Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-03-13
THE STORIES
or THE-
THREE BURGLARS.
BY FRANK R. STOCKTON.
[coPYRIcHT, 1881
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"I don't see how a man could help
maxim mistakes with that school-teach-
er's umbrella whanging away at his
knowledge box. But wasn't goin' to
let on. She amt no jew nuther,' says
I, and she's your daughter, too; you
needn't try to play no tricks on me. ray
me my money and take her away as
quick as you can, that's my advice, or
before you know it you'll be nabbed.
sPay yer he yelled; do you think I'd
pay you any thing for that little Jew"
she's just as much Christian as you
are says l. Amt you Christian, lit
tie gal? and isn't this gentleman your
father? and amt you surprised that he
wants to give you back to be put In the
bag?' / said this hopin' she'd have
sense enough to say he was her father
SOS to get rid of me.
'The wretched gal had been clean
.dumfounded when she was took out OF
the bag, and hadn't done nothin' so far
but blubbera and cry, and try to get away
which she couldn't, because held her
frock, but now she ups and screams he
wasn't her father, and she'd never seen
him before, and then he storms and
swears, and tells me 20 take her back
where got her, and tell him I'll see
him hanged first, and what want is my
money; she screams, and he swears he'll
not pay me a cent, and squares OIL and
saws that I'll thrash him out of his skin,
and then he calls in his coachman, and
they both make at me, and backs
out the door to get my cabby to stand
by me, and found that he'd cut out,
havin' most likely got frightened,
afraid of bein' mixed up in trou'
BILE. Then seed on the high road, some
halt milo away, some men comm gal
lopin', and the gent he looked out and
seed 'em too, and then says he to me:
You'll list take that little jew gal back
where you got her from; she's no use
70 me; I'm goin',' and at that hollered
for my money, and made grab at him,
but the coachman he tripped me over
backward, and before could git up agin
they was both off with the horses on
run.
81 was so mad l couldn't speak, but
there wasn't no time for foolin', and
hadn't made up my mind which door
should cut out of, when the fellows on
horseback went ridin' past as hard as
they could go. They must have seed the
carriage drivin' away, and thought FOL
sure it had the gal in it, and they was
after it, liclety-split.
"When they was clean gone looked
round for the little gal, but couldn't sec
her, but all Of sudden she came out Of
the fireplace where she'd been hidin'
Shed got over her cryin' and over hei
scare, too, judgip' from her looks. I'm
glad he's gone, says she, and I'm mighty
GLAD, too, that Mr.. Haskins and then
other men didn't see me- Who's they?
says I. 'They's neighbors,' says she
II they knew was here they'd took me
back We'll, you little mink says l
isn't that what you want% NO. say
she, Il didn't want to go with that man
for l don't know him and / hate him
but / don't want to go back to tina
school. hate it worse than any thing
in the whole world. You haven't nj
idea what horrid place it is. The,
Just work you to death and don't Civ
you half enough to eat. Myconstitutiol
won't stand it. I've told pop that ant
he thinks so, too, but marin she don't be
lieve in it, and my stayin' here is all he
dom. I've been wantin' to get ava,
for ever SO long, but didn't want to b
took off in bag, but now that I'm GU
of that horrid hole / don't want to g
back, and If you'll take me home to pol
I know he won't let me go back, ant
he'll pay you real handsome besides,
who's your popY says /. He's MI
.Groppeltacler, of Groppeltacker 4
Mint, corset findings, seven hundre'
and something or other, L forget tn
number now, Broadway. o, pop does
lot of business, 1 tell you, and he's go
lots of money. He sends corset find
anps to South America, and Paris, an
Chicago, and Madagascar and the utter
most parts of the earth. I've heard hin
saw that often. And you needn't b
afraid of his not bein' able to pay you
A lot more than that man would hay
paid you for his little gal, If you
catched the right one. So il you tax
me to pop, and get me there safe an
sound, it will be an awful good spe
for you
''Now begins to think TO myself tina
perhaps there was somethin' in wha
that little jew gal was sayin', and ina
Imight make something out of the ga
after all. didn'tcount on gettin' a bi
pile out of old Groppletacker-it WASH
likely be was that kind of a man-bu
whatever did get would be olea
profit. and ] might as well try it on. II
souldnS psLks no charge agip me ~