Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-10-18
eDtleH)aD Jim's Last JOB :
BY HENRY RAvENCoURr.


WITS, whenever / saw an oppor-
h to transfer the property of some
specting individual to my own
ssion.
pals know me as Gentleman
because l have always dressed
shionable garb and tried to ap-
in actions and speech, cultured
#eman.
is not necessary for the purpose
IL narrative that | should name
Exact locality where my last adj
hire took place. II you know, you
need to be told; if you don't
h. the information would do you
bod; and therefore it will be sutf1-
j for me to say that it was in a
hing town in Hampshire County,
sachusetts.
! travelling about the country, on a
Spectiye tour, | came to the busy
b in question, and found, among
b things, that it contained a -four
BIZ bank, built of stone, a story and
hlf in height, standing on small
of ground, entirely detached from
Eother structure.
5me casual remarks and inquiries,
|ciously made, revealed the fact
it contained a burglar-proof safe
stone vault, and that it usually
tained deposits ranging in the
fhborhood of a quarter of mil
of dollars.
was regarded as a place in every
/ so secure against intruders as not
b to need the services of night
Gilman; and this belief in it's i'm
Inability pleased me very much,
fuse of the increased safety we
bid have in working the plant"
Nell" l said to myself, 81 am go
to find my way into that safe,
if l succeed in getting off clear l
II have money enough to maintain
! in life of luxurious ease for a
! time
be first thing, after having settled
tmy mind that that treasure-vault
to be penetrated, was to devise
means to accomplish this purpose.
the first place, it was absolutely
|eSsary that we should work IN
cover-and under cover for a long
e-for it was no slight undertaking
penetrate a hard, cemented stone
D of several feet in thickness, with
bense castings of iron and steel to
! cut out and removed, before we
hi reach the treasure; and this all
be done by men unseen and I'M
4 wn in the community, in the dead
lrS of night, while honest citizens
be peacefully resting from the tolls
! he day.
prtunataely, or unfortunately, &C
Ping to the light in which the mat
/ is viewed, the nearest building to
bank was dry goods store kept
b man who had not been over pros
bus in his business, and who was
ling to sell out the same at a rea-
pble figure.
put did not go to him and offer to
chase. l had a better scheme than
/, sor | did no. wish to be further
Swn in that community; and so l
on the airs of a rich gentleman,
king more money than / could rea-
ably spend, and after a week or
of this kind of pastime / settled
hotel bill with a great flourish and
t away. deeply regretted by all
had been so fortunate as to make
\ distinguished acquaintance, and
f especially by those who had prof
i by my lavish expenditure.
had a very faithful, shrewd and
RStrious pal, and I Immediately
eht him and gave him full in
&ctions.
the course of the next two weeks
dry goods store I speak of had
Rged owners, and Robert Carpen-
quiet, honest, tlrifty-looking in
ual had put out his sign, and be
te a staid, sober, church-going
Zen of the thriving town, ready and
louS TO sell anything, from a silk
es down to a yard of tape or pa
Of pins.
pu may possibly think that a dry
1s store, open all the week days
Rll kinds of customers, from early
he morning till nine o'clock at
PIT was not exactly the place for
KING burglars to visit and remain
for weeks together; but it was just
huse nobody, not even the lynx
police, had the least suspicion
anything of the kind being con-
ed there that this particular es-
lshment became one Of the most
ect blinds" we could have chosen
here SO many came and went, 8
niger, even if seen, was not liable
ttract attention and set gossips te
spering of something unduly
Fnge.
ut great care was taken thai
ngers should not be seen there.
ur confederates, disguised as far
80. mechanics, train hands or or