The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-10-13
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Mississippi, told some rather tough stories
about London thieves. A Ccnnati chap,
named Case, heard those narratives with
silent but expressive humph, and then
remarked that he thought the Western
thieves beat the London operators all hol-
low.
GLOW so ?" inquired the Englshman,
with surprise. "Pray, sir, have you lived
much in the West?'
''Not great deal. I undertook to set
up business at the Des Moines Rapids
while ago, but the rascally people stole
nearly everything | had, and finally a
Welch miner ran off with my wife"
"Graciors!' said the Englishman, "and
have you never found her ?"
''Never to this day But that was not
the worst Of it.
"Worst! Why, what could be worst
than stealing a mans wife p
Stealing his children, l should say"
said the implacable Case.
''Childrcn 2"
eyes. A Niger woman, who had
none of her own. abducted my youngest
daughter, and sloped and joined the III
juns."
did you see herr"
"See her? yes. She hadn't ten rods
the start ofme; but plunged into the
lake and swan off like duck, and there
wasn't canoe to follow her with"
The Englishman leaned back in his
ol, I,l e. +b,r e ',,Ir
and-'alf, while Case smoked his segar and
credulous friend at the same time most
rcmorselessly.
al sha'nt 60 any further vest
think. at length observed the excited
John Rull. T e .~f@7.'I
II should not advise any one to 60"
said Case quietly. "My brother once lived
there, but he had to leave, although his
business was the best in the country"
CIVILIAN business was he in, pray 2"
'Iumbering-had a saw MILL"
"Ahd they stole his lumbcr?"
Eyes, and his saw logs, too"
"Saw logs?"
eyes; whole dozens of black walnut
logs were carried aWas in a single night"
"True, upon my honor, sir. He tried
every was to prevent it had men hired
to watch his logs but it was no use They
would whin them away as easily as if they
had been nobody there. They would steal
them out of the cove, and even out of the
railways"
Good gracious !" .-...- -..
q ''Just to give YOU an idea how they
steal out there" sending sly wink at the
listening company, 'just to givc'y an
idea-did you ever work in q saw mill Z"
"Never." m b. l. ..-..s..
"Wel, one day my brother bought an
all fired fine black walnut log-iour feet
three at the butt and not knot in it.
Hewas determined to keep that log amy
how, and hired two canny Scotchmcn to
/ watch it all night. Well, they took a
small demijohn Of whiskey with them,
snaked the log up the side of the hill
above the mill, built q fire, and then sat
down to play keerds, just to keep them
awake, you see. Twas a monstrous big
log-bark two inches thick. Well, as |
was saying. they ylayed kecrds and drank
whiskey all night and as it began to GROW
light went straddle of the low. About
minute after daylight George went over
to the mill to see how they were getting
on, and the log was gone."
'What were the Scotchmcn doing?"
Sitting on the bark. The thieves had
drove an iron wedge into the butt end,
which pointed down the hill, and htchcd
& yoke of oxen Oh and pulled it right out,
leaving the shell, and the Scotohcrs sitting
straddle Of it, fast asleep"
The Englishman here rose, dropped his
segar stump into the spitton, looked at his
watch, and said he thought he'd 60 on
deck and see how far we'd be down the
river before morning.
A FAsTInoUs BURGLARY.--The Hart
ford Times says that some one entered the
store of Day, Griswold Il Co., in that city,
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