The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-06

| teS " eeTtAin ioru IL, III English mo-
bleman now dead, who figured Cor long
time in the representatives &C English &c
ccntricity. Travelling once in Italy, At a
date when the banditti--wbo whatever
skeptics may say, have never entirely dis
| appcaresi-were in full activity, Lord
| H yentnred one day alone in a post
chai,e ON rad of q very bad rcpute, not
having even his body servant, whom be had
sent elsewhere ON an crrand. lie did not
know that the ss'ldicry were ut this time on
vigorous hunt through that region, and
was none the lcrS tranquil for his ignorance
when suddenly there sprsng towards the
carriage, from thicket, a man whose pic
tnrc>qne dress hut too clearly indicated his
profession. Lard Il, took pistol and
a cool aim At the brigand, who shouted
Mercy ! was mot attacking you; !
surrender. ] am pursued. Save me -
The gallolang IL horSs~ was heard ut no
great distance. The noblcman thought il
| quite piqsaa that bandit should solicit a
travellers protection on the highway; the
confidence touched him; the simplicity
amused him.
50 be t." raid he; Jump on tho scat
wrap my cloak aro,,nd you, and draw this
cap over your eyes"
man running this way-a bandit We are
after ~ they asked.
The traveller made sign in the negative
the Postillion--always ON good terms with
iandItt', aud often their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
careful not to bctrny the secret: 10 the
pur,ners went on.
hut for your mercy, ] should have been
hung"
:" Then youh have committed many ,rime.2,
g No bad ones. hut ak nothing better
than chance 10 bear honest man. Would
Won take me into your service r.
THIS proposition, which would have made
an ordinary traveller jump, was fayoraLly
received by the eccentric Englishman. ~
should like 10 do So" be- answered ~ YOU
interest me"
" Thanks, my lord IL is agreed then
You will take me for your servant"
mo; | have one and really. 4 don't
very well know what place to give YOU.
have but one vacant ] have JUST discharged
| my steward
why fn
lie robbed me-
The wretch
That word, pronounced BY the man, pleas-
ed the noble lord. lie LETT Italy with his
new retainer, who established himself en-
t'rcly In the masters good grace-. II was
such an irresistible odsi,ty IA give a bandit
place 81 trust. Tie rich EnglislAman
Thought Il extremely original togive the KEYS
NJ his cash and the care of hi, money mat
ters "a man who bal been used Ia strip
psng travellers On the highways but, what
u more extraordinary, he never had occa-
sion % repent Il for the cx bandit, wrought
to enthusiasm by 40 prodsgious q mark of
confidence, persisted in the good resolution.
which the Englishman judged to be sincere.
Far from continuing his former trade in the
propitious situation VI steward, he became
modelof probity, disintcrestedness and deli
cacy, and his noble masters fortune pros
pcred In his loyal care.
Towx MAxixo.--A gentleman recently
returned from the West, relates that, in set
ting out early In the morning from the place
IN which be had passed the night, he con-
salssd his map n the country, and finding
thst very considerable town, called Wen
~, occupied point ON hi- rad, but some
twelve Or flftcen miles oii, concluded 70
journey ~ Car ~ that place be6bre brsskliet.
Another equally extensive town, bearing
"A s"unding name, was laid at . convenient
distance Tor his afternoon stage, and there
he proposed hating Cor the night. lie con-
t.naed % travel II . good round pacc until
the sun had risen In the heavens, and until
he cosnputed that he had accomplished more
than twice OF thrice the distance which lac
proposed 10 himself in the outset. Still ne
law M town before him, even Of the hum
hlcst kind, much less magnificent one q
Inn map prrrarsd him 10 hook Or. Al lensth.
meeting = solitary wood-choppcr emerrtnr
from the forest, he aCcosted him, sud n
lew worsis inquired u him how or Il W.. %
Vienna.
vienna" exclaimed the man: .vhv
you passed Il five-aad-twenty miles back
Did you notice stick NJ timber and blaxed
tree On the rossi7 That Place was the town
" Vienna
The dismayed traveller then inquired how
Tar u was 10 the other place, where be was
to p. the night.
why, you are on that same p,,ce mon ~
returned the wood-chopper. at hesins
just ON the other sisle IL Won rayinc. and
runs down toa clump Of girilcd trees. which
you will observe about mile further ON the
road
Are there No houses built ~ fslterod
out the traveller.
"Oh, no houses whatsomeyer.p returned
the woodsman; "thcy hcwed and hauled
tue hg: ior blackmith's shop. but before
they raised i, the town lots were Ill d.
posed o. IN the Eastern States-and cvery-
thing he's been LETT just - you 80 Il even
since. "-Bosfoa 7sieSrepA.
"MAr Il please the coars, " .aid Yankee
l. ~