Catching A Pick-pocket

A lady travcling by the land route between New York and Boston was unfortúnate enough to lose her purse. In recounting her loss to a friend, who waa soon about to take the journoy, the danger of gentlemanly appearing men occupying the next seat was strougly dwelt upon. Tbo new tourist was particularly cautioned to beware on goiug through the tunnel at New York, and to keep her pockot-book grasped during tho perilous passage, The lady started. Sure enough, a geutlemnnly looking person, on tho arrival of the train at Springfield, solicited permission to fill the vacant seat beside the fair travdor. The stranger's manners were those of gentlemanly ease. He oflered the lady his newspaper, it was coldly deolined ; ho volunteered a few remarks, whieh ceived only chillingnionasyllable responses. In fact, he made no progresa whatover in becoming acquainted with his neighbor, and gave t up in despair, occupying hiinself with a cheap uovel. The lady had almost forgotten her traveling companion, as well as the advico of her friencl, when the recolleetion of both suddenly flnshed upon her as the train entered the Cimmerian darkness of the tunnel. She suddenly fumbled for her pocket, till at last the aperture was reachnd, and her hand was thrust in, to grasp aud hold her pocket-book; vvhen, horror of horrors ! she eneountered the gentleman's hand in her pocket. Whether to aereara for assistance she scarcely knew ; however, aeting on a sudden resolution, she seized the hand, determined to hold it and show the villain up when they shonld reaeh the light. At longth the train emerged into daylight, which found the lady and gentleman both anxiously looking at each othor, the lady's face vveariog an anxious expressiou, and the gentleman's a curious and puzzled ono. " tíir," she began indignantly, tightening her grasp, when chancing to cast her eyes down, she found, oh, terriblo circum8tances, her handwas in the outside pocket of his coat The lady vvns covered with confusión at this unlooked-for turn of affairs, and the geaticniíin saw that the encounter was accidental, and that each had probably recoived pick-pockot iiupreetuons of tho other trom it. It only romains for us to add that tho acquaintance thus oommenced was coutiuued, and that the hidy and gentleman were recentiy married. We would not, however, advisc marriageable young ladies as a general Ihing, to mistake geatleraan's pocketu for their own, as the sequel may not always turn out so pleasant.