The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-08-22
A QUEER PATRON

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world outs,as was saying shout bin. Hi
hugcu uere busy With the piece OF OLE
rope be was making into osknm. hut hi
mind vas iull oi 50 imaginary report o
bis osn case al the police court He esef
hoped some OF the papers mishi bave de-
voted short leader 10 him. for bis Offence
vas . strange Que
Ausyed In = tstiered gown OF the eu'
peculiar 10 Camford Bachelor OF Arts, with
a battered cap upon bis head. be bad IL
broad daylight walked down Regent street
breaking the lamps With . long stick
Proceeding calmly and without hurry. and
followed by rapidly increasing crowd, hs
had smashed some half dozen before po'
licemsn appeared sod took him into custo'
dy At the police court be told the mseis
trste that be bad once been an assistant
master in a school. but had lately got bis
living on the tnrf, on tramp. and an other
more or less disreputable ways, He was
willing enough TO work, but could not ge,
employment, 80 had broken the lamps by
way OF advertisement He bad one little
compliant TO make against the police. he
gave his nsme. Charles Micklereed, to the
inspector. aud that officer refused to fur
ther embellish the charge sheet with his
proper description = Bachelor Of Arts. st.
Boniisce College, Camford. Sentence,
twenty one days Imprisonment with hard
labor.
No. ll9 was quite right in bis surmises.
His case was making q good desl of senss'
tion outside the prison walls. II Was .
slack time, and editors we're rather short
OF subjects They dee med Charles Nickel
reeds exploit good source Of cheap copy
and they we're not wrong. for letters about
1t poured 10 freely. Some OF his old col
lege friends even proposed to do something
for him when he came out. snd, as three
weeks ia not long. there WAS just chance
they might not have forgotten him by the
time be Was released.
As the prisoner was m using his cell-door
was thrown open, and Warden Smitk in
official tones announced:
No. ll9, the chaplain to see you,
The warder was not, however, quite &C
curate in his assertion, for the clergyman
who entered the cell was not the regular
chaplain OF the jail, but the curste OF
neighboring church, who was visiting the
prisoners while their usual pastor recruit
ed himself at the seaside.
The prisoner stood up and faced his Wis.
itor. who shut the cell-door behind him.
As soon as the sheep got fair look at the
he exclaimed:
Why, Josh, old fellow, how are you2
At the same time holding out his hand, in
An evident expectation OF friendly grasp.
The Rev. Joshua Bamlett recoiled q little
l don't know you, prisoner. began he.
whether you mean this as joke. Let me
ELL you ii is hardly the way to-
Oh! stow it. Josh, interrupted the un
Abashed reprobate. Do you mean to say
on don't know me. It's my beard. sup
pose. Pity l didn't get spell long enough
10 have it shaved off I'm Charley Mickle.
reed.
What! Micklereed. my old Camford
'riendi Yes, now l see IL is. But. oh,
Charley. Charley, what has brought you to
his?
Fortunately the government omnibus
Known as "Black Maria" ultimately that
common complsint-wsnt OF employment
Don't you know why I was sent up' You
lon't mean to say it isn't in the pspers'
aid Mr.. Micklereed, seriously alarmed for
he success OF his scheme
l have been too busy to look at paper
bese three days, replied tue clergyman.
They ought to tell me what each prisoner
las done aud the length OF bis sentence,
,ut my visits ale so hurried they forget
ometimes.
Ahl that accounts for it, said the pris.
M r,apparently immensely relieved. Well.
took leaf from the Irisbman's book aud |
40 outrage TO call attention to
ny distress. Smashed some lamps in Re.
,ent street. Shouldn't wonder il they
made music.h ball song out OF il. Charley
Iiicklereed smashed the lamps to find
himself provender, with an accent on the
en-. hss Is good q Tilt about 1t ss that
hing on the other Charley and the milk st
)helsea, anyhow. Just look 10 the papers
' hen You 60 home and tell me what they
sy when you call again.
Ny dear Micklereed. it's against all
ules to tell . prisoner what il 10 the pa.
'ers. But don't. pray don't look at this
erious thing in that light way. You shock
ne terribly. You seem as hard as
An old horse shoe nail, interrupted the
and let me tell you. IT'S 8 good
all that g,t. harder by much hsmmering
)nly the bad ones break.
can stay no longer nov. said the
lergymsn, as the warder was heard com.
ng along the corridor; will come again
o morrow. Bnt do try, my old friend, to
,ok st this matter 10 its true light
Well. don't you forget about the papers
ben. sss the prisoners parting shot
The Rev. Joshua Bamlett vent straight
D bis lodgings and tried 10 compose bis
ind. He sat down 10 bis easy chair. lit
pipe. and fell into reverie. How we'll
q rene bered the old Csmford days when
e and Charley Micklereed had lodged 10
be same house aud belonged TO ths same
T. II vas not 10 any way distins suished
Il, and Mickierced bad been liod Of
onorsry member OF H. He was an orphan
Dd bad gore TO Camiord sgsinst bis own
III, bat 10 accordance With that OF hi.
,,her. His father bad bad . belief -
,unded. u is needless to ssy. on ignor
bee in the value OF Csmford degree.