The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03
1RE CRONKITE'S NEST EGG.
oy A STORY BEGUN IN
ss0ph. .,soy BY A BURGLAR.

She~.,s woman Bedueatnee " ~
n-puroo.e OF q Crime inss sse.s"
Ine,.,n,-Cronkits's Second Chanee'
49,. c,,hbins. the burglar was sent up into
"non . hosni,al Abe Cronkita the FORMER
the prso" 80 eighteen months term for
ce"eu L,o, was drawing to a close. devoted MS
smuSsA" .,,,os, exclusively 10 him. This was
s''en"O' %, ~ late Abe had been silent and
sra"s" .roodIns over the hardships OF MS
no'". cha dismal prospects OF his future.
i@e ad for A man already old. who had
Anu ia n little ahead OF his earnings.
h"a'.L on release was not especially dlur-
te convicted detective could not expect
ws'-.coned back into a profession where
D Hsuayh s isnored but the judgment of
sOurt Is unans weraoie' ,., vho
40 never been Ill In his lie BEFORE was nov
S..,I,s away with an internal DISORDER wn'oh
~. nhrsclsns pronounced absolutely mcurao'e.
y. ,nsx his doom. and accepted II as ne nao
r. o. another; being Indifferent. fearful. suilen.
Snsrons. by fts and starts. apparently without
-, and above all and at any time boasuui,
np..r,s q, a certain bull courage and a dull
H.,.rcv 70 his pals which had distinguished MS
U~,nol career, there was nothing In the rui-
W.. r,sn,al and moral makeup out OF the
s,rr, az Abe Cronktte had no difficulty
oalar.ns with him as a cat does with q mouse.
s r,syful move having definite reference to
,hs Inevitable. busineas-like end.
ono day, when the two were together IN a
..Jndsd corner OF the hospital. Abe Cronkite
Smsrted somewhat casually; 1T must have
...n rather notifying. Clubbins. for a man OF
,our .,anding 10 be sent up Tor any suon
,,c,vune lob "a this last one OF yours
.Nba, do you know about III retorted the
. surlily. The lob was all right
.psrheps 30, but as the story goes down In
A.. sbon.. Il worked all wrong. You were
,,rsh, ho,-handed. without a scrap OF stun
# our pains
Much ,ha, speaking, white-liveredt trash know
.hout n man like me-" fairly roared Cluboins.
.P'raps | did gi, Jagged Just arter ldblowed the
,,l safe front into flinders. P'raps the evidence
did show that nothin' was missin'; what them
! didn't squeal; | took ny medicine smilinl
And Id do it again under similar suocum-
stances, so put that In your pipe and smokeit 1t, Mr..
Abe Cronkite."
40. thank you," said Cronkite, ~tantaliz-
,,sly, no bluff in mine If you please. or
course, ia a good Idea, while your health is so
,eckish. for you 10 try to persuade yourself hat
Won didn't make a mess Of it. but 1t stands to
rcason--
4, stands to reason. cried the other. with
, COMPLICATED oath. that when | goes out
Won may be splashed by the mud OF my ker-
ridge, as you 60 poking about the streets.
rnsein' cents from some blind cadser's hat
for your Twin
You're dreaming" murmured Abe Cronkite.
Dreaming, hey: not a wink Of II. Do you
s'po,e a true-blue old timer OF my experience
would have cracked a safe. with the house
all guarded by private beaks and strung with
electric wires. and with muses. and doctors up
the livelons night, unless. unless. there was
somethln' in il, a leetle beyond the Zenith OF
your nose? You make me weary. Cronkite;
the lob was a good Job. II I unly don't croak
sfore I cop the drag-oh."
Possibly I've been misinformed." said
(ronkite. humbly. and the boys may have
been Jealous In back-cappins you. but accord
Ink to them you must have been either drunk
or crazy to make such an attempt In old JAY
cox's house up on the avenue. Why. they say
II was Just like that leary hobo who In some
blind way or other got into a big bugs man
sion and went TO bed in the best room! !
couldn't believe it. really ! couldn't. and so !
told them so. What ! said, not Clubblns.
I'D Jack Clubbins, who looted the Ohio Bank
and held up the Pacific Express with the Kan
,s gang. that acted so bughouse! He knew
yNa, he was after. you'd better believe, and it's
dollars 10 doughnuts he landed II, too, That's
what | said, Clubbins. not once but nifty times:
YOU must admit. all the same, that you cid
Mon guilty and that there wasn't even a Cana
dian quarter missing. I'm not curious. old
man. YOU realize that. only II II was AZ Slick as
you now say, II might give me a pointer when l.
100, 60 on the turf, as suppose Ill have to do.
s.. leaving out the private and confidential
rarts. which you know best how 70. Keep, 10
yourself. il would be agreeable to hear just what
iinchei Agreeable and instructive, too. for
there's only a few OF you ail-round cracKsmen
left"
erinned with gratihed vanity; In course, II
there's anythin' I can say to give you a steer.
Ne began. you're welcome to II. It's discour-
agin' work. so II il, with a new beginner, having
been there myself as a Kid; so II you'll ask me
no questions about which ! have no consarns
Il, was about ha'past 0 o'clock o. night
when | found myself, | wont say how, In the
Nj. ~JaycoS's fine ranch. There was a great
wicker hamper under the shelves. In which they
threw soiled napkins and sech, and ! was crunch.
IN In the space behind II. as safe from beln'
lNUN1 OlI Us N1u " ulr W br VI III AZ NiliS
PRESENT moment. There'd been a family
dinner Of the quiet sort. and as the old puffy
butler slid in and out Of the closet and left the
door aiar, ! could size fairly we'll what was
Rrin' on. Old man Jaycox. you must know,
was a wtdower, with two darters. the elder one
married and Twin out West; the Younger one,
Mss Agnes, a slip Of a girl. Twin to hum and
takin' care Of him. Now he was supposed 70 be
the fust party's name. was back agin with her
only child, Richard Jayoox, .Davenant, called
after the old guy, by her side. A nice lad. !
guess not. Cronkite; say. to hear the way he
Of butler would lay out a reform school; and
yet the more he ached for a liokin' the more no
Ietted him. He was half seas over, believe.
and ! don't blame him there, for when old strike
above me and was chassaying around with the
n1sdeery, | reached up and took a swtg at the
oecanter myself. and II was prime
Two sisters on GOOD terms. l SUPPOSED Ne
'Ekal 70 the happy iambly in any fust-class
ecclss, : replied C1ubbins with a arm, you
te old Jaycox had marret twice. 80 each Gal
~ 4 dinreht mother; Miss Aanes was his
lrasca. and the boy as say, was a quick second.
ne old man was dyin', and apt TO give her the
chky IN his will; 80. In course there was love
II must have been the younger one's fault
mush Abe Cronkite. working against her
asHr while she was away, in an underhanded
No. wont say that returned Clubbins
a. judges robe would. "She was full Of auff
tc'llt how they would soon be- alone and must
al IN all 10 each other. but ] didn't cotton
vi" .w 'oT a cent Tor all her Pious didoes:"
doubt " ' NV
amt sayin' nothin' about charakter," OBJ
gsyiT I~nlhblns That's a matter Of taste.
ana must say I like mine warigated: but she's
~ XVI GOODS gWear sh0 Ia II aha mint