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

dncing important effects among the subject
and neighbours Of the Holy Aildu"r,
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AN ACCOMPLISHED THIEF
THE following circumstances have been
narrated TO Us having occurred in town
in Worcester county THY prrseo. skiii
and bodness ia The way ofthicyinE which
njgh, do credit to the In0,u accomplish
ed graduates Of European prisons, and a
ger,ls worthy If the most noted OF the
fgft-fngnred gentry in this country. A
mn on horseback, in thu dress OF far
ner, O, erto0k upon the road Il lad dr, ing
= woke OF ou n, with whom he entered IN
70 eouyer Saton in the course OF which he
learned ofthe lad that be- MS driving the
cattp 10 distant pasture, aud that his ia
fhcrHas back upon the road, bur vas 10 meet
him at certain Ia, ern. The man, when thG>
Came nfar 10 the appointed tavern. told The
boy 10 20 forward to the houses tril the bar
keeper 10 make him mug oil punch add
he would Immediately, follow on with the
cattle; tGj rs soou a. the Toy WAS out
csght, which WAS bot short time, for
bis generous and unsusptcting nature
prompted him 10 great alaclty in the dis
charge of MS commissioner obIgc bIs quon-
dam companion, he turned of With the cat
IL mio bye.road and drove them some
distance round and hey ond tile tavern. In
the mean time the mug oipanch WAS made,
Thr boy and soon the father We're anx,ously
waiting the coming of the man with the
oxen, but after nearly exhanstug their
stock OF patience in waiting, and then wea.
rfug themsek es IN an unsuccessful search
alter them, they set oil for their homes
Tie following day the man drove the cattle
tack to the tavern, stating that he had pur-
Chased YOKE OF oxen, but they did not
drive We'll and he doubted whether they
would answer his purpose aud remarked
that he had bern induced to buy them be-
cause they had been offered cheap, bat as
they did not exactly suit him, he would
srli them at a small advance on the cost
The Landlord who had never before stem
ethel the driver or the cattle, and had not
mrrrlore the least ground for douhting the
correctness of the story told him, finally
Fought them, ard the man spent the night
81 the house. IL had not ESCAPED the
Wa'ehio eye of our traveller, that the land
elfr INTO which his horse had been put ; he
therefore, IN the morning, with view Ia
40 exchange, took ms saddle on his arm
"iIln5 the landlord he would save hlm the
trouble OF bringing up his horse to the door,
oy taxing him from the pasture as ne pass
"a along. AS others have done before him,
however he mlslook his horse, aud sad
u'ed anu bridled the landlords, with which
pEfode oil toward the scahoard where he
'o'a nm at very high price.
~ Tile course Of the day the owner of the
.A''' came to the tavern To inquire if any
pllnb had been heard of his stay cattle, and
was not llttle pleased 10 find them in the
landlords possession. But the lchagrin OF
"s aver was quite equa! to the satisfaction
.. 'lt i"rmer, On finding that he had pur-
.nasen nn"iIlmely the cattle stolen from
we 'armer the day before. III such case,
"a"eser' there Is no appeal and the ught
~NotF drove oil his cattle. With the mo-
n'3 he mad received for The horst, our ira
''f transformed himself into a .oeH dressed
s,sl'[1!an, ana IN his disguise, Ietraclng the
,S.U ne mad travelled, called at the tavern
r' @'e ne had before stopped; and while
o "'c'eSsly looking round the ban
Er gi'' discovered among Others the land
~" tFtlsement for his horse, offering
,.I '''u o' slO0 for thu return OF the idenli-
,a'. "0'Se Which he had stolen. After CUES
orI '"e landlord as To the correctness
sa5 we inscription given of the horse, and
r,.T' taxing his own recollection, our
h.. l''''"h IN disguise remembered that he
r, sa seen such horse somewhere in his
hna es; aud upon being assured by the
r .ga'"Iu that 'he offered reward should be
imm. "n 'he horse being returned 10 hin,
i,tlo'"'t'l set out for the seaboard CON
aG 9'u |" steal the hotse from the person to
ma :" he had sold HIM, and returned 10
ward I't'n Keeper, who paid him the re
iv,G ou' 'n' landlords suspicious be0g
rha ",ueu' Inquiry was instituted, and in
a,,o "''l'nrh sarb Of the genaemon, was
.I r,as, The iarnrr,' the OK thief the E..
grnthn.' 'ie Morse thief aud finally the
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