Show A seat in a parlor car As you go to boston and hart ford by way of the boston alba ny it R if you take the morning express there arc are two parlor can cars thereunto attached with all the ap thereunto apper appertaining taini including a porter with a wm wis p broom in one hand band and a place foi for a varter quarter in the other now ow the two parlor cars an are twins dif differing fiering only as in tho the case with twins in their manners the last time I went out that way which was only a few weeks since in in one of these cars was governor hawley and the other was Tot lier gov nor I dont remember who all went well until we readied reached springfield there the usual halt of five or ten minutes was made and the parlor car for albany was switched off to its proper train and we went thundering on to hartford before we were well out from the depot an old gentleman confronted roe rue hound round faced well dressed quick spoken a little crusty and a general air of authority about him young man mail he lie said sharply 13 out of that I out of which I said in innocent surprise out of that chir snapped the old party come be lively I want to sit down I was puzzled and annoyed and stammered something about this being a parlor arlor car and yes yes he lie saida said I know all about that this is a parlor car and youve got my scat seat get up aud and get out of it now without ift hout any more words get a seat of your own somewhere and dont go around appropriating other pe peoples peoples chairs when they ve gone to lunch unab get out young fellow I am D ft aurally a very meek ineck man but I did make one more desperate effort to retain my scat seat I said I had occupied that seat ever since I got out of it at springfield S rin field snarled the old man if me roue in that scat seat all the w way from boston and the minute ile I left I it you jumped into it and now you jump ump out of it and no more words about it or ill make the car full of trouble for you yu it began to dawn upon me just then how matters stood in fact I knew but I was nettled everybody in the car was laughing at me and I do hate bate to bo be laughed at I determined incato to wait for my sure reven revenge e I saul sa id be sorry if you take tato this chair he snorted fiercely and I abdicated without another word in favor of the testy old jumper per of chairs who thus summarily ejected e e ced me I rose gathered up my hat overcoat lap tablet newspaper boek book big valise ht little t lo 10 valise ise areti aretice cs and thug thus burdened walked meekly to the rear of the carand car and sat down on the meanest poorest most uncomfortable seat in the train the upholstered bench under the big mirror the wood box in the smoking car is an easy chair in comparison with that bench by and by the old chair grabber called out young youn man an where is that little red hand bag I left here herdt I meekly meekly said I never touched it and he be roared out that it was there when I took his chair but just then the conductor c came ame alo ade along and glanced at his ticket i while the old party ex explained bained how I had bad made way with his little red hand bag that young man there he explained was in my chair when I returned and my overshoe and a little red leather hand band bag is the conductor a brisk taciturn roan man full of his own business hero here handed back the old gattys ticket wron wrong train lie eaid said brusquely ret get off at next station this train for hartford and new york y the old gent lemans face was a study I for or ha ila ha wha what he lie shouted I know better told roc me at boston this car went want through to albany lem see parlor car ticket said the conductor briefly yes all right oure on wron wrong F car jc this ticket for the other car your I our baggage half way t albany by this time get off at Il hartford artford well when caal can I get a train back to springfield wailed the jumper ofelia of chairs irs y fet fit night said raid the conductor and passed on to the next car then I arose I gathered up in my weak and long suffering arms my hat overcoat lap tablet newspapers pa rs book bil big valise little valise and an and and walked baele to that chair and stood before the most crestfallen crest fallen man the immortal gods ever pitied I say anything I make a gesture I just stood up before him holding my goods personal effects and railway chattels in ray my arms and looked at him kim lie ile arose and vamoosed tho the claim and anz I settled down in my recovered possession I made mide only one remark I said to the poor old gentleman I told be he sorry if you took this chair and lie marched back and took a scat seat on tho the upholstered bench to tho the merry laughter of tho the happy passengers passenger af and th tho last time I looked around oh A crowning woe tho the conductor was making him pay a quarter for forhia hissett seat in the parlor car |