The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-04-16
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aLIFE ON THE RAIL.
Pen Pictures of Travellers Bob Burdetse Has
Net.

A woman with three bird cages
and a little girl has just got on
the train. She arranges the bird
cages on a seat, and then she aud
the little girl stand up in the aisle
and she glares around upon
the upgallant men who remain
glued to their seats and TOOL:
dreamily out Of the window. /
! bend my face down to the tablet
and write furiously, for feel her
: eyes fastened upon me. Somehow
or other, l am always the victim
in cases of this delicate natur,.
Just rs expected. She speaks,
fastening her commanding gazo
upon me:
, "Sir, would it be asking toe
much if l begged you to let my
self and my little girl have that
seat? A gentleman can always
find o scat so much more easily
than a lady,
And she smiled. Not the charm
! INCEST kind of smile. It was too
triumphant to be very pleasing
Of course | surrendered. / said;
ooh, certainly, certainly. i
could find another seat without
any trouble"
She thanked me and | crawIcd
out Of my comfortable seat and
gathered up my overcoat, my
manuscript, my shawl strap pack
age, my valise, my o7ershocs,
and she and the little girl went
into the vacant Premises as secH
as the writ Of ejectment had been
served, and they looked happy
and comfortable.
Then l stepped across the aisle,
took up those bird cages and set
/ them along Oh Top OF the coal
box, and sat down in the seat
thus vacated. | apologeticaliy re-
marked to the woman, who was
gazing at me with look that
BODIED trouble, that ':tt was much
warmer for the canarles by the
stove.' She didn't say anything:
but she gave me q lcok that made
it much warmer for no for about
five minutes, than the stove could
make it for the canaries. | don't
believe she likes me, and l an un-
comfortably confident that she
disapproves Of my conduct.
A friendly passenger wants to
talk. l am not feeling partlcu-
larly sociable this morning, cad
consequently do not propose to
talk to anybody. He asks how
I like this kind Of weather, and |
say "splendidIy."
He laughs 1eebly, but enconr-
agingly, and says there has been a
little too much snow. I say {:
"Not for health it was just what
we needed"
He asks if / heard ofthe ac:I-
dent on the Central railroad, and
! say "Xes:''
Then he aske me how it was,
..u toll him Il don't know
didn't read it,"
He wants to know what l
think Of Hayes, and | say Il
think he made a very good con-
stable"
"Constable!" he says 81 mean
President Hayes"
I say l thought he meant Donnis
Hays, of Peoria.
Then he asks if l "am going
far?"
II say mo-
"How far ?" be asks.
"Fourteen hundred miles,"
say, unblushing]y.
He thinks that is what he would
call "far,'' and 1 make no re-
sponse. Two babies are rehears
ing a little and in rather faulty
time, but with fine expression
And the man with one Or two
"dashes" asks if it dosen't bother
me to write with a lot Of "brats
squalling around"
l looked up at him severely: fol
it always makes me mad to heal
d man call d baby "brat,' and
| said to him, in a slow impressive
manner, that Il would rather lis
ten to baby cry than hear /;
man swear"
This eminently proper and high
{ ly moral rebuko has it's effect. The
man forsakes me, and he is nc"