Year: 1859

About four miles from EastoH, Pennsylvania,
resides a wealthy farmer, his wife and daugh-
ter. The latter is dashlng rustic belle of the
man-kllng species, much noted for her daunt-
less way in doing things, and quick wit. Hav-
ing a bill of local bank for one hundred dol
lars, and not being able to use it, on account of
the inability of his nelghbor to change it. the
farmer resolved to 90 to the bank for that pur-
pose, aud selected his daughter as carrier.
The young lady mounted horse and rode to
EdstOn, bur arrived there after The bank was
closed and after offering the bill at several
stores without success, she turned the head of
her steed towards home. She had just passed
the suburbs of the city, when a " solitary horse
man " overlook her and gave the salute courte.
Gus, with winning air. AS he had the appear
ancc of a gentleman, and evinced the greatest
respect for the fair equeStrienne, she returned
his salutation without fear and the two were
soon riding side by side. The stranger ex-
pressed pleasure to find that they were both go


ing the same way and made such remarks abbut
the landscape as led his fair compa Mon to be-
lleve that he not " native to the manor
born;" he expatiated on the superb blending of
cOlOrs in the sunset sky, observed that q" God
made the country" and dwet on The contrast OF
the merchants cares and the farmers freedom
OF soul. TO all this poetlcal disqusition the
maiden did most seriously incline, not dreaming
that her companion was anything but gentle
man.


Smoothly ran the horseman's tongue until
they entered a dark wood through which the
road wound, when he suddenly refined up his
horse directly across the path, and sternly de-
sired the girl to surrender that one hundred
dollar bill she was trying TO change in Easton."


Thinking he was trying TO frighten her with
a trick, the farmers daughter laughed gaily in
reply but the production of pistol convinced
her of the true character of her escort, and she
felt that the money IN 4st CO. But mark how
slight a thing will turn the tables, when cir
cumstances all appear to tend one way. The
poor girl drew forth the bill from her bosom,
and was placing it in the scoundre's outstretch.
cd hand when gust of wind blew it into the
road and the fellow was obliged to dismonnt to
recover it. No sooner had he left his horse,
when the quick-witted girl applied the whip to
her own horse, and he sprang torward-but not
alone. The other horse started also, away went
the span with one rider. With an oath the
robber dashed after them, and fired his pistol
but the noise only frightened the animals into a
faster galoP, and the farmers daughter found
herself at home in double quick time. 1t did
not take her long to relate her adventure, nor
was her father at all delicate about examining
the saddle bags of the strange horse. In them
he found, besides large number of counterfeit
bills, nearly fifteen hundred dollars in good no.
ney! The animal alone was worth more than


the amount lost, and the farmer was well salts
fed with the exchange. The robber was pro-
bably some fellow connected with gang of
counterfeiters that nfest Central Pennsy ylyania,
and dogged the girl, in her journey from store
to store with the bill. He has not yet claimed
the horse and saddle bags-nor is there any rea-
son 10 believe that he ever will.