The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05


initful 10 him, and with his gal: for all which
FATTY the, night keeper, acted as a surfephnous
Ganymeed,
devil aSid about the Ten Commandments. They
amt crooks by profession. habit OF mootual DE-.
for ri,cnuc only. Now, Denvers was no exception
H. this rule. True, he had dcfautcd for large
amount but he was never plannin how he would
az soon ~ he went out No, all his aDpirntings
was 81 love and domestic happiness lie longcd for
the dav when til his sweetheart, and the dough
he had planted lie could fly over the seas, and be-
happy ever after ward amid the rewards OF re-
ciptDCative affection.
facility was rather hay. There was a bundled
civil judgments and srnrc Of indictments agin
Tcnycfs by which his creditors Hggctcd To make
while they sent n message in ~ him, that II lie
looked to walkin' out at the end Of his present
term except into the arms of a detective, he'd
tHp Of this one Of them faithful friends wrote Ia
and dctatmlncd to SNAKE her 10 Europe and de.
murc her IN q convent before they'd Jet him come
within Of her Msry prudent ,Gs re-
,G", Sy t Rc is' p"Sf BnsSs only a
serve he had even as much 10 brood over a. "a a
namccss. The checking food was all gone, 50
that the fodder was on the bum. and he couldn't
git a still sncakci out no more lie stood 10 lose
Ills gal anyway, and Ia come back for various
indiAnitc periods unless he turned over all his
awaiting assets But II lcnNcTS Hnl huincl,
Was To- H. divided into tree parts i, would take
bigger man than Old Caesar TO GIT away with ahny
one Of them.
tell you that bot me aud Dcnycrs in a way was
tay'rirs with the deputy: So much 80 that Fridays
hc used TO scnd for US 10 cut up plug i1barcG iGr
house The work was easy. and We liked the Job,
especially as NED have the chance now and then
~ play an odd hand nf seven up. For the shanty
was secluded bcin' in the angle VI the huiIdin',
and no one could watch Us, as indeed there was
NJ need since 1t WINS right In the middle OF IN"
yard. with ~ hope Of escape except Tor hfd or
u mole
Well, Kunncl one day it sccns the warden
noticed dcprissinn In thu ground near the b Her
house, and set gang of hobucS digging there
with the result that they came aCrust an old well.
Thatvcry night Of this insignificant lind, l,cnvcIs'
mottcr is Friday, and I'm goin' ~ make break
Tor Il live or die How can you | asst. md
I'D rusty to whom he had been sorter Kind, had
been the man wnrkin' down IN that ere well.
aud that he had come To him on the q, with The
intlliscncc that abOu, two feet from the bottom;
when he was down thee all alone, he happened
Actnst n opcniu' which hc thought must be- an
Old drecn. aud which he had l,lvctcd up WIN 2
hua'd, and then IlaStcted with clay, for tutuT
DEVELOPMENTS Now Cnntinurd Drnvets: It's
my belief ard old Mack"y's too, that that ere
N"nd the wall. and as there's n.ihin for I'll, mcn
H. de- there tomorrcr aud we'll h. Cutun tnbaCCn
for the deputy nca- by. blast m" II I'm not Cuiu
tt,o it hat II you d. II you do GIT rfn"''
| directed ,ls ccrting II detection as u runaway
hand urran monkey" I won't cross that bridge
until cone ~ IT, he replied That's Jest it,
COntiuo tct, 'yuu'N never cone To it, what will
| You do when you git stuck about halfway"
'Ilumph' says he. this is wuss hole than that
srcin' that he was obduratc. lent him my Coun'
| ellis and We planned as how We would 20 down
| in The well to-cddcr, and ,ar,cr he had craMl"d
The nrN, day hunucl couldn't have been
better. u 1t had been sarved up 10 order by old
| InHs 4 smoke aud fog kept drsccndn on the
| yard. Nrcr noon, the deputy cane down accord
IN 10 habit and fetched US up To hts little lean tn.
with SMILE said, says he, It's time for cuttn'
II different sort old man let's go aud look for
'"y tn her S%n pSr 6ng ,n hS S,,n
kunncI, thcrc bcin' ripe down which We slid,
pcnyers kcp. ur that. same icstin' IN ia ';--=
" All : wcu that ends we'll Whatever begins well
must h. 50 much the better and with that he
slruk hands, hc did, aud began to hunch hissclf
da.k III there. | SAID, almost cryin' kunnCl
; help M That nothin his voice, cane
particular pint. kunneI, that ! visht TO invite
your ohSatNa,ion. that n"ihln nc says. Gs
II tecph9nin from he'll itself It's aus the dnrh.
Well Kunncl. | -, the board and plas,rred
it over with clay, as II was troNin sodS ON his
grave, and then Skinned up the rope. and got
back into tho lcan.tn, where cleaned myself
Then managed 10 sncak back to the shop with.
shoes hnd II ever tina, pair "f shoes, kunncl
vas worcd IL must have been by club footed
mat 81 ont ~ the common was ~ trn" my al
drputy come a stumpin down the rtsl" 'Smt,h
"rs, says ne, Where - DcnvCr," I don't know.
Mr. Deputy. says l. innrrrcnt like. ! left him
~ the ward, not sayin, you mind low lar in
Well out be sturmcd agin, and pritty soon. there
VAS II awful iroun on the big whistle, and m"
men Was marched ny. and locked IN, IN double
quick order. and the screws went around with
l,ii sal,s. takin the count agln, and Ggn. and
1t was Whispered along the galleries. and raped
from tier Ia tier, that Dcnycrs had got away ~
course they had me in the Office, AMI questioned
and cross questioned. and put me IN The Co0Irr
To- reflect and then questioned me hgin; hut they
never got no clue. kunncl not even diskiyrrin'
the drc"n in the old well. for which hrnced Mac
and 10 Ills day. KunncI the superstic"us ihcSc,
t'll IL" story As how convict SrddlnUy dIsdi'-
p"ard in broad daylight from dIr rinIrr 81 nc
ynrd and was never hrcrd arier .Nnd N" only
inlillGincc | had m,scli, kunncl, for many a
day Vas that couple Of months arter seed IN
q thc paper n how n h"aut'ouS young snClty Teddy
was misSun from her home, and tnctr was grave
tear 81 foul play and that ere young Teddy, Kun.
mel. WAS DcnN"rs = fat ful gal
Il didn't have much ~ my bit tn do, kunnci.
only two or tee ycnr, ! think; and whcn won,
out materially returned to NNurk, rldin' on the
hu@p"s f., sold ,no ticket ,h"y CIV" me :" as
t'-un the streets pritlv lcc-y II the trocys can
tell YOU, which had never seed came ACROSS
dead game Spurt Gentleman George by name
| I've mntloncd him before To- vou- who was ~
! d"p-avcd ns to Hc,illy be- glad 10 sec me-. ~
y" n"nT yGg kn"w Nnnn" Ne Wh deal: ~, II"
sn,, h" YOU l",k ~ refined with YOUR int rrSlu'
pnllnr and ~" ink faded out - '"uT hrnI' thnt
! NluN ~" n DOM 'aE" YOU Hr-u't tn" briuv. tu
/ h''p nae "ut Win i'"l"r" e u gHm" within Whi"
,uuk"- and hong tailed lick b'"adrluih. F'u'll
l., 80 10 Tiu'"rrni all IN" hru"N plrn suDi'l, ~
! lunnpr. tint N'u viii
| We'll kunnr N II fortnight. wc was over
, 'h"" su" enough Gentleman i,rrrHr puSln'
| n y EugShmnn Jest returned from Nmcdky
| with his cyr-laSun forum. hut ~, disappointed
| Ia find his family undcr the daisies that he won I
| dc u thing with hls wad hut rnduw rrmosunarry
| inS'ituungS; nd NJ" Ms the general secretary II
| some benevolent guild You understand the
| game kunncl' We was Ia become ACQUAINTED
! with some worthy old soul of the philaut.rUpiC
! sort, well hcclcd and bilin over with enthusiasm
! I" Join IN the holy cause Of charity. To show
| our trust in him. and financial competency W.
! would deliver over 10 him temporarily our roll;
and then when We got IL back. insist that he should
do the same With Ms RS evidence 81 his good fAit
/ What We would do then kunncl needn't be de
| scribcd, except Ia say that II would begin with
! skin. and cnd with ira la loo So, one morning
| Gentleman George, h" hcCEOncd me uut uf the
| tap room where | WAS sittn' aud SmukIn', and
! hc sad, SAYS he, come at UnCt into that private
| UAruT "" COPIED swell who - dustin with Irh
| a. blow his hnul" iu' the good ~ his icllrr man
! | iullrfci along, and what was my amaze. 4,
! ind Thai thC pigeon, TN come on, thr guud thing
| that GrHilrmhn GCpTsS was Chu'khu, over
| wH' NJ one else than DcrVrrS hi'Frl'
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