The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-08-20

al, = Hen-one middle-aged. the
oenef younger-sat in the seat direcfII
opposite the young lady. From a few
sords shat caught of their conversa
elon learned that the younger mar
~s-J . ,c1apenter, and thought it quite
PiogDaole That they both were, Tine
noticed that he was observine, tba 1o-..I '-iIC
lady quite as closely as / was His ne Faoee
was not a very demonstrative one b,,t
once or twice I detected nm sniueed
twinkle In his eyes and a sIiobt onri 49, ~
ms lips wheE ne glanced at her W. WI ~
the old man came opposife fba von1n Ien
iH"y he stopped and looked first at ba7
Dundies and then at her. But she fIidn'i
see MN: Obi no. She was LOOKING
Gut GL oi the window and hummine a time
ne ne aIdn,t speak, but he drew a lone
Ipreatn that was half a sigh, and he
lIoked detected and weary, and was
aoout TO pass along when the middle
a8e man opposite arose and said re-
Specttully: Take my seat. air. And
ne kindly helped him into r. at tbe
same time glancing at the Young Iadv
ana saying can ind another for
myself, or can stand. She did NOT
tufn her heard nor show anv
signs OF hearing him. So he walk
ca Su the whole length of the car.
.llA Io.Qlhllhg Tor vacant seat; but, of course
WIN no success, and it is not at all prob
aoIe mat he expected to find one when
ae started. As lie came back toward us
ene twinkle IN his eyes and the curl on
his lips were little more marked than
they were before, but there was less
amusement in the expression and more
Indignation. Probably none of the pas
Sengers except those who had observed
MN Watching the young lady noticed it.
L L was satisfied, however, from his looks.
Gnat he intended to give that selfish,
dlsobilging young lady a lesson, and 1
soon found that I was not mistaken, He
came directly to her, and, gently touch
ing her shoulder (she was still looking
out Of the window, he said
Shall L place some of these bundles
up IN the rack for you, young lady? I
can ind no other seat in this car that is
not occupied by some person.
- You viii please to leave my things
Where they are, she snappishly replied
L presume that there are plenty of va
cant seats in the rear car. A gentleman
would go and look for one, and not dis.
turb lady in this way
By this time all the passengers near
were looking on and listening intentIy
to see what would come next. at her
crusty reply he put on an exceedingly
abashed look and stammered:
"Oh I beg your pardon, young lady.
1 had no idea that I was about TO en-
croach upon your rights. I did not sup
pose that you had paid for both of these
seats. But you have, of course for
nothing can be clearer than that a lddY
would never speak to a man as you
spoke to me if she were not entitled to
both. If you will please show me your
tickets for the two or will give me your
word that you have paid for them both
will go anywhere-will stand crowded
into any corner-sooner than disturb
you again"
''She neither showed tickets nor
deigned to reply. So he carefully re-
moved her things and took the seat,
telling her that whenever she or the
conductor informed him that he had not
the same right to it that she had to the
one which she was occupying he would
vacate it the next instant. All of the
passengers who had observed what was
going on miled approvingly, and one or
two laughed aloud; and the old man
nodded his head emphatically and whis-
pered to the young carpenter That
1OaS Just aUliGt she deserved
"The young lady tucked back her
dress disdainfully and looked scornfully
at the man beside her, and l thought
that she was about to say something
very vindictive but, if she was, she
was prevented by a gentleman's rushing
up to the window where she sat and ex-
claiming:
"'I came near not getting back to
say good bye CLARA. Here are the
books that you wanted. The bookstore
was closed and had to wait nearly ten
minutes before it opened. I'm sorry 1t
has so happened that cannot accom-
pany YOU. 1 hope that you will have a
pleasant ride and get to the seminary
without any trouble.
"s qlLeasalt ride p she repeated,
sarcasticaIly; then putting her head
partly out of the window she whisper ed,
sufficiently loud for those in the adjOin-
ing seats to hear her, and no doubt with
the special intent of humiliating the
man who had had the audacity to re-
move her things and take seat beside
her I shall have a lovely time; you
NAV be sure of that, father. An inso-
lent old carpenter has crowded himself
into the seat with me. and
"She was cut short in her remarks
bv the moving off of the train. Soon
after the cars started the 'insolent old
carpenter turned toward her and said,
as complacently as he would have done
if he had not heard her epithets
"'Y Your fathers voice sounded famll-
lar to me, young lady, and L was about
To rise and see if knew him when the
cars moved out of the depot. Will you
please give me his name ?
a. NO. sir, I will not, she haughtlly
replied. Il am not in the haeit OF hold
ino conversation with strangers.
"'Oh, ahl please excuse me, he SAID,
unsble to repress a smile. Perhaps we
shall make each others acquaintance
some time. Then we will converse
"He did not speak to her again until
vva reached Richland. When the con-
J1ctor called out the name of the sta
tion she hastily arose, and, gathering mp
her packages, which were rather more
than che could conveniently manage,
said, imperatively:
{" Let me pass out.
Certainly, young lady, he pleas
antly replied. Il stop here myself; You
seem to be burdened with packages;
Allow me to take some of them out OF
the car for you.
''She did not reply in words but she
threw back her head and loo ked intense
Iv disgusted that he should offer TO
10 suppress a smile as he turned around
and crossed over to the young carpen-
ter. On account of your Aunt hutn
iameness we sat quietly in our seats,
waiting for the other passengers TO go
ont before I helped her out. So had
nothing to do but observe what was go
inc on around me. The young ladys
naekaqes troubled her, and she was OBJ
Iced to pause a moment to rearrange
them. Before she passed out OF her
seat a young lady about her own age
vnshed in to meet her. After theaccus
toned salutations between young LADIES'
the newcomer dropped down upon the
seat and exclaimed:
@tOb Clara! my breath is nearly
rome. I did not get your letter until
ffteen minutes ago, and hurried every
step of the way here, for fear that
sbouId be too late to meet you. am
delighted that you decided to enter the
seminary here. Where IN the Wori9
aid Won fall in with our Principal, and
where is he now? Has ne gone to get a
carriage for yOuP