St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-04-13

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it there or not.
"All right miss" says, don't
'agglc; and don't bite . fellcr's cad
half OFF. Here's the thirty pound.
What time shall come up?'
She told me that at halfpast eight
the duke would be having dinner, and
that she would leave the window of
the duchess dressing-room open.
might find ladder in such place,
and, when got in, l should find the
jewels in such a place. and some loose
notes and gold in such a place, and I
was to leave the thirty pounds for her
on ledge in the chimney. And If any
of the other servants caught me, why,
SO much the worse for me, and if they
did not, SO much the worse for them.
She shook hands pleasantly and went
off towards the court.
l felt inclined to shake hands with
myself, too. knew that there was a
good twenty thousand pounds worth
of stuff for me if could only get a
quiet quarter of an hour there.
You may believe me when say was
there that evening to the minute. just
as neared the mansion had nasty
feeling that the maid might have
given me away. You can never be
sure of women. But when saw the
window open Of the duchess dressing
room, and found the ladder and every
thing ready, knew it was all right.
she's girl after my own heart" I
said to myself when got in the room.
And Ill be after hers when it's all
over"
Its risky work, you know. No
matter how easy things are, you al
ways have queer sort of nervousness
unless you're drunk, and then, Of
course, you're liable to make mistakes.
None of the servants was about; they
might have been dead for all the
trouble they gave me.
don't think ever had quite such
an easy job in all my life. This" l
said to myself. this is better than
your hard work any day. Honesty
may be the best policy, but what do you
make out OF 1t? Eh? DO You make
hauls of sackfuls of jewelry and money
by honesty? DO you make enough In
ten minutes to keep you for years, and
drunk every day of your life, by hon
esty? No." said to myself Il had got
the sack nearly fulD, Iii you want to
get on in life, if you really want to
have a nice little income and . life OF
happiness, have a turn at"
There was swish Of skirts near the
bed. l turned my lantern on the
place. my heart in my mouth, my re-
volvcr in my hand. l can tell you l
was pleased to see that it was only my
girl. dropped my Colt back into my
pocket. She was smartly dressed, and
looked quite the lady.
.'Got everything, mister?" she in
quired. ''Got everything?"
well. not abslootly everything" l
whispered; but as much as l can
carry. I'm just Of"
'Have you put my thirty sovereigns
in the chimney" she asked. Lord.
she had head for BUSINESS. that girl.
Reckon I'll take them now," she
said, calmly holding out her hand. i
guessed you'd go and forget"
counted out the money and handed
it over, and shouldered my bag.
''Good-by. miss l whispers; SEQ
each other again soon, hope"
Awful good Of you to say that" she
said. Feel as though l kent let you
go now" Her hand went to the side
Of the wall. We're getting on so Sc
ciable and pleasant and friendly like"
Ican't tell you how it made me feel
when l heard her talk like that.
I would have proposed to that girl on
the spot if / hadn't been SO busy. Only
there's time and q place for every
thing, l always say, and just then
wasn't the time to 60 canoodling about
with girls.
OF course this is the worst Of them
ponce they get mashed on You, there's
no getting rid of them without row.
Invent to her to give her kiss and
good-by. She gave little scream.
..Stop right there" she cried. stop
right there, mister, or you're q dead
man."
She leveled "a shining little pocket
pistol at my head, tho other hand still
pressing against the wall. There was
a sound of hurried footsteps on the
landing; the door opened and mus
cular young fellow in evening drese
rushed in. He was followed by severas
servants
NV dearest Deborah he cried
Then he sprang upon me and nearly
choked me.
Here, let CO., screamed. "Wheret
the duchess? Where in IS the
duchess? Lemme go, can't We? Iwaat
to tell her something. want to teal
her all about that beauty OF ladf's
maid there. She's got my sixty pounds" !"
..And she jest about means to keep
it." she answered, laughing. 'itu
make a good start for my village blan-
ket club" She turned to the duke.
Now. you see, Tunbridge, how Heron
Court is protected"
my dearest" said the duke, you're
quite right You shall make your own
arrangements now"
She spoke to one of the tootmen.
Give him a good sousing, Barker:
with the garden hose, and let hin
slide"
Certainly, your grace. Now, thin
me man, this way"
And they took me, and, as I'm ltv
ing sinner, they ducked me. Had .
narsty cold in me iead, l did, for yesrs
awfter.. - Warwick Simpson. in Sa6
Francisco Argonaut.
A Conseaensioua Dog.
Jacks master was =. painAae. and
Jack, being lively and spiritea little
fellow, on two or three occasions tipped
over a pail OF paint in the course of his
gambols. Whenever this happened his
master called him up, gave him lee
ture, and by way of impressing the
matter on his mind, rubbed his nose in
the paint-much to Jacks discomfort
One day, however, Jack was playing
about the paint shop all alone. Sud-
denly he ran against a paint nail. and