The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-07

my right, sir ah, in course ye do, well e was Gre afose my time, sir yes. when was ou the Elephant bus. sir, he was in- deed, sir. Good morning, sir ;6ne morn ing, sir."
 This was evidently Mir. Bishop, for the old gentleman laboriously climbed up to the right of the driver and agreed with him that 1t was very fine day, indeed.
 It vas only drixzling at that time suppose, coachman," said my friend, vho had to keep aloof in spite of my efforts to secure him front seat, that you very rarely have anyone insist on taking an engaged seatr
 Ardly ever, sir. 'Ardiy ever. No gentleman ever does 1t. sir, after being told that the seats been taken. Course we lave rowdys, Bank 'oliday times, sir we-Cood morning. sir. Very fine day we're 'aving, sir!' and we took up an- other monopolist-probably Mir. Ed wards. S
 Everybody was evidently against me in this matter. It seemed to be one of the grand old customs that was trying to upset, and no doubt that buriy dnver would have thought that chaos had come again if had managed to occupy Mir. Bishops seat for one morning. All the same, an insane desire to get on that front seat took possession of me. shall not recite my numerous failures but one morning by getting into the barn slipped into the front seat before the driver could prevent me. The guard was at the tav- eEn waiting for me. We drove out of the barn, the driver shouting as he sighted the guard:
 'Eresa go, Any. Blessed if this ere bloke didn't get up ere in the barn."
 The guard spat sn his hands and the crowd came out Of the tavern, for these encounters were beginning to have a certain local celebrity. ust then a po- liceman hove in sight
 .Oficerw cried, " has this guard the right to eject me from this seat p
 Not If you pays your fare"
 But that seats been taken for years," cried the guard.
 "Cawn't help that" said the police man.
 Here both driver and guard expostu- lated with the stolid officer He was im- movable. At last we went on and sat triumphant beside the driver. Somehow l felt guilty. The victory did not seem so satisfactory, after all. felt that had violated every principle of bus etiquette, and that the public opinion of that bus was against me. The driver and guard were both Moody and Sankey-l should say moody and silent. They evidently dread adNd fhA ttrr@ -ph~r vvh>r -> ~h>,.ta approach the door of Mir. Bishop, who would have as soon thought the sun would not rise as that anyone would oc- eupy his seat on that omnibus. l knew was looked on as a hardened reprobate. As we drew up to the house of Mir. B, MT. B. descended the steps with his rs- ual care, and then looked up at the 'bus and stopped aghast. He vas teo horri- fed to speak. Then for the first time l felt myself to be the guilty wretch that really was.
 " Is this your seat!" said in such tone of surprise as could muster.
 My-my-my place, sir. I've been I've gone to the city, sir, on that seat and bus. sir, for seven years"
 "Oh, beg your pardon, :" said, climb ing back with alacrity. "Why didn't some one mention that the place vas taken. think, driver, you ought to have let me known that was in the gentle mans place"
 The driver got purple in the face, strug- gled to answer, and then hit the horses to relieve his feelings Thus we wen to- wards the Bank with Mir. Bishop in his usual place.