Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-09
TRAVELLING FEMALES.
How one of them Tormented a

How ONE of them TOrmented q Man.
"M. Quod," of the Detroit Free Press,
sssook charge of lady" ON railroad car the
other day, and thus details his woe:
Perhaps the man meant to do me favor
when he came up to me at the depot, with
3 spinster hngging his arm, and wanted to
know if wouldn't take charge of her from
Chicago to Detroit. Many men think rail-
road journey rendered really pleasant by the
companionship of an unprotected female.
She insisted on counting Ter band box
and travelling bag rs we got seated. She
counted. There were just two. | counted,
and made no more nor less. Then she
wanted her parasol put into the rack, her
shs vi folded up, and her band-box counted
again. / counted it. There was just ex-
sctIy one handbook oft. As we got started
she wanted to know If was sure that we
were on the right road to Detroit. was
sure, then she wanted her travelling bag
counted. ] counted it. By this time she
wanted the window up, and asked me
If it wasn't hot day. | said ii
was. Then she felt for her money and
found 1t was safe, though she was sure that
the had lost it. While counting it she re-
lated how Mrs. Graf, in going East, five
years ago, lost her purse and So. She
wound up Der story by asking me If it
wasn't hot day. l said it was. Then she
wanted that handbook counted, and |
counted him. He was still one handbook.
There was pause of five minutes, and
then she wanted drink. got it for her.
Then she wanted to know if we were on
the right road to Detroit. l assured her OF
the fact. The brakeman here called out
the name of a station In such
an indistinct manner that the
lady wsnted me to 60 and see what the
name really was. | went. 1t was Calumet
She wanted to know If was sure it Was
Calumet, and put my hand on my sacred
heart and assured her that would perish
sooner than deceive her. BY this time she
wanted the travelling bag counted, and
counted her. She figured up as before.
had Just finished counting, when she wanted
to know If didn't think it was hot day.
/ told her did. We got along very well
for the next half hour, as l got her to
narratiDg story about how she got lost in
the woods, eighteen years before, but as
soon as she finished it she
wanted TO know il was
sure we were on the right road to Ds-
troit. 1 tod her 1 hoped to die with the
liars If we were not, and she was satisfied.
Then the parasol fell down; she wanted
me to change tan cent piece, and the win
dow had to 60 down. When we got down
to Marshall she wanted to know If the place
was named after court martha, and whether
it wasn't barely possible that the station
wasn't Niles instead of Marshall. The
bandbox was counted again, and be was
Just one. Then the windows went up, aud
she asked me if in my opinion
it wasn't hot dag. l replied
that it was. Then she related story about
her uncle, another about young lady who
had been dead several years. During thu
day counted that handbook 800 tim5 s;
raised the window so times, said it was 8
hot day until my tongue was blistered; ar
,uged that psrascl 81 times; got her II
drinks of water, and Inquired the names O
| l3 stations. She said it was so nice to have
man in whom stranger could place con
fideuce, and l dared not reply for f5al
of bringing out another story. WheI
we reached Detroit | counted thu
things three times over, helped her off the
cars, got her hack, directed her to hotel,
told her the street, price, name ofthe land.
lord, head waiter, porter and cook; assured
| her that she would not be robbed or mur-
| dered; that it had been hot day; that De
| troit had population of 100000; that the
fall terms of the school had commenced
| that all Detroit hack drivers were homes
! and obliging. Poor woman! l hope tn,
4 landlord didn't get out of patience with he
| artless WAYS