The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-01-01


in the City Hall Park where there are no
birds to bother me-"
he then bagged the beans and went
solemnly on his way.
'Cabbies" Fares.
''Now l think Of it, 1 believe that the
escaped parson- Guy Fawkes, as I
call him-werc the queerest fare as ever
driv'--he were rum un and no mistake.
"Let rue see, it was about eight or ten
years ago, when lived IN London. I was
a amblin' down the Strand one darkisl
night in the beginning Of November,
when gentleman ails me. He was tall
lean looking gent, IN long black coat
and white choker, and carried carpet
bag and umbrella. I put him down as
parson at once, along Of his genteel
manner and low voice.
'Cabman,' says he, do you know y0n
uncovered village church, where Sab
bath after Sabbath, the rustic c0ngrega-
ton kneel, faithful to the religion in this
land established?'
"No, never" says l.
"Do you know the Kings Arms at
Noting Hill?'
"'Right,' I says.
"In lie jumps and l drives on, think
ing what rum fare I'd got.
"He were all peaceable enough as long
as we was in the lighted streets, but when
we gets into the quieter parts, hears him
a-talking out loud and giving out texts.
care youiquite we'll, sirq' I says.
"Hl ham, my tumble friend, lie replied :
did you ever hear of the poet Laureate's
hode on the Gunpowder treason9'
II never driv' any SIGH person in my
life.'
AFTER that he wanted me to fix his
carpet bag on to the roof. Well, see by
this time that something waa amiss with
him, and was afraid like to refuse. So
grabs the bag and chambers on the box.
seat, and was just pretendin' to tie his
old bag, when all Of u sudden he springs
after me, and before knew where was
he had me tied down with bit of strong
rope to the top of my own cah-done me
so tight that couldn't move finger.
II knowed then that my fare was made
and we was IN lonely spot, no houses
near.
"There was the lunatic a sitin' or
the roof,s with his legs over the side
looking ut me, and now and then giving
me one in the stomach with his CAMP.
"Presently I see change come ovc1
him his eyes got oil firely and he sort O.
trembled all over.
"He comes right up close and he says
says he, Say your prayers-l shall Kill
your
"'I don't know none hollers, in aw
full fright.
"'Make some up, them
| az can't
"Thcn shall Stay you at once say
lie.
"Just then remembered word o
two OF the YIN my mother taught M
when child and says very shaky--
| Mathew, Mark, Luke and John,
| Bless the cabas I'm tied on
"Lor! how that pleased him. He laugh
ed till the tears run SO fast ON the top O
the cab I thought it was raining
"'Hoorah!' he says, I'm going to burr
,ou.'
"'Whatr 1 'ollers.
"'Why! I'm Guy Fawkcs, you know,
says the mailman, you'll burn we'll, 81
I'm gong to have bonfire
''Then he gets out some lucifers ane
sets fire to the straw. l heard the cal
beginning to erackle away inside lik'
anything, and the parson a-dancin' :
'ornpipe on the path.
II Civ it all up then-strugg!e as die
I couldn't get loose-and was shriekin
and yellin' at the top OF my voice, whe1
up tears chaise. the losses all covered
with foam.
1.-Two men leaps out and collars M!
fare by the neck, and two more, seeing
my cab a.6re, tramples it out, just rs
was pretty near turning it over a-tryin' t.
get united and cuts me down.
"Afterwards, when I had put mysel
outside drop OF something hot, the,
told me he we've escaped maniac as ha(
been parson.
"Ah! we see deal Of lite, We cabmel
do.
! "Talkin' about the different sort 9
people We drives sometimes, reminds nj
OF another rummy customer Of mine.
II had my suspicious of that fare from
the first. She were night fare, and
used to meet her about midnight, up a
the West End, three times week. She
wore heavy black vail and black clothes
always Of the first quality, and there wa.
no mistake as to her beng real lady
"Well, she would tell me to drive t.
some OF the wust parts Of the town-reg
ular downright bad places-and when ",
got to the top Of certain low courts, sh,
would get out and walk down the alley
filthy as it may be, like inherent lamt
going into den of wolves. After half
hour or hour she would come back agar
and be drove to some other place of TIN
same kind and then be drove home
II says to myself that ar sort Of thing
couldn't go on longer. There was, =,
good-lookin' young feller, gallavantin
night after night with young and low
" female woman, and not KNOWN Wha
her little game was.
$50 one night when she says to me-
she 'ad beautiful voice, she 'ad-'Go II
Blackman's Rents, cabman, please
which I knew for to be a wild place,
says, says l, 'Bill Straps, you must tint
out what she's up to-
"Accordin, worked round to Black
mans Rents, where gets down and let
the lady out watches her 20 dow
the street, or whatever you might call it
as usual; then I puts the bag on my 'oss'
nose, and follows her. Fust house sh,
comes to she pushes open the door snt
walks IN. folders her tiptoe. She goe
up stairs. I goes up stairs. She walks
into room, and after bit I puts m,
head quietly inside, a-thinkin' very, werj
bad things about this rummy face.''
II never see SIGH sight in my life
There she was a-kneelin' on the floor a
prayin', while around was set of tn.
widest women in London behavin' a!
quiet and peaceable as lambs. Lor! how
| she PRAYED. Her wall WAS tl,rnxn hack