The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-14
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s.isD1 81 don't so away mad, my dear,
says. .Dgnst lose your temper.
You've got good hearted face.
Yoft'it, not going to be hard on q
poor CLAP, are You, low? Give me a
kiss, and I'll give you tWeTsty- five.
She fired up.,
l5s So !. You don't have NO Kiss, mister, Isl
she says. and IL you want me to help
you, you must hand over the money.
Youican' lido better. anyway
4, tell you, she fairly Knocked me
over assure you, to look at her you
would think size was as quiet q Girl
us ever wore shoes: She kept her eyes
bright, black eyes she had fixed on
my face, and seemed almost to enjoy
the corner she'd got me- in.
II turned the ma tier quickly over in
my mind. After all, II kneWI need
not trouble about the second payment.
Ishou1d be clear away and our of the
state on the day Following my little
venture.
.sAll right, miss /! says; 'donyt bag
gle; and don't bite feller's head off.
Here's the thirty dollars. What time
shall come up?
"She-told me that att liaif-past eight
Mr.. WI nthrop would be having DINNER
and thht she would leave' the window
of hiss wife's dressing roDm open.
might find a ladder in such a place,
and when got in! Il should, find the
jewels in such a place and some. loose
bank notes in such a place, and & was
to leave my thirty dollars for her un-
der thascarpet at thesright edge Of the
bureau.s And If any, Of the other SER
wants 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 toward
Elmlvilla
IL / felt inclined to shake. Hands; my
self, too. I knew that there. was a
good fifty thousand dollars WORTH of
jeWelry alone, Ct could only get q
quiet quarter Of an hour there:
You may believe me- when say I
was there that evening to the minute.
Just as neared the mansion I had a
nasty feeling that the maid might
have given me away. You can never
be sure of women. BUT when saw
the window of Mrs Winthrop's dress
ing room open and found the ladder
and everything ready, knew it was
all right.
& { I y . s - ..-aT x ia
"She's a girl after my own heart"
room, "and I'll be after hers when, it S
all over.
ats risky work, you know. No ma t.
ter how easy things are you always
have queer sort Of nervousness TN
less you're drunk, and then. Of course,
you're liable to make mistakes. None
pf hn rs, oh Ffav
might have been dead for all the
trouble they gave me.
81 don't think I ever had quite such
an easy job in all my life.
This said to myself, this is bet
ter than your hard work any day.
Honesty may be the best policy, but
what do you make out of it? Hha Do
| you make hauls of sackfuls S; Of jewelry
| and money by honesty? Do YOU make
enough lin ten minutes to keep you
for years by honestly No. Z safd to
myself u had got the sack: nearly fulD
'sf you want to get on in life; if you
want to- have nice little income and
a life Of happiness, have a turn at
''There was swish} Of skirts near
the bed4, turned my, lanterns ON the
place, my. heart in my mouth. my re-
volver ili,zmy hand. Il can. tell you
was pleased to see that il. wars only
my girl I dropped my, revolver back
into my pocket. She. was smartly
dressed land looked quite, THE. lady.
Got everything, mister?' she in
! quiredl Got eyerything?'
'stWeH, not absolutely: everything
! I whispered; but as much as can
carry. I'm just Off.
'4Have you put my thirty dollars
under the carpet at the right side Of
the bureau?' she asked.
"She had a 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.
s.Iicounted out the money and hand
. .edittover, and shouldRred my bag.
ssGOodsby, MISS Z whispers s'See
each other again soon, \ hope"
4 lawful good Of you to say that
she. said!. L feel as though can't let
!, liyou go now Her hand went to the
, side, off the wall. 'We're getting on so
). sociable, and pleasant, and friendly
like
.sI CAN'T tell your how it made me feel
y when L heard her talk like that. |
B would have proposed to that girl on
4. the spot if hadn't been 50 busy. Only
there's, a. time and place for every
thing; i always say. and just then
/ |, WASH t the time to go canoodling about
s with girls.
"I went to- her to give her kiss and
: al goedrby. She gave little scream.
sStop* she cried. Stop mister, OF
;. .yOlr're a. dead mani
y t4She. leyeled a shining little pocket
, pistol at my head, the other hand Still
!. pressed against the wall. There was
a sound of hurried footsteps on the
Landings the door opened, and mus
: cular young fellow in evening dress
rushed i'm. He was followed by sew
/ eral servants
8 My dearest Deborah he cried.
Then he sprang upon me and near
" choked me-
Here. let CO. I screamed. Where's
Mrs Winthrop? Where's Mrs. Win
throp7 Let me go, can't We! / want
!, to tell her something. / want to tel
= hp1> al abOnt that beauty of a lady's