St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-04-08

;. "Well," thought Egcrton, as he pulle
a away, ''he might have said thank'ee Il
amy rate, but | suppose he is in too grea
Il funk to be civil
! As he rowcd along lcisurely towar
G the tavoritc inn on the rivers bank, h
: heard the voices of the pursuers gettin
} palmer and palmer as they came neare
and nearer, and it sounded as if the
were shouting "AIurdcr murder ~ III
laughed as he thought of the dodg til
balllif> must have used to get a crowd Il
assist them i'll the pursuit of Il poor run
away, whose only crime was probably
shorlnc~s of work, which was necessarily
followed by arrears of rent; and h,
chucklcd as he thought of the start h,
must have helped the fugitive to get, fol
the bridg, was half Il mile off, and tho
nearest ferry was close at hand, certain,
". but had no one in attendance, rs the
young gentlemen at college, who were
the chitt patrons OF the ferries, were
nearly all of them away for the long va
cation. Egerton was one of the few still
lett 1T Cambridge, where ne was SuppuS-
ed 10 be reading for his next eNamira-
ton. He could now distinctly hear
voices cniin" on him to stop, but he only
quickcncd his stroke. and knew lie should
be at the Plough almost a. soon IL any
of them could cross the towing path.
which was on the other side of the river
AID which wa, by far the nearest way
tor foot passengers. At the i'm he
would undoubtedly find other boats like
hi, own, and who should say in which
The fugitive debtor had ben helreG across
the river! Bc>i,lc~. the hail,tl- couldn't
do anylhn%-hrvund abusing him. even
ii they cared or dared To abuse him
even if they knew IL whom they owed
the spelling of the chase. SO he ''>purt-
ed chcrrtuIy down TO the Plough. put
up his boat amongst several Others like
his OWL, and sauutrred into the smoking
room. wEcrc hc was engaged in a ..iiuc
OF bagatcIlc with many of the young zen
tlcmen there, and vino were supposed.
;tS lie wa~, To bc spending their vacation
at the university tor the purpose OF -tudv-
ug ancient languages or mathematics.
He wa not halt through hi- first @amc
when there was heard from the TOWN"
path a tremendous -lIuutinI and huar>r
rrv of .Boat, boat,"
lie ran ont with IN. rest and stood ON
fine lawn whilst , b,at went ,rr,.- f.,
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moorcd skis. a.L,l with tLc mir nt. ,n,.
who had 4 right to ask. (which OF these
h,At- ct;n, III last, pray !''
The b".,tkcrprr without hesitation.
pointed to Eyrrton'~.
Aud winch ol vou younr gcml,m
continued the puc,iiuncr, ''row.d down
in this boat -
lie was answered 10y a careless Iaugh
from the knot o! y"un" men IN flannel
garments and straw hats, aud by a -corn-
iul inquiry:
Nv lat the dickens has it to do with
you -
The two men who assumed - much
consulted together in whis-
per, carefully examining Eg,rton'~ boat.
and then one o.' them. having apparently
taken ;hc measure OF the young oar>mcn.
said, civilly:
III vou y,urr gentlemen VIII come
with H. into 4 private room. | think
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en- i, I'M, to 10 with Us.
The youn" oar,mcn intcrchangcd looks
OF inquiry: and when E-crton rxcllim-
ed: "On, come along let u~ hear W hat