The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-05-07
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AN INGENIOUS E

HONS Severn thin Nkbf MhAN NM hAa MNg
10 the Chelmsford a%ssizes, he went with an
intelligent fellow-trayeler ON te coach.
The. Sergeant, who was on such occasions
very fond OF what be used to call n little
aaoraeable chat with any laxative person
he Glanced to meet soon drew his travel
ing companion into a lively conversation
with him. Having always had a sparkling
of Yankee curiosity, he generally contrived
10 worm out. by process imperceptibleto
the party himself, what he wished to learn
regarding him. On. the occasion alluded
10, Mr.. Vaughan was not long in ascertain
Sing from ahis companion that he was. also
going to Chelmsford a%ssizes, which were 10
be held on the following day sc"As a jury
q no doubt :" said Mr. Vaughan, on
learning the fact itself.
a7eNo, sir3 not as q imyman, said the
'ohi as a witness, 1 should have said
.cI- oNot asa witness either: 4 wish ii was
LES pleasant as that. o.
dOh, I see how il Is, YOU are the prosecu-
tor in some case which is painful 20 your
feelings. However, such things Will hap
pen. There is no help for them"
lyon are still wrong in your conjecture,
sir; / am going TO pay away money tor a
relative who has a case in the a~ssizes."
$3.50 'Ah : that's It. Very unpleasant, certain
ly, 70 pay money observed the learned
Sergeant.
.. III lt Allttut LOT AAhht WIZ nave lAAAlt
70. spare, y said the other
"well, but ] hope it is not any serious
amount .rg
why, the magnitude of the sum, you
know, depends upon the resources of the
party who has 10 make the payment.
"a Very true; certainly, very true" said
Sergeant Vaughan.
sTho sum IS elOO, which. to a psrsOn Of
m yimited means, is very large indeed"
'Ohi but perhaps You expect TO be repaid
81 in some way or other AGAIN." -Ht
y- That's very uncertain! it depends en-
r tirely on whether my relative, who has Just
81 taken a public house there, succeeds in
business or not,
'well, It is certainly a hard case, I" OBJ
served Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, with a seri-
Gus and emphatic air.
''Aye, You would say SO if yon only knew
r. 1t ALL F-.s.f4 +fat
"Indeedl Are there any peculiar circum-
stances in the caseY'f -TiI BOG 90
O. There are, indeed, % answere the other
with Something between q sigh and a groan.
''1s the matter n %secretD' inquired Mr..
Sergeant Vaughan, his curiosity being now
Not in the least,H said the other. al
.I will tell YOU the story If you do not think
IL tiresome,' he added.
~ am all anxiety TO hear It," said the
learned man. ada
"Well, then said the other, 'about six
weeks since a respectable corn-dealer in
London, when on his way TO Chelmsford,
met on the coach with two personslwho
were perfect strangers to-him. The stran-
gers soon entered in conversation with
him, and having learned the object OF his
visit 10 Chelmsford, said that they were
-' also going there on q precisely similar
erand-namely, to make some purchase
Of corn. After further conversation to-
. Iorafhar A tua9 gurnuaafa1 Iu nna Of tha
ties that it would be much better for all
three II they could come 10 an understand
ing together, as TO what amount of pur-
chase they should make, and under what
peculiar circumstances these purchases
should be made; for II they went into the
market slap dash, the result would be that
in 30 small a place as Chelmsford they
would raise the prices, whereas, by oper-
ating slowly aud in concert, they would be
hyoided.F e fl-oe raT F-rr r.rs.
q 3 The second party pretended TO approve
highly Of the suggestion and further pro-
posed, in order TO show that neither had
o. the start of the other, that they should de-
post the same sum OF money in the hands-
Of the respectable landlord Of the principal
% inn; taking care that they did ii in the
presence Of witnesses, and that special in.
s%tructiou should be given 10 the landlord
sr not TO giye-up q tarthing OF either until all
three returned together 10 receive the
% whole, adding that If he did he. would be
held responsible. The London merchant
knowing the landlord Of the inn 10 be a
man Of undoubted respectability, at once
% assented to the proposal, and each of the
three parties accordingly placed in his
hands, under the circumstances stated,
2 G250, making ESQ in all"
DWELL, - said Sergeant Vaughan, ''welL,
50 you certainly do interest me in your ingu-
lar story. And whatwas the RESULT
"Why this-that scarcely had the three
parties left the inn q minute, when one of
the two strangers came running back, and
said that ON a second thought they had all
" come 10 the conclusion that it would be
better to make their purchases as early in
the day as possible, and that consequently
the other two had desired him to return
and get the money"
"And the landlord gave him the whole
sum at onceY' interposed Mr.. Vaughn.
"He did, indeed, unfortunately for him
self and me, ? answered the Other.
"And what followed ?" inquired the learn
cd gentleman eagerly.
why the other stranger and the Lon
don merchant returned in about an hour,
and demanded their money" 81
"When the landlord, of course told thom
he had given it TO the other 2"
HE did % q
O. son which, l suppose, they bring an ae-
ton against the landlord r
Precisely so; and seeing that the de-
fence waa-useless, fnnsmuch as he deliver
90 edup the money 20 one, when his ~instruc-
tons were peremptory not TO deliver it I'M
til all three were present, my friend is TO
allow the action TO 60 undefended. The
money must be paid to the sharper-for
both strangers, as the event proved, were
,sharpers-and also the London merchant"
"And you really have made up your
r. mind TO pay ii f"i fsrffet FtrsTg
''oh certainly, because thera is no help
for it," "' CO.." d.'i"N Il.
raI 81 am a baTristor; I am a Mr., Sergeant
Vaughan, aud | will defend the case gratu-
itonsfv HtNlII zoos lTUt rTE- ~
go The other rendered him a thousand
thanks, for his apprehensiops we're that oil
efforts at defense would be perfectly use
"We shall see, said the Sergeant sig !
nincantly, 1--WE shall see. You and your
~ friend the landlord will call on me this
, evening, at three O'Clock, TO arrange for
the defence tomorrow" = 1850 ~ dlI
" IT, IoLmorrow came aud the case was duly
called on. The poor inn-keeper, acting
: upon the advice of Mr.. Vaughan, but not
sperceiylng IN what way he could be benz
lifted by II, defended the case.
Everything proceeded 40 hyorabfv for
the prosecution for some time, that, though