Bisbee daily review., 1903-05-22
A SOFT JOB
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ans!" asked one.
 Well, yes. l tried sothin' last week."
 Make haulf"
 Well, Fll give y the yarn, and y can make up yer own moind as to that. I was readin' in the papers about the swells that was Twin in the thousand acre shootin' places on Long Island, and says to meself, says l, Evans, me boy, if y kin git in with the serv- ants O one O them country places v might do q fine stroke O business So fixes meself up in store clothes, puts some bills in me pockets fur treatin' to go with the blarney, and takes the train to -. One mornin' l goes to the big iron gate O fine place and keeps me eyes open til l sees the porter leavin' the lodge with some tools over his shoulder. Then l walks in as though l belonged to the place. It wasn't long before l sees young woman come tearin' along on a mettle- some cob, and it was plain she couldn't manage i'm. When she kem up, I sees that she was frightened, and jumps for the nag's head and grabs i'm. She had on a black dress, with white col lar. The black dress and collar looked mighty like a servant.
 Yer horse is mighty springy,' ] says.
 "'Much obliged for stoppin' 'im,' she says. 'Ridin' among the trees is dan gerous l might have had me head taken of by low branch
 Right y are,' says l. 'Ye're a fine horsewoman. I don't wonder yer mis- tress has y break in her cobs.'
 "Sbe looked at me cur'us loike and says:
 ~'What Ire y doin' in herer
 "I jist walked in to see the place, says I. And fine one it is
 Do y know any of the servantsT
 "'No, 1 don't, but Pm liken to make their aequaintaDce.'
 "'What for? she asked, givin' me q sly look.
 I'm a sociable man and likes tC spend me money in good company
 "'Y' mean ye're in the profession and Wdnts to Sit tHdhSe V Si1Sh tn' crib
 "'Y' do me great injustice per tested, reproachful loike.
 "'Sposin' I gives y a chance, what is there in it for mer
 " could ha' knocked me down with a feather. I'd come ali the way tc meet suthin loike this, expectin' to hey to work me way stealthy, and here ii was throwed right in me face.
 five money in me pocket told her. I'll pay down $50 and if y Il meet me in the city after the job I'll give V share O the profit
 "I'Il not trust y for the profit she says. Make it a hundred and I'll put y on the track O as fine a haul as y ever made in yer life.'
 'J give her the hundred and she told me when the night come to climb the treilis at the back O the house, first maxim sure the lights was out and the mornin', for the quality sets up late and after crossin' the roof O the porch I'd find winder unlocked. 1 was to git in and go down the hall two doors 10 the right, and I'd find the silver stored away in a closet.
 How will git out O the place with the high wall and the gate locked?
 "I'll speak to the porter she. says Hes one of us. Be off now; it won't do for us to be seen talkin' here. I'd lose me place for that alone
 With that she spoke to her cob and rode away
 ''I goes of half a mile or so in the woods and wanders about till the mid dle Q the night, then creeps up to the crib, waitin' two hours longer for the last light to go out and an hour more 10 make sure all was asleep. Then goes to the back O the house, and sure enough, there was the porch and the lattice, with no trouble at all to climb to the roof. It was but three steps to the window, and when I tries It, it slides up as if it had been greased.
 T gifts into the winder and feels me way along the wall till I comes to the second door. It was standin' open, and Ditocch SAlA iOi it for me. When I got into the room, shet it and, first maxim sure the cur tains was down, tux out me bullseye. Openin' closet, see heap all rolled up in a sheet and, feelin' of 1t, knows by tine heft that it was the silver.
 Well, didn't grudge the hundred I'd give the girl, for I kDow'd there was mighty lot of it and even melted down thered be ten times what I'd paid for it.
 "'Come out O that says mans voice behind me, and, turnin', the Tee tries went up all over the house al onct, and a cop had me covered.
 "Well, they tux me downstairs. and there. fin fine toggery. stood the girl that done me, a-givin' orders to the servants, and it was plain enough she was the mistress O the house.
 Madam says the p'liceman, 'y'1 have to appear ag'in i'm in the morn. in
 "'I'Il do no such thing she says naughty like. He saved ne from hay. in me head taken of by the limb of a tree when me horse was unmanagea ble Let him go.'
 ''They tux me away. and the next mornin'. as no one appeared ag'in me