The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-11-13

expenses all right and didn't want to stop,
30 he uu fastened his watch of the chain and
handed it to me, aud went into the kteh-
en- to set the clock. was quick us light
ming, but bless you when came back the
Squire was gone. The buggy was most out
Of sight.
"What a provokin' thingw says I. Gone
to town without his watch. He won't know
about the trains or ANYTHING And irettod
about it oil day. Well might didn't
know what good reason had to do 1t.
" The boy brought the buggy back, and
said the squire hadn't missed his watch, and
that he'd gone off on the right train. And
the Squire he got to New York all right, as
l afterwards knew, and about ten o'clock
Cousin Peter Jones stopped in, and said he
was going to New York, too.
al want 10 know says l, where will
you diner
"'The stulTem House. says be.
"oh,' says l, We'll, Adonram, he'll dine
there, too, and you'll meet him there. Just
take bis watch along, won't you, aud give
it IN him.
$50 Peter says: 'All right, pleased to do
it,, and put it loose in his left vest packet -
his own was in his right--and of he went.
as Some chance of Adonirams getting
home tonight, now says I, and felt more
comfortable.
Little knew.
"Peter went down to the city-got there
at neon. and made straight Tor the hotel. -
AdUniram wasn't there yet, and Peter is al
ways trying experiments with himself; so
he thought he'd go into the BARRIERS shop
and have his whiskers aud mustache shaved
off and his hair shingled And must say
for my poor husband that shouldn't have
known him from crow. His ears sot out
so, and he looked so lautern-jawed. He'd
worn the beard ten years, anI always had
his hair long, and having fixed himself up
after that fashion, he went out again, and
there was the Squire coming the street.
"Now, Peter is always for having his joke,
and what should he do but hide behind Il
pile of shutters and bolt out at the Squire
and grab him by the collar, and say:
"'You're my prisonerp
"Now, the Squire he's sort Of serious and
he's sort of heavy, and he gave jump, and
there was q banana skin on the sidewalk,
aud he slipped on 1t, and down both of 'em
went. A mercy they didn't break their
legs. But up they got, aud the first thing
Peter knew the Squire was holding his col
lar and yelling 'Policep
esquire Squire = says Peter, don't you
know me? Don't you know me2'
"'No, don't want TO- says poor Adon-
Tram.
"Then'up comes the police.
"'Arrest this man. says the Squire, he
collared me in the street, and reckon that
he's got my watch. You See it's gone
There's the chain hanging out of my pocket
with no watch ont.
"I'm his cousin. l came down the last
train. He left his watch at home,' says
Peter.
And nobody paid any attention, and
thes took him to the station and searched
him, and there was the Squire's watch in
his pocket.
90 fetched ii to him. says poor Cousin
Peter. His wife asked me to. I'm his
own relation, Peter Klimer. Look at me,
Squire"
"Peter Klimer's got long hair and most
amazin' beard, you rascal says the Squire.
and when I left spottsvile he was abed
yet, his folks said.'
:" So they locked Peter up for highway
robbery, and detained the Squire to appear
against him aud about nine that night,
when the last train arrive and went on, and
didn't fetch him, me and Cousin Peters
wife sot cryin' in our kitchen, maxim up
our minds we were both wdders.
"The only wonder is Peter isn't serving a
term in State prison now, for his own wife
couldn't swear tn him when she saw him,
until he showed her daguerr'otype of both
of 'em hooking arms, that they had taken
in their courtng days for locket he wore ;
and it took the whole family, aud the
dominic, and Lawyer Cross, and lots of
money, 70 get him of and then Peter want
ed tn sue the Squire for false arrest and i'm
prisonment.
4" 1t was dreadful time, and there was a
coolness in the family for years, but good
ariz from evil, as the do ine SAID, for the
Squire isn't half such distracted man as he
used to be, and he has got sort Of habit oi
taking notice of what goes on about him."