Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-30
"Whatl" exclaimed my wife and Aunt Martha.
.'Steal his own daughter! What do you mean

"Whatl' exclaimed my wife and Aunt Martha.
steal his own daughter! What do you mean
by that?"
That's what il was." said the stout burglar,
''no more nor less. was recommended to the
gent as reliable party for that sort OF thing,
and met him to talk it over and then he told
me just how the case stood He and his wife
we're separated. and the dau ghter, about eleven
years old, had been given to her by the court.
and she put 1T into boarding school. and the
gent he was goin' to Europe, and he wanted to
get the little gal and take her with him He
tried to get her once and it slipped up and so
there wasn't no good in his showin' his
self at the school any more, which was
In the country. and he knowed that IL he ex-
pected to get the gal he'd have to hire q pro-
fessional to attend to it.
Now, when l heard what he had to say,
put on the strictly pious and. says l, that's a
pretty bad thing you're askin' me to do, sir, to
carry away little gal from its Iovin' mother,
and more AN that, to take it from a school
where it's gettin all the benefits OF eddica ton.
'Eddication,' says he; that's all stuff. What
eddicatiOn the gal gets at school like that ism
worth a row OF pins. and when they go away
they don't know nothin useful, nor even any
thing tip-top ornamental. All they've learned
Is the pianer and higher mathematics. As for
anythin' useful, they're nowhere. There isn't
one of them could bound New Jersey or tell
you when Washington crossed the Delaware.
That may be. sir, says l, but them higher
branches comes useful. If Washington
really did cross the Delaware, your
little gal could ask somebody when it
was, but she couldn't ask EN- how the pianer
was played, nor what the whole multiple
cation table came to added up Them things
she'd have to learn how to do for herself. !
give you my word. sir, couldn't take a little
gal from school where she was gettin' a
number one eddication. silver forks and towels
extry.' The gent looked pretty glum, for he
was to sail the next day. and il didn't do the
job for. him he didn't know who would. and he
said that he was sorry to see that | goin
back on him after the recommend I'd had, and
| said that l wouldn't go back on him il II
wasn't for my conscience l was ready to dc
any common piece of business. but this stealth
away little gals from lovin mothers was leetle
too much for me. Well says he. there amt
no time to be lost, ana how much more will
satisfy your cOnscience? Wen l said hundred
dollars We struck the bargain.
well. we cut and dried that business pretty
straight. took a cab and went out to the
school, and the gent he got the key of house
that was to let about three miles from the
school, and he WAS to stay there and look al
that empty house until | brought him the gal
when he was TO pay me and take her away. I'd
Ike 20 have had more time that could &c
out and see how the land laid, but there WASH
no more time and l had TO do the best could
The gent told me they all went walkin' every
afternoon and that if l laid low that would be
the best time to get her and must Just fetch
her along no matter who holiered.
Il didn't know exactly how / was going to
manage it, but took along with me a big bag
that made for the conveyance of an ex-
tinct millionaire, but which had never been
used OWN to beforehand arrangements
which had been made with the party family.