The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-29

. lAe seat with Wy lsgdf, aud kept O bharP
/ lookout, under my right arm, On Lim. When
! ! fosr, be- was again buried iu-yes g. iu the
advertisement sheet The gentleman, lhtn,
/ mad probably some good reason for conceal
/ log bic talent ior observation. Nobody who
I is not in want Of O. situation gets sTprped up
I Do hn advertisement sheet and M oomrsL-
/ Ion, ] flll sure, was in sahl Of 30 such thing.
. ills profession, whatever that might be, hnd
been settled long ago, and the hshIngrod
Hud FHiir-hnpk uiirhirPossd over his heed
disclosed ayoung gentleman WIN money 10
spare, Who tas about 20 take q summer huli-
day among the trout streams Of lle north.
/ One circumstance which ccourod jusi Ah,r
we Started, persuaded me that he must needs
be lawyer, land, Indeed, 40 afterwards turn
/ ed oct, biz pursuits did somcvha parttke of
tho nalure of lhal ealliHg) 90 much did II
smack Of ready reasoning and practiscd
aeuIehess, Leaning out Of tho window On
the train began 20 mote, The Wind carried
away hIs gloasy hat vhereupon, Instead Of
sitting down foGoHy and mastering good
gracious Or eonfouGd iIl tho young man
seized upon his bat box ond launched that
ai'eF the a'issiHg property,
"Nly hat bor," he esbaiutd IN aHivst 70
my stare Of amaiemeul. "has got nv Edin.
butgh address IN Il, but nv hat box hAs not.
The ono is Of little use without the other,
and Il IL probable, since we have barely left
ihe station, that they Nill both be found and
forwarded = ms by tho next train
] Hare ura
exception 90 dveGnhs Of tho human rser
who travel Ia iut class carriages. Rugged
myself at the notion Of having secured ~
/ promising companion, aud that TOO, anrf
! such couple ~ previous escapes
"bui how DO you know ?" urged, because
| had nothing better to say, and WIS deter.
/ mined ut all risks not 60 suG6r the con, ersn-
ton to drop chow DO you know that some.
body won't steal them"
II don't know" replied the other, win a
eoUtcmptuous dyGcss. "but do not think Il
| probable the articles ould fetch 40 small ..
! price that the reward would be likely 10 bc
quite a. rcmuneraliye "a the svag itself. and
of-course, without the risk"
The swag Did anybody who travels Rr..
class ever hear such un eArrcs,ionP iva,
good deal piqued, also, At the tone Of anna, .,
anee in which he spoke and replied quite
taulyi
81 don't Understand thieves logic nor the
language either"
"Ah do" responded my companion,
earelessly. And he resumed bis ppgrr.
/ We had passed Rugby, and we're n,itg
'h--~zh 49, J-'k de'''i"is,'a 81 King sgs-I,
before either Of Us again broke silence.
"Comc," cried my bareheadrd quaintancs
suddenly, "there Il no occasion for us two 10
quarrel only nothing puts me So out Of ten
/ per as to .sce n man proud Of his ignoranctS
Nov, you are a keen, lqng-headcd fellow
enough, | can sec, but you don't know any
thing"
Perhaps not" replied, still ANNOYED by
the mans manner and at the unAeeustomcd
position Of second fiddle, in which | found
mysclfi "bpt have really no ambition to
learn thieves logic"
"What type Of the respectable clasies Of
this country YOU do Afford mused the other,
eoolly. "in this your excessive obstinncy and
eoneciL You hdvu no aHJbitfgri to fraTfi, md
yet dare say that you, yourself are con-
eerned, either directly or indirectly, IN endcal
voring to diminish crime, and put down tho
! profession of roguery. You help 10 elect a
member Of Parliament who votes upon social
subjects you subscribe to benevolent assoti;
aions, for the moral rescue Of criminals; YOU
consider the convict question to be an eN.
cecdngly important one, and yet you -"
! Here tins irreyercnt individual absolutely
broke out laughing, "What would you think
/ Of doctor, now, who had prescribed for a
patient into the particular features Of who,o
case he had rcall, no ambition to inquire ?"
/ 81 am not doctor" / roarcd, out of oil
\ patience "aud vi.h all the thieves in Eng.
\ land were 20 be hung to morrow
"Ihe country would be very sadly depopu.
lated" replied the other. impassiyelyi you
aud Iwould certainly never meet again"
"This is downright insult" exclaimed,
with Indignation al shall take care to change
carriages and company at the very next sta
. ton"
"Nay sir, meant no offence responded
my companion, gruvelyi 81 referred only II
myself as being doomed to be cut of in the
flower Of my days, it your wishes should ho
carried into fleet. I aavt been pick pocket
from my very cradle and" added he, after
a pause, ~ am thankful to say that have
not been altogether unsuccessful in my Ioca-
ton"
was startled for an instant lay the man,
seriousness, and vely-Nlthough be
was at the other end Of the compartment
looked for his wicked hands. They were ly-
| ing in bis lap before him, neatly gloy,d, ono
Of them still holding the paper.