Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-31
PPIcKED PIC KkisI,'r PoCKErs. JEI

Inn 10 PIcKiEsD IL kisI'. POCKETS. Il " il III
| TlsssTJL9 bsTUfcA+=-IGM 1ez s-fiJ
| + While going on board q steamboat for
New York, George and the Other Boy had
| their pockets picked, and this is what
bappsned afterwards /" 97l'- 5'ii
4 While they were talking. a tt5outt stoutt
man, With an official afhrai came aIohg
and asked ifrthey were. the fellows
who. eouldRaN pay their fare.s bssso3
bStfiWe had ouyipoekets picked Just
as we came aboard" began George,
and We haven't any money; and we
=sz-ap'G bnss o. yifBI5db '5dlT"sdB1
sbstknoR the rest,'' interrupted the
man HyOudneeden'tteiI it. "ngt1of r
= 5''YoRb YAsoegRbi say say the the 9PeFation9''s said
George eagerly. .,..7rr., -. f..,..
But fTSte, he heard the e story story
most too many times; no danger Of
mylforgettingiiSl1 w9E Ell ,smgo
lis 'FFemf1othei opassengers?''la said
George, Who simple hearted and In
experienced, was too much inclined
to take every sober mans word in
earnest But the Other Boy detect!
Bdssareasnn SIN the mans cold tone
ofvoice. .bsn191 .buG siT9 .shoa"
''From just such fellows as YOU"
replied the man. otis fine excuse
f6r shrkingy y6hrfaFeSeayou've lost
your money, Or had your pockets
picked1the same thing; one; story's
good as another and neither will
go down with me- - 2 ii ..'5 'i''l'-A'
b Geergelooked &gkast; while the
OtbersBoyIspeke MP Quickly s. III
-eiSs e Plenty iof people saw the pick
pockets. take our money; andif you
don't Believe Gus us14' 1---'; '''u lo''''
'sGall sbelieve you as soon as FhI
believe emanizwhe says he sawv1.a
piekpockets take your money! and
didn't report him on the spot, He's
9lf 9S better 9s than han PiqkpO0ked him him
1.-THE boys felt the force of this
argument; and, indeed, i'how could
anYspeetstor4 know that they had
not been playing a game, in order
to make, it; appear that they were
robbed? Although one must have
allowed that atileast,f George'sl con
sternatioD fatslhiss loss was either
very sreab foEonot very wellaeted,
Ahs I'VE s tell laIIgaiq Won the ii TRUTH, y,osa said
George, with q sincerity, that ought
to have been convincing. iaa 'fF I
you won't believe us, aori
those persons q whe, saw the whole
affair, ? added his companion, falling
back upon a certain stubbornness,
and defiance. Of the worst, Which
were marked traits in his character.
'"I dom know what you'll do about
HI 1stttS bS3in y snf iD 3lns15 sa5 !
ss3fsThat's simple enough replied
the man. nf' YoqIpayr your fares ilor
you'll be put ashore at the, next
landing" He turned away, but
paused, and added in the same bust
'nesslike tone SO You've no baggage,
of course" lt9b 5TldHE /
gTYes, we have baggage % said
George. ''''' i's' ~ q - "-'0 |
'd1Tke Tohian appeared little sur
lprisedl N NoldOub6.for it was huiinsCl+
al for such, trieksters- as he took
them. for, to be encumbered with
luggage, but he did not relent.
7aY 6uSd better get it ready.sS he
said. Isi'sY'ou'l Il be put off at Hudson,
and yon Won't swantl to go without
,yeuEtrsPsPi sd toa lhg <sls3s- -hsg
;'.EEhis is loyelyn said the Other
Boy, Knitting his brows and com
pressing his lips, While his 'eompanE
ion waSsiinply cohfounded.,7 al
mo"We don't want to- be left at Hnd-
,soneorg any9 other placelp George
said y pRlesWithi alarm Ei1qo1qaE
% tf0nly twenty-five cehtsl1a Just.
rthinksof IitiH exclaimed the Other
Boy, mith 1aulaugh,twhich IididInot
have an ainoant of0Verflowing mirth
ain lit! ditThatss too absurdE They
nevenl4l do itlnoDs qol a.a lIani
OH ''hm afraid ,theyiwill! Why not?
asked George9I9nUD De- sija .97l
'ABthreateh us, to; make, us
fork oVerl our fares If we have any
money! ofoicourse ;Gbut when they
p6ndwei haNen't 9they can't be so
meanbs Besides the passenges who
saw theo affair will interfeTes9l I'm
not going ashore at HudsOntd Come!
.we'lIfind some of them. There's that
old gentlemanp'i9 sH lsbHHld
slyHe was, the same who had spo-
ken to- the boys before. .se He now
listened toltheir0 story and said.a
|sas'fNo, L don'tuthink they dwill put
yt,uOF the bOatJbnt you can't blame
tnetnfon beingla little suspicious of
| you,sthere are so many T0gues trying
ali9the while tojcheat them, out. of
their fares.a bns ifa d ali go1 .
lpoi'tAndF 50 way who are innocent,
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