New-York tribune., 1886-07-11

4 finctnations of the last few hours Now all was
we'll She had only TO get OH at sm'thve Inv WEE ws.
coined properly. In two hours more the journey
vould be at an end.
wraps and parcels IN the last seat at the upper end
Of the car and took the empty one facing It, once
or twice she turned around to have look at the
other passengers they took their places and then
Sbe sank pack against the weu-cushiOned seat and
as she would herself have expressed It, ad-
hsrse6 aanns6 sad"N More the provided
hv Miss AnastasIa as a certain preventive or
nossible dulness. 1t was not the first time she
had read 1t by any means out novelty ID tne a nTS
NOT essential even In the matter OF books nut con-
s'dered vaguely dangerous They had al ways read
Hannah More with pleasure AMI that time wouin
on,na in wllch they would cease TO be edited
and " instructed by her amusement was "A mere
aiddy, violate side issue without weight among
crave an perior people,, would have struck all the
is,o,s as an almost indecent suppOsitiOn.
And 40 II was with serious satisfaction that Miss
Roherfa turned page after page OF the Voluule
m her hand which she was allowed to dwell upon
on,,e ~ undisturbed. for except TO show her TICKET
when f-st seated her attention was not once dis-
tractcd In the course of the next hour and ma
thev passed good many stations at which tney
slammed for few minutes, but no one got into her
car and no one cot ont. neither she annoyed bv
having the names of the towns baw ed at her from
afar as she had been on the branch ROAD.
II Is pOssIble though. 10 get enough even OF the
most substantial repast. and so when she had no
ished the twelfth chapter of moral reflections hu-
m
orOaned twice and began to LOOK about her a-an.
glance behind showed her pretty chubby
With evident relish large slice OF jelly-cake.
lunch basket was open on the seat mar MIN. from
which the child had helped himself and his mother
Attracted bv the siSlation Miss Roberta continued
70 watch him. At first with smiling approval and
then as cake followed CAKE, and apples oranges
figs followed the cakes. with decided dlsapprovaL
Al last she determined TO interfere, and IN loud
voice addressed the sleepy parent. Madam" she
SAID " apologize for disturbing you. but thnK
Won cannot he aware of the excesses yonr HtIie
charge is committing" She got no answer from ne
child mother and abashed turned her head away
Another Iook-the spectac lie IA Scinat ed hershowed
her the boy making havoc of a thick section OF
fruIt-cake The next time she glanced IN that cl-
rectiOn il was an apple, then more fruIt-ca< <e, ana
so on until Miss Roberta could no longer bear the
sight and made another appeal 10 the motner VINO
still doZed away unconscious OF her sons gas
tronomic feats Finding that her usual gentle
tones had no effect on the sleeper, Miss Roberta
raised her voice, but even then made no impress
sion At last she ventured to shake the ladvs arm
nightly and express her concern about the chlld;
This had the desired effect for the lady sat mp and
tnrned startled. confused glance upon per , i9l
lowed the direction of her eyes shook mp the cnlld
and replaced him IN his corner. closed the oaSk.I
and resumed ner Interrupted nap without wori'
"WeIL uDOn nv word y thought Miss R0bertl, IN
dignanty here's civllty 10 be sure! suppose
she is angry with me for interfering and so nssn
a word Of thanks for me. though It Is my DeIiei
that | have saved that chllds HE. But
what can | expect in OHIO" rooted preJu-
dice against the West and everything It con con,
creed as il that of a great many worthy persons
who know nothing of the region and people they
condemn. A moment later two other tries occurred
that she thought equally characteristic. Taking
her colapsion cup IN her hand She walked down 10
would have drawn off glass OF water, bur that she
found planted in front of 1t a gentleman who helped
himself freely three times and then stood there
rudey blocking the way and staring out or the
window. HIS hack was toward her. but. of cours@.
he knew she there she argued as there IS moth
ing about water-c0oler calculated to ABSORB or
enchan the attention of the thrstest IAN aIier ne
has disposed OF pint oil is contents MISS to0er'a
cOughed The gentleman did not move. and feeling
thai good manners were wasted on such creature,
Miss Roberta pushed past HIM and laid wral htul
prised bowed. and retired. Miss Roberta sa6ed
her thirst and returned to her seat or rather me
of the passengers dropped a satchei
at her very feet which she
politely restored receiving IN return what she
thought a verv cool nod IN acknow edgment. Not
so much as Thank YOU They are worse nan |
thought. even; rude, Odious llOoslers" reflected
Miss Roberta ccrmOnous'v Flushed nv the IN
creasng he9t and perhaps by ber own anger, she
proceeded 10 put up the window near her and As she
looked around she was SURPRISED 10 catch the e'e
of "A peevlsh looking Old man who was on the olher
side, lower down, and seemed to be suffering from
facc.ache 10 Judge from the amount Of hantkcr-
chlef PASSED under his chm and knO ted the top
of his head. He seemed anything but pleased TO
lind strong fresh current of air sweeping past nm
and mOtioned To her lmperOusly 20 put the window
down. lie waved his hand toward IL second Iilic,
and seeing that sac hal No Gea o glving IN to h's
wlsne~ bounced vlO entity ont 0 h seat ld under
her very nose seized the sash and brought It down
so emDhlhcaliy that the pane was cTac2e1 III nal.
and that few pieces OF glass fell ont the )or.
such ar cXh ,tIOn Of violence and bad temper par
alvZed Miss Roberta and Subduei her lfhc could do
this what he not capable OIL 80 that beyond a
our conduct anaz.s me. SIT: it IS DISC ace M
disgrace nj she ma ie NJ attempt % assert her
rights, and he seemed perfectly Indifferent what
she thOugLt long a. Ne got his own way. A.
east. he made no reply to her ind -nant little
speech. but Eel 10 nurs.ng his swollen check again
too absorbed in ms ld the app Ication of a
linlment pDJTcntly to even look 10 ward r again.
MISS Roberta noticed with chagrin that the otner
passengers had naintaae = most aDathe &c a,tl-
iude III tins fracas Most of them. lnfec !. paid no
"A tentIOr to n wnatever Inpse wnO wer' reading
dld not much 3s look 10 from their book. and
lady Immediately behind h"r That person looked
stldioasly ont of tde window a. tho1gl hodl lg
herself al0of from valglr distnrbl zee not com
mttIng herself by SO mach "A single phrase elf ler
of sympathy con iem atlOa. Inis annoyed
Mss Rooera ,,uti extremely; rc dlg Aust az #
scandalous frea tment Of a ia1y! Why. IN Vircnil
n would almost have been nat of The train, I'm
snre /. i so cxacrly what sh )uG have exp acied
of the West" Thought s1e. ~ sle suncned percep-
tibly and leaned back in her corner.
so little breeze sfted in ihron "a the window that
MISS Rob rita was uncomfortable elOIgn. and see-
ing that a lady Opposite who looked ~ IRON some
knitting Just then AMI smiled pleasantly o. meet
Ing ncr alzel, lai two oalinsto faas wing bg 1er.
unused Miss Roberts forgot her wounded III lity
and asked for the loan Of one.
The lady ignored her request calmly and wi IN her
portmanteau and shawl ImDr0yIsed couch and
lard down.
"Wen, | do think those people arn brazen, >
thou ghL NJ iss KOberta. Keen your Oii fan. then
IL be burnt 10 cn Ter rather than take il now II
vnL offered II. WHAT would SISTER Ana,tasla a1d
Sister Elizabeth think of yOui" She sGernly de-
term ned ~ have nothing more TO do with then.
"lve often been told that Northern p-o-
nie were not dcm)nstratve and cordial
III man Iers and that In travelling especially
thew were very much their guard against
strangers and verv reserved. but | md no idea
thev were so quiet and formal and hateful. mused
she udgi OF them entirely by her Iecrat expert
euce- and drawing the most sweeping cOlciu5iOns.
Five minutes later she again forgot her anger
for the tram curved boldly away TO the right and
came upon a beautiful river on the hanks OF winch