The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

Don't understand you, sir" I says,
"What might you meaD?"
II mean" says he, "if you like it you
may have It; I'm rather tired of It my.
self and with that he pulls it Off an
hands 1t over"
"'Much obleeged to you, SIR says I
but [ wasn't meaning to ask for it,
not by no means.
"'0h,' he says, sits OF NO conse-
quence; il hadn't give it 80 you d
give it to some one else,' and with that
he turns about and walks into the car,
and / puts the ring on my finger. think
in it would make q pretty keepsake to
give my little gal-and when we came
to Stump Station my gentleman gets
out. dogs and guns and baggage and
snarl end al, an that's tho last | ever
saw Of HIM.
about two weeks after that time
there was a very pretty young lady got
on the train at Elm Station, just out Of
Philadelphia, you know. She didn't
have nobody with her, and seemed kind
O. timid like and ekeery; never movin'
hardly out Of her first posish, 'cept
when the train stopped at some station,
tho being q through express we didn't
stop at many-but when we did | no
ticed she allus pulled her thick black
vail down over her pretty lace ana
kinder turned her head into one corner
O. the seat, lettin' on to be asleep, an
when anybody came in or went past her
seat-whiCh some of EN- as haven't
travelled much Is allays dom, you
know. sir, walkin' UP and down restless,
and goin' for drinks and changin' seats
acknowledgements they did that
could see her give little jumps and look
kinder quick and frightened like, an
the blood all rushin' up into her cheeks,
maxim them look prettier yet, and then
she'd git pale as death the next mint,
and kinder push her hair back off her
temples with one little white hand, like
it was too heavy and hurt her, and
most all the while she kept twisting
little hair ring she wore on her hnger,
aroun' and aroun, and putting 1t up
to her lips once an ag in, when she
thought nobody was a looking. Ia
give nv hull stock of 'yaller backs and
Drige packages to o. been in that rings
place list once; tho OF course the like
of me had no business to be even
watchin' her from behind the stove as
| I we're, it bein' filter for me to have
been thinkin' of my own Janey await
| in for them words.
! "The moment I see that ring | jerks
mine off an slips it into my vest pocket
| The moment I see that ring SEES to my
| self, there's mate to mine, an says L
to myself, Jack, my boy, you keep
right on takin' notice, 1t being my opin-
| ion theirs something up an SEES to
myself, L hope that there snarly chap
hain't been a-bitin' nobody, as he'll feel
sorry fer it when he comes to die an
then / kept ON a takin7 notice, might
clost.
"Well. we kept q goin' on, some git
| tin OF here and there, and none gittin
on, an by an bye gittin' off ag'n, till
along in the afternoon there was only
three or four passengers in the car,
which they were mostly samples, or
| travelling agents, as aHays takes off their
boots an goes to sleep soon g they strike
a seat. But this here young lady she
never moved out of her first seat-I9st
set an set, and got to lOOkin' tireder
and pitifuer like, every mile. / drop
ped a Leslie into her seat once and for
got to take it up ag'in on purpose, but
she never looked at it; and so, tho !
was as sorry for her as could be, an
! knew she'd had no lunch. cos she'd
never got out when the train stopped,
an she hadn't a smitch nor sign OF
satchel or luggage Of any kind-still l
was dub'us about Otferin' to do any.
thing, KNOWN she was real lady and
| was only train agent, and Orkard
hand at sayin' them kind O things at
best, an she bein' all alone and tray
elm might take it ill. But at last,
comm in an out, an seem her sittin,
there, lOokin' so awful lonesome and
tired, and dark lines a comm under her
big dark eyes, lookiD' like she would
cry but dash 't-and, by Hickory. I'm
glad she didn't, cos that would upset
me quicker'n wink, being one O the
things | can't stand no way. to see a
woman cry. SO seem she would never
make no more Of herself, jist give my
self a poke in the ribs to kinder rile my
courage, and goes up to her seat like
was after the Leslie, and says, Miss,
excoose me num- SEES [, but you do
look quite done up, if YOU II excoose me
num- ses [, and I've got sister Of my
own mum. if you'll excoose the liberty
mum, ses |, AN I'd humbly like to be
Of some service to you mum, If you'd
pleese to menshin' in what way mum,
ses /.
"She looked up in way as I can't
tell you Of, sir, If | was to try ever SC
hard, and she SEES You're very kind,
indeed, shese and [ thank you very
much, she SEES, but require nothing -
agin, out O. the winder, and | see her
mouth twitch an her soft eyes hashin'
with tears, and I thinks to myself,
Jack, she is a lovely good young wo-
man, as far above you as the skies, and
and as has trouble, and here you are
a helpin' to pile it onto her; you ought
to be kicked oftin' the train; why don t
you clear off and quits botherin' Of her
and so I did, maxim her the best bow
of respect [ knew how, and raistn' a
lump on my eyebrow doin' it. through
Inadvertently comm down to far an
hittn' my fore'id on the seat-back.
THE next station we stopped at, was
wood and water, where we gen ally
stayed about ten minutes; there was a
restaurant there, an 50 l runs in and
gets slapping big cup O. tea, and four
am SANDWICHES, telling the boss I'd
bring back the ckiny next trip, an as
we was we'll acquainted, that was all
right, and so walks into the car with
'em, tho shakin' all over, and I says,
I hope you wont think me villin,
mum, but I think if you'd have the
kindness to take little Of these pro-