National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-07
PERFECTLY PARALYZING.
The Intellectual Conversation BeiweeI
Two Giddy Young Things on the Cars.

AhO WAOuy n OuDR 4hlnSs OA tAc SeAESs
On the way to Buffalo two "young peo-
pie" got on the train somewhere east of Cleveland
They were going back to school. They were not
| silly, ignorant country young people. By no man
ner of means. They represented seminary and
college culture, for the young man was on his way
back to Cornell. They dropped into seat oppo-
site the pilgrims, and they talked and the passen-
gers in the immediate vicinity listened to this
highly intellectual interchange of pulsng thought
and throbbing sentiment:
"Sayw exclaimed the impetuous youth, al
heard something about your
"Oh, you!" she replied; what was it?'
"Shan't tell"
"That's real mean! Who told you?'
"Oh, know" he asserted; "it paralyzed me-"
"Well what was it about"
down there at Chatauqua, that time! Oh &,
that paralyzed me. Te-he, te-he."
what" she exclaimed, in tones of intense sur
prise, as though it was.the first time she had ever
heard of such place" Chatauqua"
"Aw, yes, you know, out there with"
With whom? Te-he."
"Oh, pshaw, Te-he, teller
81 don't know what you mean"
"Oh no. you don't! Well. it paralyzed me-.
"Well, don't care anyhow; it amt So
"Well, got it pretty straight. 1t just paralyzed
me-"
W no LOlQ yOuI
you'll never tell 1 told you?
No, indeed, won't"
"Well, got it from VIII Blank. 1t just paralyzed
me-"
"Oh, know what you mean now. Well, what
ofthat? Tehe, te-her'
"Aw, WELL good deal of it. Te-he, hew
"Why, that was nothing. Te-he, te-heI"
"-Aw, that just paralyzed me-"
Il don't believe you know anything about 1t,
anyhow. Te-he, hep
"Yes, do know all about it. Justparalyzed me,
1 tell YOU
"Well, what did he say about the other?"
"oh, he told me all about that"
"What did he think?'
81 won't tell you"
Oh, please do"
",Ah you're too anxious"
Indeed, 1 think ought to know.
You'll get mad if tell YOU" (Then, suddenly
remembering that he hadn't made the remark for
thirty secOnds}-"It just paralyzed me-"
"No, won't get mad"
"Yes, you will"
"No, won't"
Yes, you will It'll paralyze you"
No, won't get mad. Not at you"
"Oh. pshaw Won't you?
Indeed won't. will be thankful to you. I'll
do something for you some time
'Oh hush, you paralyze me-" he sighed.
Well, tell me went you?' she pleaded.
IF you real sure you won't get mad"
"lndeed and indeed / won't What did he say
about It?
We'll, he said he didn't care. 1t paralyzed me-"
CThen, with sudden inspiration of genius, he
added)-"And don't you forget it"
"Are you sure he didn't?'
He said he didn't. Oh, was paralyzed. Te-
he-he"
'Well, I'm glad
eyes, thought you would be-
"Why?"
"Oh. because. Te-heT
"Well, why did you think sou
"Well, because"
"But why? Te-her'
"Oh, because"
"Well, you must have some reasone
"Oh, know. 1t just paralyzed me, I tell you.
Te-he-hew
At this interesting point in the conversation the
passengers get out at Silver Creek conceal their
emotion. The jester was weeping. The man on
the wood box swearing under his breath. The
fat passenger was purple in the face and the sad
passenger, lifting his hands to heaven, said:
Immortal gods, dwellers on high Olympus!
Did l ever in all my callowest days profane the
sacred quiet of the day with such colossal heaven
daring, maddcnIng oul-destrOying iIF2sma- ~? &?
No, thousand times no; by all tie t,L55LAA-s gods
that guard the aEiui gates of eternal silence, no;
by tInGiidcr 1 never did"
"You bet your life you did" said the woman
Who talks base, AID without breaking the dead
] Dck the senate adjourncd.-BmdefS Roaming
letter.