East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-12


sides. The road, though level, had now
become very crooked; aud the gig before
II; was out of sight as often as not. Old.
wink himself frequently locked back, but
Mrs. O.dwink sat calm and upright be-
side him, and never noticed us even with
glance.
We had got, rs near as can reckon,
about three miles past the hill, when, for
the fifth or sixth time, we lost tho Dio
before us behind bcndin Enc road. we
were four minutes, ] should say-or, at
the outside, fivc--befo-e ve passed the
corner androcoyerel SIGHT oft; and when
we did see it, we both Of us this time had
need 10 rub our eyes in earnest There
"A hundred yards head Of us-stood
the gig; and in it sat Mrs. Oidwiul in the
most unconcerncd manner possible; but
Mr.. Oldwink had disappeared, and with
him the mare. Mr. Purkiss pulled up
suddenly when this sight met his eyes
lie knew no more than myself what t.
make Of 1t. Oldwink certainly was gone
the marc certainly was gone; but why
leave Mrs. Oldwink in that hcaytlcss man
ncr to meet her fate alone? And why
did that eccentric lady appear so perfectly
unmoved at being thus unoeremouisly
deserted?
Mr. Purkss whisted softly to himself.
while we advanced at walk towards the
deserted lady, who did not condescend
even to turn her head whom we drew up
close behind her and descended TO accost
her.
Mr.. Pnrkiss was the first to approach
her. az Dummy, by Jovc" he scream
cd, as he peered under the bonnet, "Donc
again as I'm a sinners
1t was as he said. The figure we had
taken for Mrs. O.dwink was merely two
cross sticks placed upright in the gig, aud
covered by the ladys ample shawl and
bonnct--in fact, neither more nor less
than respectable scarcrow.
"Well," said I, scratching my head, 81
confess | don't see the meaning Of this
ching"
"You don't." cried Mr.. Perl;iss, glancing
savagely at me, for me, for he was evil
IDENTIFY out of temper at last. "Why,
what stupid you must be! Don't you
see, man, that when Odwinl5 halted close
to the plantation, instead Of his doing it
TO breathe the mare as we thought, he
did it to give his wife an opportunity of
making off into the wood with the Jewel
~? This thing was then dressed up, and
we were enticed forward as far as this
spot, in order to give the woman an OPP
portunity Of getting clear away. And
now, to finish the affair, Oldwink has made
off with your mare across the country, and
will meet his wife at some place agreed
on, twenty or thirty miles away from this.
Well, he's a slippery customer and no
mistaken
Further pursuit was useless for the
present, even if we had known which road
Oldwink had taken; and very down in the
mouth we both looked as we turned our
faces back to Deepwood, which we did
not reach till far into night.
What my wife had to say to me about
this little affair when / got home, need
not be set down here. And the wigging
she gave JIM Poor old girl it served
her to talk about for many a month after,
so that found it best after while to
shorten her tongue by buying her peach
colorcd satin gown.
| have nothing moro to add, except
that Mr.. Oldwink and his wife were taken
at Liverpool some three months after by
Mr.. Purkss; for some years after which
event they were both cared for al the ex-
pcnse Of an enlightened public.