Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-30


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A. when, In the Beyond unsesrchsd and strange,
9is ri .MS s L hath survived ths change
Whst shall make worth Of immortality
psfs3s" JOvest thou mer' .ii
he True Story Of Old Reginald and
.ap the Honest Burglar. hss.
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THesH who do not know me may, per
haps, believe the following story. Those
who do know me will not Still, it is
quite true: lp1t iI"|3t - tf''
Reginald was q pleasant old gentleman,
with q fine sense,of humor. He had con-
siderable property, and lived ON Wimble-
dom Common. lG {p ssrt7aq
He had one beautiful daughter-but that
is not to the point tt
One afternoon, as Old, Reginald was
reading books in his drawing room, it was
announced to him that a Common Man
desired to speak with him. er,pa 80
He gave orders that the Common Man
ahould be admitted. Aud admitted the
Common Man was. 4R f5saEa = .3l.t
He was very Common Man, indeed.
A tall, shamblng, i'll looking fellow, with
an irresolute manner and shrinking eye.
He was dressed as costermongers are
dressed when following their calling.
"What is your pleasure, good sn?''
said Old Reginald. L..
beg pardon guv'nor," said the Com
mon Man 81 hope you wont be hard on
Mot at ALL" replied Old Reginald.
"rm-I'm a burglar" said the Com
Indeed said Reginald "Take a
chair" fstH21 t'.'"
aThank you, kindly, guv'nor,' said he,
sbut I'd rather stand."s y j,5@
And he did stand. l2 .'' '.
So far there is nothing very incredible
IN my story. But 1t gets more remarkable
aHow do you like your profession -
ssid Old Reginald. elhnfit"f 49,. "
well, guv'nor," said the Common
Man, don't like it noways, and that's
Il" aoilef .5a 60 = t'
"Tha''s whaty" az .4F,Lg ~aHi5.
~'rhats why I'm here belongs to a
gang Of twelve wot's working these parts
Jest now. We cracks cribs BY turns It's
its my turn tonight" ..f3 Dr.
And the burglar wept like child.
This ~This, l presume is Kemorse} said Old
aNo, guv'nor. it sint Remorse," said
The burglar. It's Funk" ,tt I.
1.-The same thing" said Reginald.
at amt the being burglar that OBJ
jact to. It's the having to commit burglar
les. like the credit Of it, sir; It's the
danger object TO-" ''i
II see" ttf}f
snow, by the laws Of our gang, we're
hound to crack cribs in turn. That Is to
say, one of us cracks the crib while the
esher eleven stops outside and gives the
Office" uisis
II thought that burglars always worked
in twos or threes 4" said Old Reginald. q
~P'raps ought to know best?" sug-
eested the burglar. 100 fltf}
"Perhaps you are right. Indeed, ] am
! ssre you ought. What CRIB do vow pro-
pese TO crack tonight"
This here one" f1ft#
"Niney" .v Apl. 12L.l
"Yourn" A
"Ohi"
And Old Reginald prepared TO ring the
ball ,ylgg 81
Please don't do that guv'nor You
sn't never agoin to give me into Gus
todyS"
II think had better" @sts
mo. NO, guv'nor, don't do that. Listen
to me first. amt sgoin' TO hurt you. It's
nay turn to crack your crib to night Now,
will you lp mes"
"I,hardly see my way" said Old Regi
nald, thoughtiully. Sill, If can be Of
dLook here, guv'nor, each member Of
our gang Is bound to get fifty pounds
worth Of swag from each crib he cracks
II he don't, he's shot Now, / see hand
some silver safver and coffee pot and cream
Jag n came In here Wot might be the
value of that handsome silver salver and
eofee-pot2" .#1st
The cream jug ia electro. Ths coffee,
pot, with sugar basin and salver, may be
worth five and forty pounds"
- That's near enough. III take 'en.
Here Is fiimsy for fifty quid. "8uoa 9Yes
And he handed old Reginald bank
note tor the amount Is
Still don't quite understand y
want you, guv'nor, TO be SO good as
% leave your bedroom window open to-
night and place that silver and them sil.
Yer traps where can get 'em, shall
nave cracked my crib, bagged my ,sWagg,
MO made myself safe until my turn came
round againNl Il 8un bna ~ 3ua aba1
Certainly" said old Reginald, holding
ne ask how can you afford 10 pay so
handsoniely for your depreA ation ~ *
There was Atdezent on US, sir. Each
On Us cracks crib once in four months,
sad each swsggs at least fifty pounds,
,onh-often more, but at least that AT.
each plant the profits ate divided
h0 quarter stlle twelve cribs crxcked
t HsvasA, vs. ~ eleven hundred. pounds-s
ma MAJ ! ninety pouads odd apiece. :. When,
~ urn comes pay = fair price Tor the
Ivy pcands' worth swsgg (for I have
tn I'm Aouefatlg aofoaghk snph and ags1
NY pounds to the good. And 0rJ
M runas quarter 10 3 hundred and sixH
:. .s NJ ntnsoislbix hid sshenl its les,
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