The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-31

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t'or people will think there's somethin
wrong"1 So walks right on, and gets il
to Farringdon Market, and makes bit (
twist and comes back again, meaning NJ
to miss it this time.
There it was.-three golden balls hun
out, and window full OF everything on
could find q name for workinglnen's too
and watches, silk handkerchers and silvt
spoons, flutes aud lddles without an
strings, pistols aud telescopes, the one
make hole in you with, and tother to loo
With, glass decanters and tooth-drawerl
pincers, rings, and chains and earrings
and musical boxes, and composing sticks
but there was MT neither smoothing, no
rebate. nor a moulding, nor a jack, nor
trying plane III the whole window and
cut by as hard as ever could ; and, ''Ton
Scott" says you're fool You've com
to the wrong shop!
All at once pulled up, and pretends t
be looking in at a fishing tackle shop, an
stood there a-talking as it were, to All oil
stuffed Jack that was staring at me wit
his yellow eyes, and his mouth wide opel
and full of hooky teeth, that would let any
thing go in, but precious little come Oh
again and then somehow or another,
seemed to me as that great stuffed jack, o
pike, or whatever you call it, was
sorter initatio n O that precious relation a
| came out on purpose to see.
"Ah !" says land we poor chaps is tn
gudg con as he lives on. And a preciou
gudgeon you are, Tom Scott six feet high
fourteen stone weight, and hunbuggins
yourself, and pretending all sorts O. gam
mon, because you amt got enough stuff il
you to 60 in like man and pawn thai
plane. Tom" / says, * ''Fm ashamed o
you Take it home again, and ask the, mis-
sus to doit FOR you, and don't be humbug
and say you got 70 the. wrong shop
And SO gave it him-thats me you know
hot and strong for about five minutes, and
then Self better rzrnsr
Don't be donkey, 4 says; and then hugs
the plane up tight, and walks on; but I'm
blessed if everybody didn't seem to know
where | was a-goin', and KEEP staring
at the red Handkerchief, when they would
mt have took bit O. notice if | had carried
the plane in my hand, open like, -
Now for it. says; for I'd made my
mind quite up, and meant business, when
meets policeman, and he looks at. me,
and l looks at him; and don't know how a
chap feels that has stolen a plain, but if he
feels half as bad as did that afternoon,
why, the sooner he turns honest, and earns
the tools instead, the better for him.
| knew was fool to miEd, and KEEP
telling myself SO; but twas mt no use, bless
you, for before I'd got dozen yards past
the policemen, if didn't turn round to look,
and, as Il matter of course, there was he
turned round too, and staring at me- Talk
about look ! why his eyes went through
me like mortice chisels in door ianib -
turns round again, aud scuffles on, mean
ing to rush into the shop. Now for it,
says again; and believe should nave done
it, if a chap hadn't have come out at the
same moment, with his hand i'll his pocket
thinking some money, aud we nearly ran
against one another and started back. For
he knowed me by sight, and knowed him,
through having worked few benches off
one another up at Corbitt's.
Wejust mods, and he was gone like a
shot; for he knowed could tell what he'd
been in there for while, of course put it
TO you, now, couldn't go in then, could (?
On goes ever so far up the lane and then
back once more, and this time, although
knowed everybody was looking at me,
blunders right into the shop, slips off the
handkerchief, and bangs the plane down on
the counter. @# EttS&
Lend me five shillings on this for week,
| says: and two or three people in cupboards
like reaches round to see who made such "a
noise j; but as there was four or five more
people in the place, nobody takes any more
notice of me, and there stands, hot an
savage till skinny little chap with pen
holder across his mouth, like bit, because
he was vicious, comes up and turns my old
plane over, and then he mumbles as well as
he could for the pen,-
How much?' GVENLS
Twelve and Six says; for | thought
he meant what did give for the plane y.
He gives it push and shakes his head,
and was just going to speak, when feels
a hand on my shoulder, and looking round,
there was the policeman met, and he
says @ 81.
Where did you get it from, my man p
Bought it, says !, in regular furry.
Where p says he. , ...s 81
'Charing Cross, | says; and to make
long story short, | had to let him walk back
to my lodging with me, and see my basket
of,tools, and then he only seemed half sat
isfed: while half an hour after reused up
and went out, quite savage, swinging the
plane in my hand, and sold it at marine
store shop for two shillings .o,v
1t was hard work to comfort the wife when
she knew that she was going to be left
alone; for %, Tom she says, the poverty's
hard enough to bear without having to be
separated But promised her Id take a
lodging, and get her down with me as soon
as found the work likely to last but next
morning at breakfast saw more than one
tear drop into her teacup 81 1sv lecs
But it was bright morning, aud id
been doing all could to cheer her up for l
wasn't to start till nine; so gave young
Tom treat, --washed his head for him, and
rubbed on the soap till his little mob was all
white
Now sloosh, faryer, he says; and
slooshed him, and never got the soap once
in his eyes, nor yet up his nose, which
wasn't surprising, seeing what little chap
he was then, and no nose at all to speak of
Well, at last had my tool basket ready,
and a hammer through the handles to swing
it over my shoulder. There were three
clean aprons inside and some odds and end:
should want; and then there was nothing
else to do but to say good by. But there,
won't tell you about it, for she took on a
great deal, as it was the first time has
been away from her. sn
You will write. Tom 2 she says
why, of course | says. r..
| tAnd I've put four sheets and some en-
velopes in, she says, so that you needu'
write on the back of the sandpaper witt
your pencil, for it's so hard to make il out
Aud then, after five minutes silence,
bolted out, and wouldn't look behind till
was out of the court. asousa s5s e {.
Why, of course was sorry to leave be
behind; and went along with my hear
feeling as heavy as lump Of lead, an
everybody met looking dim aud weary
which / should think must have been indi
gestion, or something Of that kind; but i
soon went off, aud the clear sunshinv morn
ing seemed 70 brighten one up, till i felt S
hearty and CHEEKY that I was ashamed .