Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-02
A FAIR CONFEDERATE.

The best-looking business was ever
mixed up In (the burglar said, slow
ly) was down at Heron Court, near
Guildeford. l may be bit old
fashioned in my tastes, but I've al
ways been rather partial to duch-
esses. Gle said this with a relish,
as though they were something
sold in tins.) And when / saw in
Lloyd's that the young duke had
gone and married Miss Deborah
Clancy, daughter of the well-known
rubber merchant, of New Haven
Connecticut, and when l saw the
wedding presents were both numer-
Gus and costly, and the happy pair
had left town for the dukes seat,
near Guildford, amid shower of
rice and old slippers, then | said to
myself, l said "Go in and win, my
boy, and play the game off of your
bat. Don't have no partners" /
says to myself; don't have no con-
federates but just go in and have a
good old try" So | dressed myself
up very Hastily, and went down to
Milford Station.
had a Gladstone bag with me,
and in that bag / had a few neces-
sary articles that no one can dc
without. | don't care how clever
you are, you can't do without Their
help. And | had little money
with me, too. That's another thing
you always want to have about you
Many's the little business I've
known spoilt just for the want of &
sovereign or two.
/ was walking out one afternoon
and / was going down a lane pretty
close to the grounds of the mansion
In front of me was neat girl in
grey, with bonnet box in hel
hand. She was one Of the slim.
wasted sort, and she carried her
self very upright. AS | passed he
caught sight of the address. 1
was for the duchess. ! lifts my
hat like this. Look!
pardon me, MISS" l says, "but
might you be one of the maids a
Heron Court?"
"Well," she say, II might"
solve" says, pleasant weathe
we're having, aren't we?"
She said yes, it was very pleasan
weather indeed. She said (this il
a particularly affable way) she wa
afraid we should have wet befor
night.
"Been here longp" inquiries.
No, she hadn't been there long
she said. Only three weeks.
"Come down with the duke
party, l SUPPOSED"
Yes, she said, she came down witt
the dukes party.
Like the placer"
She said she didn't mind it.
asked her few questions about tn
people. She said she could get o
all right with the duke, and she wa
ON awful good terms with tn
duchess, but she wouldn't give hall
a-crown a gross for the servants
For one thing, she didn't believ
they kept proper outlook of tn
place. Whilst they were wastin
their time in smoking and drinkin
and flirting, burglar could get i
at almost any moment.
"Oh, we'll, miss, after all" / say
"we're none of us perfect, you know
We all have our little 'obbies."
! put on my best smile and mad
up my mind to make dash for i
! asked her if there was any chanc
of having a look in and a bit c
supper in the evening. She locke
at me very straight. Then she sal
a thing that knocked me silly.
"Say, mister" she says, "wher
do / come imp How much am
going to make out Of this littl
gamer"
/ was so astonished that quit
blushed, did really.
"Well," l says, IF you're goin
to put it that way, I suppose +
better speak out straight. I'll Civ
you twenty quid now, and I'll CIV
you another twenty after it's over.
make it thirty sovereigns nov
and thirty after it's over," she sale
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