Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-04-05
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while recently passing, saws n vrikaP
10 Household Words from Exeter TO Lou.i
don, on the Great Western RailWav. I /,
found the carriage had seleeted for the
Trip occupied bys very interesting young
laoy and two rather talkative gentlemen.
VI oouse we became rapidly sociabls.-
From generslities We came down to per-.
sonalIties. and amused each other with q
variety of incidents connected With our.
own experiences in railway travelling.
many Of which, yOu may readily imagine.
were singular enough. None however,
were more 30 than the following naiyeIy
related by the young lady
Although am compelled 70 travel With.
ouea companion. Jet have such dis,
BIKE for the company OF babies and eick
folks. that i never make journey. 10 the
ladies carriage. Only once, however. have
l suffered any Inconvenience through NV
unprotected condition, and that exception
occurred lately and IN this very line
AFTER had taken my seat enc morning az
PaddIngton, 10 an empty .osrraies, was
Joined, just as the train was moving of, by
strange looking young man, with re-
markedly long flowing hair. He was. Of
course, little 6urred, but he seemed be-.
sides 30 disturbed and wild that was
quite alarmed for fear of his not being in
his right mi1d, nor did bis subsequent
conduct reassure me. Our train was an
express and he inquired eagerly at once. !,
which was was the first station whereat We
were advertised to. stop. i Consulted nv
Bradshaw, and furnished him the reauif. ,
ed intOrmation,. 1t was Reading. The
young man booked at bis watch. !: :
Madam said he, i have but half aEL
hour between me and, it may be, ruin
Excuse my abruptness. You have, SER.
ceive, pair Of sciSsore, in your work-baR.
oblge me- it you please, BY cutting Of al
Impossible said !, 1T is impossible
Madame be urged, aud a look of severe p.
discrimination crossed his face, i an a des-
perate man. Beware how you refuse what
/ ask. Cut my hair of short-immediate
ly and here is a newspaper to hold the
ambrosial curls..
i thought he Was mad, of course and
believing it would be dangerous to thwars
bim, cut of all Of his hair to the last
lock. -. -
'Now, Madame said be- unlocking
small portmsntou, you will further oblige.i
me by looking ont of the window. AZ 7
am about TO change, my clothes. r.
OF course looked cut eff the windov-
for q considerable time ;, and when he OBJ
served. Madame, need no longer put
you to any inconvenience,' did rot recoR-
nizs the young man in the least.
Instead of the former rather CAV cos,
tune, he Yves sttired in black, and wore .
gray wig and silver speetacles be boxed
like arespectables DIVIDE of the ehu,eh Of
England, ofsbout ssixty-four years of sss.
To complete that character hesheld. atvoi.y
umn of sermons in his hand, which might
have been his own.
i DO not wish to threaten Won. youne
lady, he resumed, and think besides. thai
can trust your kind face. Will you prom.
Use me not TO reveal this metsmorphosis
until your journeys endP
4 vill,' said l, Certainly. go.
AT Reading the guard and q person in
plain clothes looked into the carriage.
You have the ticket my lore Z said the i,
young man blandl5, and looking - though
ne were my tather. ~.-~4
4 shall DOW leave you. madam, observed
my fellow traveller, a. soon as the coast
was clear; BY your kind and courteous CON.
duct you have saved my life, and perhaps
In another minute be was gone, and the
train was IN motion. Not till the next
morning did learn from the Times news
paper shat the geDtleDaR on ghcm l. badi
operated as hair cutter, had. CONN, ikted n /,
forgery to an enormous amount, in London
a few hLurs before ] met him and that he
bad been tracked icto the express train AZ
PsddingtoD but that although the tale
graph had been put in motion and dsscFib.
ed him aocurately-at Reading where the
train was searched, he was nowhere TO be
found.