Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-08-17
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KISSING A STRANGE GIRL IN A
STAGE COACH.

q pe of fourteen. arrived IN view ork iroui
his native village, ia the destitute situation
that is frequent with New England boys
that is to say, had only tFs usuai acco'hp'.-
nimepts of these untledged c9lPs, wno ~,
forwards make the merchant and>tSc S.en'
men of our country, and not unireqSeu'Y
of other lands. He had white little woSQ
en- trunk. pretty well stocked with 'htnt-
naades.n n sixtv-cight cent bible, that his
mother packed in for him, fearful that he
might forget it, three dollar New Haven
! City bank bill, and any quantity OF energy,
patience, perseverance, and ambition. lie
entered the counting room of merchant
! in South street. His honesty. acti> ity,
and industry won for linn many friends
Among them was an English merchant,
who had q large commercial house in Cal
cutta, aud branch at Bamboy. lie was
In this country on business connected with
his commercial firm in Calcutta, and had
business with the firm Walter clerked for I;
and here the latter attracted his notice.
He was sixteen years Of age only /; yet the
Bombay gentleman fancied him, and made
him liberal offer to go to India with him;
which, after very little palavqr among his
friends Walter accepted New England
boys don't often start off on their long wan
dering excursions, without first getting
leave of absence for few days nrar-.utory
exercises, which they spend in going where
they originally came from; and then haV-
ing taken few good looks ut the weather.
beaten church, the high old stecpe, which
was wonderfully reduced in size and clcva-
tion since they first saw it, TO notice it, in
school-boy days then they must hear the
old bell ring once more, even if they have
to take a spell at the rope; then take a
turn among the white grave stones, to sec
tlora DC fyaS Ia
made and If so, to ask who among Old
friends have gone to their last resting place;
then to kiss mother and sister, shake hands
with father, and the stage is at the door of
the tavern, and they are ready for start
TO go "anywhere.n -
Walter went up to do, and did do all
this but he did not get into the stage at
the tavern. He walked down the road,
ahead of the coach, toward The old bridge,
and told the stage driver to stop and let
him get in at the minister's housc-at Par.
son Fuller's. Mary Fuller lived there too,
for she happened to be the parsons only
daughter. She was the meuiest, liveliest
witch that ever wore loose tresses of au-
burn hair, and had blue eyes She was
only twelve years old and Walter was
nearly seventeen. She did love him though
he was almost all to her he had fought
her battles all through her childish cam
paign /; she had no brother. She was Wal
ter's cousin,-a sort of half-iresh cousin
for her mother had been the half sister oi
Walters mother. They were not too near
related for purposes hereinafter to be nam
ed.
Poor Molly She ,rnn'l have cried hel
ey ouU tilis occasion, had il rot been
that Walters solemn phiz Hot hor ideas az
the ridiculous in motion she made a mer-
ry ten minutes rs wind up of their part
ing scene.
Three days afterward Walter was in
New Y ork, and Just four months aud TWEEN
ty days farther on in Times Almanac, he
was making out invoices acting as cores
ponding clerk to 1.-The firm" in Bombay.
! shall not stop to relate how many times
he went to the exhibition of venomOus
looking cobra de capallos and biting Sepoys
for fun, and 20 show how innocent tho
beauties were, and how easy their bite was
cured ; how often he visited the far famed
Elephants cave how many times he dined
with good Sir Robert Grant, the governor
of Bombay, and how he was with him
and what he said the very morning of tho
day the old scourge-the cholera made
the Excellent Sir Robert his victim-al
these things | shall leave to another time
and a more appropriate heading. ! skip!
over all these, and six years of time besides
and land Master Walter at Station Island
hr.ag him up to the City in steamboat
and leave him in q respectable hotel. anc
let him sleep all uight and take a gool
"short rest" after q tedious voyage OF fou
months and more.
The next morning we awaken him; maxi
him get up, pay his bill, take hack ant
ride down to the New Haven steamboat
and go on board. 1t was O'Clock, n. m
And at / p. IN. the boat has reached tn,
landing his trunk and straps are on tht
Litchlield stage he has taken a seat in
side ; his destination is an Intermediate
village. He is alone in the stage no no
aloue-there is an old woman on tho from
seat. Tho stage is up in the city, ant
slowly meandering about New Haven
picking up passengers who have sent thei
names to the stage office, and is still Gus
tomary in that staid and sober city o
, minerology, theology aud 'oloaies in gene
raj. The stage Jehu pulls up at the doc
of n neat little cottage in Chapel street t
} take up n passenger--a young lady of swee
sixteen or thereabouts. Before she ha
fairly got outside, Walter notices her, AM
she has noticed him, too He gazes in as
, tonishment al the perfect vision of lowell
ness before him he hasn't seen anything
Of the kind for years. There is not a par
ticle of copper about her. She, on her part
half laughing, has regarded him very al
! tentvely- pushed back the golden ringlet
that almost shut in her face, and taken an
: other look, as if to be certain that she ha
made no mistake.
Here is seat, Miss, beside me-" sal
the gospel preacher.
! THANK you, sir, prefer sitting on th
back seat with that gentleman, If he wi
let me, " said the most electrical voice lha
| Walter had listened to for some time.
Certainly, miss" said the dellghte
Bombayite and when she seated hersel
by him, she gazed into his face with sue
,, delight and astonishment, that Walter nc
, tually took look down upon himself, t
ascertain what there was about his perso
that appeared so pleasing to the fair ma
den but he discovered nothing unusual
The stage rolled toward Derby, at its usuG
, rapid rate of five miles an hour, and Wa
! ter and the merry maid seemed as chat
4 and cosy together as though they ha
, known each other for years, instead c
minutes. The minister tried to engage tn
: rnglets in conversation, but he soon foun