Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-02-02
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THE MIDNIGHT DRIVE

AhE MIN AGAA bAA ~
was sitting one nigh, IN The general coach
oisce In the town Of. rcfecuur uro1 the
ruutnb.liv of human affairs, ard pk.nr a ra-
Prospective ganes a. those times when ] hsll
a vcrv jiis,r-t position i1 tho world, whec
one of,hs porters Of ,hs s',ab'tsFmsn, enter.
Cd The Office, aaj Informed Jbo clerk that ,he
coach, which had long ocrn expected, vas ia
sight. and would bs a, me Inu i1 isv min.
ut-s believe % aasihc oIJ lli-bf,cr, bu,
40 this distance ul time cannot speak with
,ufeisrt certainty. Tb, strange story 7 am
about to relate, occurred vhcs sugc-colchss
were the usual mode oi conveyance, ard loog
ssi'rs aay mor expeditions system ct lr1,-
cling had engaged ,hr attention Of nsu,irF
continued 90 80 by ibr Gre u., ,bs rnlrb
arrived. lal then walked ru,, ils rrssi o.
c5aut it1 1auter of tas passengers, and "a-
serve their appearance. I vas peculiarly
struck vtih i6s appearance OF 0ns gentleman,
vbo had ridden as an 1uts.ar passenger lie
were large bac, cloak, deeply trimmed
sr.l crars. DO, head ~, covered With a
b,le, travelling cap, sg-m0uu,ed with tvoor
trrr- r-.rg -usrur-. and from which Jspenl-
ei a loac black uss-l The cap VAS drasu
- fr over t.s eve, that be bad s1ms d..Eg-l.
~ 90 So b.s Way.
4 scarf va wrapped round lbe IaVcr part
ofA.s f-g. soihat h.s coantsnaucs was COM
rIr,c.y eo1-r,.sd from my view. lie appear
"a ANXIOUS TO avoid observation, and hurried
INTO the iar as h,, ~ he eoulJ. / returned
20 the or,s and msruoasi 60 the clerk the
,irarse appearance Of ,bs gentlemen .1 cues
,5n. ba, he va, Zoo busy TO pay any li'ea-
uoa 10 ~hl, bad ati.
Presently a6srNsrj. a porter brought a
small csrret5ag H,o iae Office, and placed %
rro1 obi, table
Whose BAG 5, ,hat Timms'' Inquired
rasc'ers.
IL Don, vi.b TO b, personal, 90 replied 'be
nan. "5u, ,hfrk u belong, To- and
,as fellow pointed a, the f1or
"You 10 rot mean bln s.sely'" sand the
clerk.
" Yr,, jo ,heuGb. a, 1uy raie. lt he ,s
uo, tbs rsnt.man take him Tor. be- mos, be
a second cousin oir.s. for bs is the mos, ua.
as-oru,1bIs trdiyiu,it tra, ever elapsed my
eve, on. There is uo, much good Boo b.m,
I'm be bru-i
lr,'srsE with brsait'c,, anxiety 90 these
vo,5, when the nan bad flushed 1 said
90 him
"noN Na' ,bs gentleman dressed
"l- b.sck."
"Hli Ne a cloak on"
"Ye."
a travelling cap drawn over b., eyss''
''Ys."
"Irs the man I saw descend from the
each" sa.d 20 ih- clerk.
"wb-rs +, hs' inquired the gentleman.
"ln the inn, f" replied lh- porter.
!, be gong to 'iay alI uIchI'" en-
quiroi
81 don't k,ow."
"lts very odd" observed the clerk, and
he Pot h.s pen behind bi. ear, and placed
himself 1 iroa, Of tie irc ",cy cd, be
repeated.
lit don, look well, ,' sad the porter, "nor
uar."
some further conversation sns1ej upon the
subject, bot as il DID no, tend to throw any
l.sL, upon the Ps-ooage in question, i, b.
unnecessary for NE ,o relate 10.
4 while ahervard, the clerk wen, into the
hotel to lelrn, IL possible, 'ome,h.u. more
relative 10 his singular visitor. lie was no,
abssu, more than few minutes, and when
he returned his eourisnancs, hncied, was
more ssda,s than usual asked him Il hs
had ga,h.rel any further information.
There ). nobody knows anything eoncer
ming him." replied be. "fr when the ser.
vaui, enter the RON, he always lurns bis
back towards them.
lie has no, spoken 20 single Individual
'incs he arrived. There is man who came
BY The ,lms-eOieh, who attend upon him,
bu, he does not look like servant"
There /, something extraordinary in his
history, or ! am jersived" i"
81 an quite Of your oPiniou," observed
the clerk.
While We were eonver,iug some persons
entered the Othes to take places sy the mail,
which ~'s to leave early on the following