The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-17
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| Then two drove the cart back to the
| edge of the town, and put the horse up,
| and rejoin their companions in ambush, all
| bat one, and he hid in dry ditch opposite.
| They were all armed, and the outside
watcher had novel weapon powerful
blue-light in the shape of fat squib.
| 1t is a dreary business of waiting at night
| for criminals who may never come at al,
or, if they do, may be desperate, and fight
like madmen or Wildcats
Eight o'clock came-9 -10-11-12; the
watchers were chilled and stiff, and Patrick
sleepy.
One of the policeman whispered to him:
"Ihey won't come tonight. Are you sure
| they have not been here and taken up the
swag?"
ssNot sure; but think not" The police
man growled, and muttered something
about mares nest.
"Hush !" said another.
ssWhat ?" in an agitated whisper.
"Wheels y
Silence.
They ell remained as still as death. The
faint sound of wheels, that would have
been inaudible by day. ratified nearer. 1t
was late tor bona fde traveller to be on
the road Would the wheels pass the
howell?
They came up fast; then they stopped
suddenly. To the watchers everything was
audible and every sound magniied. When
the drag stopped it was like railway
train pulling up. Men leaped out and
seemed to shake the ground. When the
| figures hustled into the hevel it sounded
like rush of men. Then came thrilling
question: Would the thieves examine the
premises before they looked for the booty !?
The chances were they would.
sNow then, 9l00, or take your last look
at EN- ;"
some hundred pounds /" whined Barney,
sscan't be DONE"
Very well; there's no time to bargain :"
ell give ESQ. But shall lose money
on EN-
"Barney They are worth thousand.
Here, Jim, put 'em up; We can do better in
Dublin"
Barney whined and demonstrated, but
ended by consenting to give the price.
The words were hardly out of his mouth
when the hoyei cleaned with lurid ire, so
vivid and penetrating that every crevice of
it and the very cobwebs came out distinct.
The thieves yelled with dismay, and one
ran away from the light slap into danger,
and was dazzled again with opening bulls
eyes, and was captured like lamb. The
other rushed blindfolded at the entrance,
but his temple encountered cold pistol
and policeman as immovable as statue.
He recoiled, and was in that moment of
hesitation pinned from behind and hand
cuffed-clickl As for Barney, from whom
no fight was expected, he was allowed to
Chamber up the walls like mouse IN a
trap, then tumble down, until the four
wheel they had come in was brought up by
Paddy O kafferty. Then the thieves were
bundled in, and sat each of them between
men, and the fence was attached to the
wrist of a policeman, who walked him to
the same destination but like friend
Virgips bull, malta Tel,,ctantena, hanging
back in vain, and IN vain bribing the silent,
impenetrable Bobby.
Pat slept at the station, and next morn
ing the jeweler gave his thirty guineas with
good heart, but omitted the blessing.
Patrick whined dismally at this very serious
omission, and the worthy little fellow gave
it to him with glistening eyes. "For, :"
said he, "Ill own now the loss would have
have ruined me. l find by my books they
cost me thirteen hundred pounds. So
then he blessed him solemnly, and Pat
went home rejoicing "I'll have more luck
than ever now, said he, ssTll have all sorts
of luck-good, bad and Indifferent"
When he got home he told the story in
accurately and like monomaniac; that is
to say, he suppressed all the fortitude and
sagacity he had shown. These were quail
ties he possessed, SO he thought nothing of
them.
Luck and diyination were what he prided
himself on. His version ran thus: He had
the luck not to sell his COW till nightfall,
the still better luck to be robbed of his
money, and compelled to sleep In the neigh
borhood. Then, thanks to his superlative
luck, the Queens jeweier had been robbed
of silver salvers the size of the harvest
moon, two-gallon tea pots, pearls like hazel
nuts, aud diamonds big as broad beans;
and seeing no other way to recover them,
and hearing that the wise man of Gamma
chez was in the town, had given him good
dinner and his pipe, and begged him to use
all his powers as a seer; of all which the
upshot was that he had put the police on
the right track, and recovered the booty,
and Gagged the thieves, and marched home
with the reward.
In telling this romance he was careful to
take out the thirty guineas and jingle them
and this musical appeal to the senses SO
overpowered the understandings of his
neighbors that they swallowed the won-
drous tale like spring water.
After this few were bold enough to resist
his pletensions to luck and divination. He
was often Consulted, especially about miss
ing property, aud as he now aud then
guessed right, and sometimes had taken
the precaution to hide the property himself
which materially increased his chances of
finding it, he passed for seer.
One fine day Squire Ormsby learned to
dismay that his pantry had been broken
Into and mass of valuable plate taken.
MIR. Ormsby was much distressed, not only
on account of the value but of the length
of time certain pieces had been in his
family. He distrusted the police and pub
Lefty in these cases, and his wife prevailed
on him to send for Patrick O'Rafferty.
That worthy came and heard the story.
He looked at the lady and gentleman, and
his self-deception began to ooze out of him.
To humbug his humble neighbors was not
difficult or dangerous, but to deceive and
| then undeceiVe and disappoint his landlord
| was quite another matter.
He put on humility, and said this was a
| matter beyond him entirely. Then the
Squire was angry, and said, bitterly: ssNo
doubt he would rather oblige his neighbors
or shopkeeper who was a stranger to him
than the man whose land had fed him and
his for fifty years." He was proceeding in
the same strain when poor Pat, with that
dismal whine the merry soul was subject
to occasionally, implored him not to muir
der him entirely with hard words; he would
do his best.
mo man can do more, said Mr.. Ormsby.
s'Now, how will you proceed Can we rem
| der you any assistance?
| Patrick said, humbly, and in downcast
way, he would like to see the place where
the thieves got in.
He was taken to the pantry window and
examined it inside and out, and all the SER
wants peeped at him.
ssWnat next?" asked the Squire.
Then Patrick inwardly resolved to get a
| good dinner out of this business, however
humiliating the end might be. Sorr, .
said he, yell have to give me room all ia
myself, and rump steak and onions; and
after that your servants must bring me
three pipes and three pints of home brewed
| ale. Brewers ale hash the same spiritual
| effect on a seer's mind.
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