to thrash a fellow named Smith, who lived over at Sutton
Junction. He said that he was a mean cuss who drank all his life,
would drink whenever he got the chance, was all the time running
after the women and, to cover up his deviltry, he goes round
preaching temperance, and raising the devil with the hotel
keepers. They wanted to chase him away and get him out of the
business. Howarth went on to say that Smith, who is station
master at Sutton Junction, was so mean that people cannot ship
goods to that station without their being opened, looked over and
their contents reported to the temperance people. They had, he
added, reported Smith to the company, and his discharge had been
ordered. I asked Howarth what about the money for doing this job,
and he answered, "Don't fear; everything is fixed, and you will
be well taken care of." In the afternoon, Howarth took me to
Sutton, and we called at Curley's hotel, and went from there to
Lebeau's, where he introduced me to a man named Lebeau, who owns
a race course, as a Mr. Stewart, a horse buyer from Boston. I
then rode with Mr. Lebeau and drove his horse, staying round
there until the evening, when I went back to Curley's hotel, and
had supper. I did not pay for it, and was not asked to pay. I
went to Sutton, purchased a ticket for Richford, where I met
Howarth in the afternoon by agreement, received fifteen dollars
from him and had a long conversation regarding the job I was to
do, after which Howarth went back to Abercorn. I, however,
remained over night at Richford, and next morning took the train
for Sutton. I then went to Mr. Wilson's hotel, and remained there
for two or three days. They asked me no questions in regard to my
board bill, they did not seem to care whether my bills were paid
or not, and they were never paid by me. I remained there until
the horse race at Knowlton, to which I went with Mr. Wilson, and
where I expected to meet Howarth with a team for me to use, but I
did not find Howarth at Knowlton. I left Knowlton the same night,
and rode back to Sutton, to Wilson's hotel, with a man whom I met
at the races. A day or two following, I was supplied with the
team, which was fed and cared for free of charge at Curley's and
Wilson's hotels. This team was supplied me for the purpose of
dr