Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-19

laugh. What on earth ~ she fnd 20
smusing In any other than the agony"
column, which I can see is mot the por-
ton under under perusal. 1t is the
police reports, and she hands me the
paper, pointing ont the place for my
attention.
"At the - police court, j.
b, Of Vernandah House, Crouch
Hill, was summoned by the Great
Northern Railway Company for smoking
in : carriage, mot . smoking carriage, to
the annoyance of other passengers. The
guard having proved identity, and the
accused" card, given up by himself, being
put in a. corroborative evidence, the
magistrate asked the defendant If he had
anything to cay in reply. An attempt
was made to prove that the accused was
really the complainant. and that he had
given the card produced to the real
offender; which the magistrate charac-
terized as an i~mpudently lame defense,
and fined the defendant in the full pen
atty of forty shillings."
Mxydear,' says my vile.
Vel my dear7" / respond.
Es"veSnandah House is that pretty
pl16slit III has just been finished a little
faxther Up the hill. Don't you think
that you behaved in rather an unneigh-
borly manner?"
ibid our neighbor behave any bet
teri"
aAt al events he has suffered un-
Justly. This cannot be allowed to pass.
Don't you think you had better call and
apologize?"
"Well, I'll think about it."
On my way home from the station
that evening | rang the visitors bell at
Verandah House, and was in due course
ushered into the presence of the eccen-
trio proprietor. Our recognition was
mutual; and as my neighbor approached
me, / prepared to put myself in q defen-
sive attitude. His hand, however, was
not extended to commit Al assault, and
before / could stammer out the elaborate
apology ! had prepared, ] was forestalled
~ Z hearty shake. of the hand and an
apology from the quondam ~ire-eater!
Under such circumstances it may
easily be guessed that a satisfactory un-
derstanding was soon arrived at, and an
exchange of invitations to spend the
of the evening in each others
ended in my returning home
with my neighbor as my guest. l am
very partial to an after-dinner cigar.
Having already committed myself, how
ever, 1 determined to practice a little
but what was my surprise,
when ! had carried off my neighbor to
my study to show him a few rare vol
umes Of which l am almost as proud as l
am of my children, to see my friend pro-
duce a cigar-case, and not only offering
the means of indulgiDg in my favorite
weakness, but himself preparing to join
it.
"You may well look surprised" said
he; shut in truth l am an i~nveterate
! passed many years of my life
IN Havana, and these cigars-which /
venture to say you will End re markably
yood-are of my own importing"
But You expressed such contrary
opinions the other day"
"The fact is, that when in the West
indies / suffered from q severe attack of
fever, and the remedial appliances
affected my mind that for some time /
lad to be placed under restraint.
Thanks to the skill of a clever practi-
] am cured; but my old malady
till shows itself in occasional fits of un-
,ontrollable obstinacy."
II beg your pardon" says l; " but are
not a military mani"
"Yes; ! was captain in the --th
Captain B-l My mind reverts to
he story l had heard on the morning of
- -
thoroughly cured as his ex-keeper seemed
imagine? | can't say, but l know that
is an excellent neighbor. He treats
lis misadventure as a capital joke; and
t is likely to be . stock story for the
'est Of his life how he was fined forty
by the railway company be-
:anse another passenger had infringed
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