; THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. , AUGUST 27, , 1978. RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R ARRANGEMENT OF PA88ENCIEK TRAINS. May 12uT, 1878. rKAINS LEAVE UAKKI8BVRO AS FOLLOWS For New York, (it 8.20, 8.10 a.m. Loop. m., and 7.M p. m. For Philadelphia, at 8.20, g.lo, 9.46 a.m. 2.00 aud 8.67 p. In. Kor Heading, at 6,20, S.10, 9.45 a. m. and 2.00 8.67 and 7.5ft. For Fottsvllle at 8.20, 8.10 a. m., and 8.67 p. in., and via Schuylkill and Busquehamia Branch at 2.40 p. in. For Auburn via B. S B. Br. at 5.80 a. m. For Allentown,at6.20, 8.10 a. m., and at 2.00, 3.67 and 7.66 p. m. The 5.20, 8.10 a. m., and 7.65 p. m., trains have through cam for New York. The 6.20, a. m.. and 2.00 p.m., trains have through cars (or Philadelphia. BUNDAYHt For New York, at 6.20 a. m. ForAllentown mid Way Stations at 8.20 a.m. For Heading, Philadelphia and Way Statlousat 1.43 p. m. TRAINS FOB II ARIURP.URG, LEAVE A8 FOL LOWS i leave New York, at 8.46 a. m., 1.00, S.SOand 7.45 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 4.00, nml 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at tl-40, 7.40, 11.20 a. m. 1.30, 6.15 and 1". : p. m. Leave Pottsville, at 6.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.3r p. m. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rriiuuhat 8.16 a. m. Leave Auburn via 8. & 8. Br. at 12 noon. Leave Alieiitown, at t30 6,50, 9.05 a. in., 12.15 4.80 and 9.03 p. in. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 3.30 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 p. m. Leave Allentown, at2 30 a.-ni., and 9.05 p. m. J. E. WOOTKN, (ien. Manager. O. G.Hancock, General Ticket Agent. tDoes not run on Mondays. "Via Morris aud Essex It. It. Pennsylvania K. It. Time Table. Newport station. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Fas enger tralnswlll run as follows: EAST. Mlffllntown Aco. 7.32 a. m., d illy except Sunday. Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M., dally " 8unday Mail, 6.64 p. m. , daily exceptSunday Atlantic Express, 9.54p.m., flag, dally. WEST. Way Pass. 9.08 A. M., dally. Mail, 2.43 p. m. dally exceptSunday. Mirtllntown Aco. 6.66 p. M. datlyexcept Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57F. M., (Flax) daily, ex cept Sunday. Facfno Express. 5.17 a. m.. dally (flag) Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min utes slower than New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agent. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 23th, 1877, trains will leave Duncannon. as follows : EASTWARD. Mlffllntown Acc. dally except Sunday at 8.12a. m. Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., daily exceptSunday. Mail 7.30 P. M " " " Atlantic Express 10.20 p. M., daily (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 A. M., daily Mail, 2.09 p. m, dailyexceptSunday. Mlffllntown Acc. dailyexceptSunday at 6.16p.m. Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday (flag) 11.&3P. H. WM. O. KING Agent. kansasIparms AND FREE HOMES. 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GOOD LIVE BUSINESS MEN to sell the Excel sior Improved Letter Copying Book. No Press, Brush or water used, copies liistautlv. Agents out lit VLho. Agents make from 810 to 815 per day. Address Excelsior Manufacturing Co., 47 La Salle St., Chicago, 111. Incorporated Feb. 16th 1K77. Capital. 1100,000. Exclusive Territory given. 264t SAVED BY A DETECTIVE. THE bour grew Into, and Mr Brand paced hts room 111 moody silence. The train bad come In, but his messen ger had not returned, and the merchant was troubled. Troubled by a vague sort of a doubt, which haunted him in spite of his faith In Lake. A merry, sober old trader of long experience had said that Lake waa too young to All the im portant position which he held, but Mr. Brand had never found his trust In Tom misplaced. Having heard rumors concerning a house with which he had extensive deal ings, the merchant had dispatched Lake to London telling him to make inquiries, and In any case to get the partners of the firm In question to settle urt their accounts. Bo Lake had gone from Liverpool to London, The time had passed for his return, and still he did not come. A lady entered and stole by the mer chant's side; her own sweet face wns anxious, aud there was a tremor in tho music of her voice, as she said : " Do you think he will be here to night, dear papa V" " I hope so, Mary, but it is very late." " Is there no other train V "Only the night express, and that does not stop, except at the central stations." "Perhaps he will come, pnpa; he would not mind coming ten miles, even if he had to walk." "He should not have missed the train," said Mr. Brand, sternly; "punc tuality is an imperative duty with men of business." " But, papa, something may have oc curred to detain him." " Nothing should detain a man who has given his word." The fair pleader was silenced her father waa angry, and, knowing his strictness of principle, aud how in veterate waa hla dislike to any breach of discipline or duty, she did not venture to speak again. The time dragged slowly on, Mr. Brand continued hla restless walk, and Mary sat subdued and silent, watching him. She saw that he was listening, as the night express went whirling by; and from the depths of her heart there went a prayer that Lake would come safely home. The girl loved him would have staked her life on his truth, and knew that he waa not beyond his time through any weakness or wrong. Two slow, weary hours passed. Mr. Brand was reading the commercial news ; but, for the first time in his life, it did not interest him, he was thinking of the young clerk and the heavy sum of money that would be in his possession should the London firm have paid him. And Maryi reading her father's counte nance, felt chilled and pained by the slur cast over her lover's honesty by hla suspicions her every thought was a denial of bis and aa the rapid clatter, of a horse's feet rang out, she ran to the window. " Look 1" she said, dashing the cur tains aside with eager handa; "look, papa, I said he would come I knew he would." The merchant's stern features relaxed with a smile of pleasure. He was not emotional or demonstrative, but hla daughter's gladness pleased him. There was a few momenta of expec tancy, and then Tom Lake came In. He went straight to Mr, Brand, only notic ing with a bow the lovely face whose glance thrilled his soul. "They have paid," he said, quietly, as he placed a thick pocket-book in the merchant's hand, " but I think we were only just in time," " Indeed 1" "There was a consultation at the banker's before I could get cash for the check." " Do you think they will break i"' " Hopelessly. They have given me an immense order, but it would not be wise to forward the goods." " You did not hint that we had the slightest fear V" " No ; but I was glad to get the money ; twelve thousand would have been a heavy loss. ' And yet," continued Tom, gravely, " this morning the cdda were considerably against its ever reaching you." "How?" ; Tom took two chairs, ' placed them side by side near the fire, led Mary to one and seated himself in the other. He had done his duty aa the merchant's clerk, and now waa Mr. Brand's pro. spectlve Bon-in-law and partner. " I had an adventure," he said, " I waa the hero of a strange story ia a ride by express." Mary bent forward to listen Tom clasped her hand in bis own. Mr. Brand sat opposite to them, interested by the speaker's manner, as he began: " When I got the check I had an idea that all might not be well, so as to make sure, I presented it at the banker's. There was, as I told you, a consultation before they cashed it, and while thecon sultatlon was going forward I noticed a stranger looking nt me intently, I I knew the man in ray younger and wilder days. I had met him often at the race course, in blllard rooms, and in other places more or less respectable. Now he was changing a check for some petty amount, and was evidently as tonished by the immensity of the order I had presented, i left the bank with my pocket-book full of notes, and found that I had lost the train. The next would be the night express, so I strolled into a billiard room. A man is just aa safe with a fortune In his pocket as if penniless, so that he is wise enough to hold hla tongue. There was some clever playing going on, and I stood watching the players till some one challenged me to have a gnino. If I have one special vanity, It Is my science with the cue. I accepted, and as I did so a strange feel ing which bad been growing upon me took a sudden turn which startled me., . My challenger was the man whom I had noticed at the banker's. There was nothing strange in the fact of hla being in the room, one of his favorlts resorts, but I was possessed by the vague shadow of a single idea. I had read somewhere of a man being followed and plundered in a train, and somehow I associated the story with the man before me. It was the first time I had ever paid any par ticular attention, but I gave him a full observation now. The more I looked at him the less I liked him. He was handsome, gentlemanly, with a fair form and elegant figure, full of suppleness and strength. His manner was singular ly unassuming, his face frank and genial, but by looking closely at him, you could see something sinister looking in the depths and softness of his eyes. I never liked a stranger to be afl'able and possessing, and my friend was the very pink of affability and grace. We played for an hour with alternat ing success ; he was an amusing com panion, well Informed, and had traveled, but I waa shy of conversation. I left him, and still having some time to spare, went to see a friend in the Tem ple. When, at the expiration of thirty or forty minutes, I emerged into Fleet St., almost the first person on whom my gaze fell was my late antagonist at billiards. I thought there was something more than a mere coincidence in this second meeting, since we stood together at the bankers. He was in a cigar shop op posite. Not a hundred yards from the Tem ple gate stood a man whom I recognized with a very welcome feeling. It was George Vixen, the detective. He was fashionably dressed, and look ed an aristocrat of the first water. I went up, and gre eting him aa I should an old familiar friend, held out my hand and said : " Come and drink a glass of wine with me ; I have something to say." He shook hands in the most natural way possible. I took his arm and we entered the public bar of an adjacent hotel. I told him my suspicion, and of the journey I had to perform by rail. I saw that, watching through the glass of the door, he waa taking a men tal photograph of the two men. " They mean buslnesa," said Vixen, quietly, "but I shall be with you. We must part at the door, or they will see that we have scented the game." " And you," I said, " how will you actr"' " I shall travel to Liverpool by the night express. He left me. I had no fear now know ing him to be a clever and determined fellow. Taking a casual glance across the road, I saw my man with hla companion. It waa quite evident that they were tracking me, though I lost sight of them before reaching St. Paul's. I strolled along the church yard, wandering nearly . to Islington, then went through the city again before I made for the station; my acquaintance of the billiard room did not appear. Two men were in the compartment with me. I could not see the face of one, and the other was a stranger. The bell rang, the guard had just time to put a bewildered old gentleman in by my side and we were on. The man whose face I had not seen turned toward me. I could hardly repress any exclama tion. There was no mistaking that frank, genial countenance, nor the lurking devil in those eyes, whose softness was so sinister. He had me then at last. Vixen had deserted me, and I was left . to travel that perilous Journey alone with the man who had followed me so skilfully another, who might have been his con federate.and an old gentleman who, after grumbling out bis indignation against all railway servants aud , locomotive traveling in general, was fast asleep in the comer. That the intentions of my billiard friend were manifested by the fact of his having assumed a false moustache and beard. They added to the beauty of his face, but left to his eyes that sleepy, cruel glitter that ia characteristic of the Asiatic. , , . , He spoke to me, remarked the oddity of our being traveling companions, and grew pleasantly familiar. I answered him, not wishing to appear churlish or afraid, knowing that I could trust some thing to my own strength, should the worst come.. , . We had made the last stoppage, and were rolling swiftly through the gloom when among other topics, our conversa tlon touched on Jewelry. He drew a showy ring from his finger, telling me it was a curious piece of workmanship, having a secret spring, which he said I could not discover. , I took It, searching in vain for the Billing, then returned it to blm. It dropped and rolled under my feet. I stooped to pick It up, and so did he, but In that moment, while my head was down, he had me tightly by the throat, and threw me to the carriage floor. Hla confederate was upon me in an instant. I could scarcely breathe, and could not struggle, for a heavy knee was upon my chest, and two strong, brutal hands were crushing the life from my throat. Though the horror of the situation did not last a minute, It seemed an eternity to me. I felt the ruffian's hand searching for the pocket-book, and I strained desperately for a chance of re sistance. Their work was nearly done. Cramp ed in that small space, I was powerless, and the veins In my throat and head were swelling like sinuous bars, when the old gentleman in the corner awoke and came to my assistance. I heard a low whirr of some weapon lu its descent, and my first assailant reeled from me stunned. Then the old gentleman, with a strength and rapidity of action wonderful to see in one of hla age seized the scoundrel, lifted him away, and dashed him down in a seat. There was a brief struggle, and then I heard a sharp click scoundrel the se cond had a pair of handcuffs on his wrists. V They were more prompt than I ex pected," said the old gentleman, remov ing hla woolen comforter, with which he fastened my first assailant's hand be hind him, "and a railway carriage does not afford much scope for a struggle." The pocket-book waa safe. ' The rufllans were securely bound, and the gentleman who, without hla spectacles and muffling stood out in1 bold and pleasant relief as the detective, kept guard over them. At the station they were handed over into the custody of the police. I was all right by that time. Vixen rode with me aa far aa the hotel nearest here, and to-morrow lie will call to see if I am any the worse for my ride by express. The contents of the pocket-book were Mary's bridal dowry. The detective speaks of the senior partner in the firm of Brand & Lake as the most hospitable and generous man he ever met In the course of his profession al career. Lake was quite cured of his love for billiard playing. He had too narrow an escape, and he did not forget how he bad been saved by a detective. ROLLINS' LAW SUIT. THE facts in the case of McQlue vs, Rollins' were these: Rollins' cow, it seems, while feeding on the common, got through a place alleged by the defendant to have been purposely left open in the fence of Mc- Glue's garden. She did some damage; but was driven out, and when McGlue remonstrated with Rollins about the predatory and incendiary tendencies of his cow. Rollins replied with declama tory and unparliamentary language, Thereupon, McGlue went up and sued him for trespass, and swore to push the case to the last extremity. McGlue's lawyer, Poddery, went right to work; and when Rollins heard about it, he got his lawyer, Hopkins, to bring a counter suit for conspiracy to entrap the cow. .' . , t, McGlue then told Poddery to open out a second suit for damages done to eight fence-palings and a post by Rollins' cow, and Rollins also made a fresh start in another suit against McGlue, inwhlch he claimed fifteen dollars for the ruin of his cow's horn by McGlue's grape-arbor. This seemed to McGlue so.., audacious that he ordered Poddery , to include In his claim the market-price of four . cab bages aud a bunch of parsley that the cow ate. He said be would have let them go as of no account if Rollins hadn't proved himself such a conscience less scoundrel. But this last movement exasperated Rollins to such a degree that he went over and got old Mrs. Muldooney to make an affidavit that she saw McGlue 'milking the Cow, while it was in his grounds, in ' the wash-boiler. Armed with this affidavit, Hopkins had Mc Glue arrested, and he was held In securi ty to answer a charge of petit larceny. McGlue was furious. He got Poddery to open out a new suit, based upon the fact that Rollins' cow had soared one of his children into fits, Injuring the child's constitution, and Involving large ex penditures for medical attendance. But just as the constable was going to serve the notice, Rollins came In, and swore out a fresh process against McGlue for damages done to the cow by McGlue's setter pup biting her in the rear hind leg, just above the ankle. Poddery then told McGlue that the time had come for decisive action ; that, unless Justice was a mockery, and' hu man rights a hollow Sham, he must settle this man Rollins at once. So McGlue ordered a new suit against Rol lins for destruction of his property In permitting hla cow to rub the whitewash off of the corner of McOlue's pig-sty ; ond McGlue said he would carry the case to the Supreme Court if it should be neccessary. Rollins met this assault by putting in a demand for compensation for the hair lost by his cow by coming into collision with McGlue's pig-sty ; and, at the sug gestion of Lawyer Hopkins, he added a sworn item, in which he showed that the digestion of the cow had been per manently ruined by the latch of the pig-sty, which was so Ioobo that it came off, when the cow nibbled it, and it was swallowed. When McGlue called to ask Poddery what should be done now, that eminent lawyer was out buying a house with the fees that had already accrued from the great cow-case. Hopkins, at that mo ment, was paying off an old mortgage with his fees. When Poddery came in, he said that things had now reached a crisis. Mc Glue's clear duty was to throw himself upon his country, and to stamp out this fiend who was pursuing him with ma lignant fury. After talking it over for an hour, Pod dery took out the papers in another 6uit in which McGlue accused Rollins of breach of the peace in permitting his cow to wake Mrs, McGlue's baby, in the very crisis of the mumps, by its " moooing ;" and still another, in which McGlue claimed compensation for the brick which he heaved at the cow, and for the manual labor expended in the effort. Rollins retaliated by arresting McGlue for corrupting the morals of . Rollins' boy, Jim, by the use of profane and scandalous language while he was striv ing to eject the cow. ' - As soon as McGlue entered ball, he told the squire that he would call in the morning to enter suit against Rollins for permitting his cow to butt down Mc Glue's pig-sty. Rollins overheard him, and at once made an affidavit, stating that the shock of the encounter with the pig-sty had given the cow brain-fever, and so de ranged her mind, and unstrung her nervous system, that she was now in the habit of coming homeward, up the hill, tail foremost, in such a manner as to excite general derision. , The two suitors left the squire's office together. As they passed through the door-way, Rollins jostled McGlue's el bow. . McGlue Jostled back again, and Rollins struck him. They clinched. It was an awful combat, and each was taken borne on a shutter, and put to bed. A week later, friends brought them together, and made up the quarrel, and the suits were all withdrawn. A fortnight afterward. Poddery dis trained McGlue for his fees, and lefthim an empty house. ' - On the same day, Hopkins sold Rol lins out, cow and all ; and he had to be gin the world clear over again. Both of them think . they will be calmer when they have another cow case. ' . , Don't Marry in Haste. Girls talk all alike about marriage, as though it was a jubilee, a gladsome thing, a rose without a thorn, and so it is, if all is light, if they go about it as rational beings, instead of merry-making children. It is a serious thing to marry. It is a life business. Therefore never do it in haste ; never run away to get married ; never marry for wealth ' or standing, or fine persons or manners, but for both, for the qualities of mind and heart which make' an honorable man. Take time, think long and well before you accept any proposal ; consult your parents, then some judicious friend, then your own judgement. Learn all that ia possible for you to learn of pro posed husband. When all doubts have been removed, and not till then, accept him. ! C3T You can put it down aa a solemn truth that if your religion has failed to sweeten your temper, and keep you from retailing slander, you have the wrong article. 63- Envious people puuish themselves for being Inferior to their neighbors.
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