Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-28

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sat behind him, and heard what he
said, anil it was all could do to keep
from asking him if he thought ma
would hccXpe citing us home tonight
but l have had experience enough
with pa to know that when he is en-
gagged i'll business that causes his
! rain TO expand and throb, that the
safest way is TO keep still. lie told
The girl she was purity. and asked her
all about herself, and if she was GO
'ng far, and he put his arm on the
back of the seat and acted as though
lie was going to hug her but he didn't
cause just as his arm began to get
real near to the girls small of her
back, / initiated the brakeman and
shouted, Lake Forest, and pa thought
the brakeman was ri ght behind him.
and he drawed his arm away so quick
he hit the funny bone Of his elbow on
the back of the scat, and it hurt him
like everything. The girl lafled, and
q bluahcd, and in little while lie
had II arm there again. The con-
ductor and the brakeman watched pa
and Just as he got close to the girl,
and was whispering to her, the con-
ductOr touched him on the shoulder
and asked him what the nnmLcr of
his pass was. Pa had TO take his
arm away to get his pass, and then
he put it back again, and was COM
mnncing where he left of; 10 give
the girl some tafly. when the brake
man touched pa OIL the shoulder, and
asked him if it was his dog in the
baggage car, chewing the hinges of
the trunks. Pa said he didn't have
no dog, and the brakeman went
away. The girl was real disgusted
with pa, and could sec she wanted
to have a rest. just before the train
got to Waukegan the girl said she
wanted to send a dispatch TO Racine
and pa gave her some papcr and she
wrote q message and asked pa to send
it for her. Pa didn't want to leave
his scat, so lie said TO me, Here little
boy. You get off at Waukegan and
send this message for the beautiful
young lady, and he gave me the dis
patch and dollar. | went out al
Waukegan, and read the message
and didn't send it. II read like this
Father come down to the depot will
Il horse whip. There is an old drunk
ard on the train who has made him
self very obnoxious to me, and
want YOU to maui him within an incl
of his life. Well, l wouldn't contr
butte 10 pas being mauled, so l KEEP
it and after the train left Waukegan
l called pa into the other end of tn,
car and told him didn't think i
} was best TO send that dispatch, so
had kept it. lie was mad in min
ute and told mel had no right t.
think anything. When l was told tC
} do thing it was my business to dt
it, and ask no questions. lie said HI
, was ashamed Of me, and told m,
when the train got to Kenosha to gt
right out and send it quick. He wa:
, going to start back to talk with til,
5 girl some more when | handed hin
, the dispatch and told him to read il
and his face got as white as chalk
and the few hairs on his head raiset
! right up so they were stiff enough +
tack down carpet with, and bi
D drops of perspiration stood out al
| over his face, and his collar just will
S ted right down, and he was not hal
I so tall as. before. Don't say any
@ thing about this, he said whispe
A l know the clerk in the mail cal
t and he has often wanted me to rid
c with him, and guess 1 will go il
G there. There is not air enough i
: this car Pa went forward about Il
i sudden as you often see an old ma
o go while train is in motion, and
) went and sat down behind the Cir
L I said to her, The old party who SO
5 with you has gone out to ride on tn
S cow-catchcr to get cooled off. Sh
:, said she wished he would fall Off an
d get left. l asked her if the old ma
G, was her pa, and she said he was a
I'd old fool, and l agreed with her an
1 we had quite nice visit. Think