In the Tunnel

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 136, 27 April 1886, Page 3

In the Tunnel

Ope of eer euwt eeneent stage heroes *ntt tcareMieg by traia in Switzerland a | fMT week* ego. Opposite him sat a conple of handsome yonng ladies, who aot eely stared him out of countenance tmt made him the topic of their whispered conversation. Flattered at first by this delicate attention/the actor good-humor-«dhr submitted to it ; but'm tbe long run |_ebief_a togrow tired of "this sort of ifliiMg.** aed determined to put a stop to 4wl,tt in the tunnel, before reaching faestnnr, he imprinted a few audible lanes ea the back of his hand. After Ac tmn emerged from the tunnel the actor .sat there calm and impassive as if aothiag had happened, whilst the ladies •tared at each other and then began a aeries bf mutual recriminations^on the aaoruuty of their cenduet in taking such liberties with the hero of footlights. Ot aoalee each blamed the ether and the dispute lasted till the tram stopped at Lausanne. Before leaving the carriage, tiie eetor bowed to the ladies, hat in hand, aad said — "Ladies, the great at' teoiioayou bestowed oa me during the journey makes me naturally anxious to team which of you it was that gave me inthe tunnel such stoking proof of your aCwtton. . . . . HerrY- — did not ■opt for a reply, but left the ladies to Aefc reflections. j. , ..