The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

Said she '.This IL pleasant line."
"Weil, should smile, p" said he, ITS fine. !"
sand the cars, they run 80 steady r.
Said he, Everything il pretty"
On the O. P. &V.
Then I saw that she was blushing,
And heard her try to hush him,
TLen I thought he was explaining,
By the items he was naming,
(Better left It % intended,
Some mistakes should NOT be mended),
Heavy rails and solid road bed,
Grand equipments. splendid coaches,.
Iron bridges and approaches.
Best OF trainmen in their service,
Everything in order perfect"
Thus he talked in accents tender.
Thus he talked, well remember,
Till his tones, all honey-laden
Seemed to cap iyate that maiden,
On the O. P. &v.
And they talked about the weather.
Al they sat there close together,
And the lovely scenes around them,
or the vale, and bill and mountain,
Or the spreading farms and pastures,
And q siivery peal Of laughter,
Was occasionally waited
On the @. P.&v.
But, one shadow dark was DER them.
On the seat turned back before them,
Facing man and facing maiden,
Like poor Poe's unmoving raves,
Sat figure grim and silent,
Like the sphynx that's in the Nile land,
And no eye could ever reach her
Through the veil that hid the creature.
sun % any corpse and noiseless
BAT this figure, still and voiceless,
Was 1t shade Of man or woman?
Was 1t Death, or was IL human?
There 1t sat In sable pluming,
Never speaking, never moving.
And the drummer wished devoutly,
It would mp and take an outing,
Go where 1t would not be near him,
Where 1t would not be in hearing,
And his soul grew quite impatient,
As he hoped at every station,
He miRht see that form receding
As the train was swiftly leaving,
On the O. P. &V.
But the caeature never shifted,
And the shadow never lifted.
Firm she sat, despite his wish, as
Sat, the Pyramids in Egypt.
But, at last, there came token
That his i'll luck might be broken,
When brakeman passing by them,
Shouted like an ocean funnel,
Fifteen minutes in the tunnel!"
Strange indeed that brakeman reckoned,
For twas only fifteen seconds,
On the O. P. &V.
When the darkness over took them, .
Then he knew no one was looking,
And he felt her turn to face him,
That the better he might place them.
Place those kisses 90 delicious,
VSacoo tasnHae nd
Oh, those lips, could he neglect her?
Never bee slipped sweeter nectar!
Oh, be kissed them and he pressed them,
And he blessed them, and he blessed them,
To his hungry soul twas mama,
As the Senate is to Hanna,
And his grip was lightning, lightning,
When the daylight flashed like lightning,
On the O. P. &V.
Twas not that alone surprised him,
Twas not that that paraly zed him.
But another revelation
Filled his soul with CONSERVATION.
For the girl 70 sweet and winning,
On another seat was grinniDR,
In her place, the thing he hated,
The veiled ghost with whom she'd traded.
Never two souls laughed as they did.
Then the whole GOd-bleesed coach full
Looked ct him 90 blamed reproachful,
Then they roared and shook with laughter
Like the fends in hot hereafter,
On the @. p d v.
Now, the veil and silence lifted
Showed the servant and her mistress,
Showed the black and tricky devil
Quick to kiss above her level,
Meier was man 30 disappointed,
Ne'er was love 80 quick unjointed.
WhiaOnYp6 aWpatnE9a endpa rinU
Only meant for her own hearing,
Brought reply both deep and fervent
From this snaggle-toothed old servant,
Brought reply more loud than funny,
"Yes sab dst's right-Ise yore honey,
On de G. b. &V.!"