The National tribune., 1895-10-10
"Made clean shweep, eh?" remarked

Made clean shweep, eh?" remarked
Bowlder.
The masked stranger nodded.
| If you've got all there is loose and little
| in the housh," said Bowlder-he was talk
| ing palmer every moment now" you've
| got 81 500 worth. Been up-shtairs YETI"
| Again the man of the mask nodded. He
also exhibited symptoms of being about to
depart.
Don't 90 YETI demonstrated Bowlder.
Want to talk to you. Did you get the old
| lady's jewelry up-shtairs ?"
Again the burglar nodded. He seemed
| disinclined to use his voice unless it was
necessary.
"Thash's bad" remarked Bowlder reflect
| lively, referring to the conquest of his wiie's
jewelry. The old lady won't do thing
but make me buy her some more. And the
worst of it is, she'll put up the figures on
| what jimcracks you've got, and lnsisht
they're worth four times their true value.
Pm lucky if she don't put it higher than
81, 900. And they amt worth $500; you'll
be lucky if you get half that on 'em."
The burglar looked hopeful as well as he
could with mask, but retOrted nothing
to BowIder. The latter mused on sorrow
fully over his wife's jewels.
"You see it putsh me in the hole, +" said
Bowlder. AZ get it going and coming. You
come along and rob me, and then Mrs. b.
comes home and robs me again. Don't you
think that's little rough?"
The stranger said it was rough. He didn't
nod this time, but used his voice.
Encouraged by the strangers agreement
with his views, Bowlder urged the return
of his wife's jewelry.
T,ct rip hack xuhatfs hprc ~ anId
Bowlder, "and you can keep the rest.
That'll let me out with her, and L don't care
for the balance"
But the man of midnight stoutly object
ed 1t would be dead loss of 5000, he
said, and, worse yet, it would be unprofes-
sional.
Bowlder thought deeply moment. Then
he took new tack.
ANY objections to taking drink with
me?" he asked.
None in the world" said the burglar.
Bowlder explored his coat-pocket for
bottle he'd brought home TO restore him
after his sleep He proffered the bottle to
the burglar.
after you is manners" said that person.
Bowlder drank, and then the burglar did
the same.
"You Democrat?" demanded Bowlder,
suddenly. "I s'pose even burglars have
their politics!"
Administration Democrat" said the bur-
glar; that's what / am. 1 believe in
sound currency"
Pm an Administration Democrat, too,"
remarked Bowlder. 81 knew we'd find
common ground at last. Now, as a member
of the same party as yourself, / want to ask
favor of you. You've got about 81 500
worth of plunder there; and yet, you see
yourself, there's a good deal of furniture
you're leaving behind piano upstairs, and
all that. Tell yod what I'll do I'll play
you one game of ten-point seven-up to see
whether you take all or nothing. Come
now, as favor"
The burglar hestt8ted. He was afraid
:bere was a trap in if. Bowlder gave him
his word as goldbug and a Democrat that
he made the proffer in all honesty.
"If you win," said Bowlder, "you can
cart the furniture away tomorrow. Pll
order you a wagon as i 90 down, and you
can sleep in the house and see that don't
carry off anything or hold out on you"
But it amt worth as much as what I've
got" demurred the burglar.
"Well, see here" said Bowlder-sober he
was by now-"to avoid spelling sport I'll
throw in my watch and $50. That's square"
The burglar admitted that the proposal
was fair, but stuck for seven points.
i like straight seven-up," he said. MAKE
it seven-point game and I'll 20 YOU"
Bowlder produced deck of cards from
the sewing-machine drawer. At the burg