East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-04-27
NUMBER GAG: T.

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to return from Brighton. John Thorn
as said as 'ow the stranger was quito
unbeknown to him, and that he looked
as though he 'ad some mattor ON his
mind when he went 10 the train; he
was queer sort of man, with thick
gray hair and beard, and delicate,
white hands just like a lady's. The
trap was round TO the station door as
hordered, by the arrival Of the 9-80
train. The ostler observed then that
the man was ashen pale, and that his
lands trembled as he took the reins,
that the stranger stared at him in
wild habstracted way and that he
would have driven away without ten,
dering payment had he not been res j
pectfully reminded that the 'orse had
been given feed of hoats. John
Thomas made an hobservation to the
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no corresponding hanswer. The dr.
yer whipped his 'orse and went off,
He passed the turnpike, and was seen
to take the Brighton road hinstead Of
that by which he had come. "A, A,work-
man hobserved the trap next on, tho
downs above Clayton chalk pits. He
didn't pay much attention to it, but he
saw that the driver was on his legs at
the 'ead of the 'orse. Next tamorning
when the quarrymen went to the pit,
they found a shattered tax cart at the
bottom, and the 'orse and driver dead,
the later with his neck broken. What
was curious, too, was that an 'andker-
chief was bound round tho brute's
heyes, so that he must have been driv-
en- over the hedge bhndfold. Hold.
wasn't it ? Well, folks say that the
gent and his tax cart pass along the
road every hevening, after the arrival
of tho 0-30 train; but don't believe
il; amt bit supersitious-not H.
Next week l wasagain disappointed
in my expectation of being able to put
my scheme into execution; but on tho 1
third Saturday after my converaation
with Corporal Ball. / walked into
Brighton i'll tho afternoon, tho distance
being about nins miles. / spent an
hour on the shore watching the boats, q
and then l sauntered around the Pa
lion, ardently longing that fire might
break forth and consume that arehi-
tectural monstrosity. believe that I
afterward had cup Of coffee at tho
refreshmont rooms of the station, and
capital refreshment rooms they are, or =
were, very moderate and very good
| think ! partook of a bun, but if put
on my oath / could not swear to the
fact; a floating reminisence of bun lin
gers in the chambers of memory, but
| cannot be positive, and l wish in
this paper to advance nothing but re-
liable facts. / squandercd precious
time in reading tho advertisements of
baby iimners whiab-nn,asAtl...s-L Id z
the nursery and the greatest acqui-
sition in the parlor, the greatest dis
coyory in modern times, &c. Iperuscd
a notice of the advantage Of metallic
brushes, and admired the young
lady with her hair white on one side
and black on the other; l studied the
Chinese letter commendatory of Hor-
niman's tea, and the inferior English
translation, and counted up the num-
ber of agents in Great Britain aud
Ireland. AT length the ticket Office
opened, and booked for Hassock's
Gate, second class, one shilling.
/ ran along the platform until 1
came to the compartment Of the soc
ond class erIraige which / wanted
The door was locked, so / shouted for
the guard. %" =
'put me in here, pleasegv p eo
"Can't there sir; next, please near
ly empty, one woman and baby"
81 particularly wish to enter this
carraige," said ]. a,
"Can't be, lock'd, orders, comply"
replied the guard, turning on his heel.
"What reason is there for the pub
lie being excluded, may ask ?"
"Dn'ow, 'spross orders-c'nt let you
in, next carriage, please; now then,
quick please" "a
l knew tho guard and he knew me
by sight, for / had often travelled to
and fro on the line, so / thought it
best to be candid with him. / briefly
told him my reason formakingthe ro-
quest, aud urged him to assist mo in
executing my plan.
He then consented, though with
great reluctance.
"Ave y'r own way, only if anything
'appens, don't blame mop
"Never fear" laughed !, jumping
into the carriage.
The guard left the carriage unlock
ed, and in two minutes we were of.
j did not feelin the slightest degree
nervous. There was no light in tho
carriage, but that did not matter, as
there was twilight. l sat facing tho
engine ON the left side, and evory now
and thon l looked out at the downs
with a soft face of light hanging over
them. We swept into cutting, and
/ watched the lines Of flint in tho
chalk, and longod to be geologizing
among them with my hammer, picking
out "shepards' crowns" and sharks
teeth," the delicate rhynconelia and
the quaint ventriculito. / remember
not very distant occasion on which l
had actually vcnturod here, and boon
chased off by the guard, after having
brought down an avalanche Of chalk,
debris, in a manner dangerous to traf-
fic, while endeavoring to extricate a
magnificent ammonite which ! found
and, alas left protruding from
the sidc Of the cutting. wondered
whether that ammonite was still there;
i looked about to identity the exact
spot as we wlizzed along, and at that
moment wo shot into the tunnel.
There are two tunnels, with bit Of