The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-20
BYLAW NO. 4.

BYLAW NO. 4.
have only two companions-the one
a good-natured-lookilg, middle-aged
gentleman with mild, benevolent ex-
preston, strangely at variance with the
nervous restlessness of his eyes; the
other a grim, taciturn man, who has
been absorbed in his paper ever since
the train left Edinburgh en- route for the
South. They had got in together, and
were evidently travelling companions.
Rather queerly assorted couple; for
from their dress and general appearance
there could be no doubt but that their
stations in life were widely apart. What
could they be? Master and servant |?
Evidently not; for the humber of the
two seemed to have control of all their
travelling arrangements. A detective
and his prisoner I think not; for the
one looks too much at ease to have a
troubled conscience; and the other,
though evidently in command, treats
his companion with more Difference than
is compatible with the conscious power
of a captor.
NV speculations on this point have
filled up gap in the journey. Having
read all the war kilograms in the morn
ing paper, which / know will find con-
tradicted in the evening editions when
/ reach London; and having watched
the telegraph wires gliding up and down
beside the carriage window, anon sud-
denly disappearing into space, only to
reappear as suddenly to continue their
monotonous up and down motion | am
beginning to weary of this, and if
neither Of my companions volunteers a
remark, 1 must do something to force a
conversation.
We passed Dunbar by this time, and
are fast approaching Berwick. Ihave
been vainly trying to catch the restless
eyes of my apparently more companion
able companion. He is NV closing
them, and evidently settling down for
a quiet nap. My more taciturn friend
has never taken his attention off his
paper; he must either be very slow
reader, or having exhausted the news,
he must have fallen ON the advertise
ments. Ioffer him my paper. He takes
it with bow, giving me his own In ex-
change-the Bdnfshire Gazette. No news
to be got out of that after having ex.
hausted the Scotsman. / am coon re.
duced to the births, marriages and
deaths. Much interest to know that
the wife Of Hugh Macdonald, stone
mason, has presented him with a son
also to hear that Mrs. Mcqueen is dead
and the nursery rhyme / sometimes heal
my wife repeating to-our boys occurs to
me, and l mentally inquire, How did
she die 7'' The announcement does not
however, enlighten me on that point;
though it is easy to guess, seeing that il
contains the further Information that
she departed this life at one hundred
and one years of age, and is deeply re
GREETED. The latter assertion | fear ii
only conventional fib, for | find in {
paragraph announcing her death. as .
local centenarian,. that she had grea
possessions, which have fallen to he
nearest surviving relative, a great-grand
nephew.
NY friend opposite is fairly off t,
sleep. Quite clear that he has nothin,
on his conscience. The other is as deel
in the Scotsman as he was erewhile il
his own paper. l can't stand this an,
longer. Talk I must. The Banfshir
Gazette is published in the county tow
bearing the same name SO see my wa
to an opening.
aYou come from Banff, I presume
You must have been travelling al
night? No wonder our friend here
worn out"
ave have come from Banff," reptile
my friend, with no trace of the churl i
his voice or manner that his appearane
would lead me to expect. we hay
come from Banff; but we have not ira,
eled all night. Our governor makes it
point never to over-fatigue any of h
patients. It's part of his system so v
broke our journey at Edinburgh"
His patientsl | would assoon have su
pected my opposite neighbor of being
criminal as an invalid.
"Indeed," l say. "Might inqui
what is his complaint" 2"
Ny taciturn friend touches his hes
in mysterious way, and / am Just
time to stop low whistle indicative
surprise, and 10 turn it into anoth
"Indeed."
What particular form does his
ahem-complaint takeT'
am beginning to hope he is n
violent.
Generosity"
Generosityin
Yes, sir. You see he gets all sorts
schemes into his head for the relief
suffering of all kinds; and his frient
fearing he might make ducks and drak
of his money, have put him under t
care of our governor
Is he wealthy ?"
Very"
/" Are his friends quite disinterested
"Well, l don't know. But at a
rate they are quite right. He mig
fall into the hands of unprincipled pl
-ple, who would help out his schemes
further their own.",
What is his latest plan?"
We'll, sir, his last idea was, Il