The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-07-21

who was looking Tor seat, thinking she
might possibly remove her packages if
should. But / had the curiosity to see
what she should do of her own accord, so
refrained 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 would have
given him theirs if they had not observed
that there was q vacant seat beside the
young lady. AS the old gentleman drew
nearer to us, she turned her head and look
ed out of the window. l must confess,
Alice, that was rather glad, on the whole,
that no one had moved for him. wanted
to see how far her selfshness would carry
| her.
"Two men-one middle-aged, the other
younger-sat in the seat directly opposite
the young lady. From few words that l
caught of their conversation, learned that
the younger man was carpenter, and
thought it quite probable that they both
were. The middle-aged man sat next to
the aisle, and noticed that he was observ-
ing the young lady quite as closely as !
was.
His face was not a very demonstrative
one but once or twice l detected an
amused twinkle in his eyes and slight
curl on his lips when he glanced at her.
When the old man came against the young
bundles and then at her. But she didn't
see him. Oh no. She was looking out
of the window and humming a tune. He
didn't speak but he drew a long breath,
that was half sigh and he looked defect
ed and weary, and was about to pass along
when the middle-aged man opposite arose
and said respectfully Take my seat, sir
He kindly helped him into it, at the
same time glancing at the young lady and
saying l can find another for myself,
or 1 can stand She did not turn her head
nor show any signs of hearing him. So he
walked the whole length of the car, looking
for vacant seat but, of course, with no
success, and it is not at all probable that he
expected to find one when he started. AS
he came back toward us, the 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 express
sion and more indignation. Probably none
of the passengers except those who had OBJ
served him watching the young lady notic-
ed it. / was satisfied, however, from his
looks, that he intended to give that self
ish, disobliging young lady a lesson, and
soon found that was not mistaken. He
came directly to her, and, gently touching
her shoulder (she was still looking out of
the window he said:
"Shall place some of these bundles up
in the rack for you, young lady? can
find no other seat in this car that is not
occupied by some person."
"You will please to leave my things
where they are" she snappishly replied.
4 presume that there are plenty of vacant
seats in the rear car. A gentleman would
go and look for one, and not disturb lady
in this way
"By this time all the passengers near
were looking on and listening intently to
see what would come next. At her crusty
reply he put on an exceedingly abashed
look, and stammered
"Oh beg your pardon young lady, l
had no idea that was about to encroach
upon your rights. did not suppose that
you had paid for both Of these seats. But
you have, of course for nothing could have
been clearer than that a lady would never
speak to 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 l 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 removed 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 oc-
cupying he would vacate it the next in
stant. All of the passengers who had
observed what was going on smiled ap-
provingly and one Or two laughed aloud
and the old man nodded his head en-
phatically and whispered to the young
carpenter "That is just what she de-
served"
The young lady tucked back her dress
disdainfuly and looked scornfully at the
man beside her, and thought she was
about to say something vindictive but,
if she was, she was prevented by gen.
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