The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-04-22
Adventure Tn n Railroad Car.

After / had taken my seat one morn
ing at Pnddington in on. empty carriage
I wac Joined, just as the train wss NOV
ing of, by strange.loOking young man
with remarkably long flowing hail. Fl,
was, of course, "a little hurried, but h,
seemed besides to be so disturbed and wild
that was quite alurmedi fot feat Of his NO
being in bis right mind, nor did his subse
quent conduct at all reassure me. Our trair
was an express, and he inquired eagerly a
once which was the first station ~hereut We
were advertised to stop. / consulted m,
bradshaw" and furnished him with the re-
quired information. Itwas Reading. tn,
young man looked at his watch.
MADAM" said he, 81 have but half on
hour between me and, il may be, ruin
Excuse therefore, my ObruPtness. You
hnVe, | perceive, pair of scissors in yoilr
workbag. Ob!ige me, il you please, by cut.
Ting Off all my hnir."
"Sir," said |. "it is impossible"
"Madam," he urged, and look of severe
determination crossed his features; ii am a
desperate man. Beware how you refuse me
what ask. Cut my hair ofF-sEorrt, close
to the roots-immediate!y; und here is O
newspaper to hold the ambrosial curls."
l thought he was mad Of course; and be.
leving that it would be dangerous to thwart
him, | cut off oil his hair to the last lock.
"Now, madam," said he, unlocking sma u
portmanteau, "you will further oblige me by
looking out Of the window, as am about to
change lily tIbli;es."
or course looked out of the window for
very considerable time, when he observed !,
"Madam, need no longer put you to iTnicon.
venience," | did not recognize the young
man in the least. Instead Of his former
rather gay costume, he was at,ired in black,
and wore grey wig and silver spectacles; ;
He looked like a tes Pectuble divine of the
Church Of England, Of about sixty four years
of age; to complete that character, he held
v5lGme Of sermons in his hand, which
they appeared so TO absorb him-might have
been his own.
81 do not wish to threaten you, voting Ia.
dy," he resumed, "and think; besides, that
cah trust your kind face. Will you pro.
mise me not to reveal this metamorphosis
until your journeys ent!" ...
81 will" said !, Hhost cceefEoihly."
At Reading, the guard and a person clad
in plain clothes looked into our carriage.
"You have the tickets, my love-" said tho
young man bIundly, and looking to me as il
he were my father.
"Never mind, sir; we don't want them,'
said the official ind withdrew with his com
paDion.
"Ishall now leave you, madam" observed
my fellow traveller, as soon as the coast was
clear; "by your kind and courageous conduct
you have saved my life, and perhaps even
your oAn."
In another minute he was gone; and the
train was in motion. Not till the next morn.
ing did learn from the Times newspaper
that the gehtle!hun on whom | had operated
us hair-cutter had committed forgery to an
enormous amount, in London few hours
before met him, and that he had bcsn
tracked into the express train, from Pad
dington; although the telegraph had been
in operation, and described him Accurately
at Reading, when the train wGs searched,
he was nowhere to be found.-HoasehoA
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