Telegram-herald., 1890-01-14


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t1an yoa eapectaa - set ana }e' s.-
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~ going % 81 business tor Yo-- %
cal p banged g 500 ke, sa}s
yo1 y a9 tae b'4slness a-l -1r same
I aou 2, SAYS BE- au3 ~ terms - f-s.s
Hen6ersaa. Now. pattY. SAYS hes
you've got pile more sense T1aA 'L's
pa q yourn. snd In eoin' = So i'
can't 10 business Hlta yoa. No"' f"-
and ne together ear llck his loAHs
R4ndal. j4st a. easy zs not, an1 X lo- 3"
help ue 90 u III not only DIVIDE lls
money with you. bat I'll give VOC hIly
dollars extra, 50 that instead ot hlteen
hundred and ffty dollars -that'sa al he
given you. 10 be didu't cheat yoa to- IA
have sixteen hundred, and / j haFe Al
teen hundred instead o. ,1e thous-ill
aud thirtY-three dollars which j "ouiA
have had left II ny first offer had been
took SO. Putty. whal DO you say 70
th4t2' Now. Putty be must have Been
littls sore Nith me on account az lue
arguments we'd had about divldlnp
and be was mighty glad besides
70 get the chance % maxim fifty dollars
extry and so DO said it was all rlgnt
and he'd agree Then ! thought % was
about time for me 70 take in some oi
my sail. and saws I. Jerry, that's a pref
" good joke, and you can take my hat
a. soon as get new one, but ~ course
l don't mean 70 he hard on you, and II
YOU really have bills 20 pay to-morro"
I'm takea third. and PuttyN take an
other, and well go away peaceful No
YOU won't. sings ont Jerry, and with
that he Jumps out of bed right az me,
and Putty Henderson he comes at mo
from the other side, and, between the
two, they gave me the worst lickin' I
ever got in my born days: and then
they dragged me- downstairs and
kicked me out OF ths front door, and
had hardly time 20 pick myself up be
fore saw policeman about a block off,
and II no hadn't been fat one he'd had
ant. for was good deal wanted about
that time
$50 You sec, ladies and gents, that it's
true what ] said things don't always go
right in our line Of business no more
than any other one
II think you were served exactly
right" said Aunt Martha; 'and Won
der such an experience did not induce
you 20 reform
1T did, ma'am, il did, said the burg
lar Il made a VOW that night that If
ever again had TO call in any ono to
help me in business of that kind ]
wouldn't 60 pard with him. I'd pay
him so much for the job, and Ia take
the risks, and I've stuck to il.
But even that don't always work.
Luck sometimes goes agin man, even
when he's working by himself ! re-
member thing OF that kind that was
beastly hard on me. A gentleman en-
ployed me 10 steal his daughter."
What exclaimed my wife and Aunt
Martha. "Steal his own daughter.
What do you mean by that?'
That's what it was" said the stout
burglar, mo more nor less. was rec
commended to the gent as reliable
party for that sort OF thing. and ! met
MIN To talk it over and then he told me
just how the case stood. He and his
wife were separated. and the daughter,
about eleven years old. had been given
10 her by the court. and she put her into
a boarding-school. and the gent he was
goin' to Europe and he waited TO get he
little gal and take her with him He
tried 20 get her once and it slipped MP,
and SO there wasn't no good in his show
in hisself az the school any more. which
was in the country. and he lonowed that
If he expected TO got the gal he'd have
70 hire a professional 10 attend 70 it,
Now. when ! heard what he had to
gay, ] put on the strict pious, and, says
/ 7. That's pretty bad thing you re askin'
/ nc TO do, sir, to carry away little gal
/ from its lovin' mother. an more an
that. 10 take IL from a school where It's
gettin all tho benefits Of cddication.
T 'Eddication.' SAYS he; that's all stuff.
+ What eddication the gal gets at school
like that isn't worth a row Of pins. and
when they 90 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 any thin useful they're nowhere.
There isn't one of thcm could bound
+ New Jersey or tell YOU when Washing
I ton crossed the Delaware That may
E be. sir. says !. but them higher branch
es comes useful II Washington
really did cross the Delaware.
your little gal could ask somebody
whom 80 was but she couldnt ask 'em
how tho pianer was played. nor what
the whole multiplication table came 70
added up. Them things shed hayo "a
learn how 20 do for herself. give won
my word SIR. 7 couldn't take litfle
gal from A school where she was rettin'
number ono eddication. silver forks
and towels extrv' The gent looked
prottv Tlun. for be was 20 sail tho next
dav. and II 7 didn't do the Job for him
no didn't know who would. and be said
that ne was sorry to soe that was roin'
back on him after The recommend q
h71. md 7 said tbstI wouldn't ro back
o0 him b f. wasn for mv conscience.
] was ready 20 do any common piece a
business. hut This stoalin' away 'ittlo
gas r. 'oFin mothers MAS lootla
t7 n1f- b 'o- me Wei. saws ho. '.he-a
a.n.t no tine ~ ho 'ost. and bow ~u-a
moro 0l satfY vaar ccrs-ir1-e q
fFhen T So a hundred dollars Sc
s'-s 're bargain.