The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-02-16

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TIN down AMI sss tie Kitchen, !. Shouts
the old man. and dent stand gaping
rMnd tl,ai way. Thesr's srNl dawn
stairs. II yon want ~ examine tlc
hoase, c.as ~ when sar lslls- full,
ami III rh"w il I" YIN.
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came a,rl walks into The Kitchen, ~t.rr u
l little rirl was washing ,lishe~. She gave
him some hwad and meal and talkrsl
quite frvls To his aHtonishnacnt, she
tnll him tl,a, the old man Ind III. ~
m.ney in the house. Shed rs~n il. She
alrn inl,l him that sl,c livsl ia thr village
and went homc every night. liz mus,
have na.lc n favorable report. hsWn~c il
wasn't lonG after that when lill krtcl,nn,
who ~nS thu ringlsaslcr III the river runI,
thought he'd take look III thc honSs..
~ mp he pNn. playing the part u lssl.
siler. AMI drops the neatcst little pack ia
front II the place when he sees the sign.
There il was. SUR enough. nicely lrttcrsl
In mi on white ground. and inviting MI
burglars. house-hrcakerr, Hneak. thieves
ami assaxsins 10 come In and take what
they cuill got. The house nt.Al g,nAl
ways hnck from the rM.l, md ns Mll
went up thc Wide path he hal g,nl
chance IL take III the dwelling. II was II
large hrick house with high stone
foundation AMI m iron stnp There
wasn't n shutter. u pair Of blinds, on the
place. AMI Il anybody Ind tried Ia sct
Il aiirc he would have given mp the job
m 4 Ind ono.
ketchnm got In through tho kitchen.
liz hnl 4 lot III things Ia hin pack thnt
ticklel The fluicy IL the girl. anil III LIT
her nmusr herself with them while III ntc
4 sandwich shc had given him, nnd asked
her lot III sly questions. Hut he
couldn't get much ont IL her, simply be-.
cnuse sllc didn't know anything, M he
ma,le up his mind to interview the old
man, alid pokcs about till liz got NJ
stairs, and was hailed over the haltsscrs.
Well, now then, whit 10 non want.
hoy =
Nl1h gloves, nccktisc, soaps. sheep,
says kctelnm, pushing MP.
Didn't you rcn.l the warning a. lscl-
,ilers on the fence. Amt y.u afraid IL
the dogss' shouted the oll innn.
Wan.in !" says Bill. giving himself
away.
An right" sings ont the oil man,
quicker tlnn lightning. !. You're 10
psldler. You wnnt ~ 1ce my property.
Come up. I'll show II IL ypi..
Well, this 1t,lmped Bill gesl deal,
hut h. plnskcl up nnd followed Calrntt
inta the upper rnin. Keeping one eye
round him and taking In everything, hut
milking II great show III trnslc.
THIS ropm, Mys Calcatt, "in where
| sleep There isn't my lock IN the
doar, nnl this rnn IN where | keep my
money. Here, III show what's in it,
stand stlll--lacaurc when pull the dnor
open Il starts u telegraph machine, and
three 81 the hest men in the county start
from the village they're officers With,
TINT liz irrkcd The door open.
Bill WIN u little nervous. and he couldn't
help showing ID.
III my of your gnng should come
here ut night Ill put yon mp IL trick.
tut the wires first: they run ncroHs tho
rond hclnw the hig gate. Don't ~ merry.
ons. do you 400 tl.nt its gold. Feel
the weight III IL These arc diamonds.
Can You tell II rcal spark when you 100
IL? ! should sny they were worth, In the
market, between $40, iDO and 4lO, iOO."
The old man kept mp this kind u put
ter, standing there in his old calico wrxp-
per, Bill kcschnm Watching him with
one eyc, nnl wondering whether hc wAa
ilisanr or just the nmnrtc.t mAn he'd ever
met. liz hAh Nh idea that II was jlHt Tho
snsi.rt thing ~ knock him over ~ III
ntool there and walk on with the plumber.
Blt TINT hint about the telegraph stopped
him. Then thu old man showed him out.
anl when he got into the hall he says
" You're the iirst I~.l.ller cvcr NAV tf,Mt
Carried u revolver In his breast pocket"
Bill started i little. for hc l,nl an ida
TINT Caleott must have nccn il
!" H., HI H.yu the old man; 10 you
hnts gut ont ~
The Inst thing hc said IL him i. lie
Win going down tho steps VIVA. You're
not smart enough for this jol,, my man."
ketrlnm told Ills fellows that he was
never Nd clean. windel ia his life. ~
felt NJ meun when ! WAN coming away"
Mys le, "that Id half mind 10 reform
and emit tl,c profession. :
We'll, mt ~ make the story too long,
the upHl,ot u II wan TINT kctrhnm, Il Ill !
low by thu mime u Weltcr, and Jack
Fro~t put up the job 10 crack the nld
nnns plnc.. kctchMm md Frost, /
think, went into thu business from kind
Of pride. They considered they had been
challenged. and Il was point III honor
10 tnke thc oil man vi hin word.
They got mp there one dark night in
My and laid by till long after midnight.
Then they gut over the fence md nncnkrl \