Connecticut western news., 1890-03-26
HE WAS WELL TRAINED.
Carl Dunder Was Laying Low to Get . Thorough Education and He Got 1t.

.Well! wellv' exclaimed Sergeant Bendall in great surprise, as Carl Dun- der softly entered the Woodbridge Street Station Saturday afternoon. Fl thought you had started for Germany sure."
 Mot exactly" replied MT. Dunder. as he blew his nose with great compla- cency.
 "But where have you beenP"
 Sergeant, vhas some greenhorns" You don't look to be-"
 "If some COW meets me on der street would she take me for hayP"
 Hardly"
 "If you vhas some confidence man would you try to play game on meP" II don't think so. But what do you mean by all thisP"
 Sergeant, 1 used to be like some cabbagehead. Eaferypody beats me. Eaferypody laughs at me, und like to 20 back to Shermany. Dis vhas all shanged now"
 "How?"
 "Vhell, keeps quiet for der last six weeks und get posted. If somepody can make fun of me now I like to see him do it. Ivhas right on to af der tricks you eafer heard of. und ! can spot sharper two blocks away. You won't haf to tell me any more to shnmp into dot river"
 "rm rejoiced at the news. Now tell me who posted you?"
 "A feller from New York. He takes me in class all alone for $15 per week. How vhas dot, eh?"
 And he threw up his right arm and made long jump sideways. knocking a chair over and soaring boy out of . years growth.
 That's pretty good. What kind of a movement do you call itP'
 Dot vhas 8 nickel-plate movement, to be practiced if man shumps oudt of der alley to hit you init a sand-club. When dot club comes down you vas ten feet away. Dot probably safes my life one tousand times"
 "What elsep"
 "Vell, if tief come arount I car spot him like grease rolling of log"
 "HowP"
 ..He carries his left hand in hi. pocket, und can't look you in der face. i can pick lem oudt der street by de, dozen."
 That's good thing, and you ought to start defective bureau. Anything else?"
 II should shmile! Sergeant, if you vhas some pickpocket, where you look for my money, ehp"
 '.In your breast pocket"
 "So? Ha! ha! ha! Dot vhas anothe, trick! I put my handkerchief ooF here, und if a tief goes to rob me he gets nottings: Dot probably safes me two million dollars"
 Yes. Anything more!' ''Vhel, suppose 1 vhas in Chicago und bunko man likes to make me his victim. If it vhas you, what would you doP"
 II don't know"
 'Ha! ha! ha! It pays me to learr dot. It safes me tousands of dollars I shust wink at him-so, und say: How vhas coons to-dayP' and off he goes Dot makes him understand vhas on te der racket"
 ''I see.s What else?"
 Suppose you vhas going home d night, und robber steps out unt wants your money or your lifeP How would you dop" | 'OlVo ulul ny ulOucy, O1 course.
 You would. ehp Ha! ha! ha! Do shows who vhas a greenhorns! shouldn't do dot vhay. l should oper my umbrella und hold it before me unt cry fire as hard as could, No rob Der can get at you if you hold an um brella oudt. l know lots of oddel things, but haf no more time to-day I come down to gif you some com plaints. Somepody stole $25 from mt last night, und dot feller from New York vhas lost. He goes out to wall around leedle by himself, und being a stranger he vhas all mixed cop und can't find his way back"
 ''Ah! Didn't you lose coat, too?"
 "Yes. It vhas behind der door, un, somepody takes coat und money too. !"
 "Come this way"
 He led him into the lookup, halted him at one of the cells and asked hin if he knew the occupant.
 Why, he vhas my traincr!" ex claimed MT. Dunder. '.How he come in here? Vhas he some lost shild?"
 "He got your coat and money. w have the coat and most of the cash How do you tell thief, MT. Dunder?
 But MT. Dunder didn't reply. Hi hair stood up, his eyes bulged out am he walked out of the station like mai going somewhere in a nightmare Detroit Free Press.