Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-06
THE ExPRRsS ITioKETs
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eva -'~aOusiof SthaG% %jAasSt sE Giofsfneys
ever took was made ID ashonf 6me back,
in company with q total stranger but
who proved to be the most chatty most
conImuhicative person I1sfer met with,
,-y,a-a though his code of morals was undoubt
g.. -, - |" sedly rather lax. got IN etstAe Lon
.. -, don terminusg ,and, as he almost ut
49,, once asked me where IeAvas ,going, we
esS sss,.', found We Were each bound the same
,S- 81 large city / fkncied he bad .heen din
- se'. ing rather generously, from his face
a. ,ssS- which was little flushed ha had pIen-
'--' -, X ofexcellept cigars he was very
liberal with1 and, ere.Te hadfjddeh half
dozen miles he produced pack of
cards and asked me to play de-
olinea; TandahsH said, with a smile
- - Afraid of strangers with cards Wslly
'sF u harm u eHcH bthsrT s,.I-s vSsS ''
- = sSs I hastenedI 20 rassure him that I was
.A--s enounder no Suspicion as regar rded himself,
- - 'sbut that I did notcerefor cards. -. =,
s-a--s NJ. There YOU sEs. 70 blame he return
a ,ASSId a s%1ss f sTsPsot ssEa tEsn
a,,s e,Thin il does. not intend 10 profit by
ss.ss tse SH4 sIlse ;Ise always
"But, then ~. / said with,e smile, "by
your own rule you would lead me to,
---l e-',,- ",You wouldn't, be far. wrong if you
s-r die, ,iihe replica with a very meaning
- - q nodi onlg wahteel CplaS for cup
a. sr,a'e Of oofhA At refreshment stations but
- have played atnH railway s'caFriages for
very different sta kes77Tz and Twpn them.
However, am all right tonight, and
don't want TO win any ybody's money. i
.uss. cleared eight GhunSlredoover the Leger,
'.ss; '' Sonsratstsd HIM ION 0 Sis good for.
-ser.,e ~ tune and Ssd, ISvished lLShad been as
IL s6oSSi o SS Gs:;SS SsS, = \ ore good
.0R.o than, viii me; you needn't mind" he
returned. Light come, light go bat
still it is better to have few hundred
.Eosin your poekets othap,ite be without a
penny ny TO pay ESHr fare, S Ss have been
s.s aaagsst q Indeedn SjsDulAtad, . he made
= ss,sI, pause here4 "tltst tmuFehaye, been awk-
90 81. $50 m.s V,aS, "a IA; m
.sOsg IA BIT thafSI HIliti&n With his head,
screwed on the right way need never be
at a loss, in rich country like this. [
'lA hadn't apennyssIatzpy?Eate 1 hadn't
-. 4 ~ =, me- Iva bSSdr "a 5kessS 6n engage
seSei =. ment o, long way,down hthe sline, and Z
= = A,a ssn5Sss! mot friend snS s. VIE aeIa l'sd !ss
= ..,l one syentng, q 49ypstsrsofpp hour be-
si'ssi-; - ba1 s. What should yOd have
~ sSy, = ~, 4, - gsp.isd, :. h.tdly know.
.1is,, If had . twatef - % - a. go =
= GAl.t a. 4BGt hadnt,n he Interrupted, "nor
anything else that would fetch two,
pounds seven, the price of ticket. "A
hrst1elsss; tiobet of course, moan n
ssas ssS npdS S " @S a niRa to sSS de- G; G;s
3 n. cunlstances it was just asEsasible a. any
'eN'' - otlArasSa sssslS siab ~ " aasla -
"Then, perhaps should have gone
to the station-master superin tendant,1
kifi9E r,z and told him all about it y said and
If that wouldni itcoR unjust shave 6loppsd.
iis"- ~'E 81. IaohdofiIoH ehl' 1e ssfTE -
Then Il -wvouidfnf't" have dons, s0nu
nfay swear, N he replied; sfstationfnass
$50, ters are not seftaso thats WeA, now,
.9o - IN tell you aIt about It,, and it may Be
- - : of use to you to S0neWsIsome dhyF and
"a sa,E- whetis pSssiPle 70 besfione in such a
~ tsns y flls 4
nodded my thanl1sy and he began !
,s.,rv1ynee need not tell you how came to be-
80 placed speculative men are often IN
o-r- ~ such p positions we always get out of it
somehow, however, and Tscifd this time
-ss.sss.s WhenHk karriYed at the station there was
the train, with the engine, waiting ait
stle,way off hlaEiHp and kissing 9avsay5 q
some of the passengers had taken Their.
ScfatIJs seats, but most of them were walking up
and down, having parting glass
% with sthsirL friends, and looking at the
book-stalls How Tenvied- the shabbi-
lys1 ~ uesta of them oalbz For he, whoever he
sc sisAh was, had got hs ticket and could not
get mine. # the train had gone right
through, would have taken my seat
and chanced dropping oht just before
they stopped hut Knew they exam
ined tickets halfway, so that would not