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Pat and Murphy took passage in the Lex ington at Providence for the city of New York. They could raise only $5 between them-just enough to pay the passage of one and how to pass the muster of the ticket gatherer was matter of study with them.--- |" An (says Pat) have it-I have it Murphy lave the matter to me-rll wax em''-and away he hurried to the ticket office. "A ticket, sir, if you plase!' "Aye aye :" re- joined the clerk in attendance, and handed over ticket to Pat, who was very loquacious and eccentric on the occasion, as matter for after consideration. Pat paid for the ticket and hurried away to his mate, saying, Here, Murphy, take this ticket, and when called upon give it up-leave me to myselEI'l take good care of Pat" In the course of the his ticket, and soon after the gatherer called on poor Pat-"your ticket sir?" Pat began to feel furiously in his pockets, turned them inside out, and fumed and fretted about deck, declaring that he had either lost or some one had stolen his ticket. "You know bought one, sir-for talked with you some time." "Yes, and what have you done with 2" "And, sure don't know-but it's gone."- Taking it for granted that Pat had lost his ticket, the clerk went about his business, and Pat went to receive the congratulations of Murphy. Thus they passed on for halfprice and no one would ever have known of their fraudulent proceedings, had not Pat after ar- irving at New York gone up to the Clerk and said "Arrah honey worked you nicely."- And after relating the manner in which the "work" was done, Capt. Vanderbilt kindly clapped him on the shoulder, walked him up to the Police, and had him sent to the Peni- tentiary for being engaged in a fraudulent transaction.-Nes0- Bedford Gazette.