The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-06-08
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A Quaker Detective.

We Wcfe hNe passeuSeTS III All, TWO
ladies on the back seat, middle aged
gentleman aud Quaker on the middle
and myself ON the one 10 front.
The two ladies night have been
mother aud daughter, aunt and niece
governess aud charge, and might have
sustained any other relationship which
made it proper for two ladies to travel
together unattended.
The middle aged gentleman was
sprightly aud talkative. lie soon got
up ac acquaintance with the ladies, to
ward whom, in the zeal to do, he rather
overdid the agreeable --bowing, and
smiling, aud chatting over his shoulder
in way painfully suggestive at his
time Of life, of "erack" in the neck
lie was evidently gay Lothario.
The Quaker wore the uniform Of his
sect, aud confined his speech, as many
parliamentarian would save his credit
by doing, to simple "yeas" aud mays" E"
AS for myself, | made it an iuvariable
rule Of the road to be merely looker-ou
aud listener.
Towards evening was aroused from
one Of those reveries into which man,
without either being poet or a lover,
will occasionally fall, by the abrupt
query from the talkative gentleman.
Are you armed, sir 7"
IL am not" l answered, ustonished
no doubt visibly, at the question.
am sorry To hear it, he replied
for before reaching our stopping place
it will be several hours in the night, and
we must pass over portion Of road, on
which more than one robbery has been
committed"
The ladies turned pale, and the
stranger did his best to reassurc them.
"Not that / thilk there is the slight.
est danger at present." he resumed
"ouly, when Que is responsible for the
safety Of ladies' you know such q thing
as a pistol in reach would materially add
to ones confidence"
Your principles, my FRIEND" ad
a.ess,"s 'ne SaaNer' are US much op,,
Poseu 70 carryios as 10 using earnai
~eaPUns
!, u, nea, was .ne respoase'
their victims 7" the elderly lady ner-
'ou',y euquireu'
vi nave ,ney ccntcnted themselves
wNh-wi'n piundeiing them added
tue younger, 10 q ',moroas voice.
pecioea'y 'he ,a'ter' the amiabie
gen'ieman nas'eneu 70 give assurance I;
anu as we are none OF US prepared TO
onel resistance 10 case OF aa attack
nosm'ng worse 'nanioDoefy can Deiail US.
neu, N'er na'lng p'amed himseii
ior naVlng unnecessarily introduced a
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