Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-05

and you have dozen in you pocket at this
momentp
"You're telling lies !" cried the young man.
"What do I want of raw eggs7 You'd better
search me, and see whether I've got any eggs
on me or NO"
II will, then, sir; I will" said Job, "and
I call on my fellow.passengers to be my wit,
nesses. All! l thought so! Two eggs 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.
Observation-Disclosures dozen p
HE ought to be ashamed of himself" cried
one Of the passengers.
"It's perfectly dreadful !" exclaimed an
other-a woman.
81 feel cold chills all over me when think
of it," sobbed the old lady.
... "Put him out!" yelled a chorus. awe
don't want thieves here!'
II haven't taken solitary egg," said the
Young man, evidently trembling. This here
fellow is devil-thst's what be is Well,
find more eggs in my pockets, will you ?" .
n mo more in your pockets, friend" said
Mr.; Pennypacker,, "but in your hat. All
T Rx? thought sol"
He snatched off the soft hat and looked
into it with stern eye, 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 at this instant the whistle shrieked,
and the train slowly came to standstill at
Darlington.
II amt goin' to stand this no more!" yelled
Job Pennypacker's victim. "Let me 60 j.
And, wrenching himself from the amateur
magicians grasp. he rushed from the car,
sprang to the ground, and was seen to dart
up the road at tremendous rate, only paus-
ing on the platform for moment to pick up
his hat, which his tormentor threw out of the
window after him.
"It becomes my duty to explain" said Job
Pennypacker, rubbing his hands and looking
conceitedly about him. "That young man is
as honest as any of US. I've only been teas
ing him little. You've all heard of Whack-
er, the magician? All, see you have; and
of bis famous egg. Well, ladies and gentle
men, I learned the trick of Mr.. Whacker
while he was performing in York, and think
you've seen enough to know that l learned it
tolerably-very tolerably, for an amateur"
ASTONISHING |" cried one. "Astonishing!
echoed the rest of the passengers. But now
the guard, large man. slow of speech and
sarcastic of smile, put in his word as he took
Jobs ticket.
"Well, 1 suspected something of the sort," ,"
be said, "but I wasn't sure. You see that
fellow YOU tackeled is we'll known pick pock.
ct, and he is capable of stealing eggs or any.
thing else. Perhaps you'd better examine
your pockets. He's very adroit, and ifyou've
got off without losing anything, after being 80
close to that fellow, you are magician"
With pale face, Job Pennypacker be-
gan to dive first into one pocket and then in.
to the other. With paler one he sat
down, leaving them all turned inside out and
empty His handkerchief was gone, his ci.
gar case, pocket-book, which contained thirty
pounds. Each of these discoveries caused
him a new pang. He put his hand TO his
throat to loosen his cravat, for Job Penny
packer was of an appoplectic habit. and easi-
ly lost his breath under the influence of agi.
tation. Alas diamond pin of value had
disappeared also. So, III moment more he
discovered, had the amethyst ring which he
always wore upon his little finger.
The passengers looked grim. The old wo'
man with the basket looked quite a moral.
Job did not enjoy the joke. He got down
at the next station and telegraphed the rob-
berry to the proper quarters. But he has new
er recovered bis property, and the "egg trick"
has forever lost it's charm to him.