Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-08-15
JUST WHAT SHE DESERVED.
BY ELSA MANSFIELD.


70 you lhleu1, AIce' 70 tah9 Una
Sncnel , anu iunGll- 3 oasheD ,S "n9 Iu.cag
anu PianU anu water PiooI clo"A-S
many lnlngS-"lon8 Win you lh'o you
car seaU
:, ne, res, MI, J. nlllS1' ,...o
Wn{ musC you A.ice j ~ Is no
colu lo'u"y' anu 'nc!T ne 10 u" Uoil5eI y
lyS raining lou WI ..II nGT Ateu you
CLOAK, ana you proDaply VIII not unstral
1t. Can you put 1t into your trunk, o.
manage somehow to take fewer bundles
into your seat with you !?
No, Uncle John, cannot. MY
trunk IS crammed SO iull now that teaI
the lock VIII burst.
Well. Alice, II you must take Sc
many packages with you, ! want TO slIg
gest to you TO be careful now you DIS
pose OF them Don attempt to occupy
Two seats "heh you nave Paiu ioI oniS
one, IL some one else wants the oV4er'
That will depend greatly, Unol(
John, uponwhol olt1s that wants a seat viii
mt, replied Miss Alice, with a naughty
toss OF her head. ! certainly shaII
not put my things under my leet MOI
load my lap uncomfortaDiy to accom-
modate some ordinary looking man OF
fussy old woman. One-hait OF the men
nowadays would Just as lief obllge a
young lady to do 1t as not, They are
no gallant at all they ought to be
ashamed of themselves. have heard
woman--gooa women they were, too
say that Tie SCAT Io0,"@ them t;, ".S ~; .n
gagged, when they nau gov Illsll tiilS' .ills
placed ana dldh WISH 70 10 Itn'oHe i Viieiiis i;
or because they ului llAe ~ 'no i'oN9 rA9 ~, y,
the person VINO Wan.e" Iue s5oS' ~non -.,
knew that they had no lrlenu 'IlaC y. TaS .','
coming IN 10 Iahe ~ ino ,li p'IoO' r,Ln "'S'''
blame them at all' oncio 'onn' -.L L
shouldn I hesl'ate 10 snS vne 'Lu'1 SUM IL 7.
sell under tne same clrcuLlSyIn'01' l9 r. oiI iI
wouldn't be telllng al uuVrG'n; III - "il
OF these packages were re-, Oh w. 10 "o'iu
be taken, Woul1h II r.r,4..
" Pshaw pshaW Allce' dS a,, vuaT DI you } ou
advocating sucn stun as Iilav eA9i",rl, I!p..ln
ed her uncle, IN surprise auu I.. lnuig ai'j lal
tlon' too' hugS seen "oinen uiie aa.iJ '.n,1
girls, ana occasloha'ly man, " VINO a4'U' ;,,1
upon that prlhciple DuD | h"u 'elluus ,Ia1o,,
doubts OF their 9oou3iesS. Ii', noFer 'sl
dreamed before, Alice, IraV you @ Melo 81 ~
selllsh ana uhPtlhclpiT1 "s W o,1bt MIN 70 70
doing such thlng' II man oH!IU Nv 10 70
feel ashamed TO take SeaC lt lor "llon al,ils no
has honestly PAID, now oughC young u
lady to feel VINO Woulu not scrugle 70 70
practice gross deception lor Ine S.he ...5 u u
retaining, for her own cohyenlence, Il
seat to which she mas no clalln VIVA NIav,
ever? If l were Wiling 10 10 sGSn d
thing, my respect lor mysell ~oe.iu ;u, W "
about as little as 1t would De Il wlslleu gu
to steal from a passenger as much money
as he had paid for his car'1are, IL E.i vii
be fully hall az h0ur, Allce' Oe1GLe TJi:, lhiAe m
gets here with the carnage M1lie We
are waiting, l Will tell you a iitVLe io, lho,,
dent that transplred IN tue car TiI5 %il9h
your Aunt Ruth and l Went 10 hlGh- ti
mond last fall. we had sea' aU 'ae
rear end OF the car. Inc nrst seHC @ III
front of MS was occupied py a young
lady-jast about your age, Alice 1uHg, :
ing from her looks she was mc1ly
dressed and l think would DC calieu d
handsome girl; but there was some
thing both in her look and manner m tll"T 7
was not pleasing to me, even DeloTe l
had heard her speak, or hardly seen her
move. If any one had asked me whaI
[ disliked in her, 1t would nave peell p
difficult for me to tell; yet there was al i
intangible something aoout ner WI wnicn ',l
gave me the impression that she nau no NO
idea that the golden rule whatsoever
We would that Others should 90 10 you
do you even so to them was lntenGeo
for such as she. She probably tnougnV,
Alice, that that divine lnluhctl99n was
given for common people orul1"ry'
looking men and fussy ola Tomen'
"Your Aunt Ruth SAID that Sne DC oo,
lieved that about all SummerVllle were
going somewhere that morning, the cars cars
were so rapidly filled. 1t IS always
amusing to me to observe the dliierence
in the dispositions and manners OF the
people who are seated while Others are
passing through looking for unoG,cupleu
seats. I know OF no better Piace ~ ~
which to study human nature tnan III
the cars. think that l have seen
more curious phases OF 1t while rialn
in them than l ever saw IN any 2thel
place. 1 observed the young lady IN