The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-06-21
TAKEN IN AND DONE FOR!
. CASE OF EXTREME Observation-Disclosures
BY rAcoNBRIDGE.

No, many years ago, flour informan,'s me.
nory serve him correctly, down II the nigh.
y wooded valley Of the Ohio, straggler, one
t The floating population, who 60 about
when and where the current of public opin-
on, or the tide Of necessity may proPel
hem, made his debut, one bright frosty
morning, in certain pleasantly situated vii
lage, near stone Creek, by the Ohio's beau
,eous waters. Did space or Piih Of our sub
ject permit, we might 60 on 10 say, our hero
was a mighiv sorry looking man, with many
nlher poeiical and romantic 6guralions about
him, whereby to point a moral or adorn a
rale. Upon the whole, his looks, perhaps
nigh, not have created any particular at.
ienlion, though his manners did, in few
hours after his arrival at the above defined
village; that is somebody's horse was miss
ing, and when daylight revealed this start
ling vision TO the owner of the quadruped,
there was considerable sensation about said
owners vicinity. A speedy pursuit aided
by the right scent, soon put the owner Of the
beast and his followers in possession Of the
missing horse and the aforesaid disciple oil
Jack Sheppard upon him! All hands now
wheeled about and made a break for the
village, 10 have the horse-lhief properly Sc
cured, taken in and done for according 10
law. Now il so fell oft that the Justice, OF
Magistrate, kept store, as is very common
in the country. and halt Of his Store was &C.
cupied bya very jolly old trader in hardware
and such like matters: and upon bringing in
the horse-thef, being very early in The morn.
ing, the magistrate was no, about yet, though
the hard.deaIer was and so, locking up all
the doors, the owner Of the horse aud his
friends, told the hardware man to keep a
look out for The horse man, while they lost no
time to hunt up the magistrate. The old
store.keeper was very hard of hearing, so
that, in the hustle of bringing in the horse
man and the suddeuness of departure of all
the rest, he scarcely got hol d OF the idea OF
what was gong on, Turning about and see
ing the thief standing by himself, alone, the
old man asked him wha, he was standing
there Tor.
"Oh! they say I've stole hoss!' said The
thief.
"Eh! Stole horse, did you say? Who
stole a horse?"
"Why me. But didn't sir"
'.I,'s none Of my business" said the old
fellow; "dii'nl steal my horse hone Of my
businessm
"Well, what the thunder do you keep me
here for, then?" bawled the horse man.
81 keep you here :" replied the old fellow
who now began to feel Lnplea sanity siua.
ted, locked up with desperate, who NIGH
take The responsibility Of shying ten pound
weight al his head, as a prologue 10 his es
cape, and which escape the store-keeper
wished 10 take place as soon as possible,
without The occurrence Of such ireighfy pre-
ludes, especially as he, the store keeper,
had no possible interest in de, aiming the THE
at least under such circumstances.
aid like to SEQ your 'thorily for keepin
me here any Aor !" continued the horse-man
edging up to The weight.
II keeping you heref aim, keeping
you here. Who says ! am keeping you
here?" said the old man, trying to convey a
hint.
well, I'm dlrn'd if stay, any how, ole
fellarr
"Who wants you 10 stay, eh! | care nc.
thing about your staying, said the siorek.ep-
er, who indeed wished the fellow safe on the
gallows, or out of his presence, soon as the
thief could take the hint TO clear.
s.Oh! your don't don't you? Well then,
ole fellar, I'm obliged 10 you, any how; l'm
off-but wou'i forget you!''
And out OF the window he bounced and
made good his retreat TO the river, which he
crossed, and pu, his pursuers TOO far in the
rear ever to trouble him again.
One summers eve, some three years after
ihe above circumstance, a very gentlemanly
dressed person dropped INFO the store where
the aforesaid matters transpired. The same
old gentleman in specs, was behind the desk
alone. The stranger addressed the old gen.
Ileman, by passing the usual number OF I'M
meaning words we are won't to use upon hail
ing fellow creature, and added a request
to him. a..
"CeriainIy, sir" responded the old gentle
man. 1--WE are alone-no one is likely to
overhear or disturb US sir, here; any thing
you have TO say will be strictly confidential.
swell then, sir, have called upon you to
pay Debt"
"Deb,f" chimed in the old gent, hastily
seizing his account book, and dipping his
goose quill; "whai's the name2"
"That matters not" said The stranger
"You do no, know me; but you may recol-
lect, some ihreeyears ago, that poor devil
was arrested near this town for horse steal.
ing; he was brought in here, until the mag.
isirate could be found, the thief was left in
your custody, and you generously allowed
him 10 escape"
"Ah! yeseSl. remember something a. the
sort" said the gentleman, "bu, had nothing
to do with IT. twas not the fellows keep
err"
.s,Thaf ,raa all we'll enough we nnder ST and