The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24
were smoking their pipes and boiling cot

were smoking their pipes and boiling cot
fee over a fire.
can phwat do yez think av thin fur a
shtall?" says Teddy, surveying the enemy
from under the stile.
"Wud yous tie up der tree OF 'em," said
Snoopy, ian gag der tree mout's? Git out
wild yousl Well do der Job n%eater; see?
Listen ter mel I'm comm up der road de-
centlike, akin for de Mint Jersey volts
in der Second division. Eff der blokes shud
belong ter de Mint, why Pm lookin fur
me cousin; see? An her I engages the
gang in conversation. An / tells 'em a
string O. stories wot dey amt heard, an
then it III be time fur yous to work der
mill, sect"
THERE'S nothin mean about you," said
key, and then the three began to wrangle
about details in q way that would certain
ly have exposed their position if the rus
Ting wind had not been blowing fresh
from the direction of the guard.
"Hould yer whist" says Teddy, clap
ping one dirty hand or each of the others
mouths. "Phwat's the matther wild yez,
Ell, Ike? Dim ashamed av yez. Lave
Snoopy to do his Dist indivor wild the
doughbyes. Cud ye intertain thin yer
silf? Ye cudn't."
'Then," continued Teddy, ''ye'd betther
be shakin yersilf, Mister Schley. Ut's a
gud shtep roun the pond an ut's getthin
cowld under the fince. Whin we see yez
take off yer cap an scratch yer bloomin
head by the fire we'll git out O. this an to
woruk."
Surelyi it was growing colder as the night
advanced. TIL unsuspecting guards heaped
fresh wood on their fire, and Teddy and
key chafed their numb fingers and tin
Cling ears under the bleak stile. The wind
came in shivering gusts that walled among
the graves and shook the dry brambles, as
If the ghosts of the buried milIers were
playing hockey among the stones and rus
thing together in their dryness.
In due time a traveller, buttoned up in q
blue overcoat having a short cape and
nearly persisted with cold, approached the
guard fire and craved a little warmth.
Presently the traveller took off his military
cap and scratched his head and seated him
self by the fire.
Then two sdthers, twice as cold as the
traveller by the fire, scurry back through
the brambly graves and make their way
downthe bank to the race and cross it by
a foot bridge. Out of the cover of the
shadow they take a nearer view of the sol
diers and the very entertaining traveller
who has lost his regiment.
"Begorra," whispered Teddy, pokinq
Ikey in the ribs, Snoopy is layin it down
to thin foine. Did yez hear that? He's
tellin thin he was privut ortherly wild Gin
eral Burnside an jest afther bein relieved
He'll be KNOWN ther brothers MKT, an THU
he'll be putthin his fut in it."
A plank lay up to the open window ovel
the cavern, beneath the great still wheel
and Teddy crept up it till he lay on hi,
belly, with his head we'll in the opening
and then he reached down an arms length
and lighted a match, and then smotheret
it the next instant against the boards. HI
had seen the steps landing in a bank O
meal, and with a motion to key to follow
he disappeared inside. key looked twio'
as big as ever he had looked to Teddy be
fore as he crouched on his knees in thu
small window and glared into the dark
ness. Teddy flashed another match, ant
key made a dash at the steps and LANDED
on his back In the meal.
In a few minutes it was not SO dark il
the mill as it had been at first, but it wa
q grewsome place at the best. The moon
light struggled with the dust and thu
cobwebs in a few faraway windows, ant
great black timbers lurched and straddlee
against what little light there was, AMI
got themselves tied up with crazy stair