The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-08-06

wanted to try the chemisss ct Ealing; butt
that | would have nothing to do with. A
country chemist might have given the poor
thing what 1 am sadly afmid she wanted,
and | wasn't going TO have anything hap
pen in my keb, if 1 knowod it-out at Eal-
ing.
"No, saysL, mem, oskingyour pardon,
but no more physic shops for mo. If you
would take my advice, you would let mo
drive you to q public house, for q drop Of
somethink better than physic, and (which,
] am sure, you stand In need.
" tAs You please says she, kebmau,
such q soft and miserable voice M went TO
my heart: Just as though she did not care
whore she was druv to, IL il couldn't be out
of tho world. So I pulled up ut q public,
and gave her somobread and ~chceso-good
Wiltshire il was, and yet she took no more
than n mouse might nibble, and a little sup
0 fporter, which she drunk ~ though it was
blnck dose, sitting all tho while IN the kob;
while L made a goodish meal, / promise
You. Then we went back TO the station,
and she gave me her purse to got her ticket
J fist clngs-to Bath for her. Tor.' says
sho, Il can trust Won with untold gold
(which was also very kind OF her, and, |
hope, the truth.) Then ] gives her the
ticket aud hor purse. And VIII you stay
hero i'm the kcb. says ], cor wait upon the
platform, menu
al will stay in the keb, says she, aud
upon my life, SIR, 4 do believe IL was be-
cause i bad been tolombly kind TO her, and
she did not like TO part company with me
before she was obliged. She had hard
lines in tho world, and been very badly
treated by some one or other, you may take
Your davoy, poor soul.
al did not like TO trouble her with such
n matter, but as the time was getting very
short, / says, Please, Nom, you have for
cot 10 give me thetwelvc-and-six, for MS for
the bread and cheese and porter, that she
had paid for on the spot.
" 20 dear, 1 aui so sOrTy, says she, i
fancicd you would have paid yourself when
| give YOU my purse.
" No, mem, says 7. Il should mover have
Thought Of taking any such liberty
Then she paid me. saying with n sad
smile, j amafraid I have been very trou-
hlosomo, and wished mo good day. And
then the station bell rang.
~ had the curiosity 10 keep through the
door when tho train anne and watch her.
She ran down the platform, looking oar.
nestly into every individual carriage, and
would have been left behind altogether but
for the guard, who opened the door and
popped her i'm at the very last moment. |
was sorry 10 leave her, for ] never took u
faro who was a moro perfect lady: but was
| somehow glad. too, TO get her out Of my
kch. There was sOmcthink very queer
about her, that you may depend, and ifshe
were mad (which, however, Idont think as
/ she was) she must la' been druv and druy,
/ by some wus-hcarted chap than me, until
/ she WINS 1ruy ont of her wits
Perhaps he Is sorry for what he has
done by this time. says tomysclf and this
here party will will advertised, and I took
great count Of her dress and appearance, in
case she would. But, curiously enough.
nothing came Of IL nj all; and yet, even rs
il stands, II seems 10 me one of tho queer
est starts u.s. ever ] came across since ha'
been on the rank"
ut WIS undoubtedly very queer" said l.
'But YOU limited something, my friend, of
u certain terrible adventure that had once
happened to You; 1 should like to hear
that, too, please
"Why, this is what I call regular suck
ing a coye's brains, % rcspondcdmy cnbman,
looking up ut me with a cunning lear. "If
1 didn't see rs you was n family man, with
luggage aud that, should bcalmost inclin-
ed to believe Ms you was some literary car
atbtNr. There's II many on en- rides about;
Nadia Ill way; only, when they rides at all'
they takes u Ansom.'
Remembering what Mr.. pickwick had
suffered at n claimants hands, from using n
notebook, ] hastoned 10 clear my character
from the imputntiou, and toassurc my COM
paniou that / had no other idea in question
ing him beyondtha hat Of incrcasingm know.
ledge of human nature, for observing which
he must have had so many and exceptional
! opportunities.
well, that's true, saidhe. greatly NOR.
tilted. considering the various parties ms
uses four-whocls, / knows Of nobody Tex
cop' perhaps some as keep u public whoi is
80 likely to know u thing or two az ono Of
us. Dcary me; tho games rs has been o
going on in this here worry keb!'
&C tmest' said I. "What games can
| people play in u cuL?'
'Why, bless yer, lots of games. don't
mean cards and that--though ] have known
en- play cards, with my ind cushion on
their laps for a table but all sorts of
schemes and devices, played by all classes
of folks. / have druv m~arquishes, ana l
have druy parties rs you would not have
thought could ever stand II shillin' fare. /
have druy The porlice, and I have druy
thieves. ! don't care who il is, so long ms
they don't want TO bedruv 10 the Fever 'Os.
pitol."
'NWas tho horrible case you spoke of Il
case olmtoction?' inquired /,
mo- il was n doucod sight worse than
that Eir. II wns summit M sends a cold
chill to my marror, whenever | thinks
about 1t. And yet it began 80 cheerful.
just after ] first began to DO n kebman. |
Was allied in the Kilburn Road by n couple
Of fares; " middle-nged, comfortable In.
dies, small tnIdesmenB widows, as | shmld
set en- down ms, and they asked me how
mnch 1t was TO Blaclfriars. 1lalfa CROWN
says ].
d" Worry good, Young man, says the fat.
Test ol en-; Then drive away, aud iust stop
mt the first public house, will ye?'
"WcI, pulled up, willing enough, at
tho hrat public, and they gave mo shil.
ing, and had some gin aud beer, and Ne
ycr mind the change, young man, says tho
i%,tloSt' but drlye along sharp, and stop ut
the next public house
"Wcll, between Kilburn and Blackhiare.
should think that they stopped nc a mat.
tor of iour-and-twenty public houses. The
lhdy with the chemists was nothing 10
thcm' moreover, unlike her, they mover
Jailed to get what they wanted at each. nm.
I'll they had tooka good deal moro than was
good Tor them, and / must say rs they had
made me a little fresh myself. AndCyory
time 1t was; You may Keep the change.
young mani so that Ihadat last more tlot
hyc-and-twenty shillings oft (mostly I'm
coppers.) This is all very nico, thonpht
rs long M it lnsts; but sooner or latrr
these here parties will be a DOING on, and
eXpee' me 10 see EN- nome, which maybe
WI DO HE perlice station, for they had not
told mo their address yet, but only Black.
irl'rs. Ihty must ha' been very much nc
cuStomed TO strong liquors, Tor unless il
was sobbin' and cryin' abit, which he one
rs was not the latest did continual tIov