The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-11

It speak about that; know thing or tw
n doubtless that may be out of your respee
g able beat, and l dare say could put yo
# up to the time Of day in several matters
!, "Put me up to it," I cried, with en-
!, thusiasm, and parting with my last ra
ofsupcrciliousness; 81 am as ignorant a
: peacock, | feel; do, | entreat you, ru
E me up to it,
Whercupon, | am bound to say tha
: my companion communicated to me sucl
an array ofinteres;ihg facts rcgardin hi
calling as would have shamed parliamer
tary blue book, and beguilcd the way fou
nours with conversation, or rather mon
ologue, OF the most exciting kind. Lore
Byron states that Que of the pleasantest
persons he ever met in his life was a pick.
pocket, and | hasten to endorse his lord
ship opinion with my own | felt al
that satisfaction in listening to my ne,
farious acquaintance which belongs to an
intercourse with an enemy during ten.
porary truce; the delight which a school
boy feels in playing at cricket with bis
pcdagogne; or the pleasure which is ex-
pcr'enced when bishop happens to join,
Tor once, In the chorus OF ones own com.
lc song. So atfable, SO almost friendly,
an air prevaded his remarks that the most
perfect sense ofsecuri1y was ongendered
within me. | could scarcely imagine
that my agreeable companion could ever
have been in reality concerned in fraud
ulent transaction, and far less in any deed
of violence
We had just left Preston, and he was
concluding highly interesting account
OF how bad money was circulated in the
provinces, when sudden thought struck
me, to which, nevertheless, scarcely lk
ed to give utterance felt exceedingly
deslrous to know exactly how @; rrotne
was effected, yet how was | to put such
aqucston to So inoffGnsive and gentleman
! Ike scroundrcl At last | mustered
resolution enough. Did he happor to
have heard from any acquaintance who.
through misfortune or otherwise, had
failed IN the intellectual branches Of his
profession, how the glr'ote was effected.
trembled for his answer and half re.
pentcd of having said anything so rude as
vonr oe III, s,,,,..;a IL - !.
uo bnwo,on a. L.tIiI I 'I'' :' rps,
boooni"r,l,. 80 a D". - 'S, S''2ht} al"
90 nastaS ''." "''n 'Ho conodehce
intorroc.stoi .. .nt;s I"O I, !, 2"''1n:,S
! first principles, pulled up his false collar
with his real hands, and thus delivered
uyvb, s;,,l,,,- =.
rote :, uy particular line : ~
Nv satisfaction NJ this ovov,, was a.
NAV be imaaincd co,nnlote Il w,s lilo
question about IIudonmont mootea =.
monc the onnibus passengers heinz 70.
fcrsed to the STRANGE ~n0tIoman IN tho
corner with the Roman nosc ,yho ,uroaJ
ont to be the Duke of W Wrllinoton
How cl91ucnt did NV frnodgIcnr friend
h2a..., eloat tbj. r9,.~:., ..,:~' VIZ.
suirft he throw i,.t, Nj. l..nr;o.;,a
What hair-brcdth escapes from the noI;ea
and other intrusive nnrso,s ;n.,r.,,,,.:nr,
him in the pursuit of his voration he
had at various times exnerienreI Joft
alone with his man he had raroly ha.,
unsuccessful. Once, however. with =
gymnastie eeptIeman-a b,r,aan;n IN
plain clothes. return;ng home fron tho
| theatre-whe had thrown , spmmersaul,
clean over his head. and once with a
stout party from citv dinner. who had
no ncck-positivelv nonc---to ,ffard The
operator 4 chance and who hit my noor
! friends arm in such \ manner that !, was
useless for weeks afterwards
oA,1 ,o,, AL a., e. r -,s
and v;tLo,t am. ass;s,a,aog, J;a.,:.
"a ,s;th ea1.,'a :m,1;t;t:.
/ .nn;.a aInaa ~. ~ -, !, ~,
in al easas tho n,'.rotod, ,n,.a -
;nchos ghor,sr IL ,,,vsolf ,s;,h
nf yn,r s;1o ror ;nsta3ao ;, i" nIL' ialh ,''L''
"a noaa bnn,arodl, 81. ,,iI " - - -. ~" ~
an ;,nraaih;I;tr - "ON'' ~ ''''''''
T Iar(.ho1 voru h,,n.,.. h:a a..:.
,on WnnIa Ia ha Sa n,'aJ 49, ,,' tnu;,,o 49,
an oxo'anIa met - " 49, h 90 ~ ~ ~ .h ~.
VS. Jandgs, Nv" WIZ ''''7
~ tb~o,r ,,,. oro, e.,,. ,La ,.h =
,,rrook ILL, ,h;s > sa;lLo - a.
.ct;nn tothn word bn, ,r;th H. ,,.eataa, 49,
drlicacv of to,ch 1ynn ara cur -,
not inconvcniencing YOU ?"
Not at ALL" said /. "(,o on
Il then close the forearm TIGHTLY
Stoop little lower. please thank YOU.
and compress thc windpipc with-----'' =
Where was |? Why. | was LAYING on
the floor of the carriage instead of sittinr
on the corner seat. WHY was nv neck
cloth uufastened, and whore were the
bank notes which it had contained -
These questions, in company with many
Others, presented themselves to nv mind
rs the train clided into Carlisle station.
Above all where was my agreeable com.
panion? | knew by the unerrine Brad