Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-04-17
i1''E { NIFFLNTOWN JUNlATA Penn 4. APRIL Il

terto myapartner. Thisibusiness attend
y ed to, | sailed out to see what sort of
place Laserdts city might be- Their
was nothing to do but amdse myself a
best. Il could till the money should come
SO ! determined to make the most of ny
Involuntary holiday. g. AsI strolled ieis
urely up the main street, news-boy dart
ed out of a newspaper officc, crying:
. J. {" DWly Bamner -extra edition---al
tabeut the murder--great excitement OF
E road-Haye an extra es,ls a.i,
Il took the sheet, and thrust my hant
in my pocket for the money without !
momeul's thought. You may imagine
my feelings when compelled to return
that two penny bit of paper to the boy
with the muttered excuse that had ne
change, and the utter contemptuors ex
preston on the boys face as be- received
it Immediately stepped into the otfice
Of the Blaner. and wrote a Paragraph OF
my recent mishap taking care tp make ii
as ludicrous as possible When complete
handed it to the clerk He read it
laughed, and took me into the, private
Office, Coming back few minutes aftel
he told the book keeper to give me fifty
cents lt.was pot mpsh,s but more, THAI
| expected Well,i contiuped, ,mylwak
until ! finally, reached the. end Ofithe
street, which terminates at ! the S.
river, here spaaned by along covered
bridge l crossed the bridge. and was
surprised to see upon reaching the opposite
side that l would be required to pay toll
A young girl came up to the door of the
little office, as stepped up and inquired
how much 1 should pay, drawing forth
my solitary shipplaster. ii '94 ra6-.l
Oh said che, with smile and a
slight blush, "we do not charge ministers
anything 5g -as tsla r 'aIis1 s.7sD
1t was nota ba9 joke. butt suppressed
the smile, that rose tony lips. and thank
ing her for the consideration shown to
the clergy, turned about and retraced
my steps to the hotel. not without slight
pangs of conscience for allowing the mis-
take to pass, and not taking advantage
of it. ,E.'h 6-sdl sIsx .yoi-rijs7
My first duty next morning was to
seek some knight of the razor. | had
noticed a pleasant shop atrno great dis
tance from the hotel in my walk the pre-
vious day Thinking | should do no
better by looking further, l repaired to
that. A boy was in attendance, who
stated that his father, the proprietor Of
the shop. had gone to neighboIing city
and would not return till noon. Without
any hesitation l asked the loan of ra-
zor. and proceeded to operate on myself,
While thus occupied, the customers be-
gan to present themselves, expressing
great dissatisfaction on learning how
matters stood. Now although l am
proud man, am not, thank God, cursed
with that species of vanity which pre-
vents a mans doing certain kinds OF hon
est labor simply because they are, not
genteel Here was an opportunity af-
forded me at least to earn the price of
my breakfast. l took advantage of it.
Told the fret man who entered after
had completed shaving myself would
shave him did so. In fact, | did
quite good business for a couple of
hours, and if any of the unfortunate indi-
viduals who came under my hand bad
any doubt Of my fitness for the business,
they certainly expressed none. At the
expiration of this Lime began to think
l had done sufficient, and feeling rather
hungry, having no breakfast, / divided
the proceeds with the boy, and prepared to
return to my hotel Bat l was not done
yet. As was brushing my hat a young
dandified specimen Of humanity came in
Resolved that he should be the last. l
went to work on him When he came
to pay me, was to say the least, some
what surprised to see him deliberately
produce my own pocket book-the one
| had lost. Standing on no ceremony,
snatched it from his hand, and demanded
its possession. 's.'
Without stopping to reply, other than
by volley of imprecations. as he reach
ed the door, he tumbled rather than ran
down the stairs into the street. Waiting
for neither hat nor coat, followed the
pocket book in my hand. We measured
off considerable ground in short space
of time. On, on. 1t was an exciting
chase. Men, boys and dogs joined the
pursuit, the cries of "stop thief growing
louder and increasing. What an uproar
there was. Suddenly came fash of
light, sharp and vivid for an instant, then
utter darkness. A policeman, mistaking
me for the thief, had gently tapped me
on the head, as their custom is, and with
the usual result the thief escaped. and
the victim, was apprehended., My ap
pearance told heavily against me but
my story being corroborated by the boy
at the barber shop. I was released. /
Upon examining the wallet found my
own money intact, and about one hun
dred and thirty dollars besides. That is
all the story"
"Not a bad speculation, after ALL said |