The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-22

be so foolish again. | got two years for
that blunder. / had some good resolutions
when l got out, aud tried hard to keep
them; but fate, suppose, was against me.
A yery kind gentleman interested himself
in me and got me a situation; out as they
wanted me to put in a ton or coal and to
work for eleven weeks without pay, cut the
engagement short b. running away. MY
good resolutions melted and L was soon
back to my old hauats.
After that was holder but never reck-
less. | was never caught at my work hut
once, and that was when had partner.
You see had no right to have anybody
with me. had made the acquaintance of
girl mere, in prison, and we agreed to lie
partners in the homework line. Ole nj ght,
as we had just finished going through the
second floor of house and were coming
away from the neighborhood, she stopped
to speak TO some acquaintance, | walked
on ahead, carving the plumber. and sig
nailed for her to come along; but II was to-
late. Her delay spoile1 all, for the alarm
had been given and we were both taken III.
Inever had a partner again.
The biggest haul ever made was from
stlngy, rich old fellow WHO coul- well
afford it. l piped off the house Tor weeks
before finally went in. | got $500 in cold
cash, done up in a handkerc llet, and came
away without looking for more, and with
out even disS,."hn0 his drannne We lived
in clover for a while, tell you. p..,--
was lots of drink all round. and pleaSurlng,
and | had several new dres es out of II.
(Here she glanced ruefully down at her
coarse prison gown. All, you wouldn't
have known me UheGl Yes, we blew it in
| inside of a few weeks and then / had to
| look out for another vichm.
Il suppose have gone into forty houses
altogether, and was never once caught at it
when worked alone. There is no particu-
| lar hour for work Of this SORT; Just take
the hour that suits me best, after having
studied the house and the folks in it. l
| have waited three months. in one case, be-
| fore going into the house. That was IN a
jewelers.. He took the sachel with the
| Jewelry up to his bedroom, on the second
hoor. Yes, I got it, after all, and a good
haul it was to-" she added, smiling, but l
didn't get very much out of it. The men
| you. sell these things to look out for the
| hons share for themselves.
Il never carried lantern or anything of
that sort--no woman ever would, l think.
| carry matches, though. Ny little pick
| latch is the only tool | ever used. have
entered houses several times and come
away sagain without touching anything;
| the people were SO poor that l hadn't the
heart to rob them. I would shut the win
dows SO quietly and step 50 softly they
| never would re disturbed.
.
| policemen. never had. You can always
avoid being seen by them, with little
caution. have passed them asleep on
their beat many a time whom have been
| operating on their posts. | remember once
| the entire post was changed in q certain
| precinct on my account r in is a great
help to US. When it rained | would never
| take the trouble to look for a policeman. |
| knew 1t was waste of time. Oh, they
know enough to come in out of a shower at
| night"
And again the satirical. yet not unmusi-
| cal, laugh came from between the pretty
burglars lips
| detectives are clever, in a way" she
| continued, "but l think most women could
| play with them as you would with chill
dren. One of the cleverest ever knew
used to get his wife TO ferret out all the
hard cases when women were concerned"
Were You never in peril?" | asked,
never really afraid of your life when on
your burglarizing adventures"
No, can't say that | was ever fright
ened. Sometimes I've been a bit worried
about things, but never scared. You see it
is different with men? When a woman
makes up ner mind to do thing, she does
! 1t right through; but man allows himself
to be diverted by whstever happens while
| be is doing 1T, There are worse things than
pistols for woman to fear when she goes in
to room at night. Few men would shoot
under such circumstances. If they awoke
and saw a woman searching the house. they
| might think it was some member of the
household, or even at the worst, Icould
make some sort of an excuse that would
half satisfy them. Now they would take
no excuse from man, but would either
shoot or give an alarm. l never carried q
pistol; never saw the need of one
| while was serving my second term in
| prison" she said. with a coquettish twirl of
her hood strings, 81 was about 16 think
| had several offers of marriage. 1t all
| came alb nut Ill the funniest way in the
world. l suppose there's something about
woman when she has been very bold in
| some way, that faScinates the men, she
added demurely, looking up from under her
| long golden-brown eyelashes AT any
rate they came thick and fast for while,
and l had a time getting rid of them. One
was mechanic, another a farmer, and
| there were several others. did get mar
ried once" and again the shadow If gloom
passed over the bright face, "but that's
| gone. When get out of here. pm up for
SIX years this time, as there wero twenty
three charges against me,) there is a young
man ready to marry me and it may posi-
bly, happen. Who can tell? Anyhow Pm
tired of prison, Pm 20 years old and I've
been five in here altogether at different
times, so think you'll agree that I've had
enough of it."
Then you mean to reform and live an
honest lifer' l asked.
Her eyes opened wide
81 want to be honest if can. They saw
Pm no good, though. Didn'5 they tel you
80? l used to work at shoes for living
once, but | conldn't make enough to keep
soul and body together in those DAYS, and
with shrug) Pm sure l don't think could
do so now.n
"Of all the money you have made out of
your robberies, have you saved anv?"
Saved rnoneyi Me?" she exclaimed.
rising and readjusting her ungainly hood
over the handsome face, Lord, what
question. Why, do you imagine anybody
comes here If they have money! Not one"
AS she spoke she glanced at the Office
clock. Her half hour was up, and with a
graceful courtesy, her tapering fingers
touched her pat lcial chin and the Queen
OF the Burglars" swept past me to her cell.
DAVID WF~Pcr rR
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