A Lady-Killer Rebuked.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 119, 15 April 1884, Page 2

A Lady-Killer Rebuked.

Among the passcngeis m a parlor" car on the Lake Shore road recently was a haudsome woman, whose husband .shared the seat with her, and! w-hd would have been picked out iis.a quiet, sedate, abseut-minded man, Thef^seat" oj)posite wus occupied 'byHa flasHl^-* dressed young man, with a fady-killlhg twist to his moustache, vand he was considerably surprised when the husband handed him a daily paper, with the remark—' Have a .glance at the news!? Plenty excitement round the "coun'fcryj I observe.' The young 1' "man' was busy with the paper for half an hoar, and then the husband offered TKiii a popular magazine. This entertained him for an hour, and he had scarcely closed the book when the good 'man reached over -with-^'HayH a* cigar? TheHe-are prime Havanas, find I know, you wil^ enjoy, one.' The young man accepted with • thapks, nnd najiurally.made liis way to the smoking car, where he put; m nearly an h^ur, but without the other's company. When he 4 returned he , }v&s ;. greeted with —'Perhaps you'd like to at the latest uovel ?■ :Very; ?entertaming, I assure you. Ho until weary, and upon be . offered auother oigar replied that he was to leave the train at the next station, and .added-Tr'.l/wanbtq.thank you again for your many courtesies.' ' Oh, don't mention it.' 'You never saw me before.?', ' Never.' ' Don't know my name?' 'No.' 'then "tell me why you'/w.ere so courteous to an entire stfa'ngef.' 'Young man; T( will explain. :lii times: past when a loafer sab and stared at my wife as a steady job I got up at the broke his neck v If his made n^muca irouble and^.expense^ and I chiiWgeid/' mw pro-^ gramuie. I now ca^ry^s book's and rtgarS^^^b^beJtEenl]^ -^ao 1: jpii been liave oflfered you a drink of; brandy, -u;£i*n.ew puzzle, two.morpKlaiHes, and a" cigar, ana my wit«: vvoulci have secured quite a rest.' ' Shy ±— *■ '^Oh, it's all right—all right V It was cheaper than th/owing you; out pf-|he wijo<|ow, and 1 hopeJ you'll get >iip*to the holel safely^ JG6dd day, sir, goo^day; gla'd^to: Haverile 7 And

you. . tha|; ypdng tniui with the .ladVkillirig- 1 moustache, aud crodkery-colored eye.^, and hair"-parted on Rn even'k6el; picked up his grip and walked but without being certain whether he bad been mashed m a collision or pulverised under a land roller.