Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-26
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WHOLE NO. 265e.

I wish to see lady in this house" !" a.sa
 At this the crowd hooted and laughed, and MT. Bluecoat said, .That won't do. know you, my boy. Come along;a and alone he weptsfoll loweQ by a ragged pro cession, to the station house. ss srss7a ae e
 "What's the name?'' asked the sergeant, as Solomon stood before him. "My name is Solomon Poddy, and am sure some one is laboring under terri ble mistake, commenced the poor man.
 "Stop your talking. Whats the charge, Brown?" asked the sergeant. "Drunk and disorderly. He tried to get into Mrs. Hasher's house, and conl- menced to fight when they put him out. I think remember him, Sir, before"
 "Allow me one word of explanation" pleaded the miserable Solomon.
 "You'll have a chance before the judge in the morning. Take him below" re- turned the inexorable seargeant. l Where was the expectant bride all this time? Waiting in her room for the sum- mons that the groom had arrived. Dark ness came on. The gas was lighted. No Poddy. Poor Miss Tabitha began to think he had proved false, and became sick at heart. The dinner-bell rang, but she was suffering now from 8 raging head ache, and could not respond. but had | some toast and tea sent up to her. The evening passed away, and all hope going with it, Miss Tabitha betook herself to sIeepless couch, soliloquizing on the false hood and deception of mankind. l With pale face and broken heart she went down to breakfast, where Mrs. Bank um was relating her adventures of the evening before, and wound Bankum was reading the newspaper account of the affair.
 :" At the police station the hardened rufian gave his name as Solomon Poddy, of course an alias, read that gentleman.
 Over went Miss Jones' cup of tea. Up she started. A new light had dawned upon her, and in less than fifteen minutes, to the great surprise of the occupants of the court room, an excited maiden lady in a hurried morning costume hustled up to the justices desk and whispered some thing in his ear.
 "Pll give you thirty days on the Island, and 1t shall be six months if I catch you here again, sad the justice to the priso- ner under examination. Then to Miss Jones, 'Now, madam, please step in here," and he led the way to private office.
 Last of all the forlorn and wretched
 
 of 8 policeman, was Solomon, his coat covered with the dry mud of the gutter, and his. face presenting very disreputa- ble appearance.
 He had noticed Miss Tabitha's nasty entry, but, poor fellow, was so overcome l with his disgrace that he shrank further back into the crowd.
 'Is Mir. Solomon Poddy here? I wish to see hin, said the justice, looking out from the door of his private room.
 Solomon's captor pushed him forward, while buzz of engagement ran through the crowd.
 "Oh, Solomon, how you have been persecuted for my sake!' cried Miss Tab itha. bursting into tears, as she looked upon his sorrowful visage.
 ''This has been bad mistake, Sir, but I hope it will never occur again, . said the justice, after some words of explanation had passed between them; and he smiled as if it was the commonest thing'imagina- ble for quiet old gentleman to pass a night in the station-house.
 Solomon looked very grim, and hoped with all his heart it wouldn't.
 The justices office boy was sent for, and the application of soap and water and Q clothes-brush soon rendered Mir. Poddy more presentable. A carriage was called, and they passed through the interested crowd, who thought poor Poddy was a runaway husband, and drove off amidst great cheering, with three small boys hanging on behind
 Where are we going to, dear?" asked the blushing Tabtha.
 ''To the. minister's! I'm not going to have this sort of thing happen again, an. swered Solomon, quite savagely.
 Great was the reverend gentleman's sur prise when, on walking up from his break. fast table with napkin in his hand, he found MT. Poddy and Miss Jones in his reception room, and greater still when he discovered their errand. But he was equal to the emergency. and. in a very few minutes Miss Jones had ceased to exist, and Mir. & Mrs. Solomon Poddy returned to the waiting hack and drove to their hotel