The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-10-22
A Brace of Green Ones,


A Brace Of Green Ones.
Want to see the policeman sait
a verdant specimen, as he entered
the office.
(which one2 / asked, amused a
the countryman's indefinite ideas O
the police department, for he seem
ed to think the institution was con
ceutrated in one person.
wall, don't know which one, i
there's morn one. reckon the one
that finds wallets is the feller that
want to see.'
Have you lost your wallet?'
Wal, yas.'
sit down and tell me how it hap.
pened.'
Il don't care If | dew he replied
as he stretched himself in the chair
| offered him.
what ia yoor name!
'Eliab Doolittle, from uopkinton.
You Gee ] had a little money of my
own, and | wanted to buy a lot OF
clothes and things, so | came down
to Boston-thought could lay out
the money to the best advanta &c
here, and, now by mighty, I've lost
the hull ont
That's bad. How much had
youl'
'Forty.two dollars. when l lost my
wallet
'Wheredid you stop?'
Il put up at the tavern down in
Elm street
Did you lose your wallet, or did
some one steal itH
Wal, | don know; may be | lost
it, and may he somebody stole it,
When did yon miss it,
'Last night. You see went to
Museum; father told me | must not
90 TO the Theatre, so Thought |
would to the Museum. 1t was an
ALFRED nice place. A gal came ont
on to the staging, and kicked mp her
heels. and then a teller -
who was with you?' ] asked. not
caring to hear Mr.. Doolittle's analy.
sis OF the performance he had seen.
Wal, II teller from Worcester
county. Ills name is Sharp--Jon.
athan Sharp. reckon | knox a
cousin Of lls up in Hopkinton.'
Did he come to the city with you?'
'Blesa you, no! | met him down
to the tarvern Tor the first time yes.
terday morning. Seems to be u
very clever ieller.'
No doub! OF it,
lie knows the way round the city
better'n do, so | was rayther glad
to come across him. He has kept
me out OF one or two scrapes already.
After dinner, a tcller stopped us in
the street, and offered to sell me a
ticket to go on the Common TOR half
a dollar; but Sharp told me not to
do it. Afterwards we went on the
Common without payin' nothin'; so
| know'd Sharp want no rogue
Perhaps he isn't
wal, | know he amt. He came
from the country, but he has beer in
Boston once before, and knows all
abont it,
Where is he nowp
q dun know. When found !
had lost my wallet, l told him on Il,
and he advised me to go to the DO.
liceman. He said they kept a feller
up here to hunt mp things that got
lost. Think you can do anything
for me9'
Il don't know. Have you seen
Sharp to-dayP
No; he promised to 90 with me
this morning to find o n4an that owes
my father eighty-hve dollars and
fifty cents
Probably you will never see him
again
Get eout!'
Very likely he stole your wallet.
'Shop
lit is more than probable
wal, l don't believe he did. lie
amt one Of your fine buds. He
come from :he country. took {
liking to him, for he showed me al
round the city, and didn't charge m,
nothin' for it,
why didn't he come with you VI
hereF
He said he had to 20 and see
cousin ofhis this morning, but woul'
meet me at the tarvern ut min
O'clock
This brace of greeneys had n
doubt been driving about the city
till Sharp--who had probably cho
sen a significant name--had fount
an opportunity to dispossess Eliab o
his wallet and fuuds. But ther
was a chance that he might keep hi
promise with his victim, as tn
eighty-five dollars and fifty cent
. was no small temptation.
We'll, Mr.. Doolittle, go and NEE
your friend, but don't say snytbin
about what has passed between u,
and perhaps we can get your money
Hwish you would
r I'VE will try
Eliab departed, but not alone, f
. II was near enough TO him to watc
n .,o.s, ,cxSaVxa a,sE kollovxad III.