The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-05
SAVING The LIEUTENANT.

| an was gettin ready to cash IN. Say,
/ you'd a-been scarf yourself said the
! Reformed Messenger Boy. sfWm you loan
/ kid de price OF a seat TO de Beautiful
British Biondes7 Tanks.
Dis time I'm telliu' you bout was
/ when de Long and de Short man was
1 giving guys all over town de heart dis
| ease. Dere Was annuGder gazaboy out
I dat time what made a speciality of put
I tin bartsnders an butchers on ice while
/ he pinched de cash register, an de hull
/ town was fuller Of porch climbers, strong
arm boys, and dips dan a yellow dog is
I OF ticks. De peppers was fun of hot
/ stuff about de Carnival of Vice an de
/ Reign Of Crime. Say. dose peppers was
| somethin' like good readin' in dose days.
A kid couldn't hardly pick one Of EN- up
/ widout fndin' sOmethin' wort gettin' mex
70. Now deyse DEthin' in EN- but how TO
/ plant cream puts an all about de lady
finger trust. Say. dey don't git a good
double murder an suicide more Il onct
! a mont
We'll, els time I'm tellin' you about de
peppers was tall1in' a lot about de two big
/ guys what done de porch climbing act
/ IN glad rags an took OF dere silk dicers
an says Please excuse me II q guy come
in an ketehes EN- goin' trough his trunk
or bureau drawers. Dey was doin' about
[ rec good jobs week an dere was a BIZ
reward out fer ketchin' EN-. Ny fren
de Lutte over to Central, put me wise an
tells me TO keep my eyes open fer two tall
guys wild low necked vests on an silk
dicers.
e You git mex to dem two Turks. 142 ,
says de Lutte. an gimme de hot tip an
III split de coin wild you Deren be
more money IN gettin' your lamps on dem
two blokes dan you'll earn in ten years
carryin' mash notes he says.
so me an 327 goes arcun. wild our
f-~r
glad rags. 327 mos got cauned-dat
means de manager ties a can to kid an
/ tells him to go chase himself-fer gettin'
two Mort Side cream puffs arrested on
suspicion, when dey was comm home
from hot session. But de two grafters
was too wise fer ne an de Lutte. Dey
keeps on porch climbin' while de fam
bly's feediH' its face. an every few nights
dey goes out an does a good job of bur
glary, jes' TO show de coppers dey was
good, an-around men, what knoWed all
de branches of dere biz. An de peppers
keeps on rOastin' de perlice, an me an
S27 gifts worried about how we're goin'
to hold de Lute's job fer him.
Den one mornin' about 1 o'clock dere
comes in a call from BIZ Hopper's joint
down on Sout' Clark. I goes down an
de barkeep says, De two gents in the
back room wants de kid / goes back an
raps at de door. an a big guy in a dress
suit gifts up an opens it.
Call, ] says.
Yes said de ebig guy. Come IN an
set down
''Dere wasn't no light in de room. 'cep'
what cum over de petition. but I seen
dere was annuder guy in a loW-necked
vest dere besides de one what let me in.
Dey bot had on de shiny dicers an one
Of EN- wears q. gray mustash. I was wise
in a second dey was de blokes me an
827 an de Lutte was lookin' fer
Looks ike purity smood kid says
De guy wild de mustash. Guess he's about
our size. Have little drink, kid he says
to me.
Sure. says I, tryin' to figure out
how'll I give de tip TO de Lutte. Gimme
a whisky, says I, t'inkin' I'd better be a
sporty boy.
in when I'd put away de booze, how'd
you like TO make a sawbuck?'
de graft?'
We've got a little job on han, he
says, what needs a little, smood kid
work. he says. Come along wild US ia
de cab an you kin make de ten in a
minute he says, an If you do it right
dere may be more in it. he says.
by dis time I was t'inkin' little While
was up ag'inst a red-hot stove, but 1
pushes back my eyes, what was tryin' to
drop out on de table, an says, Go ahead
/ says I'm game for any graft wild
plenty of coin in it. says.
I'VE goes out Of de back door, an dere's
a cab standin' dere. De smood-face guy
he puts on long, green overcoat wild
big buttons-de regaler cabby's nashunal
league uniform-an' me an de gray mus
fash gifts into de cab. Den we starts off
an chases ourself over de Rush street
bridge
It's like dis says de gray mustash
to me; me an my fr en- here what's
drivin' gets locked out of our palshul res
idence, he says, an we wants to git in
widout wakin' up our wives. he says.
Our wives is strict wild us he says,
an If we walked em up dey might start
a rough house. he says. so we want
smood little kid, he says, to slip into de
conservatory window he says, between
de bars, an unlock de front door. We
had tree kids over before we got you.
he says, but dey was ali too fat TO make
it. he says. 'Dey won't nobody hurt you
he says. fer yure Uncle Bill he says,
I'll take care OF EN- wild dis little
barker he says, an he pulls out a gun
what looked as big as de Spanish cannon
at Linkun Park.
by dis time I was dead wise I was
on de right lay an 1 visit I wasn't. But
I see I got 10 be game or IT I'D be ali of
wild me. So I says I'm good fer a Job
and in a minute de cab drives up right
in front of de house where an old guy
lives what's got more dough dan a
wholesale pie foundry. Dere was a arc
light blazin' right dere on the corner
lightin' up de hull front Of the house
bright as day. No cop in de world 'ud
pick dat out fer a place fer burglars TO
work an dats what makes de play so
strong. De cab stops right dere at de big
carved hitchin' post an me an de gray
mustash gifts out an walks right up de
big front steps De cabs Oh rubber
has on our sneak shoes. Even IL q COPS
l0ohin' he amt seem nothin' but what's
all regaler. Den, jes' as we gifts 20 de top
OF the steps de guy on de cab coughs 10
show dat de coast IS clear an we two
step of de steps onto de big stone ledge
what runs under de conservatory win
dows. Dere are bars at de windows. but
ders so fur apart dat little kid kin
sneak trough Gray mustash gives me a
leg up an says. De front door, remember F
Turn 10 we're right when you leave de con
servatory an you cant miss It. An
don't make a noise or s0methin' might
60 OF an hit you
L soueezes In between de bars an steps
down into q big foWerpot SOS not 70
make a racket De door from de con-
servatory into de hall is open an i goes
N dere I'm so scarf cat il my coat
wasn't buttoned on Il would a-shook Of
But I was thinkin about how Ucaled Dc
Lutte 'ud be 10 make dc pinch en- 50 Z
keeps nv nerve Dere's Light burniu
In de hau. an IS I snealZs down 10 Dc
front door / sees dc telephone On Dc wall /
It's one OF dem telephones Vhar Tol
don't have TO ring. but you jest lft or
de hook an den I says 70 myself il ii 4
be an of v-fd desc wise guys outside as
soon as kin Kit connected wid &C Lute
II goes 70 &c front door an makes a
hlug II tryin' % unlock = Den 7 wh.s- 4
per. trough de kevhoie 70 tie Eray Ulzs-
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