The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-18

but Arthur. The 'dimly Lighted car had |
faded away out of my vision, and instead
/ saw q oozy room. 1t was not, to be |
sure, much better lighted than the carr
but everybody knows that when third
person Is one too many, light is SUPER
fiuous. Yet there was light enough for
nimble fingers to be Piled, near the
lamp, If Charley would let them alone,
and the pattern they were weaving was
identical with that around my neigh
boris neck. My own place in the room
could not fix. I seemed to be there,
and yet not there. That was not, was
the evident presumption of Charley
and Minnie. Minnie was what he called.
her. I need not say that she was yis<
ion of maidenly beauty, such as knew
my travelling companion, restored and
reiuvenated, would be.
There was no harm in what they said
to each other, and none in thoir caresses.
Bot could readily understand that the
words were not for other ears, or the
acts for other eyes than their own. l.
tried to speak, but could not. I tried 10
him, but it was of no use. / tried to
move, but being in state of double
limbo, magnetic and materialistic
(clothing-shop materially, that effort
was fruitless Under a consciousness of
not very agreeable detention, I heard
the old, old story, and witnessed, what
no grown man needs to witness, the re-
hearsal of how q wooing may be wooed,
and maid (foregone conclusion) may
be won. 1t is to be presumed when one
has passed the years of adolescence and
bread-and- butter experience has been
gained in that direction. There is no
more need of n secondhand repetition
Al L.. =. - L. SO Ia nf ON, old
feast. ,
The light in the room. flashed up, and
heard door slam, and a step, and the
railway car and the room seemed mix
ed, and the conductors regulation cap
appeared to change to q womsn,s. But
whether he were she, or she were, he,
could not tell. just then Minnie s voice
said, as she lifted up her work, See,
mother, how fast am getting along,
with my tattingi" Then l plainly dis
cerned Minnie's mother, with q light in
her tand. The railway officials form
and face had vanished ike dissofving
view, though it must have been he who
! slammed the door, conductor fashion.
1t was his step heard, and his lantern
which refreshed the light; and yet, he
had given way to Ntrnie's mother,
whose face wore q tGh-suppressed
frown. 1t fitted upon her like custom
ary habit Charley looked red, and
Minnie Just little abashed, and the old
lady pointed Significantly to the dial of
the clock in the corner. 1t was q
family piece, with ship at the top,
which moved with the pendulum,
laboring forever, as if in a head-beat
sea. congratulated myself that Char
ley and Minnie had made better prog
ress than that plunging ship, which
pitched bows under at every even clock
tick, and lifted itself at every odd one.
My fellow-passenger gave me push,
| gentle but effectual. az do believe we
were both asleep" she said, sand /
have had such dreami Your heavy
breathing" (anybody but q lady would
have said snori,lg) awakened me. -
I did not tell her that / had been
her to tell me her dream. Being ca
rapport, I knew all about it. As one
often does when, fancying he is awake,
he tries to recall his dreams, fell off
again, car and parlor getting inter-
mixed till nothing was left of either of
them. 81. llELs ~ J9g111ltC sd I
was at the seaside, Charley and
Minnie were on the pier. Where stood
can not say; but nobody seemed to
mind me. Minnie wore tidy jacket
| (beg her Fundamentally which
looked as my travelling companions did
when that old braid was new. Some
how that nautical clock came into the
vision again; but the ship launched
itself from the clock case into the sea,
and Charley appeared on board, way
ing his hat, while Minnie, on shore,
waved her handkerchief. Her mother
led her away sobbirg. The mothers
grabbed style of consolation so angered
me that / would have interfered il
could. But smell of indigo seemed to
stifie me, and 1 found my nose buried
in that horrible bundle Of, blue jackets.
Crashl went the ship against the pier,
and there arose a horrid scream.
"AIls out for Wampum Stationi''
shouted the conductor. The crash, then,
was the car-brakes, the scream was the
steam-whistle.
"Wampum Stationi" cried. "Why,
I was to get off at Battle-Axe."
"We passed that an hour ago." said
the man, sharply.
"What am to do, thenp"
"Why, stay here for the next train
down, 1 suppose" was the answer.
"An out for Wampumi" he cried out
/ d4d1Il. MY 60WDIS-WOL1ah obOPpCo d
Wampum, and 1 helped her to alight.
Landed on the platform with her bundle,
she looked like Atlas distressed with the
world to carry.
"When is the next train downp'' j
asked. -.sr,iS>
sin about three hours"
Sand that means past midnight, and
the railroad Office light is'out already.
Where is the hotel ?n
"Hotel at Wampum Station there is
none. But if you will come home with
me, mother, I am sure, will give you
shelter"
sal do not like to intrude-"
I" If it were your own act and inten
ton, it would be an intrusion. But it i
not. You can not stay out of doors In
the cold and the snow; and / owe YOU
something for your considerate polite
ness.n
Politeness-wen, there was something
in that, as the numbness of my limbs
from the weight of the bundle, testified
And as to my respectful consideration
she must have meant my silence. So
continued considerate, took her parcel
and we trudged out into the night, shs
leading, and neither of us saying {
word.
Ushered into the house, was fairly
!. taken all aback. There was the identi
cal clock in the corner, and the same
| old ship laboriIg against a dead-bea
sea. My fellow-passenger had turned
on the stove draughts, the room warmed
up, and 1 sat down in the chair sh'
i offered me. She had lighted q laml
/ with a neat paper spill, and gone for he
mother. The pretty receiver whicl
held the paper lighters would hay'
} caught my eye at any time. 1t was tn
| center of a bouquet of tropical vegetable
: snowy plumes and native autumn leave
| and grasses-such trife as speaks tn
model woman and housekeeper. Blu
/, the thing had greater wonder for me
5 1t was precisely like what 1 had seen il
, my-trance, shall call itp put m
. hands on my knees to find that bundle