The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-16

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won't sss nothin at all for quite avbilS
especially " that person hs been wAkbd
pp suddintf One night ] opsusd my
friend within two inches Of an old lady,
face. You'd o. thought she'd bean struck
with club. Che went down fat. i don't
think she ever got over II. can't say for
sure, cause I never called there again.
But II you'd "a seen her 60 down all of
a heap you'd almost a. split yourself
laughin.'
IT couldn't see any joke. Lzzie was
a-starin at him, her eyes almost out Of her
head.
"'You have a small family, num- says
he. i always live In a small family
when ! can. I've lived in some pretty
large families. though. Your interestin
daughter which I have the pleasure Of see.
In and your young son In the act Of pur-
sum knowledge makes up your household,
mumf
II was that frightened could only say
Yes
"'And what may your name be, mump
says he, dancin his lantern on his knee,
Williams says I.
"'Hap says he. Williams, ehp Names
Is all fudge anyway, amt they, mum9
don't never keep the same name longer
than three months-if can help it. Last
month my name was Signor Salvino
And, mum, comm close up to my chair
and nudgin me with his lantern, what do
you think my name was afore that? Guess,
mum, guess, says he. You won't guess
1t II you try all night.
81 was 80 frustrated that when he nudg-
ed me again with his lantern, I says Jones'
spasmodical like. No, says he, a-spittin
on my best carpet, faint Jones. But it's
like it. Guess again. And he nudged
me with that lantern. Smith, says I,
desperate like. 'Pshaw, says he Smith
amt no moro like Jones than Crumft is
like Salvino. Crumtit and Salyino is
names what I calls far apart. Suppose,
mum, you was to know that man named
Salvino-I say supposin, you know-that
man named Salvino had done some
murder, supposin he had cut up an old
lady into bits and billed her down and sold
her for furniture glue-and such things
has been done-now, supposin, mum, that
man named Salvino had done this and
was to call himself Crumft, would you
see any likeness in the namesp OF course
aliases, mum. It's the greatest invention
that was ever invented, says he. When
man can get a alias which Is the exact
opposite Of what his name was afOre, then,
mum, he is safe. If you ever want alias,
mum, come to me, says he. Now, just
for curiosity, If you wanted alias, what
would you chooser
Il don't know says I, a-rubbin my
eyes to make sure was not dreamin. But
there WINS this awful man a-sittin in his
wet clothes on my best lounge and a-spit-
tin on my best carpet. If he'd "a given me
a chance, I'd a. sent for the police, but he
kept talkin right straight on.
" so your name is Williams, says he.
Il knowed Mrs Williams once who kept
gunshop in Boston, but you amt the
one, for she was hanged. Well, mum, if I
were you and wanted a alias bad, think
If you was to call yourself Nine. Pivoty
1t would do. OF course the alias must
depend somewhat upon what you done.
II you only cracked a store Or pulled
poeketbook, you might call yourself Skin
ner Or any such name as that, but for any
tii,iins serious Nine. Piyoty would do.
How do you like the name Of Pivoty, mumP |
You'd better remember that name-it
might come in useful. l see kind Of |
wldness in your eye, mum, that makes
me think of the great French child tor
turer, Nine. Oscar. They say she made
blue children for circuses by feeding EN-
on indigo. She was genius for putin
children to good uses. She always kept
stock of show children on hand-human
skelintons, fat boys, transparent infants
mr. o,1ah 10 fot bn,y orr
CROWN, she could turn him out as skel-
linton in less than year. But she couldn't
make fat boys out of skelintons-the |
trainin seemed to injure somethin in |
their insides. 1t amt all children thatll |
make good skelintons, anyways says he. |
Now, your boy there, lookin at Johnny, |
might do. Nine. Oscar hadn't no success |
one year, and when she made dozen fail |
ures the police thought she was a-buryin |
too many infants and fetched her up She |
didn't last long after they stopped her; |
she couldn't live without her interestin |
work.
How do you like Pivotye mumS' says
he again after spittin on my carpet. be-
gan to suspect by this time that he was a
kind Of lunatic, and / was a-shakin all |
over.
It's very pretty name saysI
Pretty, NUM- says he. With that
name, mum, you might do anything and
never get found out You needn't be
afeared, mum, to go ahead. can see that
II you was sure of KNOWN enough aliases
you'd make name for yourself.
"His sayin this kind of ried me, if he
was lunatic but was afraid to stir an
inch. After awhile he jumps up and wants
to go to his room. So makes sign to
Lizzie to go with me- and he followed,
feelin of Johnny's arm as he went and
sayin that he'd make good skelinton.
When he got to the room, he shook my
hand and said Good night, sweet angelo
Then he shut tho door, and you could have
knocked me down with feather.
at was 10 o'clock and here l was with
nobody in the house but the children and
big maniac full of all kinds of murder
GUS notions. But l sent Johnny round to
tho police station to say that we had a lu-
matte murderer in the house. The police
captain came in five minutes.
Mrs. Williams, says he, you've got
lunatic worth havin. He went crazy
readin dime novels when he was q boy,
and escaped from the asylum last week.
His friends offer 81 900 for his capture
1.-THE captain and two of his men went
up and brought him down. He was quiet
and seemed amused like. When
they was takin him out of the door, he
says to me: Remember, mum, what I
told you. When you gets into trouble,
you know what to do.
1.-THE very next week was paid tho
$1,000. washed the sign off the front
door, and l guess Mr.. John, that 1t will
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