The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-02-02

ftlie fellow burst into laugh. at tie look Of
amAzemeHt l put on, at finding him SO ia
bmiiaryltbthe mysterious epistle, and added
somewhat contemptuously,"ld y, 81 did not think
Mr.. Jas. j. Smith such spOoncy, as to
give the public the benefit Of reading his let
ters over his shoulders in the street! In
short siry as i said, dom tintend to trouble
you just now; nor TO be gammoned hereafter.
| shall wait sir, till the happy hour is over,
. and then sir, humbly claim to renew the
mote, sir, ill when your obedient servant, to
! command, sirp .sas so saaElft sH ls.tT
With that my gentleman vowed and walk
ed of, stroking his, whiskers with an air of
unutterable magniHcence, which have not
seen equalled by any blackleg.
J bSThis little Incident, beside moving some
what'ofeho quite changed my resolu-
ton ofrestoripg the letter 70 the post-ofiee
! and thereby, to, my namesake., Il, seemed
: apparent that my alter ego was some rascaly
! Iadyenturer,o the fellow, rs well as prey, Of
him who bore his note of hand, and it APP
! tpeared therefore impossible that such fel-
low could pretend in an honest way to the
hand Of the rich "young lady," referred to
| by the note holder, and doubtless, the fair
Es----a,J oflfhe letter! Ifelt that l should
punish, if not defeat the schemes of rogue,
-and perhaps protect a. deserving girl and a
{ deceived parent, keeping Mr.. Z. BIS let
!; term my pocket, and into my pocket, accor-
dinghy Thrust it, a4 At all events, the inter-
: ception of the letter would produce a delay,
, and dely might effect the desired purpose
} 81 spent the remainder Of the afternoon
| rambling about the city, viewing it, and as
| l Thought till the last moment without fur
!, Ether adventure But Just as ], was hunting
| my.way back to my boarding house to tea,
Iwas stopped by sharp, but rather tin,id-
| looking young fellow, a, tailor's clerk who
, begged nay pardon, believed was Mr.James
{ iJ. Smith, reminded me thataI owed a very
long bill to bis, employers, Messrs. Snip &
t Shears, limited that they had written to me
two or three times on the subject, observed
| that times were hard, and concluded by in
! sinuating the pleasure would confer upon
: these gentlemen, ifI would be SO good as to
} walk with him, forthwith, down to their shop
: which was only serenaoreigh ght squares off
| Irepled to allthis, that he had mistaken
/ his man, that | owed Messrs Snip u Shears
e nothing; and upon his presuming to express
/. rincledulity at the denial, I threatened Il
a break his bones: upon which he became a
a larmed and rercated. tBut1 observed hin
: following me at "a distance, and lodging me
: all the way to nay boarding house. a, .4q.
4 After tea, having no acquaintance in the
/. !ity, 1 went to one Of the theaters to pas!
5 1.-THE evening, and 'passedit(in the main very
! pleasan1y. / was, indeed, at one time an
D ncyed BY the conduct Of two Or three wei
dressed, but noisy young fellows in, the mex
! box, who, from their discourse, / observed
: was very genteel in his appearance; but lie
J, was anfabandoned desperado in his eonver-
= sation, and from some remarks which he anC
: his companions let fall, was struck with ;
. sudden suspicion that he was no less a per
: son than my worthy namesake, Mr. Jane
!, j. Smith himself, Thus, in the midst o
, their laughing and whispering. a / oyerheart
y the expressions, "Old Rusty,"' ''tbe girl
E erich and confoundedly handsome" ,"har(
: headed old hunks" &c. and Mr.. Red-heac
y himself, swore with an oath, ''if the blood
/ suckers would give him but two days, he
, would hold up his head again with the bes
. of them" / tried in vain TO catch the fel
lows name, and soon after he had uttered
: the words related another young man camt
, into the box, and told him '.there were
& hawks on tho wing,'' upon which helook
5 ed alarmed his companions laughed, and
they Immediately left the theater, .'..,.....
!; l could then. attend to the performance
l. with utinterrupt and had been for some
j time absorbed in the interest Of the scene
) whehI was suddenly arosed bya voice whis.
pering in my ear--'I say, MIR. James d
t Smith. this is no place for a gentleman d
|. who'll stop all marrying, and giving IN mar
, riage. Andif you made to give up that
4 chances, hang, me my fine fellow, if sham
}. be the first to arrest you'll Jog Aaitl ~
Fl 1 looked around, and was enraged to per-
, ceive the note holder, who gave me signi-
!. ficant nod and Immediately walked away
"EIow provoking, thought I, "to have al
these yagabonds take me for that rascal, my
II namesske. a Iet there is something, after
4 bic to be arrested, even by mistake; since
/ there is no one in the city to whom I can ap.
:. peal for character or identity. Tomorrow
Ii Brown will be here and then L shall be safe
!. enough" ,.eaava .,F Itgs.}. ii tar8 .ejgos
; These thoughts determined me. to leave
the theater, and 90 Home, But had scarce.
ly got the distance Of asqttare Before had
, Che misfortune totbe9tspped on tlle,shouldel
! by, an officer, who stold meshe had awrit fel
, me on the suit Of Messrs. Snip and Shears
i requesting me to favor him with my compa.
!. Inv to the magistrate AT the same time
; IL perceived the 'taileeAs clerk, ,lwho had eEil
Identity kept me in view, and pointed megoat
4 to the officer. Itwas inoyainj for,pe tp pro.
/ Test that | was not the man intcnded Mr.
tls CLERK SAID "The gentleman was very good
at that story" What, l asked myself if Il
y shopldnot happen. to suit the convenience
/ Of Messfs. Snip & Shears, to attend at the
magistrates? felt very well assured that
d. | should be liberated as soon as they saw me;
:. but they might have delegated. the whole
I. business to the clerk who would not hesitate
!, Ito swear I was James r. Smith, because ]
: admitted il was and then bail would be de-
+ .manded, and, forwanaofjit lit, L inust ihme-
! Ediately be packed effto prissusafa siArjs q
II, The thought of,this degradation filed me
= with sudden fury, and, without taking time
|, to reflectupon the Consequences I knocked
the oficerldown,i thouy ylpDe'was 8 baFly feli
low, twiceas ,bigras myself kicked sthesitte
tfclefk into hegNtterapd Immediately ran Iyf y9ff5
tbhoping to make my way to the boarding
: -lhptiseh h there TO- lig 1cdnCealcd until Brown