I WHITE PASS 8
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The Comfort
Gate-way i IgSpj Service
Route of Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska
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-OR
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A. F. Z1PF
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SEATTLE. Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
time table No. ss.
Morday, W'txinestfaj- and Friday
No. 1, N. Bound I'.l i«l j » Now 2, 8. Bound
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12:40 p. ni. " BENNETT " 12:50 p. m.
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4:50 p. in. Arrives WHITSHORSE " 8:00 a. m.
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LICENSED -AGENT AT SKAGWAY,
A Kiss In a
Coach
In the Day* Before There
Were Railways
By f: a. mitchel
I bare always bad a fancy for loot-'
lug back Into the past for items coo-'
cernlng those from whom I hare 'de
scended. The doings of these peiWMOl
who lived and moved and Worked and
loved and quarreled, Juht ks others of
my family are doing "today, hive al
ways been of Interest to' me. I have
before me a -portrait of one wf my
grandfathers painted when he was the
age that I am now, and one would
suppose that he and I were twin broth-'
era instead of being two generations
apart He was young In the last 'cen
tury, when the railroad Wak x>omlng
Into vogue as a mode- of-travel: and
shortly before the «se -of- electricity
in telegraphing. Among famllydbcn
ments, of which I have collected a
great number, thfcr* to'one Written 3»y
this gentleman • whfcb I piis* more
than any of the others, I give lt -Jnst
as ho wrote it except for a little ed
iting where he referred to himself, for
an autobiographer is always at a dis
advantage in this reSpfeet I iieed to
say that the writer at-the time of the
happenings-narrated wtfS twenty-three
years old and -considered handsome.
His narrative reads:
I started to cross the Allegheny
mountains on a business trip to 'Cin
cinnati, then the principal city to' the
west and expected-to he gone several
weeks, having - planned to spend a
week tn Cincinnati' and % week te
turnlng. Wo left at 6 o'clock 1n: the
morning from the Antlers' tavern,
there being eight lnsldes and four'oat
sldes on the coach.
There was some shifting of passen
gers during the day, ana %t' evening
the positions of thOsfe lnllld® *wafr as
follows—I give them minutely, for they
are pertinent to' an understanding of
my narrative: 1 Bat on' the front Seat,
riding backward.' There was one oth
er person on the seat with-me, a mid
dle aged lady. She 'sat on my 'left
On the middle seat,' fating tne, i)Ut on
the other side 'of the coach; was 'an
elderly gentleman, eminently respect
able looking. The other two pHtcefc on
the middle seat-were occupied by a
young woman, very precise looking,
whom he called Amelia, and his
daughter, a girl of about eighteen. On
the back seat were a fciin and two wo
men. I do not describe them, for they
have no part In what-* am gotag to
record.
■LUtJ UI91 Ul^UL Ui m wai.u an .raj iw
comfortable; it is only when ono sets
somewhat accustomed to the jolting
and has met with "stiffleleht loss of'
1 sleep to render him hungry for almn
ber that he can lose' hiinlfelf "sifting
1 straight np and continually- bumped.
But I on this first-night ascending the
mountains, having been tip late eev
eral evenings preceding my departure,
slept fairly well The horses -were
obliged to proceed at a walk.
In the middle of the hifchri 'was
awakened by a pair of fcrms thrown
around me artd k patr trt Hpk pressed
against mine. My faculties tot taking
In the situation at onoe, it-did not im
mediately occur to me to detain who-1
ever kissed me, and by the time I pro
ceeded to do so it 'Wtfs too' tate. The
arms about me were unlock^ and the
lips removed from'mine.
Not only was there no light' in the
coach, but the night wbb *ery dark. 1
could not see my hand before my eyes.
All I knew of the episode was by the
sense of tonch. There was no doubt In
my mind that I had been kissed by a
woman, but the principal evidence of
this was that the lips that were press
ed upon mine were soft and there was
no beard. Had the matter occurred
when my faculties "Were ndhnWly alive
doubtless I should have lain awake the
rest of the night deliberating a» to who
had favored me. As it was, my deliber
ations, assisted 'by the monotonous
breathing, not to mention Snoring, of
the passengers put tne to'Bl*ep.
In the morning we stopped at a tav
ern, and after cold water thrown over
my face and a good breakfast of fried
chicken, various kinds ■ of game-and
buckwheat cakes, for which I expend
ed a Spanish silver half dollar, on re
turning to the coffcU tn^ adventWe of
the night came back to me, exciting
not only curiosity, but other emotions.
I had scarcely seated tnyself when I
made a careful survfey' of thtae per
sons some one Of - whom' might have
given me the kfii8.''
There were three women Bitting suf
ficiently near me to'hare committed
the act There was the middle aged
lady beside me, whofce fiame I do not
know; there were'Amelia-and the ydung
girl, her niece/whom they called Agnes.
I did not doubt thitt '4&t-of 'the three
was the perpetrator. • I acrutlfllted the
face of each, but could eee no-trace of
guilt The lady beside me and Amelia
met my gaze without a quirer, but
Agnes, who Sat opposite mie, lowered
her eyes.
I made up-my thtna 4btft'Agnes was
the culprit, partly from this bit of evi
dence and partly because I preferred to
believe tfcfct it Sras "her ted lipS that
had been pressed upon'toibe.'-- We had
all become well acquainted, -and -the
woman beside me was very cordial in
her manner toward mer, while AmSHa
was rath«sr *eserred;,; Aj-WAgbefc/khf
acted as any young girt W<Kil« liaVf'
acted toward a yonng mffn under simi
lar circumstances. She certainly ap
peared to be the personification of in
tiOcetie& But Still waters run deep,
and t art free t<v 'admit that I was In
fluenced by this adage.
The journey was especially Interest
ing to me, because I had a problem to
solve. I reckoned that the guilty one
would betray herself before we arrived
at the Queen City of the West But
the only one of the three who could
hate kissed me who showed a special
predisposition fo* me wes Agnes, and
she gave no sign of guilt At all
events, i't seemed to me that I had
made a very favorable impression upon
her.
, On arrival at Pittsburgh those of us
who were going further west took a
steamboat to descend the Ohio river.
Among those who were aboard were
the elderly gentleman, whose name by
this time I had learned to be Shotwell;
his sister and his daughter. In the
coach, crowded together as we were,
there was no opportunity for a tete-a
tete between me and Agnes, bnt on the
steamboat was plenty. We sat together
on the guards ouside the ladies' cabin,
and at times on deck. The Ohio was
called by the early French settlers La
Bale Rivlert, and justly so. At the
time of this Journey, the autumn, her
waters were clear; and the foliage on
the multitude of hills on her banks
was of many colors. No affair of the
heart could have taken place under
more propitious circumstances.
One evening, when the air was out
of the south, Agnes and I went on to
the hurricane deck, which is the high
est deck of all. No one was there but
ourselves. We stood looking out on a
moonlit scene. The sounds were the
throbbing of the engine below and the
striking of the paddle wheels at the
sides of the boat upon the water.
Now, I had not thus far regarded my
affair with Agnes Shotwell as any more
serious than those I had had with oth
er girls. I had by this time made up
my mind that she had given me a kiss
in the dark and that her innocence was
assumed. Acting upon this theory, I
suddenly clasped her in my arms and
rained kisses upon her cheeks and lips.
A man may sometimes kiss a girl
without having declared himself and
not appear disrespectful. I, having as
sumed that Agnes had overstepped the
boundary of feminine modesty, gave
her too many kisses.
As soon as ghe could release herself
she turned from me without a word,
went to the steps leading below and
disappeared. There was that in her
manner to tell me It would be useless
to follow her; that she was Incensed
beyond measure and if I obtained for
giveness I must wait and strive for it
Had 1 known her better I would not
hare feared that she would make It
unpleasant for me with the others of
her party, but my limited knowledge of
her made me fear that she would.
I confess I was very much disgrun
tled. ' To have made such a mistake
troubled me very much, for I was at
tn age when a man 1b especially sensi
tive to the good opinion or condemna
tion of women. I brooded over the
matter during the day and lay awake
thinking of it at night
I did not see tier again till tne arcer
noon of the next day, when I ap
proached her while she was with her
father and aunt She received me nei
ther kindly nor nnkindly, there being
nothing in her manner to Indicate to
the othere that she was offended with
me. But when I again met her alone
■he passed me without recognition.
I was now badly cut up. I knew
from her manner that she was not act
ing a part, and It was plain to me that
the kiss given me In the coach had not
been imparted by her. I was in a di
lemma. I must either acknowledge
myself a culprit or excuse myself by
telling her of the kiss In the coach, a
story so improbable that it was not
likely to be believed.
Very soon after my offense we ar
rived at tbe landing at Cincinnati.
That Mr. Shotwell did not know of
anything amiss between his daughter
and mo was made plain by his giving
me an invitation to call at his house.
I looked at Agnes to note if she acqui
esced, but saw no sign that I would or
would not be welcome. We parted on
leaving the boat, the Shotwell party
driving to their home in the city, I
to my hoteL
After much brooding over the matter
I concluded to make the call. 1 had in
me the consciousness of not being quite
so bad as I appeared and I must bide
my time for an opportunity to explain.
Upon entering the Shotwell residence
I received the surprise of my life.
Agnes came into the drawing room
alone and with a very different look
on her face from any I had seen there
since my transgression. It was very
cordial
I was of course relieved, but puz
sled. I did not believe for a moment
that Agnes had pretended to be offend
ed with me, and yet as a sensitive girl
how could she suddenly return to her
former treatment of me without even
an apology? I started to make one, but
Bhe checked me and went on talking
about something else.
By this time I was madly In love,
and love overcame curiosity. Be sho
good, bad or indifferent, Agnes pos
sessed me. Instead of staying a week
in Cincinnati, I remained there a
month. Whan I left I was engaged to
Agnes. After our engagement I asked
her why Bhe had forgiven me without
my having asked to be forgiven. She
mly said, "Let that pass." But a mo
ment later she added, "Forgive me for
my port in that matter, will you?"
I forgave her and felt very compla
cent at my magnanimity. I left her to
: be gone till the following spring, then
returned for our wedding.
Nov. 15, 1855.—My wife's Aunt Ame
lia died a week ago. This morning
Agnes came to me and told me that the
change toward me without explanation
or apology for my transgression was
due to her aunt's having confessed t#
her that she had kissed me in the
coach.
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