The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-18

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caught rather than drop a man." was the
prudent motto of g celebrated craftsman.
at is only the tyro or the bungler who -four
ishes revolvers and quickly appeals to the
bludgeon."
what Is the prime quality in your bust
nessT'
"Nerve-nothing olse."
"What Is the best methodf'
@BoldnesS Many a job have 1 done right
before the eyes Of people; done 1t Just as
though 1t was the regular thing, and / was
just where / ought TO be- 1 have had my pal
taking things out of a house when a couple of
cops were walking by, and 1 stood with a
pencil In my hand keeping tally of the things.
They thought It was all right, rs I looked
right at them. I tell you a person wants to
keep perfectly cool, and know what be Is
doing, and what he is going to do, every
time.
THE right kind of men are somehow lack
ing. They are either too timid or too rough.
1t wants a fine man, a real Damascus blade,
to do a neat job. There are plenty of oppor-
~tunities. II there were only the men to fill
them But 1 was speaking Of chances. The
people are asleep; you are awake. They are
timid; you are perfectly cool. You know
just what to do. You know just what they
will do IL they wake up. They don't know
how many are In the house, nor where you
are. Most people are towards in the night.
Without any odds you could get the best of
them, but in the night, with the bugbear and
the reality of a burglar In tho house-and
they have spent all the years of their lives in
working up a dreadful fellow In their imag-
nations lin such a plight. a mans house ia
like a foreign land to him, and he Is a perfect
stranger to the situation in his own home.n
~Then you trust most to bewilderment and
:earf'
"No, we don't. A good job means getting
In and out again without stirring things up. II
it comes TO the worst, then the dread and fear
and confusion which we cause all help us,
and sometimes the more fuss there is the
easier we can get off,
How do you feel when you are alone in a
house at midnight running such terrible
risksl'
There, now, you have got as much non
sense into that question as they usually do.
In the first place, midnight is not the usual
hour when a house is worked. Things are
not so quiet generally as they are two hours
later. And then, II it were midnight,
h Of III Midnight, except to towards,
is not different from any other hour, only
as 1t Is a great deal safer for those like
US. Alone In a housed 1t Is a little
shAky at times, but generally safe
enough; but that isn't the way a house Is gen
orally worked. There should be two, and
three are better. Terrible risksi We don't
think Of 1t in that light. There Is something
always fascinating In tho risk, and it isn't
considered objectionable. What do we think
How do we fell Now, look here, there isn't
much timo nor occasion for thinking and
feeling outside the job to be done. Your sen.
timental chaps don't want to be prowlinP
about nights on any OF these delicate rack,
ets.' The man who is going to stop In a bed
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to consult his feelings had bettor keep out OF
that bedroom. The man who proposes to on,
ter this profession wants to run slow on the
thinking and feeling line, especially when on
duty.H'
"How does an operator feel when he Is con.
fronted by some inmRtep
an the first place, he feels that something
must be done pretty DID quick. Dodge 'eu
IL you can, but no fooling, anyhow. Do any.
thing short Of killing, IL necessary. The
women are the hardest to manage, except O
man who can wake VI cool and has hii
weapons handy. That is the time that tries O
man and puts him on his mettle. II 1t comel
to that, it's really desperate for somebody
but u man has no business to run such q rish
unless there's a big stake. The funniest OK
perience l ever had was when l went into a
bedroom one night where there was on,
man asleep. was ut the bureau drawers
and, looking into the glass, 1 saw
him sit bold upright and look at me.
turned pretty quick, you may believe, but h,
never stirred nor spoke / didn't move after
turning round, but looked at him and he al
me. l very soon saw that he WINS not awake
l gathered up the swag and walked around
the bed to the door, but his eyes were on m.
all the while. ! got out OF the room safely
and he never spoke nor afterward made any
disturbance. 1 didn't stay much longer II
that house"
allow Is It about the womenf'
"They arc curious. Some of them will
bury themselves under the bedclothes, while
others will spring at you lille a she tiger. A
good many will gladly let you tako anything
you want II you will only keep away from
them The fainting kim are the best they
are soon laid out The 'screechers' makG
the rumpus; they are no ways reasonable.
There Is only one thing to do-get out of II
the easiest way possible