The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

pockets! The hOrSe-ShOer hau Dul
two dollars in silver, the merchant 5
portemonnaie showed but five, and
the young lady nothing but her pa
pers and little change. The girl, l
was sure, looked as if she would swoon.
GO You're mean crowd, to have SO
little with YOU said he, 'and I've a
mind to send you to heaven this very
night. A hundred dollars we must
have, so we'll 60 for your baggage.
This was uttered with infinite disgust.
"The merchant then spoke. you'll
find nothing of account in our baggage,
but if you will ask this young lady for
her hat, and carefully rip out the lin
ing, you will find something worth your
pains
"The girl turned toward him with
blazing eyes, and uttered but the one
word:
"'Traitor.'
"There was no escape; the hat was
secured. After the lining was very
carefully ripped out it was returned
with thanks.
"'In luck, in luck!' said the high
wayman. Jump in all. I'm sorry
for your loss, miss. but we are bound
to take whatever is sent US. We have
no treasure, but this will do. Drive
onr
eel want the way-billr 1 said, ex-
citedly, for the scene we had just wit
messed had increased my Indignation to
a fever heat.
''He handed it to me, but it fluttered
under the horses feet, and again l de-
manded it. Mechanically he picked it
up, mounted the wheel, ard handed it
to me. Then touching his hat to the
lady, said:
But for this lining you might have
been lying in yonder ditch. No treasure
on board. Come this way next hme
without it, and we'll finish your &C
counts. Drive on!'
"We gladly followed his adyie, but
could not find language vigorous enough
to express our contempt for the mean
ness of the merchant. The driver swore
at him in Spanish, and the young lady
answered all attempts at consolation
with hysterical sobs. The merchant
alone preserved his cool equanimity of
temper.
" Arriving at Denver, he begged very
earnestly of the young lady, with me
as her friend, to grant him few mo-
ments of explanation, in private par
lor. He was so in earnest that the
young girl yielded reluctant consent.
He closed the door and bolted it, which
looked strangely.
SO Don't fear he said, as l fumbled
for my revolver. Sitting in chair
he pulled off his boot, and, from the
toe. pulled out roll of greenbacks.
Said he: "A few days before leaving |
was lucky enough to find an opportunity
to exchange my doubloons for these.
My poor child, let me make restitution.
Here are two thousand in bills for the
one thousand secured by the robbers
handing her that amount your lin
ing was Godsend to me; if they had
searched me further they would have
secured twenty instead of one thousand.
Concealed in my baggage are dia-
monds and stones, which, if they had
secured, would have beggared me-
Taking solitaire from his vest-lining,
he presented that also for her accept
ance. l should have explained in the
stage, but "walls have ears" and why
should l trust the others with my Sc
cretsp'
"Of course, as it turned out, 1 was
highly pleased at the sagacity of the
gentleman; the more so as recollected
the responsibility of specie 1, too, had
assumed.
6 need not tell you that the lady's
tears were transmitted into rare smiles,
and she was sent to her home rejoic-
ing. "-PracticaL Farmer.