Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-31

self, sir'' and he frowned and nodded
at the stupid young man with the big
coat, who scoweld Mt him III return.
" ashamed haven't done nothin'," !"
cried the young man, Indignantly.
DO you call it nothing to rob this
excellent old lady Of her eggs ?" cried
Job, with an air of virtuous disgust.
You have done nothing else since you
entered the carriage; and you have II
dozen i'll your pocket at this mo-
ment y
you're telling lies y cried the young
man. What do | want of raw eggs :?
You'd better search me, and see whether
I've got any eggs on me or no.
will then, sir; | will, said job,
and call on my fcllow.passengers to
be my witnesses. An | thought SO
Two eggs III your vest pocket. Here,
madame. What Two more III the
pockets Of your trousers Take them,
madame, take them; and bless me !!
his coat pockets are full Of them Here,
hand them over to the lady, some one,
e-two-three-siN dozen !"
He ought to be ashamed of HIM
self, cried one Of the passengers.
" It's perfectly dreadful" exclaimed
another-a woman.
81 feel cold chills all over me when |
think of it," sobbed the old lady.
Put him out p yelled Il chorus.
1--WE don't want thieves here !"
Il haven't taken solitary egg" said
the young man, evidently trembling.
This here fellow is the devil-thats
what he is. Well, find more eggs i'll
my pockets, will YOU
No more in your pockets, friend,
said Mr.. Pennypacker, "hut III your
hat. All, In thought 50 Il
He snatched of the soft hat and look
ed into 1t with stern eve, and began
TO take from it one egg after another,
while the old lady's astonishment and
the Indignation of the other passengers
grew greater and greater.
just Mt this instant the whistle shrek
ed, and the train slowly came to ~
stand-still at Barkinton.
&c amt goin to stand this no more !"
yelled Job Pennypaeker's victim. :" Let
me go " And, wrenching himself from
the amateur magicians grasp, he rush
cd from the car, sprang to the ground,
and was seen to dart up the road mt "
tremendous rate. only pauslng on the
platform fol- II moment 10 pick up his
hat, which his tormentor threw out Of
the window after him.
"It becomes my duty to explain" I"
said Job Pennvpacker, rubbing his
hands and looking conccitedly about
him. THAT young man is rs honest
rs any Of us I've only been teasing
him little. You've all heard Of
Whacker, the magician. All, ! see you
have; and of his famous egg trick.
Well ladies' and gentlemen, | learned
the trick of Mr. Whacker while he was
performing in York. and think you've
seen enough to know | learned it toler-
ably-very tolerably, for an amateur"
Astonishing p cried one. " Aston
ishingw echoed the rest of the pas
sengers. But now the guard, a large
man, slow Of speech and sarcastic Of
smile, put in his word as he took jobs
ticket
"Well, ] suspected something ofthe
sort" he said but | wasn't sure. You
see, that fellow you tackled is q we'll
known pick-pocket, and is capable Of
stealing eggs or anything else. Perhaps
( you'd better examine your own pockets.
He's very adroit, and if you've got OIL
without losing anything, alter being so
close to that fellow, you are ma
gician."
With n pale face, job Pennypacker
began to dive first into one pocket and
then into the other. With IL paler one
he sat down. leaving them all turned
inside out and empty. His handker-
chief was gone, his eigar-case pocket
book, containing thirty pounds. Each
Of these discoveries caused him new
pang. He put his hand to his throat 70
loosen his crayat, for Job Pennypacker
was Of an apopletic habit, and easily
lost his breath under the influence of
agitation. Alas diamond pin OF
value had disappeared also. SO iii a
moment more he discovered, had the
amethyst ring which he always wore
upon 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 telegraph
ed the robbery TO the proper quarters.
But he has never recovered his proper
ty, and the egg trick has forever lost
its charm to him.
Try to live such life, so full Of events
and relationships, that the two great
things, the power Of Christ and the value
/ ~ y0ur hrath ra,1f2 zolIla sha III ha IN moi