The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-12
ODDS AND ENDS.
BY PEN FIELD.

For The Citizen.
While taking sample ride on
the Pulaski new street railway, l
overheard curious conversation.
You may not all be aware that your
new street cars were put in there
by Hardcash q Co., because they
disliked to be surpassed by the
Iron City monopolists, who are
having tracks laid in their wonder
full city. The chief beauty of the
last mentioned city is that it is a
bluff! that is to say, it is founded
on a bluff! that Isl! also
wish it alphabetically understood
that / was not riding in the car at
present there is only one, but un-
derstand another has been ordered
for 1,900) to or from the depot,
thus taking unfair advantage of
mine host of the Linden House, and
to whom we would much rather
| paw our little shekels amounting to
fifty cents the round trip, than to
pay ten cents to rival line for the
same trip. Another reason | would
not be SO mean as to ride from the
depot is an important one, namely:
this street railway only runs around
the ''squah" at present and they
let you ride around % times for a
nickel. And while enjoying this
pleasant exercise | could not avoid
i hearing q conversation between o
igentleman of about thirty years of
age and an interesting young lady
Of perhaps nineteen or twenty.
| "No," said the gentleman, "you
must never firt! Ones sins al
ways find them out and Furnishes
them"
"Why, I don't flirt,' rather IN
dignantly rejoined the lady.
/ "Of course not; certainly not!
never insinuated such an idea! ]
was merely thinking of my last sad
experience. You know we travel.
ing men have many funny little fir
tations; never will again though il
l only get through this all right
When I boarded the sleeper al
! Louisville to come home a week
ago, it was about II or / o'clock in
! the day time. The other half Of
my section was occupied by most
charming lady, about two years
+ your senior / should judge; hel
features were irregular, but the gen
! eral effect was most piquant anc
. piles sing, heightened by the rich.
f est golden hair and laughing brown
9 eyes. Of course, we soon driftef
q into conversation, and each houl
: only added to my infatuation. Ate
\ l learned that she slso was bound
for Pulaski ! threw even more ten
der empressement into my manner
: l imagined she was much amusei
4 at something but did not worr,
8 much about it, as she seemed to b
3 enjoying herself immensely, and
}. certainly was, my only regret be-
. ing that she would not tell he
. name. At Nashville / escorted he
to supper, and upon resuming gu
- journey, we still kept up our jollity
a As we neared to Pulaski. / asked t,
. escort her to her destination, as
q was in no particular hurry, know
!. ing my wife was not expecting me
% She smiled mischievously as sh
!, replied that probably friends woul
n meet her, but in case they did not
. she would be delighted. He
# friends met her; (thls savagely
r and now live in earthly tormen
q for never yet knew q woman t
"a keep anything
a why are yen SO worriedf" de
= murely asked the young lady.
Il "Why am l so worriedy Wei
70 that enchanting bunch of decei
81 and mischief is my wife's sistel
that's whyr' And he fairly groane
as be hqrriedly left the car, Will
- his companion trembied with sup
= pressed laughter. 'Good enough fe
him. He is the most concelSc
a. man in town. she said to me, 10
lie ticlng my broad smile of symps
at thy.