St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-10-04
A Quaker Detective.

ladies on the back seat. and Il middle
aged gentleman and Il Quaker on the
middle, and myself i'll the front. The
two ladies might have been mother and
daughter. aunt and n,ice. guvcrmr>s
and charge. or might have sustained
any other relationship which made it
proper for two ladies to travel together
unattended. The middlc-aged gentle
man wa> SprighIlN and talkativc. lie
soon struck up an acquaintance with
the Indies. toward whom i'll his zeal t."
do, he rather oNcrdId the agreeable
boWimg. and smiling and chatting over
his shoulder in Il way painfully sug-
gcStivc at this time of life. of Il .'crick"
i'll his back. He waS evidently Il gay
l-"thario. The Quaker wore the uni
form of his sect. and confined his speech.
rs many Il parlincntalian would save
his credit lN doing, To simply yeas"
and NAYS. As for myself. make it
an imvariablc rule of the road to hc
merely Il locker on and listen.
Toward evening | WAS aroused from
one of those rcVcricS, into which IL
Young man, without being Il poet "r Il
lover. will sometimes fall. 10y an abrupt
query from the talkatiNe gentleman.
Are You armed. siI ;!
Il am not, | answered. a>toni>hcd.
no doubt, viSihly at the question:
Il am Sorry to hear it," he replied ::
for before reaching our next stopping
place it will hc several hours in the
night. and We must pass over portion
of the road on which m"Ic than one
robbery i> reported t" have been com
mttcd.'
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