] maint;ined ! disnifcd silence.
1t was a very cold night, and my fc.
low passenger had evidently a. strong
"a dasE m .: sssT5 bioSd n Ecf veins: SO I
thought IL woul irritate hcrlf | let
dow ns,hc MindJw. Accordingly 1 did
FrEankfyou, old passenger she said.
Il like fresh airs. | let this one down
too" " Aud she lowered the other win.
dow.
Ilcouldn 'tstand the draught, so l pu,
up my window she put up hers.
| WAS sulkily furious by this time In
/ half m hO-fr we should reach Stafford,
and determined to change my carriage
fatthdt stationT Inth6meantime tried
to sleep, but che foreign lady kept up
such an inccssant clutter, that sleep was
out of thefquestion.
Whore you going, old passenger
You not tell? Secret, eh All, sly
dog? You old cashier, perhaps, bolt
ing with bank moneys, eh? Confden.
'tial clerk, with employers cash box in
portmanteau, Ell? Old boy going up
north to marry old girl on Che sly, eh F?
B.gmnn, and ashamed Of it, perhaps,
eli, you old passenger ? Bah Bag.
man good as anybody else Never be
ashamed-look at me Me not blush at
myself What you say l am ?-eh
You not guess Duchess No. Count.
css? No! Lady Of large property
wife of Glasgow. merchant 2, Devil a
bit Missionary woman ? No. il hit.
rope iauceri MOI Stcward.ss OH iVes.
,"u'a.'"'a" spr"slng p9 q les -tnar =
it! Come home six months Find big
American ship water 7logged cargo
motions nobody on board but pussy
cat, you rnmmy old passenger-boarded
her-Il ullo What's THAT
l did not know what it was, but there
was sudden snap, and our carriage
gradually slackened speed, aud e,cutu,
ally stopped. put MY lscad out of the
window The coupling had broken, and
our carriage and the guards van had
been separated from the rest of the
train. The driver knew nothing about
it; aud there we were, halfway between
Stafford and Ragbg at twelve, A. NJ,
on very cold April night!
Great Heav ens'!' said | In the very
greatest alarm, che coupling has broken
and We are lefO behind by the train
We shall be smashed by the next down
train
Not bit, you old strange one :
replied she, without even looking out OF
the window Guard s.. end OF train
If we broke of, he broke off too
The guard had in point of tact rushed
forward, waving his lantern in the faint
hope of being able to attract the astehsio n
of the driver, but in vain. SO he re-
turned, very excited but very suky;