Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-13

and from its interior bank not for one
hundred pounds. lie was just such a
man as you would expect to have such a
pocket book, and such pockct-book would
not have been complete without such e
large crisp bank note in it, There arc some
people, whose very tooth,picks proclaim
their responsibility.
The Rev. Black Dulcimcr was very
sorry he must trouble MY Elephant for
chaliGc-Mr. Elephant would be only too
happy to obligc him. MIR. Elephant could
easily obligc him upon market day. The
respectable pockct,book, with fifty pounds
in small notes in it, is placed in one ample
pocket, the new watch, in shining moroc-
co case, is, carefully deposited in another,
and the reverend purchaser is leaving the
shoRpoltcly as he entered it, when a young
man dressed in the extreme of fashiun-so
tnr IN the extreme ms to be in danger. of
tumbling over the other side into the abyss
of vuiSarism, bustlcs rudcly in, and runs
against his reverence
The good man is not angry, ONLY hurt
stopping to pick up his hat which had been
displaced i'll the shock he furtivcly rubs
his damaged chin, and upon recovering
himself, recognizes the youth who caused
the mischief
"Why, bless my heart, Frank, what
brings you hcre?'
con, I've come to by something for
Sophy, sirj but hope | have not hurt
you ~
No, not much but you should not be
so impctuous. Are you returning by the
tour-fttccn train?"
Yes, sir L think So" replied the
youth.
"Thcn we may as well travel together.
[ want to speak to you about the shooting
over the glcbc lands, so buy your baub-
les my dear boy-buy your baublcs---at
once"
The dear boy lost no time, he selected
diamond and opal necklct, brooch and
bracelet to match; value fifty pounds, net
cash-Soply was a lucky girl Offered a
one hundred pound note in payment and
demanded cllangc-not as his reverend
acquaintance had done as matter of favor;
but as his right
There change that, lie said, and flung
his note on the counter.
Now it seemed to good Mr.. Elephant,
that there could be no possibility of danger
III changing note even for so unusual an
amount, when presented by gentleman of
Mr. Dulcimcr's appearance and manners
Mr. Dulcimer why he. might be arch,
bishop but this young Rapid, with his
hands in the pockets of his pcg-top trow-
scrs, with his ballet dancer pin, and birds
eye scarf, chewing a tooth pick, with hat
cooked, was n very different sort of Gus
toner. He could not be bad character
himsclf-oh no! did not the divine call
him " Frank and would he q frank" any
but highly respectable people? But young
men Will be young Icn, and sometimes
keep very bad company. He might have
been imposed upon himself. SO, the TX
change being near at hand, Mr.. Elephant
dispatched young Rapids note to the mas
ter of that place to be scrutinizcd, pretend
ing, all the time, tat he was sending it
out to be changed. The messenger return
ed and whis pcredNto his employer that the
report was that the note was perfectly
good one, and he rather ashamed of him
self for having kept his worthy customer
waiting whilst he indulgcd in such un-
worthy suspicious hastily changed the
dcfaccd note, and having handed the diff
ference and Sophy's "baubes" to Rapid
was bowing ms customers out, whon--oh
that this pen should have to record it -
a policeman, brcathlcss with haste and OK
citcmcnt, dashed into the shop and seized
the reverend gentleman and his lively
young friend by the collars, and | am sor-
ry to add that the rcspcctability Of the
former dropped from him like cloak, and
he stood trembling the very picture of a
detected swindlcr. .-~---'''
"W-w-w what's the neMiing of this 2"
gaspcd poor Mr.. Elephant,
{" Why, that you have got two Of the
most notorious torgcrs in England in your
shop-that's ALL replied the man in blue !;
proceeding to handcuf his prisoners. -
"llavc you changed any notes for them gi
l-y-ycs, t-t-two of hundred a.
piece"
They are forgcrs then, the clovcrcst
out. Here give them to nc" Mr.. Elc
phant obcycd mechanically shall have
to produce them to tic police station to
make the charge IIiy cab" and the
constable having secured the darbics on
his captivcs, thrust them into the cab, and
having told the still confused jcwclcr to
come along as quick as he could "to swear
again en-" drove off-whefc?
Echo makes the usual response. For
never from that moment has Mr.. Elephant
set his gaze upon either of his customers,
the pretended policeman who took them
into custody, the cabman who drove them
| away, the watch, the jewelry, the change