The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-08-11
Man tlat Squeaked When lie Talk
ed,

"IIarness mo down with your iron bands
Be sure Of your curb and rein,
For scorn tho power Of your pun,
hands
AS tho tempest scorns chain."
That idea of steam, as advanced
by the poet Cutter, is no doubt on,
Of the elemcnts that 60 to make uE
the romance in the life Of u railroad
engineer. But that the practical
part Of his beiug may also occasiou
ally boar some relation to being
harncssed down with iron bands, and
checked up pretty suddenly will
curbs and reins, is illustrated by q
little confidence game tnat was per.
potrated upon one Of our couGdin q
Jewellers u week or two ago by OF q
Of that useful class Of mechanics.
| Richard ellison, IN engineer III
charge of one Of the locomotives OF
the NJ. and l.. railroad, Que suushiny
day louuged into Second stree,
jcwelry establishment, aud inquired
for watchcs-"tho kind that keen
timeto gnat's hectic run a train
by, you know
| AS he leaned ovsr tho silver and
plate glass case, he rcma, ked with
an oily tongue and in plausible
manner.
"Would Mr.-allow him to try
the forty-dollar time piece he held
in his hand, to see if it was correct,
ETC., rtc.'
Mr.. would and did. The watch
ran we'll and so did the oily .tongucd d
and plausible Gibson indeed so
we'll, that all trace OF him for the
time was lost.
BY and by letter dated at Louis
villc was received by tn, jewelcr
from Gibson, saying, IF it was all
the same to him, he would return
the watch by express, without de-.
lay"
An answer was promptly returned
that lie could send it by Adams Ex-
press, G. y. d. So. The So we pre-
sumo was reward for the mans
honesty. But "alas for tho ralit,
Of Chr.stiau honesty under tho SUM-"
Gibson changed his mind and con.
Guided to keep tho watch a little
longer.
After while the new, reached
Nuy,ville that ellison had turned up
n CoviDgton, and Jim Heaiu was
accordingly disputohed "to bring back
that Walsh, dead or alive"
"Gim'me his descriptions" de-
manded the Marshal.
"Ilis name is Richard ellison, and
he squcaks when he talks, that's all
We know
"We!l, that's about as complete
q description as n man could wish,"
answered the officer. us he struck out
for tho Potomac which was just land.
ing at the grade.
Hehin turned Covington inside out
but failed to find his man. On Fri
day morning, while walking in q
brown study up one of the street is
Of Newpora, he ospicd m individual
coming toward him, and he said to
himself Instantly, "Tbat man knows
| Gils)n."
"Wberc's Gilson 7" he asked, as
the stranger camo up to him.
"What Gilson-Richard ?"
eyes, Richard the ono that
squeaks when he talks"
"Whnt do you want of him - ask &.
ed the man.
"l want him to run an engine vu
| my railroad at Ashland," Hcnin
answered with tho air of a bloatcd
bondholder.
"Well," said the stranger, "that's
what he's looking for, aud you'll
find him over in Ciucinn ii, ut II
Dutch saloon, near tho bridge"
Hciln crossed tho bridge, and re.
pairing to the saloon, in which .
dozen or more persons were congre-
"a ed, he waited patiently to hear
| somebody talk that squcakcd. In
les than five minutes he spottod his
nan.
"l'll take that watch, Gilsou," he
said quietly, tapping him or the
| shoulder.
"What 7" squeaked Gibson.
"l'll take that watch.'
There was some dcmurring, and O
strong INCLINATION to givc trouble,
but llehin, pointingto policeman
he bad had the preolution to bring
with him, he wil;ed and surrcndc red
the timo.picco.
The next day bright and early
Hefin walked into the jewelers.
csta blishmcnt and deposited tho
watch on the silver showcase, with
the remark that
| "There is that railroad time.
keeper that you run trains by," aud
the toys threw their hats up in the
air and shouted, "H urrah for
Helm"
Andrew Thou pson, q colored boy,
about ifteen years old, was DIR. wncd
at Accommodation wharf, Charles.
ton S. G., on Saturday.