The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10

poi qeptofs when they had them; vel, mum,
kerhdEo ai right for II Poor dear Reginald don't
c Va, wnep sSr Sno,hn TO do he sant even wen
he nnt man enough TO go t'fco II, why, you'd
better SIi on cTnpe 70 ons, and be done WIZ Il,
ring from on her finger, and she says, Gays she,
a smilin like the queen Of the fairies. lest keep
mis- e, S, Tem m, o me BY RGns q, q nm 4,
n.ctefcher T 'r rsmsbcn ' SSu fast UP enough
without !Ss kcepin' ~ ana tank you Kindly says
til. saa O sn {. s 1Ss = fs . my MOST Old ss iSd
How much IL II this time you wanta Shorty
ff: SUN sS1 R. IRWIN Tih,sf say, he; you'd
bcs q, take Ir, the full enlnt I'm ,hinkip''
p s'e. S. sna 'S Ncw S Pay ,S
he did. and made out The commitment and car,
Scdy out " 5fc9p, ny pSnn myself at the
:. T q boy, shorty. says the Sheriff. as soon
a. he seed me, me: ! was assyin DO odder day 4
md a small comp'ny. lest q few old, FOUNDERS
you ooudnt dust out, and young swell upstairs
my sSst,sSee" @ sep Tos
and and the boys don 90, soiapPy ovsr their cards
eis. ~ 10, 1urse take ,he hist the house per-
7 may, a. we'll explain, Colonel, tina, the jail
was a, b BY, With Two wings one for the men.
and definition room for pore debtors in the cinter
This last room. In the top Of the house. was cut
reached BY windn stair and little hallway h." way
sSou. ih, room which hsd born. IN mind @S"n
was that ono corner Of It was boorded up aud
acrort, and happened To know whn, was behind
he sfSee hnfn hs, ,h Hs ist o W mig RI b.
r walter a. sk y1S ,S dumb
stairway and the wall so that the ration tins
At big, and the dumb walter, was never uscd,
Of It's existence. ,Yc,. as soon as I heard tia,
Reginald was locked all BY hiss-li in this rcom'
his bre.iIn' yfSo The partition With Them T ne
TOOL. Of s!s and letin hissei down to the ksching
"A, 9 o'clock. Colonel. the Tailor he called me
70 take a tray Of supper. and a pretty fly supper
too. Right, OF the Shetin's table, up to Reginald.
fno lovely chanc, he bad Ind With a lovely Young
wife outside Awaltin' for him with ou,stretchc1
arms. 70 break tr4o the roof. 4 needs be. until
had been made a, min the phase up; there was
a strip Of carpet on the furc there was red kvcr
on the table Over by the windeT sat Resinnld
all the world. and smokin' cignrcot He wns
q white-li ysrrd lookin' chap. with little yalcr
the mouth as II he was sorry for hissrf. and |
thought TO myself, thoughts !, II amy one was
played for a sucker IN tina, ere bank job, Reggie
the tabo, he sighed and folded up his book and
"66 dear I've no appetite: needs the air and
"'Then why dom, you takes them I as, with
a wink. since you've got hull burglars kit
for you on the outside You needn't fear me
for shes fixed me oil right all right; but why
haven't. you done som",hin' yourself. besides
You WON'T d, sseh pIsy,SinEs in the place hats
ycwpisn n, for you II! m, 81, :cll you you .r -.
Gimme your screw driver says l. n you know
what that lmpla mint looks like, and do for mussy
SAKE keep your .fy-Tap closed while work; you
And then, Colonel with turn or two, |. had
the long screws og,, and the 6o?rds Of. and h,r.
was a private car on a underground railroad
Mark this now, save to him, all agapc at IL
this night you Kit in there and let yourself down
nguiatin' the speed by thin ropes there. III 10
below 10 sec you out all right and on you'll go
70 Aryin,ino to confer the his, fruits 0i 20 civ;
..-Icant' sayshe, 1t allus did make me dizzy 10
ride In the cars
You've lest e., TO- says !; LOT look you now,
I won't: and u you're kctched 81 sch u attempt
as this, they'll railroad you to tho place you've
been sent TO- stay or no stay, and when 0nct you're
there they won't do a thing 10 you for des prn,e
charaktor. but put hobbies on your legs and
bracelets on your wrists, nnd hundet pound
20 the guards 10 shoot al sight II you 80 much
as look crosscyed And artcr inStructn' lin
The credit due M. and Akin the boords in place -
thu, ifthe Sheriff did heppen In he'd roice n",hin
wrong ! mosied out lcnyin E.te Reginald all
Time passed as usuI in them country hints,
Colonel The boys WAS locked W early, and soon
10 isina i tend d To tho lamps. and fSd the
uoughs for the nornln' washlngs and give the
drunk doer Of bromo and banked down the kitch.
me and The night watchinnn ircw a few hands Of
cue, and after little he stitched hiSclf. and
says, says he. II your. as tisilrss as you uaed
VsIS good s.ys TN ill., Of this snip nj
moment later. he was nddin his vice to the unan-
impus antcm OF praise,
Midnight came, and down ! sncaks into the
kitchinE. where had full license TO go along "
the Arcs ! opened the dumb waiter door, and
listened Yes, there was creak sure enough;
c,oak; Colonel. which In i1s'ink became nrush.
blame merchns would have gone plum troo 70
Chiny for all his riEuln,in' was consumed And
the onnary cuss in his inability TO do nothin'
straight had tucked hisself away In the top.
most compartment blow me 4 he handt 30 high
"'well you have done Il for fair, saysI
II though, The higher was the shorter Tho
7fiuneh yourself YOU divil rails, up on tho
ropes | whispers unless you're lookin for rtli-
tary confinement for the INST ~ your material
which won't be long And with that l lifted
UP on one end OF the shelf, which luckily, only
listed on clatrs and dumped him ont
The last act Colonel. was only series Of
instnntan'us picturs, and soon Il was oil over
except the shouun' seen that my man was in
a blue funk and srncc he WAS too frightened To
go | must make him too afcrrd To- stay. So !
necked him, did. and booted him, | did. trno
the winder and over the lawn. and up the wall
And whin heerd him drop on tho ohdcr side
Good nddhncc 10 bad rubbagr, ! muticrs; II your
ever do git 10 Argentina, you kin give thin PER
crastinaun' dagoes pints on not doin' tomorI"r
what you can't do today And in n nuddcr
moment | was back in the night Waterman X
cheer portsndin tn be fast asleep.
you NAV have read, Colonel how about q
o'clock the hue and cry was riZ when the mvs
ter'us vamoosinE II Reggie was diskivcrcd. The
night Waterman. pore tellcr, got his walkin'
papers and though they had no tabs on me-, | lost
me pull for the rSt Of that Bit and had 10 sHw
wood for my livin' Hut they never found 1cg
gle. doubtless he's on the high seas by this time.
but wherever he is It's the Stat that got oil light
and the faithful wife that has the wuss OF that
And that's all. Colonel. excipt my own pus-
senal e1prrenre. | had the di'mOud ring, YOU
know, which didn't need 10 keep 10 remember
der by and no | hooked il, came To town, did,
Ike a gent, in the smoker layin down good
RESOLUTION Tor livery mile stun. And this IL what
d. ! went 10 sailors boorln house where
thc boys hangs out and agreed with the land
lord that should give him all my money, and
l.. ttVtta all