Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-10-20
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20; 1877.


WlNN'S DLuNDER.-
inexperienced travellers are SO Otter
''takeu Ia and done for" and the recort
of their misfortuines made pubic, tina
Vivian .Winn. a young man OF twenty
two, Thought himself fully competent t.
elude the wiles of .ny sharper who NIGH
beset him on the journey he was abOu
to undertake from his home to Chicago
To be sure. Vivian had never Travelled
much. but then he had the warning All
vice OF his more experienced, uncle ant
for the rest--he depended on his owl
shrewdness- lie was going to the great
metropolis of the west TO TAX" stool al
the desk. of his brotller-i,l-kiw' banking.
house. and so, elated with his bright
prospects for the fuuie, he gaily bid
adieu to the few friends who were at the
station to see him off, and eutered1 a
crowded car. All the seats were full ex-
cept one, which was occupied by soil
tary young lady.
Vivian walked slowly down the jolting
car, and pausing before the nnoccupied
seat, bashfulIy inquired if he might SIT
there. With ready acquiescence, the &C
commOdating maiden gathered up her
skirts, and made room for him. Olsen
numbering himself of his overcOat. our
hero proceed to sit down. pulled out a
newspaper, and engaged himself in the
contents thereof, while his fair cdnpdg-
ME de uOyage continued the perusal of a
book in paper covers, i'm which she SEEM
cd deeply engaged.
Vivian's eyes fell upon article relating
how poor fellow had become enamOred
OF a beautiful. maiden with whom he be-
came acquainted on railroad train, and
how, con landing at his destination, found
himself minus his pocket-bock and its
contents-somc $500. He laughed to
himself over the simplicity of the dupe,
and folding up his paper, turned his at
tention to the person at his side.
Heavens. what beauty! A thrill OF
uncomfortable interest ran through him
AS he beheld those large, dark. dreamy
eyes, those waving tresses, and that fair,
clear countenance. She seemed greatly
interested in the volume before her, and
gave him good opportunity of studying
her features. At length, becoming aware
OF his steady gaze, the fair unknown sud-
denly closed hcr novel, AMI turned those
large eyes upon him. Vivian, blushihg
at his detectionin staring on lady, ex-
cused his rudeness by inquiring if she
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did not reside at such place.
No, her name was not Smith, nor did
she live at B..
"Ah indeed! Really, you must par
don me, tor the resemblance is very strik-
Ing" E<x
His conduct was excusable.
Then you are not acquainted any at
B@?"
No; but her brother had friends there.
Your brother is not with YOUR
Il am on my way to meet him. Do you
come from B-?n
Il do, madam, and am going to meet
my brotler.r -
YES? Quite coincidence" %
''Kelnarkable! NY brother is bank
er ut Chicago
That looked suspicious. Vivian began
to think that this was little too much
of "A coincidence 10 be natural-in fact Il
vision of the lost pocket-book, with its
500 began To loom up with painful dis
tinctness, and To cause an Itching to put
hand in his pocket, and feel that his own
wallet was safe; but moments reflec-
lion satisfied him of the .fOOlishness Of
any such fear. Another glance at the
beautiful face so near his own made him
asiriiped for having ever harbored such
an idea as that this lovely being could be
capable of theft. @
She u pickpocket! Never! So irrita-
ted did he become at the thought of his
basenesS toward the fair creature that he
was Oh the point of showing her the arti,
Gle chat had raised his suspicion, and then
couiessing his crime and begging tOrgiv-
ness, when the young lady once more re-
stunned her reading, and became alike in
Z different to him and his fate.
Perhaps She had an inkling Of his
thoughts lie blushed at the idea. What
TOOL he had been, after beginning an ac-
quaiItance that was likely to prove so
aOu.eur de rose during. the tedious ride,
to forfeit her regard by such wickedness.
Perhaps she imagined that he was a
rogue, and had trumped up the coinci-
dence i'm order TO get into her good graces
Jupiter should that be the case
Thirty minutes for support, shouted
by the brakeman, together with the name
OF the station, put an end to his cogita-
tons and her reading.
"wili you go to the table p inquired
Vivian, rising. s1H, =
No, thank you, but if you will be so
kind, you may bring some REFRESHMENTS -
and she confidingly put her purse in his
hand.
Then she didn't think him a rogue
no, she must have felt his own suspicious
and-kind, torgiving soul-took this
method of furnishing him!
With mixture OF misery and happi-
ness, he thrust the tiny purse into a peck
ct, and rushed into the crowd of hungry
mortals standing round the tables, and
eating away as if tor dear life. saa
Having procured the best that the
house afforded, he handed them through
the window to his fair charge, and then
paced the platform, too agitated to cat
anything himself.
"A plump white hand beekoned him.
1sCan you get me'a cup of tea, please? ?"
Oh, yes, he could get her twenty!
One would do, and she had it in a
twinkling. Then the bell rang, the
whistle bowed, sAl1 aboard - and the
train was again jogging along.
AS the Car was now not more than halt
full, Vivian debated with himself, as he
walked toward the seat, whether or no
he was not bound in pOliteness to- sit
elsewhere. The lady solved the knotty
point for him again making room and
looking an Invitation to take his old
seat, which we may be pretty certain he
did. v ~ ~
''Of course you lost my purse in the
browdi 7"
An electric battery couldn't have pro-