The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-08
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+! rot be apt to carry theee around with him,
would he? bought them in the city yes
terday, and stopped here tonight, on my.
way home, to place them in the vault; and
| 1 may add that your simple and manly
honesty has so touched me that would
willingly leave them in your hands for safe
| keeping You needn't blush at my praise. :"
| suppose I did turn sorter red when
see them bonds.
ssAre YOU satisfied now ?" says he.
| told him was, thoroughly, and so
was. So I picked up my drill again and
gave him my lantern to hold, SO that could
see the door. / heard Jim, as I call him,
outside once or twice, and like to have
burst out laughing thinking how he must
be wondering what was going on inside. 1
| worked away and kept explaining to the
president what was trying TO do. He
was very much interested in mechanics, he
said, and lie knowed as was man as was
up IN my business by the way went to
work He asked me abont what wages
got and how liked my business, and said
| he took quite a fancy to me. / turned
| around once in while and looked at him
sitting there as solemn as blind owl, with
my dark lantern in his hand, and I'm blam-
| ed if l didn't think I'd have to holler right
out.
I got through the lock pretty soon and
put in my wire and opened it. Then he
took hold of the door and opened the vault.
"Tll put my bonds in" says he, sand go
home. You can lo-k up and wait till Mr..
Jennings comes. I don't suppose you will
try to fix the lock tonight"
L told him / shouldn't do anything more
with it now, as we could get in before
morning. =
s.WelI, TIL bid you good night, my man."
says he, as swung the door again.
Just then 1 heard Jim whistle, and I
guessed the Waterman was coming up the
street.
ssAh,'' says to the president, ''you might
speak to the Waterman, if you see him, and
tell him to keep an extra lookout tonight"
ST will, says he, and we both went to
the front door.
4 ssThere comes the Waterman up the
street," says he. sWatchman, this man
has been fixing the bank lock, and want
you to keep sharp lookout tonight. He
will stay here until Mr.. Jennings returns. ;"
sGood night again, says he, and he went
up the street.
I saw jim in the shadow on the other
side of the street, as l stood on the stoop
with the Waterman.
SWELL" says / to the Waterman, s'I'll go
and pick up my tools and get ready to go. 7"
/ went back into the bank, and it didn't
take long to throw the door open and stuff
Them bonds into the bag. There We're some
boxes lying around, and safe I should
rather have liked to have tackled, but 1t
seemed like tempting Providence after the
luck we'd had. 1 looked at my watch and
saw it was just 1915 o'clock. tucked my
tools in the bag on top of the bonds, and
walked to the front door. The Waterman
was on the steps.
81 don't believe I'll wait for Mr. Jen-
nings." saws I. 81 suppose it will be all
right if give you his key"
"rhat's all right" said the Waterman.
81 wouldn't go away very far from the
bank, said I.
''No more will" says he. ''I'll stay
right about here all night"
''Good night, says I, and L shook hands
with him, and me and Jim-which wasn't
his right name, you understand-took the
1890 o'clock express, and the best part of
that job was, we never heard anything
about It, 1t never got into the papers.