The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-10-26

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Derringers cooked and presented.
Help shouted The robbcr
Stop the Quaker. agaia exclaimed
And il eae Of thy sinful companiop
AdvSnoes a stap - the relief, the spiri
viii surely move me TO blow thy brai d
out
The robbcr at the opposite wiudoW
and the one at the leaders heads, tho
il good time to leave
Nov get in, friend said the Quaker
still covering his man, aud take th,
middle seat but hrst deliver up thy
pistol
/ The other hesitated
Thee had better not delay; l fee
the spirit beginning 70 move my right
fore finger
The robber did as be was directed
and the Quaker took bis seat by his
side, giving the new conner a seat in
the middle
The driver, who was frightened hall
out Of his wits, now set forward at q
rapid rate The liysIy gentleman soon
recovered his yiyacity He was espec.
ially facetious on the Quaker's Prov,
ess.
You're a rum Quaker, you are. Why
you don't quake worth a cent
Tn not a shaking Quaker, il that's
what thee means.
OF the Hickory, or rather o! the
Old Hickory stripe, | should say, re-
torted the lively man: but the Quaker
relapsing into his usual monosyllatles
the conversation tagged.
Time sped, and sooner than we ex-
pected the coach stopped where we
were to have supper and change ol
horses. We had deferred redistribu.
ton Of our effects until we should ar
rive at this place, as the dim light Of
the coach lamp would have rendered
the process some what difficult before
1t was now necessary, however, that
it should be attended to at once, as our
joyial companion had previously an
nounced his intention OF leaving us NJ
that point He proposed a postpone
ment till after supper, which he offered
to go and order.
Nay, urged the Quaker, with an ap,
proach to abruptness, aud laying his
hand on the others arm, business be-
fore pleasure, and for business there is
no time like the present
VIII thee be good enough to search
the prisoner2' be said TO me, still keep
ing bis hand in friendly way upon the
passengers arm.
did SO but not one Of the articles
could be found.
He must have gotten rid OF them in
the coach, the gay gentleman suggested
and Immediately offered to go and
search.
Stop thunderod the Quaker, tight
ening his grasp.
The man turned pale, and struggled
to release his arm. In an instant one
Of the Derringers were levelled at his
heart,
Stir hand or foot and you are 0
dead man I
The Quaker must have been awfully
excited SO completely to forget both
the language and the principles of his
tpersuasion.
Placing the other pistol in my hand
with directions TO fire on the first Of the
two men that made suspicious move
ment, he went to work on Lotharioi
from whose pocket, in less time than il
takes to Tell it, be produced every item
Of the missing property, to the utter
amazement Of the two ladies, who bad
begun in no me ssured terms TO remou-
strate against the shameful treatment
the gentleman was receiving.
The Quaker, scarcely need add,
was no Quaker at all, but a shrewd de-
tectiye VINO had been set on the track
Of band of desperadoes OF whom our
middle aged friend--who didn't look
near so middle-aged when his wig was
off--w was the chief The robbery bad
been Gdroitly planned. The leader Of
the gang had taken passage in the
coach, aud after learning, as he suppos-
ed, our defenceless condition, had CIV
en- the signal to his companions by
throwing out the scrap OF paper already
mentioned After the capture OF the
first robber, il was attempted to save
the booty by secretly passing it to the
accompllce, still believed to be unsus.
pected, who counted on being able to
make of with it at the next stopping
place.
| The result was that both, for a seas
| on, did the state some service
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