Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-14

tolls. Hair triggers-best English
make, and gold mounted. There
aren't Il finer pair in Amerrca."
s.Oh, Wen find 'em. Wen go Oh
pilgrimage from house to house,
asking if any lady had lefta night
cap and found a pair of dueling pis-
tolls"
In very good spirits the party
crossed the river, and inquired a.
the baggage room in reference to
each and all black leather travelling
bags arrived that day, took notes of
where they were sent, and set off to
follow them up. In due time they
reached the Continental, and as
luck would have it, met the unhap-
py bridal pair just comiug down
stairs in charge of the policeman.
"What's all this?" inquired the
Captain. lel
"Oh, a coupleio of. burglars, caught
with valise full of stolen prop
erty."
"a valise. What kind of va
lise?n aa %
ga black leather valise. That's it
there"
''Here!- --Hallo!-Poliee-
man!-LandlordI It's all right.
You're all wrong. That's my va
lise, It's all mistake. They got
changed at the depot. This lady
and gentleman are innocent. Here's
their valise with a night-cap in it. y
Great was the laughter, multifa-
rious the comments, and deep the
interest of the crowd in all this di-
alogne, which they appeared to
regard as a delightful entertain
ment, got up expressly for their
amusement.
"Then you say this ere is yourn!'
said the policeman, relaxing his hold
on the bridegroom and confronting
the Captain.
eyes, it's mines :,
Sand how did you come by the
spoons?'. $500
"Spoons, you jackanapes?" said
the Captain. "Pistols!-dueling
MIST olsl', ia ~s
500 you call these pistols?" said
the policeman, holding up one Of
the silver spoons, marked II. b.
The Captain astounded, gasped,
'1t's the wrong valise again, after
ally' a-
''Stop! Not so fast" said the po-
lice functionary, now invested with
great dignity by the Importance of
the affair he found himself engaged
in. "If so be as how you've got
this lady's -vaIise, she's all right and
can go. But in that case this is
your'n, and it comes to you to count
for them are stolen spoons. Have
to take you in charge, all four OF
ye." 'ata'' . "
"Why, you impudent scoundrelp'
roared the Captain, '9'll see you il
Z wish | had my pistol here, I'd
teach you how to insult gentle
men!" shaking his fist. .aa o. as'f,a'.e-
70 The dispute waxed fast and furi-
Gus. The out siders began to take
part in it, and there is no telling
how it would have ended, bad not
an explosion followed by-a-4 heavy
fall and a scream OF pain, been heard
in an adjoining room. 6k2,
The crowd rushed to the Scene OF
the new attraction.
The door was fast. 1t was soon
burst open and the mystery ex.
planned. The thief who had carried
off the Captains vaise by mistake
of.his own, had taken it to his room
aaBd open it to agloat over the booty
he supposed it to contain, thrusting
his hands in after the spoons, In SC
doing he touched one of the hair
triggers and the pistol had gone off,
the bullet making a round hole
through the side of the valise and q
corresponding hole in the calf of his
leg. a sgI.s. -.sasslsas ---,
The wounded rascal was taken in
charge first by the policeman, and
then BY the doctor; and the duel
lists and the welded pair struck up
a friendship on the score of mutual
mishaps which eliminated in sup.
per, where the fun was abundant
and where it would be hard to say
which was in the best spirit-the
Captain for recovering his pistols
the bridegroom for escaping the
station house, or the duelists for es-
Gaping each other. All resolved to
'mark that day with a wbitestone. .
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