The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-07
A SOFT JOB

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 Make a haulT
 "Wen. Tu give y the yarn, and y Pan make up yer own moind as to that I was readin' in the papers about the Bwells that was Twin in the thousand acre shootiu' places on Long Island, and 1 says to mcself. says I, Evans, me boy. if y' kin git in with the sery- ants O one o them country places y might do a fue stroke O business So I fixes meseIf up iu store clothes, puts come bills in me pockets fur ueaun, to go with the biarney, and takes the train to . One mornin' l go's to the big Iron gate O fine place and keeps me eyes open ull | seea the porter leavln' Che lodge with some tools over his shoulder Then l walks in as though ! belonged to the place. It wasn't long before I sees a young woman come telrin' along on a mettle- some cob. and lt was plain she couldn't manage I'm. When she kem up, l sees that she was frightened, and l jumps for the nag's head and grabs 'im. She had on a black dress, with white col lar. The black dress and collar looked mighty like a servant
 "'Yer horse is mighty sprlngy,' ! says.
 "'AIuch obliged for stoppin' 'im,' she aavs. .Rldu' among the trees Is dan gerous. I might have had me head taken oH by a low branch.
 Right y are says l. Ne're a fine horsewomau. I don't wonder yer mis- tress has y break In her cobs.
 ~She looked at me cur'us loike and says:
 ".What Pre- y doin' in hereT
 "I list walked iu Co see the place. saysI. And a dne one it is'
 "'Do y' know any of the servantsf
 No. ! don't. but Pm hSen to make thelr acquaintance.
 "'What forr she asked, giyin' me a sly look
 aTm a sociable man and likes to spend me money lu good company.
 'Y' mean we're In the profession and wants Co git a chance to crack the crib
 "'Y do me great injustice. ! per tested, reproachful loike
 'SposIn' ] gives y a chance, whaf Is there in it for meF
 "Y' could ha' knocked me down with a feather I'd come all the way to meet sutbiu loike this. expectu' to hey to work me way stealthy, and here lf was tlrowed right ln me face.
 "Tye money u me pocket told her Iu pay down SjO and if y' u meet me in the city after the job lH give v share O the profit
 .Iu not trust y' for Che profit she says. Make lt hundred and m put y' on the track Q as hne a haul as y ever made iu yer life.
 'I give her the hundred and she told me when the night come Co climb the trellls at the back O che house first maxim sure the lights was out and the house quiet-after o'clock in the norniu'. for Che quality sets up late and after c-ossiu' the roof Q the porch I'd ind a wlnder unlocked. was to git in and go down Che hall two doors to the right, and I'd find the silver stored away in a closet
 How win l git out O the place with the high wall and the gate lockedE
 "'Tu speak to the porter she says. Hes one Of us Be or now; iJ won't do for us to be seen talkin' here. I'd lose me place for that alone.
 "With that she spoke Co her cob and rode away.
 or goes od half a mile or SO iu the woods and wanders about tlll the mid de O the night. then crceps up Co the crib. waltin' two hours longer for the last light to so out and Bn hour more to make sure au was asleep. Then J goes to the back Q the house. and, sure enough. there was Che porch and the lattice. with mo trouble at an to climb to the roof It was but three steps to the window, and when ] tries lt. it slides up as if 1t had been greased.
 CT gits Into the winder and feels me way along the wall du I comes to the second door It was standin' open and I blessed the girl for mak.n it so easy for me. When l got into the room, ] shet lt and drst mukIu' sure the cur talns was down. tuk out me bullseye. Openin' a closet. ] see a heap an rolled up ln a sheet and. feeIin' ot it, knows by the heft that it was the silver.
 "Weu. I didn't grudge the hundred I'd give the girl for know'd there was a mighty lot of it and even melted down thered be ten times what I'd paid for it
 Come out O that says a mans voice behind me, and. turnin' the Tee tries went up an over the house at onct and a cop had me covered.
 "Wel. they tuk me downstairs. md there, in fine toggery. stood the girl that done me. a-Eivin' orders to che servants. and it was plain enough she was the mistress O the house.
 Madam. says the p'lcpman. y'h have to appear ogIn im in the mcru h.
 "Tu do no such thing she says naughty Ike. 'He saved ne from hav- in' me head taken of by the limb oc 8 tree when me horse was unmanagea- ble. Let him go
 'They tux me away, and the next mornin', as no one appeared agin me. ahnr nrnnaaI tLn cnn ] rackon-the