The Republican journal., 1869-12-02
NUMBER 81,
I examined and found he was rioht

! L tAilulHeu, anu IOulu he WIS l1gnt, but
in q moment | saw his face tighten up, though
| could not see at what. Again he peered
into the depth that the drawer was taken
from, and slipped ii back quietly to its place
Then he got up absently took a survey of the
room, looked ont of the window, and saying,
~ will be back in 4 few minutes" walked
into the street, and, returning in less than
five, said:
''l on had better go on to-day the same as
usual, and alter business hours, | shall want
to come in here, with a friend of mine, and
be entirely alone with him for Il couple of
hours.n
This, Of course, agreed to, and went on
using my drawer the rest of the day, but all
came right. At five o'clock | myself admit
ted Blaisdell aud his friend, who looked to
Inc like locksmith. and left them. The next
morning, at ten O'clock Blaistlell handed me
the Key OF my drawer, which had left with
nm the night before. and, opening the draw
er, sald, pointing to piece of white paper,
pasted in the bottom
! ''1 on will please not disturb or touch that
but lay your money carefully upon it.
shall be in and out here every half hour On
so, to see how the thing comes out"
Glow the thing comes OUT rather puz-
zled me, but, as was in the Doctors hands
obeyed orders and said nothing
Blalsdcll came III and out and talked coffee
closely and knowingly, and had some trou-
bic, once OF twice, to persuade myself that
was only going through the motions, and moi
really buying 4 cargo of Rio of him. All was
| quiet, and my accounts right, Blaisdsll declin-
ing to lunch with me, saying, in an o@l-hanC
way, that he would foot up his freight accounts
in my absence, if | would permit him to sit a
my desk. In half an hour | was back and
the moment | entered | saw a peculiar eX
preston on Blaisdelrs face, an expression o
| intense listening. He did not getup from m,
chair, but put his finger on his lip. The otlic,
was perfectly silent, with the exception Of til,
scratching of Conway,s pen-he always
would use quills-when suddenly, there wa:
q sharp noise and q struggling within IN,
desk. Blaisdel jumped to his feet excitcdly
and called:
''The'key! Quick! quick BY George we'v,
got him ~
/ | handed him the key in an instant, com
p!etely astounded, is was Old Conway, for II
tumbled right off his stool, and Blalsdell un
locked the drawer. 1t was not so easy to opcl
it for it took our combined strength. Tho
first sight that met my eye when that was
done, was a human hand. which Blaistle
seized with u grip Ikea wise, and in an instan
had an handcuif on it. saw nj a glance i
was Il hand without u thumb, and, 1T thr same
time, heard Blaisdell say:
''Why, its Thumby. 1 thought he was W
the river
| was 50 dazcd that | could hardly under
stand the thing and stood looking like an id
lot, while Blaisdeli took up heavy poker
clasped the other hand-cutl on it, and, plac
ing it across the drawer, said composcdly:
''Thercs yourman, slr-Thumhy Dick one
of the most accomplished burglars in thi>
country Shall we 60 round and sec hiln?'
We went round and saw him, and, the mo
ment laid eyes on his face. | recognized bin
as Il man who had been several times to sec
me in reference to Il schooner with fruit We
expected from the West Indies, protesslne
that he wished to buy all the pineapplcs
This was the greeting between the Doctor an,
Thumbv Dick;
''rhis was i well-put-up job, Dick" say
the Doctor; ''but its played"
"If ia known you was on ii, Doe, I'd a,
struck the heap, and gone
Eyes" scratching lis chin, ''hut YOU didn'
want to Kill the goose that laid the godcr
eggs, el?''
Come, take US out of this, Doc; I've 20
nothing to say
| And so Thumby Dick w,tstakcn ont, andac
commodated with his bracelets on The sam,
side Of the house. and told us the whole sto
| ry. lie had noticed the monel drawer whri
he first came to see me, his intentions at thu
| time being to tap the safe some pleasant even
ing. He knew the next building well, it wa!
q small drinking place in front. with Il back
room, and offices up stairs. This back room
he managed to hire, and with the nice eye o
amcchanic-for the Job showed skil-throucl
the wall he Went right behind my desk 4
night he had skiltully removed the rear o
my money drawer, and rctitted it with tou
wooden pegs (Which was Blaisdeli's first clue
as he was examining the drawcr,) and 8
could noiselessly help himself during the day
for. even through | might open the drawc
when he was in the act, could not have de
tected him, unless | bent down and looked
back to see the rear part ont, BIaisdell an,
his friend, the locksinith looking man, ha(
skilltully fitted q spring trap at the bottom o
the drawer, under the white paper, so that
the crowding Of the hand, in the net of grasp
ing the money, sprung the trap, and toob
Mr.. Thumby prisoncr-a mishap that he is
now eNpiating at his old residence en- the
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