, 1874-09-26
nagorio; TINT tho snaho may nov. bo Of large
H2o; but ho thinls tho fosra nf thnHe vino eaW
him added good 1nat,y foot to Ills lonEtl.
saoss mn Ennoccnt Old Couple froHa
Vermont We're Nntits1itunnd by II
GrnCulcax Young Man,

ErnColcax Young MAN,
From ne Detroit Free prtsa
Un Tho tratt', tho othoF lay. wore worry oon-
jldng, old mum mud vary irnnuont old laiy.
Tltey had paaHod away iiyo.Hlxtl,a q; thor lives
litldon AMY l,olli,'d tho l.lllB Of Vermont, nul
Toro gongto Wostern Michigan on d whit to
old gentleman pitched into mo about tho
"c1opH," "AIio" aud whom nav how lnnocont
he wau, Lgaya him all tho tufartuattan coulA
Al 1T orco.. as lc rolo a!ong, tho wlfo caught
Ills arm and exclaimed:
"Iouk ont, Safatlof, Or you'll DO forgetting
that place wlloro thoy ilt."
Tho ol MAN explained. Hc unia that q
y0lt,1g man Who cni1e down from Oatan with
tom told lin to f1pk out for tito hat.loilola Of
Dratlt!ocsa tlofoat au Honn Ns lo loft Detroit.
1 wag going to reply Tint tho young inan wan
sn infcrnal ]iar but tho o1t!lNay soe'neA 70 hayo
sot hof heart on booinE tho slGt, and TIC M 1d
o,n 10 %oa sot ow pto ho
woods pointed ont tho "battle-tloldI," and they
put stor hcada out OF tho woous ana took III tho
Bcone. =,
man, as lie drow IN hiB head; 'st!,ink Of thom
lnjnnB cropping through ti,cm woods aud Shoot
luz alr. Trautlfl5ck down doadl"
my Houl!' replied the old lady, scoming'y
oSorcumo ut tho ittea md Bho hont hor eyes On
tho ,wooaa uatil l thought she would twist her
neck OF.
Wo Eot n1ong nil right for about 1--WE miles
moro, nnd thon tho old nnn wanted to know II
re- woront down pretty noar tile spot "horo
sWiloro 7" yollcd mud l,o said Tint tho ammo
voting man had informed 1im tnat Tic railroaa
ran close TO tho identical Bpot wlso1o tho great
Indian foil md Rlopt.
"1t'1l 10 powerful favor to mo mi snn,uo, If
yo'll point out tho spot" urged tho old lady,
plncing hor hand on my arm.
How could 20 back on what that hrazon
| young man lad Balll? Tho old folkH Ind mado
| up their minds to REQ tho spot End /. didn't
Iz1.- H. $7nt
aud thos"tnlght think tue young man had licdt
or that wasn't posted in tho historic spots OF
my own Slate. Lor' forgive mo, bnt milo
further on pointed out 4 hill and said:
~ behold tho iaat roating-p'aco Of tho great
.rllink OF It, 11anuor-]uss think Of it ~ ex-
claimed tho old man; fright thoto is whore
| they got him."
"liorcy but it don't acom possiblo!" sho
oinculatod, and atlo had TO get out hsr snu1-box
before yho could recover from the shock.
Tho old gentleman said he had particular in
tnrost in Beoing tho spot, because l,o know tho
n.an uho killed :rccumaoh-usod to. 1.-Two right
by him.
"He m,lat hare bnon an awinl 1niunl" brohs
IN tho old LADY, "fnr tho young. nlan said ho
didn't tito till they had cut OF Lis hoad. and
barrel Of powtors'
! wanted to got away attor TINT, fearing TINT
something worao was coming, but aho inalBted
upon my linking pinch Of snuT, and 10 kept
my scnt. We Ncro 1nHt beyond Brighton. wlisr
lhn old man cna,o ut me iiKn steamboat, with
SHOW, tuon, how fur ~ it to tho spot who're
they found tho Babes tn tho Woots7"
I watted to rot out OF 1t, but how could /
That yonng man Ind deliberately lied to those
nice old folks, and hadn't tho moral courage tl
toll om 70, and thus ila.l to mako liar ,Of my
self. 1es awful to deceive anyone, especially .
good old man, and fat and mothorly old lady,
Tn thoir way to tbs tomb.
That's--yes-that'a the apotl" said, aa We
camo to n dark p!oco Of won1H.
s'Thlui O. that, l1annerl" ho said, his head
out of tho window, "tnink Of them babies bo'
Ing found in thcroW ..
. Yes, it waa lcarful !" she rcp!tol-" Boems
m if could almost gco them atubbng about III
thoro nowl" -.. -.....
I There WA another historic spot Of whcl the
young nan Ind told thon', but tl,oy had for.
gotten it, and was ,.eyer moro thankful. ThoY
kept qulot until tho brakeman Yol1o:l out Lam.
sing, mud thon tho old man bobbcd up aud OK
clnimeu:
Lanaing--Lansng--w hcro's slcro they
hung Tom Collins ain't r"
lIo explained TINT Tom Collins. q Chicago deH
porado. had murdered olovon old women MI,
drank ther blood for his liver COMPLAINT, aud
after being huutoa for miles and miles, had a
length been captured ut Lanslng, cut in piece:
by m infuriatoa populacc, aud then loft hang
ihad to point out tho tree. It wns d tros
near tho depot. md tho tail Of kite had lo1get
Ill itn branches.
"Tlloro's whar tl1oy hung him, uannocl" sai'
tho old man, stretching h,H mock.
sand there's como o. his ul.irt loft yet" OF
claimed tho old laay, and az backsl out Of til
car tho good old man WIS ren,arking tint lo wa
going to Aak tno rai,l-Doy it llo didn't hayo I'll
pamphlet lifo OF Tom Collins, 90 that tnoY coul
got further particulars. II. QuAp.