The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-08

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81 Who flourishss revolvers and quickly
appeals to tho bludgeon."
What y the prime quality in your
businesss"
i ssssfve nothing else"
"What il. the best method?"
"Boldnesg. Many q job have lone
tight before the eyes Of the people; done
Il a. though 1t was the regular thing and
{ was just whore ought to be. l have
tad my pal taking things out Of a house
when . couple Of cops were walking by,
and stcod with q pencil in NV hand
keeping tally ofthe things. They thought
itwasall right. Is 1 looked rightat them.
ItAll you q fellow wants to keep perfect
y cool and know what he is doing and
what he is Going to do every time.
The right kind of men are somehow
lacking. They are either too timid or
toearoush. II wants fine man, a real
Damascus blade, to do a neatjob. There
are plenty of opportunities, If there
were only the men to fill them. But |
was speaking of chances. The people
are asleep; you are awake. They are
Hmid; you are perfectly cool. You
know lust what to do. You know just
what they will do if 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 busbear and the
reality Of burglar in the house-and
they have spent all the years Of their
lives in working up dreadful fellow in
their imaginations- such plight, q
mans house is like q foreign land to
him, and he is a perfect stranger to the
situation in his own home"
"Then you trast most to bewi.der-
ment and fear?"
''No, We don't. A good job means
getting in and out again without stirring
things up. If 1t comes to the worst,
then the dread and fear and confusion
which We cause al! help us, and some
times the more fuss there is the easier
We can get off,"
=. How do you feel when you are alone
In q house at midnight running such
terrible risks?"
''There, nov, 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 house is worked.
Things are not SO quiet generally as they
are two hours laier. And then, if it
were midnight, what of ii? Midnight.
expect to towards, is no different from
any other hour, only as it is a great deal
safer for those like US. Alone in q
house? It is little shaky at times, but
generally safe enough; but that isn't tho
way q house is generally worked.
There should be two, and three are
better. Terrible risks? We don't think
OF II in that light. There is something
always fascinating in the risk, and it
isn't considered Objectionable. What
do We think? How do We feel? Now,
look here. there isn't much time nor
occasion for thinking and feeling outside
the job to be done. Your sentimental
chaps don't want to be proving about
nights on any of these delicate 'rackets.'
Tho man who is going to stop in ted
room Of q stFange- house at 2 o'clock at
might to consult his feelings had better
keep out Of that bedroom. The man
who proposes to enter this profession
wants to run slow on the thinking and
feeling lines, especially when on duty"
How does an operator feel when he
10 confronted by some inmate?"
I'm the first place. he feels that some-
thing must be done pretty ID quick.
Dodge 'em if you can, but no iooling,
anyhow. Do anything short of kill
Ing, il necessary. The women
are the hardest to manage, except man
WhUcan wake up cool and has his weap.
ons handy. That is the tine that tries
. man and puts him on his mettle. lit
comes to that it's really desperate for
somebody, but man has no business to
run the risk unless there's big stake.
fIh6 funniest experience ever had was
when went into bedroom one night
whore there was one man asleep. was
mt the bureau drawers, and, looking IN.
10 the glass, | saw him sit bolt upright
and look at me. turned pretty quick.
y0Q may believe, but he never stirred
nor spoke. / didn't move after turning
round, but Looked at him and lie at me
that he was not awake.
gathered up the swag and walked
rpund tho bed to the door, but his eyes
we're on me all the ,fhiIe. got out o!
the room 20 ely, and he never spoke
nor asterMRld made any disturbance. /
aian,tat much longer in that house,
IS aoN ~ 1t about the womon?"
They are curious. Some of them
will bury themselves under the bed
clothess while others will spring at you
like . she tiger. A good many viii! glad.
~ let yUuy take any thing you want il
/ Zou will only keep away from them.
The fainting kind are the best; they
ere sC0n laid out, the sscreechers' make
Tho mmpus they are no ways reason.
able. Their 9 il ouly one thing to do
1stOet of it the easiest way possible"