West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-13

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We got any eggs on me or no.
will, then, sir said Job and
call on my fellow passengers to be INV
witnesses. All! | thought 50. Two egg,
IN your vest pocket. Here, madam.
What! two more in the pockets of your
trousers Take them. madam. take
them and-bleSs me! his coat pockets
are full of them! Here, hand them over
to the lady, some one. One-two-threc
-slN-ten-a dozen p'
He ought to be ashamed of himself! 20
cried one of the passengers
It's perfectly dreadful" exclaimed
another woman.
feel the cold chills all over me
when think of it," sobbed the old
lady.
Put him outp yelled a chorus.
We don't want thieves herew
haven't taken a solitary egg. said
the young man, evidently trembling.
This here fellow is the devil-thats
what he is, Well, find more e, gs in nv
pocket, will you p
No more in your pockets. friend "
said Mr.. Pennypacker, "but in your
hat. All, ha! | thought SOP
He snatched off the soft hat and
looked into it with stern eve, and be-
gan TO take from il one egg after another.
while the old lady's astonishment and
the indignation of the other passengers
grew greater and greater.
Just at this instant the whistle shrieked
and the train slowly came to stand
still at Barkinton.
" | amt goin' to stand this no more -
yelled Job Pennypacker'svi victim. Let
me go And wrenching himself from
the amatuer magicians grasp, he rushed
from the car, sprang TO the ground, and
was seen TO dart up the road at n tre-
mendous rate, only pausing on the plat
form for moment to pick up his hat,
which his tormentor threw out of the
window after him.
1t becomes my duty to explain"
said Job Pennypacker, rubbing his
hands and looking cOnceitedly about
MIN. That young man is as honest as
any OF US. I've only been teasing him
little. You've all heard of Whacker. the
magician? All, i see you have; and of
his famous egg trick. Well, ladies and
gentlemen, | learned the trick of Mr..
Whacker while he was performing i'm
to know learned il tolerably-very toll
III hh dilldNutI.
AstonishingW cried one " Aston
ishlng !" echoed the rest OF the passen-
gers. But now the guard, a large man.
slow of speech and sarcastic of smile
put in his word rs he took Jobs ticket
"Well ] suspected something of the
SORT" he said, but wasn't sure. You
see, that fellow you tackled is a we'll
known pickpOcket, and he is capable of
afRQllnU or nwrfh,ta.. II.
you'd better examine your own pockets.
He's very adroit, and if you've got off
without losing any thing, after being 80
close to that fellow, you are magi-
cian."
With a pale face, Job Pennypacker
began to dive first into one pocket and
then into the other. WITH a paler one
he sat down, leaving them all turned in
side out and empty. His handkerchief
was gone, his cigar case, pocket-book con
tanning one hundred and thirty pounds.
Each OF these discoveries caused him
new pang. He put his hand TO his
throat to unfasten his cravat, for job
Pennypacker was of an apoplectic
habit, and easily lost his breath under
the influence of agitation. Alas a dia-
mond pin of value had disappeared
also. SO, in moment more he discov-
cred. had the amethy-t ring which he
always wore on his little finger.
The passengers looked grim. The
old woman with the basket looked quite
a moral
Job did not enjoy the joke. He got
down at the next station and telegraphed
the robbery to the proper quarters. But
he has never recovered his property, and
the egg trick" has forever lost its
charm 20 him.