The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-09-14
NO. II
PUDDING
LAIN - By ]. HAnil
Graham
Copyright, 1901, By Il. S. Richardson
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am called an eccentric man, and 1
am rather proud of the fact. Among
my ecceutricities is that of carrying an
ear trumpet and pretending to be deaf
whenever 1 SO on a journey. AS mat
ter Of fact, my sense of hearing is most
acute, equal to that of a fox, think,
INIT in carrying the trumpet l have
two objects in view first, nobody
thinks Of asking me questions on tri-
fling matters or seeks 10 draw me into
political arguments, and, second,
have the fun of oyerhearing much not
meant for my ears. There are times
when my fellow travellers comment on
my personal appearance, much to my
detriment, but l have 10 take the bit
ter with the sweet.
The day / went up to london from
Liverpool to be present at the funeral
of my old friend Stebbfns the compart-
ment was fun at starting 1 had my
trumpet along and copied the actions
and attitude of deaf man. BY the
time the journey was half completed
there We're only three of us left The
other two men were acquaintance.
Neither was over thirty eight, and from
their general looks sized them up as
belonging TO the gambling and horse
racing fraternity 1t was easy to see
that one dominated the other, and the
dominant man had a hunted, desperate
look ii his eyes | judged he was in
desperate straits for money and that
he would be willing to risk great
dead to make Il haul As soon as the
three Of us We're alone he said to the
other:
Now we can talk matters over and
Settle particulars"
but the old dozer there" protested
the Other
lie couldn't hear the explosion of a
ton Of dynamite. If l thought he had
f50 in his pocket, ia twist his neck
and heaye him out of the door, but
don't believe he's got 10 shillings about
him"
You'd be a fool to NEEDLE with any
one until we pun this affair Off Now
talk low and go ahead 1t is on Pud-
ding lane, is it?R
No II Pudding lane. Don't write it
down. but don't forget it. 1t is a full
mile from the depot. We take cab to
The corner Of Iolle street, and then we
have only two blocks to walk The
place is open till 10 o'clock in the even
ing"
And the name Of the party"
is Webb He's man of sixty and
not in good health. One crack on the
head will settle his business. When
you have done for him, you raise one
OF the front windows as signal to me.
l shah be exactly opposite. We can
loot the place in fifteen minutes If the
safe IS still OPEN
81 have told you | would not strike
TO KILL said the weaker one after a
pause
4 don't ask you to" replied the 9th
or; "but just remember thisif you
don't finish him we may both end our
days in prison. He's a foxy cid rascal.
and he may get a peep at me. If he
docs. then goodby, and youth be In the
siue boat WHAT'S the use of being
squeanish over It? Why not make u
safe job? He IS the biggest kind Of
robber and man without heart"
"But l couldn't strike to kill"
Have your own way, but If he
comes to | shall finish him off In a
hurry and youll have to stand in with
4ne."
Suppose he is suspicious Of me and
keeps me outside the railing"
lie wont be You show him the
diamond ring l have to give you, and
he'B invite you inside fast enough.
Tell him it's a part of big haul, and
you can steer the rest his way, and
he'll pat you on the shoulder and bring
out a bottle OF wine. The only thing
is that you must not make a bungle
OF it,"
They had agreed that was deaf, but
at tile same time they had lowered
their voices until an ordinary man
would not have caught a word |
heard everything, however, and rea-
soned it out that they were after either
a pawnbroker or fence" 1t was to
he a case of assault and robbery-per
haps worse
In the same cautious tones they
planned where to dispose Of the plum
der and in what direction to take
fight. and / came to understand the
affair as plainly as If | had been q
third man. | am an imperturbable
man. sat there for two hours and
made no sign. but | was doing great
deal Of thinking just the same. 1t has
always been my habit to mind my own
business ! have never cared who was
being robbed OF murdered as long as
robbers and murderers let me alone.
NV first idea was to keep hands off,
but it looked ike such pretty case
that | changed my mind. 1t was an
opportunity for Scotland Yard to
capture a couple of desperadoes red
handed. and no doubt | would be
patted on the back for the pointer l
was to give them.
We reached London at $40 in the
y,.~,,.tsi,,sr and xvIaiTp tho two men took