The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-18
he WAS WELL TRAINED.
Carl Dunder Was Laying Low to Get y
Thorough Education and He Got 1t.

An0F0uku E0uCAtfoD anu ttG NAbG
well! welltr exclaimed Sergeant
Bendall in great surprise. as Carl Dun
der softly entered the Woodbridge
Street Station Saturday afternoon. 81
thought you had started for Germany
sure.n
Not oxaetly," replied Mr.. Dunder.
a. he blew his nose with great compla-
cency.
'.But where have you beenP"
Sergeant, yhas some greenhorns?p
You don't look to be.
''lf some COW meets me on der street
would she take me for hay9a
Hardly
s.If you vhas some confidence man
would YOU try to play game on me?"
Il don't think SO. But what do yon
mean by all this?"
Sergeant ! used to be like some
cabbagehead. Eaferypody beats me.
Eaferypody laughs at me. und like TO
20 back to Shernany. Dis vhas all
shanged now
..Huw?"
'.yhell. | keeps quiet for der last six
weeks und get posted. If somepodv
can make fun Of me now like TO see
him do it. / vhas right ON to all der
tricks you eafer heard of. und | can
spot a sharper two blocks away. Yon
wont haf TO tell me any more 10 shunp
into dot river"
I'm rejoiced at the news. Now tell
me who posted you?'
"A feller from New York He takes
me in a class all alone for $l5 per week.
How vhas dot. eh?n
Aud he threw up his right arm and
made long jump sideways. knocking
chair over and soaring boy out of a
years growth.
That's pretty good. What kind OF
a movement do you call it?"
dot vhas uickel-pl:lte movement,
10 be praciiced if 4 man shumps oudt
of der alley TO hit yon nit sand-elub
When dot club comes down you vas ten
feet away. Dot probably safes my life
one tousand times
'.What else?"
We'll, if tief come arount can
spot him like grease rolling of a log.
,How?"
..He carries his left hand in his
pocket, und can't look you in der face
/ can pick 'em outlt der street by der
Dozen"
That's a good thing. and you ought
10 start detective bureau. Anything
else2n
Il should shmile, Sergeant, If you
vhas some pickpocket, where You look
for my money. eh?N
'.ln venr breast pocket"
$50? Ha, hl. ha! Dot yhas another
trick! pnt my handkerchief oop
here. und ii tief :yoes 10 rob me he gets
uottings. Dot probably safes me two
million do lars"
Yes. ANYTHING mcrei''
..Nhel. suppose | yhas i'm Chicago
und a bunko man likes 10 make me his
victim. Ii it vhas you. What would you
do?''
II don't know"
''Ha! hal ha! 1t pays me to learn
dot. Ii safes me touSanas of dollars.
shnst wink ut him-so. uud say: How
vhas coons to-days' and off lie goes.
Dot makes him understand 1 vhas on To
der racket.
Il see. What else?n
Suppose you vhas going home at
night, uud robber steps cut und
wants your money or your life2 How
would You do?'
Give him my money. of course .
'Yoa would. Ell? Hal h;., hal Dot
shows who yhas a greenhorns, /
shouldn't do dot yhay. | should open
my umbrella und hold il bi.fur,. me und
cry lire as hard as | could, No rob
F her can get at you if You hold an um-
( brella Quilt | know lots of odder
things, but haf no more time to-day.
+ | come down To gif YOU some com
plants. Somepody stole $50 from me
+ i;l~l night. umd dot feller from New
York vh:ts lost. lie goes out To walk
around Ieedle by himself und being
a stranger he vh'ts all mixed oop und
cant lind his way back"
.'Ah, Didn't you lose coat too?a
Yes. 1t vhas behind der door. und
somepodv takes coat und money too. "
"Come this wav."
He led him into the lock-up, halted
him at one of the cells and asked him
if he knew the occupant.
sYhy, he vhas. my trainerf ex-
claimed Mr.. Dun,ler. GLOW he comes
in here? Vhas he some lost Shild?n
He got Your coat and money. We
haye the coat aud most of the cash
How do YOU tell thief. Mr.. Dunderp
But Mr.. Dunder didn't reply. His
hair stood up his ewes bulged out and
he walked out of the station like a man
going somewhere in nightmare
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