The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-10

nrar l. the landing place, Nv oh ih' ~
tray, proceeded about the business ot dis
embaIliag, with ID, oily discun,ented looki
Nbich hs had worn during The trip.
/ But IN the crowd and hurry Of landing
Iz50 Passenger. with y. many trunks AID
fhaua soxcs. and the ,umait Of conflicting
/ porter, eraymen, haekmea, and greeting
/ ifirnds, the stranger Ms lost sight Of
Several Of The passengers had secretly
determined 10 kerp an eye upon him an
idea ha'inc got abroad that he was 4 MN
her II parliament, 81 some said the Date
of SAKE Wclmar, which the engineer aver.
red with an oath 10 be the case, adding
TINT II WAS Gryiish hard If he could mi
tell Frruchman.' l. gu happened, how
ever. thst every man,on board had an oh
Ieef Of greater interest 10 look after IN thr
crowd, VIZ himsrlf-and which course the
stranger took Oh landing no one could say.
II VAS not long before thu captain DIS
covered that Tie stranger had not gone on
shore, for he perceived him occupying a
retired seat on The lfansom aft IN the CABIN
obser, - that his clDaek bag was rcInsiated
IN his birth aud thai he appeared TO III
tend returning to New York the next irip.
lis connlen,nce had recosrted It's pre-.
sHliug expression, aud be just opened his
lips 10 say, he believed te shoulu TAKE lhe
Lat back. Various sptculat""st no
doubt, "rtc made ny tie captain, me s1ts-
ard The engineer aud the fireman, on
tircumstdnce. uron III. whole, so singular
6at rrccolcctng his rlouded aspect, as he
approached Albany, thy came To the con
cmslon, that he hid forgotten som'ih'pb ot
importance IN New York; that tue f'roi-
leciinn oi II dId not return 10 nm, Ul' othi
the arrival "t The haai and mat ne was
now obliged ~ consequence, TO 90 aoNn
iht riyrr again. You ste hsf g'nlI'mao
again, says the enquirer Ia 'ht hItWah.
d., replied Many -srald. ! suppose D.,
has forgotten something IN New fofh,
pursued the engineer, and thus ri"S'a ai-
alnguc, winch the ingenious a"thor 81 the
Spy and Pilot would have spun out iaio 3
p grs.
The strangers demeanor, on the return,
was the exact counterpart OF that winch he
had worn on the assent; calm, SATISFIED,
retired, perfectly al rase NINA ana
senses formed 10 enloy. repoSing ~ the iutl
possession Of their objects. To describe
his manner more mlnutely, would he i1tit-
ly Ia repeat what we have already SAID, =
the former part oi this account bht we
hypothesis IVY winch the engineer ahu the
fireman had accounted tnr his return, anu
for his melancholy looks, at Albany, vas
osefthrown by the extraordinary tact that
rs they drew near to New york, his coun.
tenanee was oVrrshadowed by the same
clouds w.lch had before darhcnrd Il lie
VAS even more perpleAed IN aplrt than he
had before seemed aud he ordered his
servant 30 look TO the baggage, with pet
tlahness that cOntrasted strangely with his
calm department. The engineer, who had
noticed this, was determined to watch him
closely aud the fireman swore he would
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II was, accordingly, with n good deal of
SURPRISE, that on descending the cabin, he a.