The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-18

Mr.. Campbell was fidgeting iineasily in

Mr.. Campbell was fdgeting tineasly in
his chair, and made no reply.
Here is the glass; continued the old
/ gentleman, taking it from his pocket, ''and
+ you can see for yourself how we'll it mag
nifies. Now, as look at his 'forty'-why,
bless tne, the same signs are visible that
saw in my Tennessee mortgage think
you will be obliged to drop this, Mf. Camp
bell. My Tennessee mans name was
Alexander Bell, and he has added Camp
to it since he came to Missouri"
Campbell, his face red as flame, reached
out his haud for the document.
81 believe I will keep this, Nr. Campbell,
for fear Of accidents. What. do you think
you could take it by forcee Here is some
! thing that shoots five times. Going, are
you? Very well, 1 don't think you will be
molested, if you will leave this part of the
country and never return to it. 1t is barely
possible that the estate of Philip Merwin
may really owe you four thousand dollars.
If SO, l advise you not to try to collect the
debt, As sucl, an attempt would land yoI
in the Penitentiary. Goodnight, Mr..
Campbell, and farewell"
| "Wliat is IL? What does this mean 9''
asked Clara, as Mr.. Pierce, rubbing his
hands and smiling. hustled about to ill his
pipe.
"Are you so dull; my child? Why, the
fellow is swindler, and has been found
out. guessed as much when first heard
Of the affair, and was sure Of it when YOU
told me his name: Yon will soon be able
to pay me my 5000, and then we will
straighten up matters. Thank you, Mary,
you are very kind to give me a light
''Dont yoti ffean to punish him ?'' asked
Mary.
'Tt would hardly pay. We could put
him in the pehitentiary, but you might
lose four thousand dollars by the job. b
trying for forty Thousand he has lost four
that may have been Justly his due. He
will be far from here by morning, have
no doubt, and good radiance to him. All.
this is comfortable. kno~ that l feel
better, and l hope that you do
The girls were sure that a great weight
had been lifted from their minds and hearts
Alexander Campbell, alias Bell decamped,
and Itbner Pierce stayed week with the
orphans, during which time he arranged
all their affairs, satisfactorily, and won
their lasting gratitude and love.
"lIow CAN we ever thank you for all yo,
have done for us?" said Clara, when he
was about to leave.
''1t was for your mothers sake. my child
And for her sake; if l can ever help yoh,
all l have is at your service''
Abner Pierce has made visits to the or.
phans frequently since the event above
narrated, and they have always had cor.
dial welcome for ''ma's old beau
PASSING IN THE CRowD.-A well-knowr
drummer for a dry goods hotise Who chanced
this summer to be III Pennsylvania towr
where the circus showed that night, made
bet that he could pass etery orc of a
party of thirty who had come over from a
neighboring town into the show without
paying cent. The wager being accepted
the party was narshaled, and proceeded tc
the tent, where the doorkeeper was busiy
engaged taking tickets fiom all who passed
through the aperture in the canvas. Com:
ing up with his crowd, the drummer rushed
up to the ticket taker with his hand full OF
cards; and said ''Just count these gen.
tlemen as they pass in, ending with the one
with the straw hati''
Certainly. sir - and the Cerberus wen,
to work Five, ten, fourteen, eighteen u
ETC., as they passed by him and mingled
with the crowd, till the straw hat wa.
reached, when lie shouted 'tbirty-one y
and ttiri1ed round for the tickets But the
polite individual who had bade him emu
merate had vanished, while the party who
was crowned with the straw hat; the ohlt
one who was stopped before he had mingled
with and melted into the ble
mass Of the crowd inside, proved to be al
innocent countrymen who had legitimately
procured his admission pasteboard. The
ticket taker couldn't leave his post, for the
ingress of regular spectators was pressing
so he made the best Of it, and said nothing
He had learned lesson, however, that
made him take tickets first, and count at:
terward, for the future.
COULDN'T BE BLUFFED. "A couple O,
horsemen, coming into the city the other
day from the interior, overlook an OLD
man and his wife seated In tho bottom of a
mule-cart. Feeling in high spirits, one oi
the men called out
''Hello, uncle, how much will you take
for your wife, cash down ?''
''Oh; dunno;" he slowly REPLIED
''Well, name your price,
GLOW much'll ye give?' he asked
''Ten dollars"
"Take her 20
The hOrseman didn't know what to saw.
and was gathering up the reins, when the
old woman jumped to the ground and ex-
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