St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-04-25
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Twas . melancholy looking man who
nasshd1edhimself and IN ominoas froWn
into the car # Gnnd svenne Friday
morning. His right hand was bare and
clenched and his left Wss enveloped in
thick, wooden mitten. He suspended
himself from . straQs becapse no seat
was ready 70 receive him and his too
apparent anxiaty.s and - he gently
lurched from side TO eide he viewed
with evident envy the more or less
placid faces bent over the morning
prints The main object Of his observa-
ton was thin man with mutton-chop
whiskess. who edged this. way and that
to give leeway for the unexpected move
ments Of the new passenger. The lat
ter opened his right hand, ga1ed rue
fully into It. pushed the mans paper
aside and said:
SIS that q counterfeit
The thin man wasn't pleased. Every
body in the immediate neighborhood
saw that, but he pushed down his spec
tacles and replied in . self defensive
tone: saN@s - rpfq t7frrua -
SLOW do know ?"- so. ssl -
''Look at it ?" commanded the melan-
chOly man. rs there grease ON it !?
Has the sun melted the edge OFT ID
the date upside down, o., /" he added, ~
summing an air Of wakeful and senior
GUS suspicion, ''does IL look - II /
made It outen an old lead piper"
1T doesn't interest me. cir, said the
thin man. endeavoring 70 give the i'm
preston -ttat ~ illustrated furniture
advertisement In hts paper had secured
his whole attention. II don't care one
way or t'other."
''Don't?" cried the other, whose mel
anchOly had given way TO anger. 30
you mean to say, sir, th1t . cross-eyed
ticket-seller has right to tell me this
coin isn't worth any thing when the
train il just about 1t the station2 Do
you mean 70 inaiuuate thst I am rum
ming q cOunterfeit factory, where / turn
out five-cent pieces with, . bullet mold
and . plaster-of-pariscast? Do you mean
to work your cadaverous features into
the expression you haven't courage
enONgh to give voice to, that that
crooked-nosed~ ticlEet-seller suspected
that was regularly robbing the Gov
ernment?"
The thin man didn't reply;,in f.ct. he
seemed to be the least interested. A
benevOlent-looking. round-f faced passen-
ger leaned over the speakers shoulder
and. after look at . disreputable imi-
tation Of dve-cent piece, sighed This
seemed TO lend additional eloquence to
the melancholy person. and he snatched
the paper from the thin mans hand
seized him BY the collar and shouted:
why don't you talk? Why don.t
you hsve courage enough 70 say that
I'm am escaped bank thief, forger, .
. dealer in s6cond- hand
What do We twitch yer
whiskers fore Why don't you talk up
ills . AnAn and back Up the black MuA
zled ticlketrseller? You know you
soa ..v sass' I, seT r'''. -A' don't
The thin man broke OF the speech BY
the others breakfast. He
and while his arms Dew around
like . windmill on . stormy day he
gasped:
Ppm not Constant Reader (whackl;
I'm not, 'Veritas,' nor lwhackl any o.
those fellows twhaelk]; but il You want |
} downright (whackl argument (whackl
On counterfeits, here's [whsckl one o
ny kind for you" -
The brakeman escorted the melan-
holy man out at the next station and |
gently told him where the nearest drug.
yist did business.-Brooklyn Eagle.