The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-10-26

EtfiAtuiY br run burnF y bSfe ueAfs ib&
c,sr en.td wrfe al warned, and we bad
double watchers 90 the piers, and sou
msy dspssd Hpan Il We didn't 30 10 sles p
~ II wr got ihose lubs Il would b. .
|Uy Cui-tma. bsx splece. A day or
tS9 Aftfwafds tie collector got another
bit ~ note, 'A,ifg tie lnba would eer-
tsnlt be- run Ia that night, Il wAs .
dstkisb night, With good bit Of rain I:
vsr1 much .ueh another night a. his.
nnls MOI 40 ,qu,llv We walked up and
down the piers snd stared out 70 sea, and
nothing whaiever did we see until jasl
sfpr ihe towu ball clock had struck
we've, when We distinctly heard the
te.t ~ oars. and sfier . few minutes .
hur.osred boat pulled in between the
piers. snd b., ing hailed. csme up 10 the
s,ep4 nnder The watch bonse. One Of
tie men iold that she belonged 20 the
b.tk E-iher. of Ne~eAsile, from Suiins,
with cargo Of wheat. which was lying
ont in The bsy vIu .bonnd. One OF their
r,sn hsd got himself hurt. and ihes'd
come ashoie for doctor They'd find
one. wouldn't hoy, in Bank street! Did
he know Brinsmouih? He shou q think
80; bad lived here years ago They'd
better row right scross the hai Dor to the
sieps. Il would be better TO DO so than
tn sslk round. Good night. While he'd
B, en- speaking. two Of our men searched
ryer, inch of the boat, to,k up her aoor-
lug b,.ards, prickrd her limbers all round
t1 see that there Was no skin, searched
,he ,nen, bat with no result whateyer. A
ice ch fiine they got all the time, J can
teA you, cir. SAY, governor, I've got =
IA ghly boiler tooth; hadn't You better
Iook iutoii? aud so on. Well, we came
10 the conc usion that she Was what she
said she was, aud we wished them good
night, aud tiey pulled away across the
hsib0r, aud were soon lost 10 sight and
hcaipg ia the darkness. About an hour
after Tie boat went out again with the
doctor, for We Jaw another mau IN The
-tern. Nothing more did we zee that
night, aud We went about grumbling at
our ili-nck, aud wondering why IN the
dickins lhc doctor didn't come back.
That "a, young gent who lived fast
Kind of life came in to see our collector,
.with whom he WAS scsusinted. Says he,
! saw queer thing last night.
Whs, was iha2 asked our collector,
pGiug bic nails.
Why, | was coming along Ilill Street,
about quarter to two, aud saw abou
losty men, walking one after tue other,
aud each with couple OF little tubs on
his siiuuid rs.
'rhe deuce! said the collector, jump
ing up aud ringing the bell Send Mr.
Dawson 10 me directly, said he to the
Mr. Dawson was our Tide survey or.
VINO hriped TO rummage the boat.
Nj. Dawson, said the collector, they
ave run in those tubs right under yvul
nose.
When Mr., Dawson came to hear Mr..
j 70 Chldei's story, he turned Is white
as n sheet aud was fit to drop.
Wen, great hue and cry was made,
snd the men we're traced ever so lar,
uul ii was 40 10. They got the tube
INTO some place OF safely, and neither sut
"a nor The coasl-guard ever got one uf
tnem.
But how on earth WAS it doneI sai,
/.
IL Came out some time afterwards,
through friend Of mIbe getting scquain-
ted with the men. The whole aaalr wss
arranged by a clever chap. lie had heard
We sud the coast guard had been warned
aud were Oh the lookout. ~ he determin
sd 10 ruu the tubs right Into the hstbUr. |
From tne stern Of The gig Of the barqut
Esther Oi Newcastle, which we hau
seAfchhd 80 thoroughly, stout cord Ws'
fAed below tho wuterlnark. When tbt |
boat got To the landing lar away Scl0s. !
tie hsrbur aud out VI sight aud sound vi
H., forty meH, who had come into town |
Itom different directions, and ut differ |
eot timer, came quietly dswn 10 the
i.udlng. The coid hanging from tue
D4Ai. stern alter time brought up
. sJusIsh rope, And tue ioilowea By All |
othef stouter i'll. Upoa this the men
pu fied slegtiy bat steadily, aud the fOrly
10, q be., french braudy, whicu hau |
Uteu suuk jl,t outside the hSibur, were
pa ed II, between the pisrs, under our !
y ~ moses aud taken away iuto tue cJuu- !
"a.
wonder tbe police didn't see them,
-4ld
AZ, ,ir, here vas the funny thing. -
Ihat Sefy nisbt, " curious coincldehc, |
iat police, tro Ia nulnssr, frola Informs
ttua received, went 4 10 watch kousc !
on tie oa,, kirts OF the town, which Wa
10 have besn broken into that nighL. I be
odd ihiBk y As that there was no sttenHt
70 btea4 iuto lhc Iouse at all. IL was
iaDn, --wasn't Ii?
TAXING about The cossiguard, they aei
d9i.e, 100, somelimes, sald another nsD.
| veil rsmember, on the ksnllsh coasl
some years ago, there Dad been inau.
trir. 10 iun goods, but The eoaslEuard
were aii 80 sharp that there was 40 doing
bn,ins. al ALL Ny Drotbsr.in.l Jeln
IAssn. "a, eblsi boslms on that STA
ton, sod one bot ssmmrt's day be was
gu fhr lockout uith bi, Elass, when be
sAa a boat coming toward The shore
fou q smack which was standing oh and