Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-09-12

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time 10 tear myssif fFOm her arms
she's ne smsTsei 0Roe more iRl0
bFs,Ad daylight She had lel her
vail drop over her face, bat ! ooald
dvlerl lhe eTimsaR Zach lhr0agh the
hne act WoTk II lace Her voice be
Iraysd much agitation ss she ahls-
pend;
a have gone too far with yOa,
cir al-s, yoa have ceased ~ 10
sI.ocl mo
My sweet ehaFmeF," I rejOiRed,
''ivl us ever l,e IrieRds. give me Year
Rame and addrossF'
My Rams and address" che 10,
Il ended, ''yoa must never kRos ]
already fesl frightened 10 think how
Tar have permitted myself TO ven,
Iure with stranger Forgive aud
forget me-
"a dirt, a eaqsetiel"
mo, no. shs relarhsd harriediy,
pressing my hand, Il am not dirt,
bat dare not,-as much rs think
of you, dare not let the aoquain'
lance proceed further. Have pity
upon me have pityr'
She looked 80 pleadingly, so en-
troatingly with those son dark eyes
cleaning through tho silken meshes
1T her vail, that ! could not per
suade myself a. be offended with
her. Al last tho reluctantly con
scented Ia give her name, aud hand,
ing me n prcliily embossed earl, j
Rad "kArE DARRELL, No. - I'm
ivcrsiiy Place"
The train had reached Thirty
second street, and could easily seo
that my fair inamorata grow every
moment more restless aud disturb
cd. First her head pecred out Of
the window. then sho would half
rise aud east u hurried and fearful
glance behind.
Already | was beginning 10 share
the uncomfortable feelings Of my
companion, rs visions Of angry pa.
pa came into my minds eye, when
suddenly Miss Darrell uttered an
exclamation, rose from her seat, and
unccrcmoniously dartcd from the
cars.
/ wondered ut the ease and dex-
tcrity with which she descended,
tho the car was propelled quite
rapidly by horse power, but my
wonder aud surprise were destined
20 be considerably increased, when
a few minutes afterwards u thick
set, stern looking gentleman enter.
I'd from the other side, his eyes in
qniSitivcly scanning the face Of each
lady passenger.
"Ilcllo!" said he rather grullly,
pausing before me, "has II young
lady been occupying this scat2'
"Yes sir" replied, somewhat
Disconnected, and quite abashcd.
Light jockey, maroon colorcd
silk and grey travelling cloak" pur.
sued the gentleman intcrrogativcly.
81 believe that was her costume"
| replied, somewhat sulkily.
"By Cad she's given mo the
slip again! - cried gentleman, slap.
ping his brecchcs pocket with much
emphasis.
"Given you the slip" ] repeated;
a sudden and awful light breaking
upon me.
eyes, the jade is as sharp as
needle"
"Pruy, sir" said ] with slight
sensation of suffocation, "may l DO
so bold as to inquire if you are the
father of that young lady2" !
''Father! the devil mo sir
am u detective!' hEat-
"Then," continued l, with des-
perate calmncss, "who is the young
Iudy?'
BLESS your soul, she is Nancy
Dacors, the fashionable pickpocket.
By Cad, sir, has she been playing
her points on you2"
The detective grinned, and. the
passengers, gradually comprehend
ing the "situation," smiled puevok-
ingly. did not reply-the intelli
gence was stunning and Notifying
in the highest degree. So my beau
tiful travelling companion was moth
ing more than member of the
swell mob" and l, while flattering
myself upon having made con-
quest, in reality had been the vic
tim of n cunning and designing de-
ceiv,r; and well had she duped mo,
for even whieI was snatching those
dear bought kisses, she had dexter
ous% relieved me Of my watch and
purse, aud, as | never saw her or
my valuablcs again, it may be read
lily believed that my adventure was
not without its moral, or that i was,
thereafter, quite us eager for a
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