The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-04-02
UNDER FALSE CoLoas.

stepped up To tho bar TO liluOr. and
so suddenly found himself withou,
means TO hquidate.
NliNc too!' cloruscd II dozen o.
MS simultaneously clapping on,
hands on our personal subtrcasmos
aud finding them vacalt.
There was Il commution on bonrd
the good steamer StC!f,SUrc. ono nl
the hest thon navigating the Missis.
! isippl \ ruoful set we wcrcon whom,
thus unexpectedly dewncd tie fact
OF p!oscu, Insolvency.
My own ease was peculiarly hard
The money had lost was my au. ]
had just drawn II from bank touqv
for II homo hal bargliucd for, and
to which ! WAS expecting soon f.
conduit my long INTENDED bride
Poor Kate could hardly, in iult.cc
usls her b. wait longer
at is evident that we have ricL
pockets ON board, observed "A grnya
looking gentleman, who had already
found time to talk himself into n len.
der among us.
IL "as pretty evident.
"Ihcy may have gone ashore with
the booty, suggested another "wc
have alrc1dy made several stoppa
g,s.'
True, replied the grave gentle
mon still it is proper thai Il gene.
al search he instituted II will at
least serve to c!car Of suspicion those
present
Very right was the general yoico.
"And, az mover of the proposal. %
the gentleman continued, u thst OF
tar for scrutiny my own person and
effects
For fonH' sake the offer was nc.
coptcd. OF course no discoveries
were made in That quarter Beyond
II decent supply Of clothing, II few
religious buo&s, II moderate sum of
money. nothing was found on the
gmtlcmans person OF among his ef
fccts.
AT least they have left me my lit
tie pittmcc, he remarked. returning
IT To- his pocket Il presume they
hardly Thought it would pay TO rob
q Clergyman
Hal wc known the g,nnumon's
calling epHu,r--wa W,ro .ucScusphlc
not To hm," 3uymi,cd tive ccrtain-
iy should have Insisted on Lis cX,
cmptm irom The test lac had lust
mdcrgou,.
onooIicr another were put through
the ordeal with equally nuitl..s re-
suits. tillit came to the turn Of u slim
shod .htIo man, who hqd hung back
to the last and whom nobody seemed
to have noticed unh! now.
step forward, sir and submit like
the rest, said the clergyman.
The little man obcycd. As be ap-
Proachcd II singular change came
over the minister's. ccmltcuancc. 1t
grow pale. Eut tho feeling, what
over II WAS, was cyancsacnt
DO your laLy, goutlemcn. he said
in his usual tone of authority.
Those appointed to conduct IN.
search proceeded with il. ill., tim,
results we're not 50 bnrcu Every
one OF tha missing wallets was found
~ ~" little mans possession lie
dJdn even flush mt his detection. II
was hard to tell wAC,hcr the clgrg,
man looked more surprised or pain
cd.
what shall be done with him p
was the general query.
Its a pity the laws aro so lavlv
administered h rcabouLs,' remarked
the clergyman
That's true" sail another, there's
no use tUyu,ug him over to tho law
he would be out of its clutches III a
week"
Lets deal with him ourselves, |
say spoke up burly looking plan
ter from the bayous.
My function forbils that should
actively counso, violence" said the
clerical gentleman, with touch OF
rulNtl III AIH lJIr,
"Neyer you mind, Dominic said
the planter, wen take the rcspou~
slbilit.y.'
ut is greatly to be regretted, the
minister won't on, that such ueccs
sitios should ever oXist, but it must
be confessed, they do sometimes OK.
ist
This time the sniyel was moro per
ceptible.
Sound doctrine, old bossl" again
put in the planter just leave the
practice to rs.
A rope was procured, at ono end
oS which n moose was improyised, the
other being made fast to one Of tho
staunchions, and the culprit was Civ
On ten minutes to prepare.
"Have You no rumonstrance to
make against this?' asked tho little
man of Size minister.
ASK your own conscience" repli
cd he, "What remonstrance ! can
make.
"Ii'here is but one crime deserving
Of death, said the little man, with
calm distinctness, "and that is wilful
murder"
Again the minister's face paled,
"iime'sup!" admonishei the plan
tor.
Now just mount the guard there
and when you're showed over the