, 1877-09-16

| rare and radiant maiden, whom her parents
| natncd Mary Janc, and this innocuous nhae1-
| graduate whose uanle is chnritably suppressed,
| firtcd to their own immense satisfaction, anu
| in,lulscd in that curious though. Innocent
| amusement Enowu as "tee-hccins" untIl tue
| other passengers even wished tlIit thcF were
dead. Finally, the young man felt thae ie faisL
retire in order to chucklc i'll private and ease ills
| strained tniml Dy exultingly caElin. himself a
Wild young devil, u and he thercupon sought the
smokng-car and painfully began the consunlp-
| tion of Il mild Connecticut cigar.
| His dream Of bliss was soon interrupted bY
demanucd t.that ,satcil.'' Now, the young
man had no watch Of any kind, and said 80 with
4 eIearness which lid him credit. The con-
| ductor then explained that he had stolen 4
Young iady's watch, and that lie must COME with
him and restore it without delay, Red us Il rose
was lie when he confronted the youn. lady,
with his collar III the tight grasp Of tue conduct
or's hand, and timdlY dcnjcd lcr fierce ac-
cusation that he was pickpocket. VI course
the Incident created immense excitement in tue
car, and the young lady's tears were accepted
by everybody as conclusive evidence Of the
truth Of her charge. Ono old gentleman. who
had been unable 10 read his newspaper in con.
sequence Of the prolonged ''tee-hccings
already mentioned, remarked that man who
would force himself upon an innocent girl
as the undergraduate had done would un-
questionably pick pockets Or pcrpctratc
any other detcstablc crime. 1t was
tile unanimous opinion oI tue passengers
that he should be made to disgor.c, anl should
then bc either thrown 1ron the train while in
motion or should be tied hand aud foot i'll the
bageagc-car and delivered TO the police at the
next stopping-plare. One large man, with
short hair and partially eyeled nose took The
ground that what the fellow - really wanted
was in substance, claugc Of head, and that
he felt It his duty TO provide him with new
head without the least delay. Meanwhile. the
Young man begged for mercy, and i1'iplorcd the
Young lady to look in her pocket and see il she
could not find tue missing watch. The conduct
or who was 4 married man, and knew that the
female pocket is never used FOR WatclltarrYing
PURPOSES. was SO indignant at what he called
the ''chcck - of this suggestion that he called
brakeman to hold the miserable young man, SO
that he could '*go through him. rs he meta
pllDricAlly expressed it. The young man Was ac-
cordingly searched with great thor0us!1ness, hut
with no nofap1e result saye the discovery Of Il
small comb, which he prnvidcntly carried in his
pocket in order to he prepared iu case OF sud-
den and profuse growth OF mustachc. When it
became evident that the watch was not conceal
I'd upon his person, it was decided that he had
either swallowed it or secretly dropped it out OF
the window, aud the conductor, partly in order
to prevent the cffusion OF blood on the velvet |
cushions of the car, stopped the train and de- |
posted the young man in 4 nice sWampy |
spot. Precisely tiltccn minutes aftcrward Miss |
Sarah .1anc gave joyful shrick and extrcated |
the watch from some mysterious locality I'LL I
nediatciv hchind the front Of her dress, into |
which it had accidentally slipped. Thus WIS The
innocence Of the undergraduate established and
lie thereupon sank in public estimation from |
skillttl picEpockct to the more degrading po- t
sition OF al unlimited idiot.