The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-27

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time was long to him till he should
have done forever with the Lodge; and
the further he must so to find cab,
the greater the chance that the newt
able discovery had taken place, and
that he should return to find the gar
den full of angry neighbors. Yet when
the vehicle drew up he was sensibly
chagrined to recognize the port-wine
cabman of the night before Here, 7
he could not but reflect, "here is am
other link in the Judicial Error"
The driver, on the other hand, was
pleased to drop again upon SO liberal a
fare; and as ne was mantle reader
must already have rerceiyed--of easy,
not to say familiar, manners, he
dropped at once into vein of friendly
talk. commenting on the weather, on
the sacred season, which struck him
chiefly in the light of day OF liberal
gratuities, on the chance which had re-
united him to pleasing customer, and
on the fact that John had been (as he
was pleased to call It visibly ION the
randan" the night before.
and We look dreidful bad to-day,
sir. / must say that" he continued
There's nothing like dram for We
IL yen take my advice Of It.; and bein
as it's Christmas, I'm no saying" he
added. with fatherly smile, "but what
/ would join We myself"
John had listened with sick heart
"I'll give you dram when we've got
through" said he, affecting sprightli-
ness which sat on him most unhand-
somely, ''and not drop till then Bust
ness first, and pleasure afterward."
With this promise the jarvey was
prevailed upon to Chamber to his place
and drive, with hideous elaboration,
to the door of the Lodge. There was
no signs as yet of any public emotion;
only, two men stood not far off in talk,
and their presence, seen from afar, set
Johns pulses buzzing. He might have
spared himself his fright, for the pair
were lost in some dispute OF theology
cal complexion, and with heightened
upper lip and enumerating fingers,
pursued the matter of their difference,
and paid no heed to John.
But the cabman proved a thorn In
the flesh. Nothing would keep him on
his perch; he must Chamber down, COM
ment upon the pebble In the door
(which he regarded as an ingenious
but unsafe device), help John with the
portmanteau. and enliven matters with
a flow Of speech, and especially OF ques-
lions. which thus condense:
He'll no be here himself, will he?
No? Well, he's an eccentric mana
fair oddity-if We ken the expression
Great trouble with his tenants, they
tell me. I've driven the family for
years drove cab at his fathers
Iwaddin'. What'll your name bel
should ken your face. Baigrey, We say?
There were Baigreys about Gilmerton;
yell be one of that lot? Then this'll
he friends portmantie, like? Why?
Because the name upon it's nicholson!
Oh, II we're in hurry, that's another
Job. Waverley Brig? Are we for
away?"
SO the friendly topper prated and
questioned and kept Johns heart In a
flutter. But to this also, as to other
evils under the sun, there came pc
Fioi; and the victim Of circumstances
began at last to rumble toward the
railway terminus at Wayerly Bridge.
During the transit, he sat with raised
lrrlo s;,& ny>kf a
fetor of his chariot. and glanced out
sidelong on the holiday face of things,
the shattered shop, and the crowds
along the pavement, much as the rider
FIN the Tyburn cart may have observed
the concourse gathering to his execu-
tion.
At the station his spirits. rose again;
another stage of his escape was forum
ately ended-he began to spy blue
water, He called railway porter, and
bade him carry the portmanteau TO the
cioak-room; not that he had any notion
of delay; flight, instant flight, was his
design, no matter whittier; but he had
determined to dismiss the cabsnan ere
de named, or even chose, his dcstina-
ton. thus possibly baking the Judicial
Error OF another link. This was his
cunning aim and now with one foot on
the roadway. and one still on the
coach-step, he made haste to put the
thing in practice. and plunged his hand
into his trousers pocket.
Thai was nothing there!
ON, fes; this time he was to blame.