Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-13

OF my musings, 'tnere &OeH sne WINS.
tie. We shall be OF directly. Thank
for thatp ~A@F
Aud be put his feet onsthe opposite.
seat and prepared for as copRfortsble
a four hours' ride az possible. I
clarence Hatfield and fsIbe ituu-
derstood, were employee, III The ex-
tensive business of Messrs. Jenkins,
Jumperton & Co., auctioneers, and
had been down to the country put
ting up a sale of swampy lots, cut
into ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, according
to the most approved metropolitan
methods of doing such things.
1t had been q dismal business. No
|,vember 10 not an inspiring month at
the best; and q three days fog had
conspired against the success of
Mount Mora Park as jenkins Jum-
pertoD & Co. had christened the new
speculation Yet-we-haaNdop rec
sonably well, andGwere6ow thankful
enough to get back to New York.
AS the train gave its starting lunge
the door few open, and in came a
tan old lady lin a. prodigious black
bonnet and a1furt cloak, surrounded
by q perfect chevaur de frise of squir-
rel-cages, leather bags, brown-paper
parcels and sandwich-boxes. She
WasS followed closely by a younger
lady dressed in black and closely veil
ed, and paused hesitatingly in front
of Our seat.
young man, said she, in a low,
voice, as gruf as that of a man. SIS
this sea engagedr
Yes said Hatfield, it is.'
'Eor your feet P
No matter what for superciliously
replied the head clerk of Jenkins,
Jumperton & Co. please to pass on
old lady. You'll find seats enough
'sBn1sfhis was 4 stretching Of, the
truth. There were no seats beyond,
as the old lady could readily perceive,
unless she chose to sit directly oppo-
site q. red.hot coal fire, OF upon one
of those corner arrangements close to
the door. which are. equivalent to no
seat at ALI fN 1r}IEG ~ ETH-
The old lady hesitated and changed
her heavy carpet : bag from one
weary arm to the other. l thought
| of my own good Aunt Polly at home,
and rose at once.
Praystakepth seat, ma'am' said
I. .And let me put your parcel up
IN the rack for your
Clifton. what q fool you are!
| cried Hatfield, in an impatient soto
voce. why couldn't you have sat
still and minded your own business p
1T is my own business I answered
brusquely, 'to 9 that every lady is
seated. Now, the squirrel : cage,
ma'am-itIl 60 very comfortable un-
der the seat, I think
Hatfield uttered q contemptous
grunt, but he W. offered to trust
his feet off the opposite cushio Hs, al
though the young woman stood in
the aisle, uncOmfortsbly swsying
backward and forward with the mo-
ton of the train, until a woman
Notwithstanding the state of affairs,
drew q sleeping child into her lap,
aud beckoned the other to take the
place thus vacated.
BY this time my old lady had es-
tablished herself to her entire salts.
facsion,@a ndAopened her sandwich
box.
Much obliged to you, young man,
said she, it's easy to see you've a
mother Of yuurown at home, and that
you are in the habit ofdolng reverence
to her gray hairs. AS for this person
with q nod of her poked-bonnet in
the direction. Of Mr.. Hatfield-.if he's
got q mother,I can't say much for hel
bringing of him up. Perhaps he may
be old himself one day, and stand il
need of a little politeness aud con.
sideration from the young. : Z
when Pm anxious for your good
opinion, ma'am, Tll let you know,
returned Mr.. Hatfield, rather flip
PANTY.
The old lady could, only express
herself by q vehement snuff. Anc
even l was q little annoyed at hi.
manner.
Hatfield said l, in a low tone
you might behave like a gentleman.
80 l will,' he retorted, with
shrug. when I find myself in com
pany that calls for such behavior
ISsaid no more, but leaning III
against the side of the door, prepared
TO make myself as comfortable q.
tpossihle, until the train should sto,
at Stanford, its first way station, ant
some descending passengers nigh
make roomsfor me-.
Reader, did you ever stand in 81
express train in full motion? Di,
you ever feel yourself swaying back
ward and forward, humping one O
your chronological development
against n side ofthe car. and bring
ing the base Of your spinal coIum
against the top of a seat at the or
posite swerve of the train z Did yo
ever execute an involuntary a sea-
by waySof keeping your balance, an
then grind your teeth to see the tw
pretty young ladies beyond laughin
at your antics 7 If SO, you will kno,
= how to pity me during the hour an
j, a half between B and Stanford
Hatfield went to sleep aud snored
the old lady0in the gigantic bonn.
ate sandwiches and drank from
wicker flask OF excellently smellin
sherry the young lady sat as nois
less as a black-veiled statue ; fretf1
Il babies whimpered old gentleme
uttered strange sounds IN their slee'
Z the lights fared like sickly moo
overhead, and the shrek of the ira
as it flew through sleeping village
sounded like the yell Of q fery-thros
= ed demon.
l.. Stamford y bswled the conductc
1oot ,pooonloI =, z---