New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-12

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quickly took his seat init, without
having gone through the formality
OF taking a ticket.
When the train arrived at West
borough, the young solicitor ex-
planned that he had joined tn train
at Lamborne and rendered the fare
from that town. AS he expected, the
money was refused and the full fare
from London demanded. This Mr..
Bolden positively refused to pay, and
accordingly he was detained till the
| station master was sent for.
That official in all the majesty of
goldlaced coat and tall hat, soon ar
rived, much annoyed at being dis
| turbed at his evening meal.
What's all this about?" he de-
manded, sternly, as he came upon
| the scene.
They want to make me pay the
fare all the way from London, and
I've only come from Lamborne, .
answered Bolden, in an humble tone.
sOf course you must pay the whole
fare. There's bylaw on purpose
made and provided 2
Mr.. Boldon mournfully shook his
head. ooh, no, sir" he said meekly,
81 really can't do that"
s'You'll have to go to the lookup.
then, " rejoined the station master,
roughly. You'd best pay up {
| Mr.. Bolden only shook his head
and sighed heavily.
AS the lawyer expected, the official
was exasperated by his obstinacy and
| encouraged in his his high-handed
manner by the meekness with which
| he was confronted. None of the rail
way people recognized in the shah
| billy dressed, unshaved Individual be-
fore them the spruce gentleman who
| had paid a poor mans fare a few
days before,
Bonner, go for a constable" said
the station master, with the air of an
infe1ible judge awarding a term of
20 years penal servitude.
'sDon't do that; I'll give you my
name and address; Pm known in the
place-that is, I'm quite respectable,
you know"
ooh, / dare say" returned the sta
| tion-master, with true official super
ciliousness.
There was an awful pause while the
porter was gone to fetch the constable.
Don't you think - suggested Boil
don, almost dly-Ssdon't you
think it might be as well to telegraph
to London for instructions?"
The station master froWned.
'They couldn't complain Of you in
that case, at any rate, . pursued Boil
don.
The station master hesitated.
III wait in the waiting-room till
you get an answer said Boldon, as
he led the way to thatcheerful apart
ment. The official darted a suspic-
ious glance at his prisoner. Still,
the advice was prudent and he acted
upon it. In half an hour the answer
came back The passenger without
a ticket must pay the fare from Lon
don, OF be charged before the magis-
trates.
'Just let me see the message you've
got, said Boldon, when the result
was announced to him eff it is as
you say, I'll go quietly or else pay"
They showed him the message.
mo. | really can't pay all that
money, you know said Boldon sad
", as he read the telegram;
and accordingly he was marched
off to the police Office, guarded by
a policeman on the right and by a
constable in the imposing uniform of
the Great Railway company on the
left.
AS it was Saturday night, nothing
could be done that day, and Mr.. Boil
don did not choose to disturb the
Sabbath rest of Mr.. Lionel Vim, his
only available friend, by asking him
to bail him out on Sunday.
On the Monday morning, however,
an early message was sent to Mr..
Vim and he promptly appeared and
balled out the young lawyer, who
was heartily tired Of his incarcera-
ton Latter in the day the case came
On before the magistrates and Mr..
! OoaSoA C1CUCdNlOo HlUl1 Gl16
of the inn at Lamborne and one of
the shopkeepers, who were able and
willing to prove that he could not
possibly have travelled from a great
er distancethan Lamborne on the pre-
ceeding Saturday night. The charge
was OF course dismissed, one of the
magistrates, "a jolly old fellow named
Braeebridge, remarking that Mr.. Boil
don, who seemed to be a respectable
solicitor, had been treated shamefully,
and that if he stood in Mr.. Boldon's
place he would be inclined to let the
Great Railway company hear of the
matter again
Next day the Marlborough indie
pendent contained a, long account of
the incredible and really scand alous
outrage TO which one of the most re-
spected members of the legal profess
ion in our town had been Subjected
and it need hardly be said that, in a
day or two, the course at which the
magistrate had limited was adopted.
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