This gentleman has the checks for my baggage," said I, pointing to the thief. Bewildered, he took them from his waistcoat-pocket, gave them to the baggage-master, and went hastily away. I had no inclination to cry " Stop thief !" and had barely time to... The Englishwoman in America - Seite 147von Isabella Lucy Bird - 1856 - 464 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1856 - 590 Seiten
...took them from his waistcoat-pocket, gave them to the baggage-master, and went hastily away. I had no inclination to cry " Stop thief !" and had barely...customers if they can outwit Yankee pickpockets." ' The quickness and presence of mind of this lady was worthy of the practised skill of the detective... | |
| 1856 - 668 Seiten
...took them from his waistcoat-pocket, gave them to the baggage-master, and went hastily away. I had no inclination to cry " Stop thief !" and had barely...customers if they can outwit Yankee pickpockets." ' The quickness and presence of mind of this lady was worthy of the practised skill of the detective... | |
| 1856 - 594 Seiten
...gave them to the baggage-master, and went hastily away. I had no inclination to cry " Stop thief I" and had barely time to congratulate myself on the...customers if they can outwit Yankee pickpockets." ' The quickness and presence of mind of this lady was worthy of the practised skill of the detective... | |
| Andrew Wynter - 1860 - 554 Seiten
...when my friends appeared from the next car. They were too highly amused with my recital to sympathize at all with my feelings of annoyance ; and one of...customers if they can outwit Yankee pickpockets.' " The quickness and presence of mind of this lady was worthy of the practised skill of the detective... | |
| Richard Pike - 1884 - 304 Seiten
...friends appeared from the next carriage. They were too highly amused with my recital to sympathize at all with my feelings of annoyance, and one of them,...saying, in a thoroughly American tone, ' The English Indies must be cute customers if they can outwit Yankee pickpockets.' " NOVEL OBSTRUCTION. On a certain... | |
| Richard Pike - 1884 - 318 Seiten
...my recital to sympathize at all with my feelings of anno}-ance, and one of them, a gentleman tilling a high situation in the east, laughed heartily, saying,...customers if they can outwit Yankee pickpockets.' " NOVEL OBSTRUCTION. On a certain railroad in Louisiana the alligators have the bad habit of crawling... | |
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