Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-05

luSk now ne WeAe0s
sGarn aw'y," 1 replied. turning on
him spiteiully. "Who dye think y're
a-gettin at? Dye think 1 don't know
yer game? Dye teink I'm going to
send for you to make fun OF me? I'm
as ugly as sin and not 80 pleasant
there y'are. l know what I am"
''Ugly!" be said, with An accent OF
establishment.
Eyes, ugly. Else why do they call
ne the kipper?'
The kipperP That is the fish with
warm, reddish brown coior-the color
Of your hair"
"No, il amt. They call me COLIN
surrup' and ~'treacle' when they're get
Tin at the color Of my hair, and they
call me Ripper because I'm so skinny
and fat. They car call me anything
they likes to lay their tongue to-
don't mind, but I amt goin to be
drawed and stuck up for all the lot to
laugh at-not met"
Just then I heard the front door open,
and going into the bar 1 met the bloke
Putty was his name-whO had re-
turned. he was all right-Quite sober
for q wonder. / gave him the
money / had taken, and nodding 81
DrigO, said:
"Tbese parties is a-waltIn' to see
you"
BE had not yet noticed Drigo, who
sat up ia a dark corner watching him
as If to ind out what sort OF q man they
had 10 deal with. Putty now examined
him In the same way, and then t~uraing
10 Taras, who had entered frUm the pas
sage, treated him TO a long stare.
1--WE want TO know II you can let us
have the use of a room for a few nights"
said Taras.
For a private purpose" added Dri-
90, rising, and dropping his voice as
be came closer said, with a wink" ''Un-
beknown 10 outsiders, you under
stand"
Putty nodded, and addressing me,
said, "HOok IL" as be took down a pot
and drew himself some beer. Taras
gave me a pleasant nod as I SUNK out
by the front door. That altered my
destiny. 1t was not an uncommon thing
for me 70 be sent out OF the way when
Putty had business affairs TO talk about
with his customers across the bar Of the
JOY, and / never troubled myself even
TO wonder what his secret dealings
were, but that kindly look IN the face
Of Taras excited a strange feeling Of In
terest in my mind, which made me Gu
rious 90 know what business he had to
transact with such u rascal as the bloke.
slipped down FerrybOat alley TO the
shore, climbed up the rotten timbers on
TO the balcony and edged myself into
the bar parlor, where l could hear pref
ty distinctly all that was said in the
bar.
Drigo was speaking, but the bro ken
English aud the low, crafty tone Of his
voice made what be said unlntelligible
to me, 1t seemed 10 perplex Putty also,
for presently iaterrupting him he said
with irritation:
Here! It's no name OF use your be-
ing SO cussed sly over this here bust
ness. I must know all the particulars
/ STRAIGHTFORWARD afore I go into il. Here,
/ likes your looks better an what do
your partners mate. Lemme hear
what you've got to say"
The matters simple enough" repli-
ed Taras. Three friends have left
| their country for certain reasons. To
I 40 so they engaged themselves as sailors
on board a vessel bound for London.
/ Their contract binds them TO return
with the ship to their country, and they
cannot openly break the contract with
out rendering themselves liable TO be
/ taken back by force. But they intend
TO desert, and our object is to provide a
place Of refuge to which we may convey
them by night from their ship as soon
as 10 arrives, and where they may
/ change their seagoing clothes tor the
dress we shall have in readiness for
I them. We chose this inn for that pur-
I pose; it is conveniently neal the dock
and is not open TO observation. II you
do not choose TO let us your house, we
I must ind another. That is the whole
I matter"
Now 1 tumble to it right enough"
said Putty. 81 see you're a gentleman,
sir, and l alters likes TO deal with gentle
men. But you will understand, sir,
that all this here is gen the law, and
I lay myself open to lose my license
and get a month or two OF hard work
I even for lettin Of parties into the house
after clOsin hours.
81 will pay YOU for your risk How
much do you Want?
ITS more risky than what you think.
/ 1t looks a dead and alive hole, as no
one N anigh once iu a blue moon,
/ but the copper keep a bioomin sharp
eve on us ell the anne. M0en do you
I exppCt this here VessFI2'
Tomorrow. But it might be de-
Ilayed until Saturday"
THAT means q sittin' up on the look
out two or three nights. OF course the
lob would be pulled of when nobody
much amt about?'
Between ? and 3 in the morning, IL
| possible"
.'That'd do" Then after a little con-
/ sideration Putty said: Here, I'll tell
you what I'll 90 with you. You shall
have the use Of my room for a dollar a
night while you're on the lookout, and
you shall hand ovsr FIVE quid the night
the Job is pulled off and your mates get
clear. Now 1 can't say fairsr than that,
can I?'
Taras accepted these terms, and after
some further discussion he and DrigO
left the Joy, saying they would return
the following afternoon.
slipped out Of the JOY by the way /
had entered IL and hurried round 70 the
I front, impelled, l think, by some IN
recognized hope that Taras would nod
to me again. l know that l sank down
on the steps Of Bakers wharf discon-
solate when 1 saw him in the distance
turn the corner Of Ferryboat alley and
disappear without looking back.
/ had been sitting there In dull spa-
thy, my elbows OF my knees and my
chin 10 nv palms. a quarter Of an hour
or twenty minutes, when 1 heard a step
in the alley and turning my eyes saw