The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-01-18
TnE sulARPER,s STORY

am neither. Some go TO the extreme
Of calling mo losfer, blnck!eg, thief {.
but then soDe people are in the ha.
bit of using very strange language,
bu, they are more to be piiicd than
blamed some call me scoun lrcl hyp-
ocrite, adven,urer well, tho LAST ep-
pcl;atieu | do not deny IN toto, as |
had numerous adventures in my day,
aud hope to have as many more, Pro
vidcnce permitting.
To explain why / am intultCd by
the first triplet Of titles -
was once down by Castle Gar.
den, the great immigrant station. you
know, when there were some people
just coming out to tLo railroad depot
up town.
There was pretty young German
girl, with horril heavy vsIisc iu her
hands, while her brute ofa lover
walked behind her carrying q bird
cage aud violin. Poiieucss was ul.
ways pro mincnt part of my charac-
ter-so instantly stepped up 10 the
dear creature aud took her valse from
her she smiled and tho lover look
Cd black at M, and Immediately gave
her tie bird >csgo aud violin to carry.
We had not proceeded far, when |
was separated from my fair campau-
ion BY u lot of heavy wagons; when
at last | could cross tho street, | coali
nowhere seo the young girl, 81, bcin,
tired, for the horrid thing was heavy,
| entered u oyster saloon, got a glus,
OF alc and stew, aud warmed myseit
by the cheerful fire, aud then dcpar.
ted let mo see, did | pay for my
provisions? By Jovc. didn't Ire
ally was so al sent .minded that for
got it the saloon was full of custom.
srs, aud the keeper actually forgot il
hlmsclf, do believe.
still had that odious valisc, and
what 10 do with ii | didn't know, 20
took it home aud put it in my room
deter mined TO discover the owner
but policeman called upon me tha
evening, and said he'd come for the
Bag that lie knew me, and that /,
better lie careful or Id get up bcior,
long, and took the valSc with him
Drlt the fellows impuience, what did
he mean ty sayins that hc knew me
| never saw the man before in my
life. BE careful ? get up before long
Why, b,es, me if can understand i
at all, but there are things that n
fellow can uu ders'and, as Dundrear,
says.
Now for tho soc ond batch of alias
cs. | declare it's perfectly surprising
how unfortunate some fellows are,
especially. | had occasion once t
meet friend upoh q corner Of Ger
tain street Now | always make it
poin never to break an appointment
so. having plenty Of time, went I
the corner in question u half hou
before the time, and lit II cigar, an
awaited my friends arrival. lie wa
late, OF cour SO and after wa'ing ,her
three quarters Of on hour, a policeman
who had been eyeng mc for sons tim
ordered me OF, aud when | expostula
ted with him, he actually had tho i'm
pudence to club me, aud push m0 y
olently out into tho street, which s
ince nsed mo that, not thinking of ,b
consequences, ] rushed at him an,
quickly gave him sound drubbing
took his club and pistol from him, I,
gather with his hat, coat aud watcl
and darted down a side street, as
saw several moro policemen coming
and ] didn't want the trouble Of h,
wing to silence them.
l was waited upon that evening b
the same policeman who called on m
before, and he demanded the article
| had stolen. Stolen just to thin
Of that rascal accusing me of stealing
| only took the things SO | could ider
iiiy the rascal, aud as for tho wstc
It 80 resepblei one that | had one,
that semod it belonged to me, 40
80 .ook it for that reason. The brut
of policeman took the things, 40
then gaVs me a moral lecture, whic
| cut short BY hurliug the spittoou {
his head, though luckily for him
missed him, and mado a great stai
on the wall. and had to pay for
whole roll Of paper to re cover it with.
Now for the third trio Of compl
ments /; they call me scoundrel bs
cause once Ut party ! mistook al
other mans coat aud cap for my owl
and went home with them, aud be