The Van Buren press., 1874-09-01
MISCELLANY.
Just What She Deserved.
BY VISA MANsFlLLD.

"Do you intend, Alice, to take that
sachel and lunch BASKET and bird-cag,
and plant aud water proof clOak-so
many things-along with you into youi
car seat =
Yes, sir, must.
"Why must you, Alice? 1t is not
cold to day, and there is no danger ofits
raining You Will not heed Your cloak
and you probably will not unstrap it
Can't you put it into your trunk, or man
age somehow to take fewer bundles into
your seat with your
mo, Uncle John, ] cannot My
trunk is crammed SO full now that feal
the lock will burst. y IL.
Well, Alice, if yossemust take 81
many packages with you,si. want To sug
gest to you to b careful how you dis
pose of them Don't attempt to occup!
two seats when You have paid for onI,
one. if some one else wants the other. '
"Tha, viii depend greatly, Uncle John.
upon who it is that wants a seat will
me. " replied Miss Alice, with naughty
loss of her head " certainly shall not
put my thugs under my feet nor load m,
lap uncomfoitably to accommodate some
ordinary looking man sortussy old wo
man One-half OF the men nowaday S
woula just as lief obliye young lady to
do it as not. They are not gallant ut alt
they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
have heard women-geod women they
were, too-say that the seat beside them
vas engaged, when they had got their
things placed aud didn't wish to remove
them or because they didn't like the
looks of the person who wanted the seat,
when knew that they had no friend that
was coming in to take the place. | didn t
blame them at all. Uncle John. !
shouldn't hesitate to say the same myself
under the same circumstances 1t would
not be telling an untruth. III all OF these
packages were on it, it would be taken,
wouldn't itf"
"Pshaw pshaw Alice Is that you
advocating such stuff AS that 2 exclaim-
ed her uncle, in surprise and Indignation.
" |, too, have seen wonlcn and girls, and
occasionally man whe acted upon that
principle; but | had serious doubts of
their goodness. l never dreamed before,
Alice, that YOU were so selfish and un
principIed as to think OF doing such n
lhing. lfa man ought TO feel ashamed
to take a seat for which he has honestly
paid, how ought young lady TO feel who
would not scruple TO practice gross de-
cepton for the sake OF retaining, fol her
own convenience, a seat to which she has
no claim whatever2 AEj were willing
10 do such a thlng, ny respect FOR myself
would be about rs little as it would be II
| wished to steul from a passenger as
much money as he had paid for his car
fare. 1t will be fully halt an hour, Alice,
before Mike gets here with the carriage.
While We are waiting. | will tell you II
little incident that transpired in the car
when your Aunt Ruth and ! went to
Richmond last fall. We had seat at the
rear end of the car. The first seat in
front ofus was occupied by ayoung lady
Just about your age, Alice, Judging
from her looks. Sue was richly dressed
and think would be called a handsome
girl; but there was something both in her
ook and manner that was not pleasing
to me, even before had heard her speak
or hardly seen her move. II any one
had asked me what dishked in her. it
would have been difficult for me to tell /;
vet there was an intangible something
about her which gave me the impression
that she had no idea that the golden rule
- w halsoever we would that others
should do to you do you even so to them
was intended for such as she She
probably thought, Alice. that that divine
Injunction was given for common people
ordinary looking men and fussy old
women.
Your Aunt Ruth said that she be
lieyed that about all Snmmervilie were
going somewhere that morning, the cars
were so rapidly filed 1t is always anus
iny to me to observe the difference in the
dispositions and manners of the people
who are seated while others are passing
through looking for unoccupied seats
know OF no better place in which to study
human nature than in the cars. think
that have seen moro curious phases OF
it while riding in them than ever saw in
any other place. observed the young
lady in front Of me that morning with
more interest than | did any other per.
son, because l wanted TO ascertain
whether was correct OF not IN the opin-
ion which | had 80 hastily formed Of her
lone of the last passengers who came
in was a white haired. tottering old man
He looked to the right and left Of him
for a vacant seat, as he passed down the
aisle, leaning on his staff, l glanced
ahead but could see no place where he
could get seat except with the young
lady Of whom ! have been telling YOU
| hope that some young man would Civ,
up his seat to the poor old gentleman
and find one for himself in another car
for was sure the young lady would not
make room for him. if she could avoid it,
She had about as many packages as you
intend to take with YOU, Alice, and she
had arranged them all along on the seat
beside her with such nicely that it gave
them u peculiarly touch-meDot appear
ance. | thought Of asking her il she had
noticed that decripit old man who was
looking for seat. thinking she nigh
possibly remove her packages il should
But | had the curiosity to see what she
would do Of her own accord, so | re.
Trained from speaking, and intended to
give him my place if he did not secure
one before he came TO me. No doubt
some of the people whom he passed