Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-08
B 'spose you woufdnp responded the

fellow; but ef you bavn't tertikelarr object !; ions, I'd like to see into 3of them papers
 you've been exam, inena nienna SO just nowi' fa
 Anything else about bud like to see , into?' says Dodge. 'a '' q i@'''71 | Maybe I'd like fo' oov1erI'that walesse, Q yourh thar says the 'fellliyeting his two O 1
 eyes upon Dodge's valice' 1.-the seat.
 l have not the slightelubt of it. the dumtbfounded comedian ed; but calcu-
 late, old Elf fellow, says he yiil find this time
 and place bad for yonr bus ir ,.;.l l Will :? then by thnns you'll 6nd this
 neck of woodsia sorry 'pIacf your business,
 Mister track man4-fnind Ikgou ], says the
 fellow, pitching into the biA&es.7 'l!.y g#|
 Can't say lm sorry abopaing down this
 way says the co'nedial; dk Iery we'll, con
 sidering.fa sd, r. naisa-.4a fsiIla sf3a 'o ho!a So you aeknohde? Coin to
 own up, eb? Make clean Ial of it, umph'?' were exclamations, astoundjand clamorous. that salated the ears of the lfifed humerist,
 coming from several large, age, and suspi
 cious looking customers, D had huddled
 around poor Dodge. Theyh seemed to fix
 their eyes upon the comeds valise. He
 having some weighty reasojin it, which in duced him to keep sharp ito it, seized up the object of such unlwarraible curiosity and held it as tight as bear. This act, on the part of the comedian, to sefe his goods and chattles from threate ned iniiop, seemed to be '''e cue Tor a l lslmultaneou;harge of the evil genus ls and n his confederates and before Dodge coaid say Amen, he was SC eed by the crowd ana a ms IS valse snatcled out his hands in the twinkling of an eye. ..@
 oe'ze r"s11 nun nun hold him ta and feather the scamp! Search his pocka oyerhawl his VI, were the cries tR now ,resounded aoout the astonished and whining comedian ne conductor came forwai aud interposed, 'pd' podge' getting his brea, D, begged in the lame Of the seven commandments, to know what all this meant. s,. .. st. t, isrffj s ff'end' says benevole et looking individ- a' present. sFr'end, they sbpicion you of dis fiou'iog tracts among the cqored people, 3.
 Why any body can see he's one of lem igger stealers marked on bis countenance !! houted the excited mover of these proc eed- lgs. 1''+ '-'" 'f'5Hts7t F* 2" H~7 '"'' '''
 That's it, my friend,' says the pacific man they take you for an aboltioniss gentle Ian in the forward car has informed this gen. eman (the investigator that you had told him 'lling and distributing abolition books and acts was Yqnr errapd dawa, sRal ltirnnrs r : tely, and charges u with being concerned l their escape butt trust from your appear 1ce, that these charges are far from truth
 f Who told you this outrageous story ? says odge, bristling up to his adversary. .,,,, ,..
 : Don't put on any airs bere, Mister 'twont 3, no how shouts the evil genius of the done 'median. You're found out they're in your al-eece. Open it and own up to your dirty usiness at once.' s- a,...t-, , ...f .,sl e.tf 3. < Gentlemen, says Dodge, appealing to the okers-on, l suppose somebody considers this very good joke .4si Bs,. ssaa a-s-.,f j. Yes, an alfred pretty joke somebody sponded. 4al4sAuz !. rrs( . .z.,s l.. sssia4us4 So I concluded says the victim; but am very much opposed to its going any far Ter. at my personal. al.expense. Gentlemen, my lme is Dodge, professor of vocal music, mem IT of the Macomber Troupe, from Boston, massachusetts,. There is my valise; open, ;amine it., if you find anything there to ex- te suspicion as to my identity, fry me in aqua rtis and swallow me straight! Fl 9''' -' 'The prime mover of the muss dived his fists to the open valse and seized roll of bills rking them open he began to read. Grand oncert; The Macomber Troupe Here the Dkers on began to settle away into their seats d before the fellow had got much farther in 5 investigation, he found his arduous support 8 mizzled, and he all alone in his glory It IS evident now that there was some mis- ke Some laughed in their sleeves; others tered and hawnhaw'd right out, and tEe in- isitor left in rising rage to find the man at had very apparently been running saw
 him; but brief investigation resulted in 3 discovery that the informer was aaoa est in- aus ,-he had sloped from the cars when they 'ched Havre de Grace, about the very mo mt he was wanted! "f''''
 The conductor of the train inquired of poor 'dge if his friend Covert wash t the man that | been getting this trick, and Dodge smell "a rat presumed to say he had not the ybtest idea of the inventor of this joke. The ! lductor laughed, everybody laughed !; even victim, Dodge laughed, and svore it was lily a capital joke; but the evil genius swore round, unyarnished oaths, as biz, and weigh aS 56's, that if that fellar's hide G.ie. the in mer on the tract man J ever fell under his it wouldn't be worth two cents hold corn shucks .a-,,,,.;aa ads .,i,sa | Dodge kept dark ]; couldn't out out chalk him {, way. .,sI a4. T a.sa. .jsss.,er,e1 !, Tue Macomber Troupe gave concerts, in lmington, and then took the steamboat for -.1s -. f...s f,,tf..s,a ov,g 'hortly after the steamer got into the Della e river, and was paving away for the Qua
 City, Dodge, with face of most melan-