The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-05

SOMEBODY WAS TALKING
cept free lunches an crullcrs, an l
guess dey fought SO by der way dey
looked at nc, an / did put down mn
awful lot o dat stuff, an all der time
was or eatin one of dem kept CT talk
in, but didn't pay much 'tention ter
him till | got over bcin' hungry. an
den der champagne kinder rot 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 or hood an dat it nd be
wort good pile ter some one ter git
um I'd like ter be dat party SAYS |,
an dcy 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 wonderful at was how dey
come ter asst me ter dinner, but didn't
worry myself much, cause l recltoncd
I'd find out some time.
"Aftcr while dcy all got up, an, holy
smoke, had n lovely load.
Gone of dem said he had engaged n
room fer me at der hotel, an I told him
fought I'd better get inter it, When
der party broke up, dcy all looked at
each odder an grinncd, an one OF dem
said: %, Johnson's all right
Is deere anyone dat doubts it?'
saysI.
Not bit of It, dey says, an be-
gun ter laff an shook hands an went
off; and den deere coon come along and
took me to er room, an laid down
an went ter sleep.
"When I woke up me head felt like a
great big punlSin, an fought I'd like
ter have CIR drink an started ter 90
down an git it., but when I got a
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 felt so sick dat
didn't care for nothin' an Jest crawled
IN behind some curtains an went ter
sleep.
81 don't know how long l was or
sleepin' dcrc, but when | woke ND
somebody was talllin' an dey seemed
ter be wimmcn. an one of dem was
cryin', but der oddcr one told her ter
shut up her sniyeling an give her er
hand at sumthin'.' Den dey begun ter
talk bout bank notes an diamonds an
money an how dey was err goin' ter
sew dem inter der linin' of derc dresses
an SO on. An how der detectives was
arter dem, an den one of dem saws: Il
don't care darn fer der whole lot of
dem but johnson. / hear he is on der
case an we'll have ter fight shy ter git
by him.
Den l begun ter tumble ter der
whole ting. Dcy fought was John
son, der detective, an dat was der rea-
son dcy had asst me ter dinner. Den
begun ter wonder what | would do ter
git out of it at all. Why couldn't l go
ahead an git der stuff jest as well as
der odder Johnson? Dcre it was, an |
had der whole ting in me fist.
der wimmen KEEP on tall<in' an
tallSin' an keep on lis'nin', an dcy
jest picked up an went ter bed.
stayed derc till fought dcy was err
sleep, den got up and sneaked out OF
der room an went down ter der office.
SO Tell Mr.. Smell dat Mr.. johnson
wants ter see him to on'ct, says l.
I'm few minutes he came down an
said: Mr.. Smell, der people yer look
in fer are in room Sc. Two wimmen
up dere have a big part of der Doodle
wld dem. I'll have ter trouble yer fer
dat little amount jest as soon as yer
can, cause I'm in err hurry says I.
II was afraid der odder johnson
would come along an claim der
DOODLE See! Well, dey jest went
out an got some coppers an went up
ter der room, an dere was de wimmen
an der whole swag jest as l said.
Mr.. Smell was jest clean tickled out
er his boots. an began ter pile it onter
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 como ont
in der papers, an johnson was called
der king er detectives, an SO on, but
he didn't git rich on it, yer can bet yer
heart on dat.
Oats how I came ter be maxim
book, an dats how l got der STUFF
ter do it wild. l don't know much
about detective business, but it ap.
pears ter me ter be q dead open and
shut 'cinch.'
II don't know whether Smell ever
found It out or not, but he hain't said
nothin', an ] don't reckon it's any use
fer mo ter KICK