The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-23


guess dey fought so by der way dey
looked at ne, an I did put down IN
awful lot O dat stuff, an all der time |
was err eatin' one OF dem kept err talk
in, but / didn't pay much 'tention ter
him till | got over Dein' hungry. an
den der champagne kinder got inter
me head an / couldn't hear much but
dat some ones safe had got cracked
an dat der burglars had got away wild
an awful pile err hood an dat it 'ud be
wort good pile ter some one ter git
UNI. I'D like ter be dat party says /,
an dey LATED.
but | didn't care much, as it want
no opera of mine, and so | jest smoked
an drank champagne and let dem talk.
What | was wonderin' at was how dey
come ter asst me ter dinner, but didn't
worry myself much. cause l reckoned
I'd find out some time.
''After while dey all got up. an. holy
smoke, l had a lovely load.
zone OF dem said he had engaged 4
room fer me at der hotel. an ! told him
fought I'd better get inter It. When
der party broke up, dey all looked at
each odder an grinned, an one of dem
said: 20, Johnson's all right
Is dere anyone dat doubts it?'l
says I.
g Not bit of it dey says, an be-
gun ter laff an shook hands an went
off; and den dere coon come along and
took me to er room, an ! laid down.
an went ter sleep.
when | woke up ne head felt like
great big punkin. an I fought I'd like
ter have er drink an started ter go
down an git it. but when / got
little ways down der hall felt sick an
went back to der room. When got
inside it didn't look like der same room
fer er cent, but l felt SO sick dat
didn't care for nothin an jest crawled
in behind some curtains an went ter
sleep.
Il don't know how long T was or
sleepin' dero, but when | woke up
somebody was taikin' an dey seemed
ter be wimncn, an one of dem was
cryin', but der odder one told her ter
shut up her sniveling an give her or
hand at sumthin'.' Den dey begun ter
talk bout bank notes an diamonds an
money an how dey was or goin' ter
sew dem inter der linin' OF dere dresses
an SO on. An how der detectives was
arter dem, an den one of dem says: I
don't care a darn fer der whole lot of
dem but Johnson. ! hear he is on der
case an well have ter fight shy ter git
by him.
III o.
whole ting. Dcy fought ! was John
son, der detective, an dat was der rea-
son dey had asst mo ter dinner. Den /
begun ter wonder what / would do ter
git out of it at all. WHY couldn't / go
ahead an git der stuff jest as well as
der odder johnson? Dere it WIS, an
had der whole ting In me fist.
Der wimmen KEEP on talkin' an
talkin' an KEEP on lis'nin', an dey
Jest picked up an went ter bed. /
stayed dere till / fought dey was er
sleep, den got up and sneaked ont OF
der room an went down ter der Office.
"'Tell Mr.. Smell dat Mr.. Johnson
wants ter see him to on'ct,' says /.
''In few minutes he came down an
said: Mr.. Smell, der people yer look
in fer are in room Sc. Two wiumen
up dere have big part OF der Doodle !
wild dem. I'll have ter trouble yer fer /.
dat little amount jest as soon as yer /
can, cause I'm in or hurry says I.
II was afraid der odder Johnson
would come along an claim der 1
Doodle Seei Well, dey jest went |
out an got some coppers an went up |
ter der room. an derc was de yinmen 4
an der whole swag jest es ! said.
'Mr. Smell was jest clean t!ellled out
er his boots, an began ter pile il oDter
me dat was der greatest man in der
country. but ! KEEP close up wild him
till he handed me over der DOODLE
an den jest skipped out too quick.
Next day der whole ting come ont
in der papers, an johnson was called
der king er detectives, an 50 on. bot
he didn't git rich on it, yer can bet yer
heart on dat
Oats how I came ter be maxim
book. an OATS how | got der stuff
ter do IL wild. ! don't know much
about detective business. but i ap-
pears ter me ter be dead open and
shut 'einch-'
II don't know whether Smell ever
found il out er not, but he haint said
nothin, an don't reckon It's any Use
fer me ter kick"
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