Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-08-07

with the sleeping drink in it, and put i,
to the first mans lips; then she shook nc
more, bat guided the flask so that each
of tnem got wha' he wanted. and the
twelfth had not done drinking before the
first sat and snored. Then the Master
Thief threw off his beggar's rag, and
took one groom after the other so softly
off their horses, and set them astride On
the beams between the stalls; and 80 he
called his eleven men. and ran off with
the Squire's twelve horses.
But when the squire got up IN the
morning and went to look after his
grooms They had just begun to come
to; and some of them fell to spurriny the
beams with their spurs till the splnters
flew again, and some had fallen Off. and
some still hung on and sat there looking
like fools.
"Ho. ho.' said the Squire, 4 see
very we'll who has been here; but as for
you, pretty Sc. Of blockheads you must
be to sit here aad let the Master Thief
steal the horses from between your
legs.
SO they all got a good lcatherin- be-
cause they had not kept a sharper look
ou'
Further on in the day came the Mas
ter Thief again. aad told how he had
m lnased thc mater, aud asked for the
Squire daughter. as he had promise |;
but the Squire gave him one hundred
Il | 4 Il ba t,
thing better still.
DO YOU think now, said he, you can
! steal the horse from unler me while am
out riding on his back?
oh, yes. daresay could said the
Master Thief. If were real y sure Of
getting your daughter.
Well, WELL the Squire would see what
he could do; and he told the Master thie.
day when he would be taking ri,
On a great common where they drilc
the troops SO the Master thief soon
got hold OF an Old worn ont Jade OF a
mare, and set 10 work. and made traces
and collar of w.thes anl broom twigs,
anil bou ,ht an old beegariy cart and
great cass. After that h. saii 10 an old
woman, that he would give her ten doi-
lars II she would gat in tn cas1 and
ke p her mouth a5ape over the taphole.
int which he VS. going to stick his tin GER
NJ htrm should happen to her; she should
only be driven about a little; ana if he
took his tinyar ont more tn once, she
va, to have Ten dollars more Tim he
tarsg te=v rag, anl ,atters over hfm,eH
aaa stuff himself out, and PIT on
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thlt no one could know him agtn, anl
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4 don't see how can go, said the
man, for an going to wedding with
tais easA OF mead; when | nave been to
town to ietch' ana mere the tap hts i'!IeA
ont oy the way anu SO l must g along
hotaihs my niger III 'he zap ho'',
ride off, said the Squire; I'll look
after your horse and cask.
Wei. on these terms. the man was
wiling to 90; but he begged the Squire
to BE- quick in putting his finger into the
tap-hole, and to mind ani keep It there
till he came back. Ies. the Sqare would
do the best he could; and so the Master