The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-09

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He had beenetcy .town-Tneetfng,.
had once Voyaged = hundred miles
on a steamboat, and had q brother
who had made the overland trip to
California. ata sHaaHs4a
She had been to cuttings, funer-
ala, and g circus or two, and she
knew u woman whose sister thought
nothing of setting out on q railroad
journey where she had to wait fife
teen minutes at q junction and
change cars al a depot. VOL -
So found thegn--a eozy-looking
old coaple, sitting up very straight
in their seat. trying 10 acI like lid
railroad travellers A shadow of
anxiety suddenly crossed her face !
she became uneasy, aud directly
she asked:
"Philetus, act'lly b'ieeve we've
went and taken the wrong train !.
at can't be, nohow," he replied,
seeming little startled, "Didn't
ask the conductor, and didn't he say
we was rightrDJs 7. ifs iECis.s'sss.sz
"Yaas, he did, but look out of the
window and make sure. He might
have been lynn to us"
The old man looked out of the
window at the hittin fences, the
galloping telegraph poles, and the
unfamiliar fields, as if expecting to
catch sight of some old landmark,
and forgetting for q moment that he
was q thousand miles from home.
81 guess we're all right, Mary"
he said, as he drew in his head.
"Ask somebody-aek that man
there" she whispered.
'sThis is the train for Chicago,
hain't it ?" inquired the old man of
the passenger iii the next seat be-
hind.
"This is the train," replied the
man.
sThere! didn't l say SOP" chuck
led the old gent.
'It may bet may bew she re-
piled, dubiOnsly; "but if we are car
ried wrong it won't be my fault. !
say that we are wrong, and when
we've been led to some pirates cave,
and butchered for our money, yell
wish you had needed my words"
He looked out of the window
again, opened his mouth as if to
make some inquiry of q boy sitting
on the fence, and then leaned back
in his seat and sighed heavily. She
shut her teeth together, as if saying
that she could stand it if he could,
and the train sped along for several
miles. He then said:
CLOCKS like rain over thar in the
west; hope the boys hey got them
oats in"
s'That makes me think of that UNI
breller!" she exclaimed, diving her
hands among the parcels at their
feet.
She hunted around for two or
three minutes, growing red in the
face, and then Strengthened up and
hoarsely whispered:
ats Gone"
"W-what? 2" he gasped.
"That umbrellerw
"Now
"Gone, hide and hair!" she went
on ''that sky-blue umbreller which
1 have had ever since Martha died ~
lie searched around, but it was
not to be found.
lIE"Waal, that's queer" he unused,
as he Strengthened up.
"Queerl Not a bit. I've talked
to We and talked to We, but it does
no good. Ye come from needless
family. and ye'd forgot to put on
yer boots f 1 didn't tell ye to-"
"None o. the Harrisons was ever
in the poor-house !" he replied in a
cutting tone.
"Philetus- II. Harri.
son!" she continued, laying her
hand on his arm, ''don't We twit me
of that againl Pve lived with ye
nigh on to forty years, and waited
on we when ye had biles and the
toothache, and the collie, and when
, We fell and broke yere leg, but DOM
! push me 10 the wall p
He looked out of the window
feeling that she had the advantage
of him, and she wiped her eyes, set
: tied her glasses on her nose, and
, used up the next fifteen minutes il
thinking of the past. Feeling
. thirsty, she reached down among
the bundles, searched around, anC
her face was as pale as death as sht
Strengthened back and whispered:
: "A7ad that's gone tool"
"What now /" he asked.
3 'That bottle with the cold tea il
otis been stole!" he exclaimed
looking around the car as if expect
!. ing to see some one with bottle Il
: their lips.
Il "Fust the umbreller-then thu
e bottle !" she gasped.
81 couldn't have left it, could IP
"Don't ask mel That bottle ha
= been in our family twenty years
8 ever since mother died, and now il
, gonei Land only knows what III
: do for a camfire bottle when We 81
: home-if we ever do"
"Pll buy one"
eyes, l know we are always read
n to buy, and if it wasn't for me t.
: restrain We the money'd fly lik
/. feathers in the wind"
8 "Waal, 1 didn't have to mortgag
: my farm" he replied, giving her
n knowing look.
''Twitting agin! It isn't enough
that we've lost a good umbreller an
: a camfire bottle, but ye must twi
a me of this and that"
Her nose grew red, and tear
il came to her eyes, but as he wa
s losking out of the window she salt
Il nothing further. Ten or fiftee
\ minutes passed, and, growing rest
less, he called out to q man acros
the aisle:
"What's the style around here ?"
t "Philetus-PhiEetus III. Harrison
stop yer noise !" she whispered pok
lug him with her elbow.
81 just asked a question:" he re
piled, resuming his old position.
"What'd yer brother Joab tell y
: the last thing afore we left hum ?
= she asked "Didn't he say some
; body'd swindle We on the strin,
. game, the confidence game, or som
q ether game didn't he warn ye agi
. rascals ?"
= al hadn't seen no rascals."
"Of course, ye hewitt, cause We
blindl 1 know that that man is
villain, and if they don't arrest hir
a for murder afore we leave this traiI
e I'lI miss my guessi can read hI
n man natur' like book"
e There was another period of 81
J: lence, broken by her saying:
d 81 wish 1 knew that this was th
q train for Chicago"
Ie "Course it is."
t, allow do you know?"
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