The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-04-16

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the pretty girls we passed. We looked
from the platform 4 few minutes; our
hero stood twisting his mllstache with
veXation. till growing desperate, he re-
| marked:
Say, Madge. That girl with the dark
eyes is stunning, isn't She? / wish You
would make her acquaintance"
Indeed. That's the view YOU admired,
was it? Well, sir, shall do nothing of
the Kind. | have no vocation Tor stunning
| girls. Come Mrs. d., lets 90 back
| Evidently used to such snubbing. Tom
that wasn't his name, but Wen play it
waS-made a mockimg salute, and retort-
ed laughing:
| 'Well, madame. I'm quite equal to
helping myself You Just wait tin You
want to know some staining fellow"
Madge only gave him a look of supreme
contempt and walked off tossing over her
shoulder a command TO fetch the hamper,
ton she was hungry. and no supper could
be had till we reached Grand Island then.
turning to me. she said with an exceed
ingly ancient air, 'PoStivelv. that boy is
too ridicnlous' He gests silly over these
American girls all the time; bat | won't
help him "
| THAT boy | repeated with intense
amusement; for the delinquent stood six
feet high, and was evidently Older than
his monitrcsS who lectured him in the
| graNcSt fashion all the while we We're NIB
| bling 1T the contents of that neyer-to-be-
| forgotten hamper II reminded me Of the
| famous one which MIR. Warllc carried to
the races and ! think we enjoyed ii as
much As Mr. Pickwicll and his friends en-
| iovcd their II Ji'f>co lunch. though the
sleepy tat boy was not in attendance
| The usual funny scenes occurred DURING
| the slowing away process at night; but
the long hours passed swiftly. and tue
infants greeted the morning with sun
dry howl> Of misery and frettuneSs, which
walked Us All TOO soon. II was droll enough
to see the way in which everybody peep
ed from their sections to investigate the
''reason why" and then, having viewed
| the situation, each suddenly discovered
all the other curious heads, and disappear
ed. The lamenting wall was from the
stout lung, Of i iour-year-old boy this
| time, His mother. arranging her toilet
the little mp danced with passion. Sud-
denly Mad@e showed 4 yeNed face be-
tween her curtains, and her ringing voice
t'tlltt 'Nu lIptiitl'tlN
Tom for heavens sake get slipper
a:d spank that child. He's quite too old
to cry like that, and his mother doesn't
seem to know enough to manage him ="
Then She vanished
Fancy the laugh Ii began in chorus
Of stuffed ehuckles, but she had spoken for
us all and a hearty endorsement sounded
from every berth, while the amazed pa
rent picked up her offspring and slapped
him soundly, and looked round With
| Il Pleasc-ma'am-what neNt-shalI- Lido Y"
| lace which was iunnier than Madge-,
| prescription.
| Our train was much ''behind time, ana
breakfast time was only 4 dim prophecy
50 we beguled the hours as best we mi yht,
| Watching for but1aloes that wouldn't ap-
pear, spying several groups Of the pretty
| graceful antelopes, passing swiftly thro'
the wide spread settlements of the funny
| little prairie dogs and opening our eyes
widely at the cactus which grew in such
prickly y protusion on either side of the
track. found the face Of my English
| beauty more enchanting than amy thing
| ol5", i"r it was us chanwetul aS ha4
| thoughts. Suddenly She exclaimed:
81 wonder where Tom can be- and
ed in pursuit She was only gone a mint
ute; then With 4 comicallN ruetul face,
! She begged me to come too. We found
| the de@erter closely tucked beside the very
girl he had admired the day before for
both of them We're occupying the same
car step, while the rest Of the gay group
We're campel ON the platform. OF course
laughed, while Madge evincea her pres
ence hy reaching over and encrgetcaIly
pulling i curl of the handsome mead that
was 50 dangerously near the Young ladv's
rosy checks
Tom started, looked aroHnd and coollY
said: "Ah. Mad@e. | thought il was YOU
Wen. | can't very we'll move Just nov;
but Miss Ellis, if You can look over your
shoulder You will see my sister Miss
Fairfax, allow me to present Miss Ellis
The scamp certainly showed good taste:
for Miss Ellis was very lovely. both in
feature and expression. She blushed 4
little, but bowed rs gracefully is her po-
Sition permitted, and her voice was Sill
gularN sweet when she said, Il find that
Mr. Fairfax is IN old SchOol-matc Of my
brothers.. They were at Toronto togcth-
cr !"
1t was Madge', turn to blush nov; not
Il little hut turiouSly, while Toms mis-
chievous eyes danced with delight at her
confusion, and / did some Yankee ''gucSs-
ing" about that ''brother,n which proved
quite correct, and then | sat down to
watch further developments and to enjoy
the happiness before me. 0 youth and
hope and beauty What brave posses
sions We are We hold in your magical
glasses such rare libations and we drink
such eager draughts, believing the visions
they bring to heart and BRAIN
The train roarcd on, Boss Tweed"
came ont and stood on the platform of his
car. Watching the strange, desolatc lands
we We're passing; gentlemen consoled
themselves with cigars; ladies tried all
conceivable changes Of position and read
persistcntly; while all the happiness and
delight in the whole tram seemed to con-
cenlate in the knot of young people about
me Madge sent for the hamper, the
Young ladies opened their Baskets and
when we reached Cheyenne | left Tom
seated on a reversed water pail, with all
the gay girls around him pampering him
by offers of the diintiest mOrsels, and my
queenly Madge us merry as the rest direct
ING at him perpetual yollcy OF Sancy
speeches,
lney were All gong lhfouSh 70 Sarf;t-
mento, My prophetic soul told me what
would happen. for the Imprisonment in Il
Pullman car for u week of two mutually
susceptible Young people has an almost
certain result. Nothing in Euclid is surer
than Il Irritation, while something more
serious is very apt to take place. Tom
gaye his own version of the story, declar |
ing that fate had been too much for him, |
for during those days of travel he had
grown so used to caring for Miss ElliS,
so accustomed To playing a devoted lover
Just 10 tease Madger' that when their
destination was attained the force Of habit |
made him still seek the young lady, and
''she seemed so fond of him, that WELL |
really now, You know, a fellow finds him
self i'll Il queer position, and had to mar
ry her just to save her teelings,' =
The pretty bride had heard all this be
fore, so she only reioined with the meek
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