Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-01-12
A STERN CHASE.

It was just about this time last year, an
just about this time o. night, was walk
ing the mare along Broadway looking for
II jOb-an, to tell the truth, looking weary
an anxious for one, seein as how I'd been
out since 10 o'clock an hadn't even taken
my yard money.
was just passn Chambers street when
out of the shadow | sees two people who
attracted my attention They was scud-
din along arm in arm, as if Old Nick was
after 'em, an their faces AS they came into
the gaslight was CHASTITY white.
One, as far ND could see, for he wore
SLOUGH hat, al. MS ulster collar was turned
up, was a gentleman in the late twenties or
early thirtes. The other was Il gel of about
20, IA wearn Il travein cloak an tweed
hat an carryin sort o. handbag. | Jest
caught sight of her face as She stood under
the gaslight at the street corner, an al
though, AS everybody knows, amt what is
called impressionable sort o. cove, it
gave me real thump in the chest like. 1t
was such pretty face, an not on'y pref
ty but 1 sweet face; the lines was so deli
cate, an there WAS such sad shadow over
it. especially about the eyes, an the chin
had such daisy of IA dimpe on it. All,
rs all VERY well for you coves to say
Cheese it. Human nature is human ma
tlre, whether it's a settin inside IA kerride
an four or outside a bloomin shoful, an
lovely woman is the one touch o. nature as
makes the ole world kin, as Shakespeare
says, an you bet he knew somethink
The male party he darts up an catches
hold of the splashboard an says, "Cabby,
can you catch the midnight train for Bos-
tonY'
Says l. "l'il have a shot at it, sir There's
no Known what my little mare can do on
the pinch. Jump ill.,"
The girl hops in like a bird, an the fellow
arfter her, an as the doors swung to on them
| whistles to the mare, an hicks the whip
that | talks to her with an strokes her. but
never tlogs her with, an she was off in Il
smart trot
But just then | hears somebody behind
shOutin, Hi stop that cabr an LOOKS
round and reins in Il bit Then ! SAYS to
my fare through the butterfly: "Tbere's II
Old gent a-signaln me to stop, sir Friend
of yOurn | serposey'
But my fare he says, excited like: Drive
onl Drive on Don't take any notice of
anybody till you get to the Grand Central.
Well, thinks |, it's no business o. mine
My instructions is &c. c. by r." so CHR
rups to the mare, an in hinfntesmal
part of IA second that old gent was instead
OF 10 yards, 2OO in the rear
Then begins TO wonder what the little
game is, for glancin round sees the old
gent jump INFO another hanson an shout.
"OVertake that cab at all hazards"
The driver of that cab, strange enough,
happened to be Joe Tibbts, an Joe Tibbts
an me somehow happened to have took &
dislike To each other, principally on az
count of our havin took Il likin to the very
same Identical young woman as was Just
then upper 'ousemad in 'ouse in LeXing-
ton avenue.
Now, Joe was chap as put on enough
side to have made Il billiard ball do any
think but while didn't care fardn rush
light about i'm thinkin 'issef lot smarter
Teller than me, when it came to chippin
about 'osses, AS he was very partial to, it
kinder used to touch me on the raw, an
when he said, as If my mare was another
color an gender, she'd "a done very well for
the undertaken line used to cop the needle
10 that extent that one day ave got off our
| boxes in quiet street to settle our chippin
match with scrappin one, which we should
! have done quiet an peaceable il as how a
| long drawn copper, rs was ourmutual rival
in the affections of the girl of both of cur
hearts, hadn't appeared on the scene an
threatened to take our number as well as
! takin our kebs.
So when | hears Joe chyike to the old
genelman (but at meG "All right, sir
can waltz round that ere relic of Old Bull.
/ Head, | says; Can yer? Well, we'll have
a try" an | gives IA quiet tug at the offsid,
rein, as told my little mare what was want
ed of her
never asked question in vain. 81,
fiourished her head as if she was goin /,
butt at a brick wall; then she chucked on
] her fore feet as if she was Paddyrisk!
a-playn grand pianner, an you could hea
the music on the stones as she fooled along
over it, an the lampposts they whizzed pas
as close on each other as the bullets out o
II gatlin.
Then, what with thinking about the ge
rs was the bone of contention betwixt JO
All me, AN what funny thing love was
an haow it upset things in general an mad
everything a bit brisker, all of "A sudden Il
idea flashed into my cad. | lifts the but
terfly once again, an says to my fare:
THAT ole gents took another cab, an he
racn of us, sir
"A flyer if you beat him, i" says the fellow
an thrustin his hand through he says
There's something on account"
Right you are, sir" saysL But sous
me-is it elopement"
you've hit it," he says, an the "a
laughs sech a pretty musical laugh toe
THAT is this young lady's scoundrel of
guardian, who wants to keep her forum
an prevent her marryin me-"
| says, GO it, my beauty" an just as SD