The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-31
LCEECTIVE SENSE,
Bar let:c'3 Account of Very Funny
Conversation.

VI
Conversation.
The last ti.ac ! ran home over the CHI
a 20. Burlington and Quincy we had 4 very
snail. but select and entertaining party on
the train. Il w,s Il warm day. and every
body was tired with the long ride and OPP
pressed by the heat. The precise woman.
with her hat swathcd in an immense blue
veil. WHO always parsed her sentences be
fore She uttered them, utterly worn out
and thoroughly lonesome. was glad to re-
spond to the pleasant nod of thc CROUCH
man who got on at Monmouth. and didn't
know enough grammar t. ask for the
mustard 50 that you could tell whether
he wanted You to pass ii to him or pour
it on his hair. The thin, troubled looking
man with the sandy goatcc. VIII" STAN
mcrcd SO drcadIllly that he always for
got what he wanted to say before he got
wrestling with any word with a Nv i'll
it. lit up with a trcmulouS. hcSitating
smile as he noticed this indication of So
ciability. for like some men who find it
extremely difficulty to talk at all. he want
ed to talk ali. the time. And the fat old
gentleman sitting opposite him. who was
So deaf he couldn't hear the ears rattle.
and always awcd and bothered the STAN
mcrcr into silence by saying Z" lIcy?' iii
Il very imperative tone. every time lie got
in the middle of a hard word. cooked his
irascible head on one side Us he saw this
smile. and after listening intcntly To dead
silence for Il minute. suddenly broke out
with such an emphatic, impatient.
Hey"
That everybody in the ear started up
and shouted ncrvouSly and ungrammat:-
cally:
Il didn't say nothing.
With the exception OF the woman viii,
the blue veil. who said:
Il said nothing
The fat old gentleman was a little an
noycd and stai led by such Il chorus of
responses. and fixing his gaze still more
intcntly upon the thin man. said, defiant
ly:
VIVA Say?"
"LI-I | Observation-Disclosures
WASN'T WASH S-S-Sp-spcak-
"Hey:" roared the fat man.
He want say in nauthin " shouted
the BIG rough man. nodding friendly ell
enlargement to the thin man; - he haint
open his mouth
soap in the south?' queried the fat
old man. impatiently. '.What for:''
Mouth, mouth explained the precise
woman. with impressive nicely. " He said
Opened his mouth. The gentleman
seated directly opposite you was
".,Offers to chew WHAT" cried the fat
old gentleman. in amazement.
:" Sir. said the precise woman. i made
no reference whatever to chewing. You
certainly misunderstood me.
The thin man took courage from 81
many rcintorcem, and broke in:
ILL d-d-d-d-,lud-du d-dud-dou t-tlon' I
| don't vh-ch-ch-'
Hey" shouted the fat gentleman.
lie don't chaw nauthin'r' roarca Tie
big rough man. in a voice that made the
car windows rattle. He Wa II a tallin
when you shot off at him..
.Who got Off" exclaimed the fat old
gentleman "wha d he get Of for:''
You do not appear to comprehend
clearly what he stated. shriekei the pre-
else woman. No person has left the
train?''
Then wha'd' lie say SO for" shouted
the fat man.
'Oh." said the thin man, in Il surpriS-
iny burst of tiucncy. : he he d-d-,-did-
did
Who did?" luericd the fat man, talk
ing louder than any one else.
.'Num-num-num- num-n-no-no-n"body-
nobody. He he d-d-G-dud-Gi,:n' didn
didn't didn't s.
Then villa made you say he did:
howled the deaf man.
'.Yuu misunderstood lima, interrupt
ed the precise woman: he was probably
about to remark that no reicrcnc" what
ever had been Intentionally made to Tie
departure of any person from the ira II.
when you interrupted him III the midst
of an unfinished sentence and hence OBJ
tanned IN erroneous impression of the
tenor OF his remarks. lie meant no Of
fence
Know Il fence y roarcd the fat man:
of course know fence
s.Eie hahn got middlin good heagin.
yelled the big rough man. as APOLOGIZE
cally as Il steam whistle could have
shricl:ed it: " ears kind of stuffed up!
Time to brush up?" cried the fat
man: '.wha' for?''
Nc" Shriel.cd the precise woman. he
remarked to the other gentlemen that
Your hearing appeared to be rather de
fective."
Ills father a detective:" hooted the
fat gentleman in amazement'
..N-n-n-n nun-nln-no"' broke in the
thin man: .'h-h-h-h-huh- huh-ae- s;i-
Sail-Said You w-w-w-wuh-was 4 little dud
dud-wfls 4 little deaf.
Said l was thief" howlrd the fat
man. scarlet tornado of wrath. said
was thief. Wha We mean? Show him
to me. Who says I'm Il thief? Who says
So?'
:" Now" shouted the big rough man.
nobody don't say We amt no thief. |
jest saved as how We di,ln't Git along very
we'll. le see he" nodding to the thin
man, he can't talk very well am
Wh-wh-wl-why ocean he t-t-t-tut-
tut-tnt-talk?" broke in the thin man.
white with rage. "I-I-I-Tu like tito
know -wh-wh- what : the reason &C
c-can't tut-tut-talk as w-w-w-w-wcll as
any bub-bu5-body that's buh-buh- bub-
been tut-tut-talking Oh this car every SIS
s-Since the tut-tut-tut-'