The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
A SCARED COCkNEY Z.
A RATTL,NG WAGON. STONY ROAD
RECKLESS BOYS AND --DYNAMlTE
An Englis! Clubman Wants TO see Hts
Transatlantic Cousins at Home ana
Observe Their Peculiarities-
He Observed.
r.'Halston'' in New York Times. !

/ l"Halston" In New York Times
He was an English clubman an he came
| to this country with the best of intentions to
see his transa tlantic cousins at home and oh.
serve their peculiarities. He was here just
one week; then he sailed back straight for
| England. He had seen enough Of America.
1 1t wasn't his fault that he CHANGED TO do 9
| young American a substantial favor ona
/ night in London month or two ago; il
wasn't his fault that he happened to meet
/ the same young gentleman on the deck OF
! his steamer on his passage out 1t was fate.
4 The American was grateful for past services
and urged his English friend te visit him at
| his home up in a little Connecticut town.
The clubman was not backward in accepting
the Invitation, which PROMISED him full op.
pcrtunities to see the Yankees around their
| own hearths A day or two spent i New
York after the steamer reached this side,
| and the Engiishman WAS speaking along in
| a hot, duty railroad train which left him
| finally at the station of the village where
| was his friends home. Here more fate
| came in The American was laid up with q
| sprainsa ankle. and the task of entertaining
| John Bull fell to the rest of the family, in.
| Gliding a younger brother
Bright and early one morning this boy
proposed swim in a lake a mile or so dis
tant. His proposition was accspte |, and in
half an hour man Of the world and tive
snail boys were riding over stony coun.
try road in wagon built chiefly to with
stand hard usage and furnished with springs
that lid everything but spring. The strange
boy had something i'll his pocket ard on his
mind. Ha carefully drew from unt.ar his
coat what looked like 8 big fire-cracksr,
covered with yellow oiled silk. and fur
nishe with q yard OF rubber tube dangling
from one hand. Over the rough road along
went tue wagon pitching reckles,ly, and the
Engii him m for long time ignored the fire.
cracker, wing time TO pay attention to lit
tie else taan the gymna site of that wagon.
rcocheting here and there all over the road.
way, and threatening nlomsntariiy TO dump
its whole cargo on the rocks and bramhlas
over the highway fences; but pretty soor
he did give an ear to the conversation OF
those two high-spirited companions of his.
How much is in it?' asked his friend's
brother, addressing the other small boy and
tenderly caressins the yellow sick packet
while that youth with evident pride, an
swerei "About half pound"
''Surs it W Il go offa"
"iCorse; TIA eres half an inch of illuminate
in the cap"
+ uiillLiaL5! I0ClIlSuOW ttlaG GdQ an uD-
plea an IL familiar sound "Ah, whats
illuminate for2" asked 'he queens loyal sub
ject. .'ro kill fl .h!' came from the twain
in one breath. That was reas uring, some
what J KEGS were so ingenious, be had
heari and this was probably some novel
sort of reel "But how does it work." he
persi ,ted. Easy enough" was the RESPONSE"
just light this fue and chuck it in where
the waters deep"
Light the fusel Who what is in itl'
Dynamite" calmly chorusea the young.
sters Then there was fnn--for the small
boys. Out of that wagon went their distin.
guished guest pell-mell. Half pound of
dynamite! A rafting wagon, stony road,
and pair of reckless boy! What fate
And he howled and he ran. But those small
boys were not to be sat upon in that way.
They called for him to come back; he didn't
come; then out the little scnllawags sbart3
in close pursuit. threatening that il he D
not halt they woul throw Che whole car.
-tRid .afSTsss his heat There
YVES no laps but insurrander, and he sur
rendered; then these wicked Yankee lad,
put that tirecracker shaped affair into his
own hands, coaxed him up into their wagon
again, and with persuasive tones such
as the youth of a certain age is beat
master Of they ratified on toward their de,
tination. Tuey had no fear. Yes, it wa,
real dynamite they assured him; dynamite
and enough too to blow up country or two
if it were given half chance.
1t was perhaps because he was new to the
climate that the gentleman from over the
water perspired freely, while the youngsters
kept quite comfortably cool till the journey
ended, as most journeys do, and the good
man was given little exhibition Those
was lighted, and over into the water II
went with little splash that developed in
minute or two to what sounded like an ex.
ploding parliament house, as safe behind 9
big tree he wa ted and trernbled and list
ened "A big stream of water had shot up
into the air, and fish dead Or stunned
so that they could readily be picked up lay
over a wide surface of the lake. Then the
ladS--having done what hosts of sports.
men, all over New England do daily-went
swimming but they went alone, for toe man
behind the tree had been quite content to
hurry back over that road altogether salts
ned to bear himself company, and it was the |
very next train to New York that brought !
him from Connecticut
"It's all very well, of course be explained, |
"when you are ased to it, but haven't been
brought up on dynamite at home, you know. |
ami I'd rather blarsted sight take my I
chances with the Fenians than any OF your t
fool youngsters who try to be funny This
is true story. That gentle c1ckney was
fairly prostratei. He had seen quite enough /
OF the states. And away he saned.
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