The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-20

pulls up the window on his side; put
up that on mine, which produces vio-
let fit of coughing on his part, when
down go both windows in hurry.
We have arrived at Peterborough, and
the guard is again called. l have al
most finished my cigar, and 1 throw the
end away. My companion cannot let
the matter rest, however, and when we
are started again he reads me another
lecture, couched in such unacceptable
terms that for reply I light another
cigar.
Sir, here is my card /; and / insist
upon knowing your name and address" T"
1 take his card, open my card-case,
put his card in, and return the case to
my pocket without giving him my card
in exchange. l finish my cigar amidst a
volley of threats of getting my name and
address by force.
We are at Finsbury Park now, and
tickets are being collected. This is the
nearest station to my home, and here I
intend to leave the train. My compan-
ion follows me up the platform, and calls
the guard to take my name and address.
Being under the scrutiny of the other
passengers, who evidently think l have
got into trouble for card sharping,
and having made up my mind to pay
the penalty, lose no time in giving my
card.
Athome lam received with open arms,
and am hurried into the dining-room
by my boys to inspect device over the
sideboard for my especial benefit
Welcome in blue letters on white
ground. My wife is full of inquiries
after all our friends in Edinburgh, and
what sort of journey 1 have had.
Having informed her that individually
and collectively all our friends are as
well as could be expected, considering
the wintry weather they have had, and
that all were as kind and hospitable as
ever, I briefly tell her of my smoking
adventure.
And who was your companion p
asks my wife.
Glow should l know?''
"Why, you have his card"
"To be sure; quite forgot that, D
says l, producing my card-case. search
it through carefully, but no card, other
than my own, can find.
"I know put it in here. Why bless
me! / must have given it to the guard
instead of my own. How oddp
have almost dismissed the adventure
from my mind, when few days later my
wife, in skimming over the paper at the
breakfast table, breaks out into merry
laugh. What on earth can she find so
amusing in any other than the agony !"
column, which 1 can see is not the por-
ton under perusal. 1t is the police
reports, and she hands me the paper,
pointing out the place for my atten-
ton.
cat the Police Court, j
B b, of Verapdah House, Crouch
Hill, was summoned by the Great
Northern Railway Company for smok.
ing in carriage not a smoking carriage,
to the annoyance of other passengers.
The guard having proved identity, and
the accused's card, given by himself
being put in as corroborative evidence,
the magistrate asked the defendant if he
had anything to say in reply. An at.
tempt was made to prove that the &C.
cused was really the complainant, and
that he had given the card produced tc
the real offender; which the magistrate
characterized as an impudently lame de
fense, and fined the defendant in the full
penalty of forty shillings."
My DEAR" says my wife.
"Well, my dearw l respond.
"Verandah House is that pretty
place that has Just been finished LITTLE
farther up the hill. Don't you thinl
that you behaved in rather an unneigh
borly manner?
"Did our neighbor behave any
better?"
"At all events he has suffered un
Justly. This cannot be allowed to pass
Don't you think you had better call anc
apologize3' 3'
"Well, Pll think about it."
On my way home from the station
that evening ! rang the visitors bell a
Verandah House, and was in due cours
ushered into the presence of the eccen
trio proprietor. Our recognition wa
mutual and as nv neighbor approached
me, 1 prepared to put myself in defen
sive attitude. His hand, however, wa
not extended to commit an assault, ant
before could stammer out the elaboI
ate apology had prepared, I was fore
stalled by hearty shake of the ham
and an apology from the quondam fire
eaterl
Under such circumstances it ma
easily be guessed that satisfactory III
derstanding was soon arrived at, and a
exchange of invitations to spend the rt
mainder of the evening in each other
society ended in my returning HON
with my neighbor as my guest. l al
very partial to an after-dinner ciga
Having already committed myself, how
ever, 1 determined to practice a littl
self-denial but what was my surpris
when / had carried off my neighbor
my study to show him few rare vo
umes of which am almost as proud {
I am of my own children, to see m
friend produce cigar-case, and not onl
offer me the means of indulging in m
favorite weakness, but himself preparir
to join in it.
" You may well look surprised" sal
he; but in truth / am an myetera
smoker. passed many years of my Ii
in Havana, and these cigars-whit
1 venture to say you will find r
markably good-are of my own impol
t ing"
"But you expressed such contra
opinions the other day."
"The fact is, that when in the We
Indies 1 suffered from severe attack
: yellow fever, and the remedial a
? pliances SO affected my mind that
some time had to be placed under !
! straint. Thanks to the skill of cley
practitioner, 1 am cured; but my q
= malady still shows itself in occasion
- fits of uncomfortable obstinacy."
al beg your pardon" says I 2" b
j are you military MANI"
= eyes; 1 was captain in the -
Regiment"
y Captain B.! Ny mind reverts
!, the story I heard on the morning of Q
= first meeting. But was our friend
~ ~ thoroughly cured as his ex-keeE
~ seemed to imagine? I can't say, but
70 know that he is an excellent neighb
:, - He treaJs his misadventure as capi
: joke; and it is likely to be stock ste
:, for the rest of his life how he was fir
3 forty shillings by the railway compa