The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-02
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| uuk Nnltn MAS N~efHihitfi Mtth iNN W MffflaNi
bridge m, -itr, Well am ~ cut to iril YOU
much noIr dr,adiui ,iut, t"t uur whirh a,cin
10 mc To h. ."l about anoih"i cifltt-hag, ih'
| owner of " hirh tie muCl-Nagutrd sugaCiiy oi ihl
/ police has asu iai.rd a. discover IN huih ctsfs
however. as Though ia icVrngr iur ih,ir owl
incapacity, they have not hesiiat-l e. east slui
/ upon innocrnI indi,i ,iiuals. Ny nrirhhot u and
myself were returning. unr November a'trrunuu
/ from our club where had looked ~ ~ usuai
| just To get plimp,r ~ The evening paper. in
order to i,kr the l,f i'ir. siih' inhihe"acr &.
| my wife ~ home. Whrn. hu'iins nursrltVs i'''
fot uur respective dinuris. ~" hiii'd han .rin
aud got into II IL trins h;taug,d ihu I should
| dtcp u within sif''t's lcheili ut hi. uNu iou-y
''llulo rrr'i my companion, lrc.i'' g..
had started ~ why. hrrr'sA carpet hig sh-,i
somebody has lrii behind him
Halves : exclaimed |, With ,aii,n iul
uncontrrllablr imIulsc th' sriinrs i which "a.
/ far enough ava, Ia those dnts ui hu, hud " hen
the right. "fI property are 80 imperfect! Hnirr-
stood.
"No, no, replied u, sc',icy 'i,isuui suni,.
my friend. You know it WIS ihnt hund u.
Really nv dear u, reiarncd !, you quite
surprise inr You must hc awat" that u belongs
10 neither OF US, hut To the unfortunate i~r,on
who had engaged this hauson
| "very true, Asscnted u but = liill, rrgiciiiii.
| as thought. al the view ! had deemed il tigh,
10 take : ioT however Dvincs may preach, and
(which il worse) the Law MAY dictate when one,
has found thing. one does To have some
sort Of n Claim 10 IL. II ! were asked to point
out what is par cxcrllrncr the law " nature. |
| should answer, II is that which Is called on land
the Right Oi TrOvcr aud uu the schshurr that ui
| Flotsam and Jcisam Here was q carpet-bag
leit by the tide ~ humanity or at least rs one
careless wave ufi, and here were We is finders
for II IL ridiculous that u should have priority
OF claim Just because he happened 10 plump down
ismte
| question, which nigh, just well have been un
my side ri the hansom rs his Thr question arose
| then. How were We 10 deal With II
at will never do To give IL up 10 the cabEIan,
eh p observed u tentatively ''hc u Keep IL ioF
himself io a certainty
quite oni ~ the QUESTION, assenicd !. The
poor fellow WIN lost Il would never have chance
Of recovering it.
~ thiRk had triirr TAX !, home, aud advcF-
,ise Il ia the Timcs, suggested m, friend.
mo, my dear fellow said l. firmly sou
| shall never be troubled to walk with that great
black leather bag (ii WAS an uncommonly large
one) Through the streets. The cab tak,s inc,
you know, TO my own door a" | i take IL 80 my
house"
"very well, =" said D. slowly handing over ihr
property into my charge with the ait oi CO..
trustee. who, while executing some undoubtedly
lawful deed, yet cannot help rcgfc,,ing that the
person who acts with him should happen TO l.,
an attorney. You'll take great care oi IL, Won
you p
'of course will, 90 returned !, Indignantly. II
shall either advertise IL in the Times, or take Il
10 the poliec-oiiicc the first thing in The morning
"Just so, said ., who had now arrived At his
journeys end. ~ shouldn't at all wonder il w'
saw reward offered for It ,o-inorrow in the 81
i cond column. II We were poor pcoplc. ihl,
might be quite God send might il not p
This made US both laugh.
| "You shall have halves, said |, "whatcycr IL
is."
And so we parted with another shou, Of rIerti
meni. But when glanced though the little win
dow, saw y looking after me with m intensit!
| OF expression, which, although We are always
sorry TO wish each other good by, never noticed
in his friendly eountenance before.
Il may be asked, perhaps, how II was that III
/ cabman, seeing me enter his vehicle without lug
gage, and emerge from Il with the property IL
question, did not At once question my righ, I,
the same for Il Is scarcely TO be supposed iha, h
was metaphy sician enough TO allow that could
| have envolvcd not only The idea of carpet bag
but earpet-bag itself, ou, my inner conscious
i meas.
The reply TO this apparent difficulty Is, that I
was dark. Moreover, won't swear that ! did
not hold the carpet bag rather behind me, So a
| 10 shield u from observation. while ] paid ih'
man his full fare and sixpence over, for which, a
usual, he did not stay 10 thank me but droy'
swiftly away.
Nv wife was exceedingly interested In this car
pct bag-a black one, evidently divided within
Into eompartments-and punched Il vigorously
with the object OF discovering, from the natur
Of the resistance offered, what was the chatacte
Of lie contents. "If We could open H. argue,
she, I've should surely learn from internal evi
dence the name aud address Of the owner. an,
be able to forward Il TO him Immediately
but when all the little keys in our possession
had been tried without effect upon Us patent lock
we decided that II could not possibly coniaiI
anything beyond change OF elolhes-pTobahl,
some poor gentleman's evening sui, and cou
pie Of hair brushes. There was no doubt abou
hem, for could feel their bTisilts through ih
leather. Under these circumstance, the cxpen
di.ure Of scven-and sixpcnce in an advertisement
in the Times was not 10 be- dreamed Of, and
made up my mind 10 communicate with the 10
lice. There was also something authoritative
and which seemed TO confer importance upon one
In such an act. People who are described AS TAX
Ing that very proper course, In the ncwspapcI
always strike one In the light Of public bcnefaS
tors Moreover, although nothing was rcall!
ever further from my thoughts land ] think
may add even from B's) than 10 appropriate iha
caFpel.bag or lts contents 10 my own uses, yc
there was = certain sense OF selfsacritcc 10 th
action, or, at all events, Of ihr most hcroi
honesty. Aristidcs himself could not have be
4 "
Draeo would have spoken Of from the bench,
thought, In terms of the highest praise. Al a
evtnls, should be looked upon by the polio
au,horiiies- accustomed TO deal with persons y,
lua,ed by such very different sentiments
something more than cold respect. In wort
don't remember 10 have ever felt more sci
complacent than when took my way, AT,
lunchson, the next "a Saturday. 10 the ncarei
police station, with the intention Ofsupplying II
Inspector with that mysterious mental alimet
which Sir Richard Mayne calls information n
ceived."
Having reached the ONCE, aud being told b
ths policeman on duty In the anlechamber
''pam on"-as though were an apple-woma
o6strueiing The pavement-I soon found myse
In the presence Of his superior, and undergoln
the minuiesl inspection from that lagacious Pc
son. lie eye msasuied me, ~ though he ha
been my tailor, FROM my head 10 my knees, an
doubtless would have gone further, aud literal
taken the length Of my foot, but for n gre
counter which interviewed between him and m
and curtalled his Investigations, although by
means bic curiosity. ! never was 90 looked
before In all my life aud u was al this nlome
began 10 feel regret that ] had ~ enjoyed q
mlsf0rtuuss Of thosu THREE victims 10 the T. dis
sion at the Crystal Palace.
~ have found a carpeI-bag," said ], In
hesilating tone.
J, "Umph r. returned the Inspector, turning oy
! The leaves of great ledger and looking ns thou
be was about 70 mention that Il was his duty
warm me that any admissions that ] might ms
would be used against me. "Umph ~ repeat
be, still more severely THAT is very odd thiI
10 fsd, sir, indeed"
Nov, really, put II 10 any one, lras lhislai
Why should be have said thati We were
London, q popul0us city, where almost ever
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