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


stand.
Bein that time putty late. in course there
wasn't no traffic to speak of, so we had
clear course.
We seemed to just jump from Madison
square corner to Thirty-fourth street, an
there we was tearn along the street with
on'y n hundred yards betwiXt us.
My fare leaned ont an looked round; then
he says to me, For heavens sake, drive
faster; they're gainnl'
Don't you fear sir" says l. 1--WE got
bit in hand, an they can race for nuts
Coop, my lass"
An once again, as called on the mare,
she made squirt. But for all that knew
that Joe's horse, which was fresh after a
couple o. days rest, was gainin on me hand
over hand.
Got yerl" hears Joe shout from behind
me, an not far either. You're done. That
nag o. yourns only fit for cats meat"
At that very moment we turned into For
ty-second street, an | put the mare at a
gallop.
We've only one minute to catch the
train" shouts my fare.
Got your ticket" says l.
Eyes" says he.
"Then," says 1, "I'll do it."
"We're lost, we're done forl' screams the
young lady.
For just then she caught sight of a red
lamp in the street, which was up for re-
pairs.
But never Stacked That was the bit
had in hand, an | knew there was just
room on the pavement inside the posts to
steer my cab. 1t was a bit risky, an if
COPIED | stood to get into trouble, but my
heart was in this job, an besides wasn't
goin to be bested by Joe Tibbits. | saw the
street was clear, then
$50 it, beauty!' sorter screams to the
mare, an still gallopin she bumps on to the
pavement and scoots along the few yards
Of pathway alongside the excavation.
"Ya-hipl Who-oopl" shouts, wavin my
whip as | turns round to Joe
He was good plucked un, will say.
de thought where I'd been he was bound
% be able to go, an he turned his horse onto
ihe pavement.
| set up a yell of laughter as heard
splnterin crash Joe had cannoned one of
the pillars supportin an awning, wheelin
his horse sharp round an chuckin it off its
legs. An a couple of peelers was rushin
up to take his number.
| saw the white headed old gent Jump
out of the cab, gesticulatin violentlike
an just then | struck the station.
My fares hops out. The gent pops five
into my hand
you've give me one" says |, ALREADY"
"Oh, that was nothing" says he.
| thought that was a queer expression
from toif, but pockets the flyer. They
rushed along the platform an just sue
ceeded in gettin on the train.
| got down to chuck a cloth over the
loins of the mare, who was in a muck sweat
an splashed with lather.
just then, all putin and BLOWN, that old
gent trots into the station.
you vagabondl" he says, shakin his fist
at me- II believe you're an accomplish"
81 certainly sympathizes with the young
people, SIR says l.
Il know it" he shouted, ian, by Jovel
III have you locked up"
"Oh," says |, you can't lock a chap up
for sympathizin with two young lovers as
is elopin from lard 'arted guardian"
Young lovers be hanged!' shouts the old
man, purple in the face. The mans bur
glar, an the woman's his accomplice, an
they We just stolen my wife's diamonds"
You might have knocked me down with
"a feather | didn't know what to say.
was struck comical-like, but just then up
comes Joe an a copper with him, an Joe
says:
NO. stree, he amt no burglars accom-
plice, ole Phil Flywhip. Just now there's
bone to pick atween us but rights right,
an pills more mug than rogue"
Well, | 'aEdly knew what to do, whether
to land Joe on the boko for calln me mug
or TO thank him for testifyin to my honesty
But ne catches hold o. my tlipper an shakes
it an says;
you've done me this time, Phil, an you
did it on drivin, but | don't mind that
! 'arf so much as your cuttin me out with the
gel who told me straight this VERY evenin
that haven't got rabbits chance while
you was in the field"
/ My heart gave bigger jump then than
| it did when the mare logged the old show
over the curb
Joe" says, you're good sort, an you
| fight as fair as you race. We can't both
/ have the gel, but if you've lost her for what
you've told me, an the fair way you spoke
up for me barrin sayin as | was a mug,
you've gained a pal. An if there's fine
FOR you to pay in the mornin, or any dam
age, Il do what can to help you"
"Oh. that's all right" says Joe; "tho
gentleman's goin to square all that He
told me to follow, an he'd take the risk"
just then his man came back from the
telegraph Office, where he'd been wiring all
along the line.
| touched my AT an said was sorry for
the mistake I'd made.
We'll" says he, from inquiries I've
made it's evident you're ii respectable and
honest man; as for your intelligence"
Look here" says |, firm up. Man to
man, who was ! to take orders from, my
fare or the man in the street, Suppose Joe
there, hadn't taken yoursY"
Perhaps you're right" says he after a
minute Whether you're a smart man OF
not, anyway you're smart driver"
Did they arrest your fares?" inquired
one of the audience when Phil had finished
his story
NO" said he, ut appears that they
threw their ulsters out of the window al
got out at separate stations an walked of
under the noses of the police. "-EXchange
Thought 1t Over.
"Silas," said Mrs. Comfort as she look &c
up from her reading, lis it an awful thing
for one man to call another liarS"
Not from my standpoint"
"But here is case where a man was