St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-07-26

- had seen 70 Ill these preliminarisa,
that will not b sble 70 get yoa Z
compartment 70 youfselvea The trains
are rather crowded ct this season q the
year"
There was one com partment that VA
empty as far as people wcro concerned,
but in each corner were rugs and port
manteaus that reserved the choics
seats.
''No use going In there" said
81 happen to know" replied our con-
ductor. ''that all that impedimenta
represents two men who have talrer
this method Of frightening people away.
This II your best place. You will have
two seats BY the window when they
pick up their traps"
may remark that nowhere does tho
selflshuess Of mankind come out %
strongly as when people arc travelling.
!. who had just been hoping for whole
compartment for my barty, was highly
indignant to find that two other unknown
persons had been actuated BY the ssme
selfish desire. Tho rugs. valises and
handbags werc bundled into this com.
partment, my folks got in after them
and stayed ON the platform to head
OF, II It was possible. anybody else.
Two men, who were ON the platform
smoking, looked st this invasion with
undisguised anguish. They consulted
together for . moment and then one Of
them approached mo
do you speak Englishr' he asked
This was nattering. Thero was evi.
IDENTIFY nothing in my appearanee to de-
note that could speak any thing else.
and 90 I admitted that generally could
make myself understood In that Ian
guage.
''Is that your party in that oompsrt
mentT' was tho next question.
swell. pay Tor them."
'.Ahl Well, you see. my friend and
myself have our things In there-and-
you see-we were wonderinG-you
know-if tho lady would object to our
smoking"
Speaking ofR-hand I should imagine
she would-most decidedly
':Ahl then you arc not smoker your.
self1'
'It is . vile habit-if you viii excuse
mo for saying 90"
"Yes. suppose It is-still II you win
allow ne to mako the remark. I would
like 10 say that whom . man who doesn't
smoke condemns the habit he simply
does not know what he's talking about
Possibly that is 90"
His friend, who seemed TO think that
he was not taking . sufficiently diplo-
natis tone. at this point hsuled him Oh
and they consulted together again for .
moment Tho hand Of the clock was
within . minute and . half Of starting
time. They evidently lsls that whss-
ever WAS to be done had to be done
quickly. The. speaker approached
again. a, 4 w - NJ
! Il suppose you wouldn't mind our
smoking II you were alone. in the car.
riage.s
.Oh, could stand II all right. ex.
DO you think tho lady and children
would object 70 going into the ladies'
compartment7" q a'
"You may ask her II you INA ]
haven't the courage 70 make such Q 10.
quest myself The ladies' compartment
Il prctty crowded"
The man apparently thought II best
not TO mako tho request and withdrew
again for comfort and consultation With
his friend.
'What does that man wantr' asked
the lady in question - approached
the compartment door.
''IIc wanted to know II you would Oh.
ject to going into tho ladies' compart
ment With tho children"
''The ideai So that they could have
the compartment TO themsolvesl Well,
for downright selnshness that"
''Oh, not % selfish - that They
want to smoke-that's ALL"
''Then why didn't you tell them to 60
into tho smoking compsrtment-I sup,
pose there & one"
II never thought Of that That's
good idea" u
approached tho two. who were still
tho matter.
1T has been suggested to mo that II
. move has to be made ="
''Oh. I assure you," interrupted tbe
brevious speaker. gratefully, that it
IL very comfortable In tho ladies' COM
partment and we will move the lug
gago with pleasure"
Il WAS about to say that II . move 10
made. why don't you gentlemen move
to the smoking compartment?"
Tho blank look that came into the
two faces was sight to eco. 4
''There arc only two places in tho
smoking compartment, and ="
swell there are only two Of you"
"knd they arc al smoking vile French
tobacco"
''Is 1t worse than English tobaccoT'
''Worse? Well should say 90"
''Then Lord pity the French
ssEn coifwre. sseseiewra sicotR Rtay,"
the guards. as they began 70
slam the doors shut turned and got
into our compartment. Tho two men
looked at tho clock, then. rushing for
the compartment picked up their BE-
lonRings and made . break for the
smoking carriage. We had tho com
partment al 70 ourselves until 10 got
10 Lyons that evening. Only once were
We in any danger Of intruders, but II
was % late then that ! suppose they
It was not worth while. At
one cf tho stops the man who did most
Of the talking TO mo In the morning
happened 70 como pest our open door.
he seemed paralySed - be saw mo sit
ting thcce pulling away at . cosn-cob
pipe. When he caught his breath he
aid:
..English oe Efe1ch tobacco you'rc
mokingS"
"Ameriean. Don't you like III"
Il like American tobacco . good deoI