Warren sheaf., 1903-05-28

Jebbs coolly seated at the table, dis.
cussing bread and cheese, stopping
now and then to lift can to his
lips. He did not seem to be at all
alarmed when the owner of the place
entered, nor did he act like man
who fears that his knavery has
been found out.
How did you get in? asked Hen
bricks, for he had since that event
ful night taken great precautions
about barring the doors and win
dows of the little house. It hurt him
to think that this fellow was able to
enter place he had thought so se-
cure.
''Well, I wanted to get in, and when
I feel that way, nuthin' can stop me- y
said Jebbs, with his mouth full. 'I'd
like to see the bolts and bars that
could keep yours truly out when he
wanted to git on the other side of
door,"
"Well, you needen't. try it again"
grumbled the other. You may
have an unpleasant surprise the
next time, so warn you.''
|, "Why so crusty. old man. Spec /
was goin' to set down in the garden,
git pneumony waitin' for ye, when
all had to do was to let myself in.
Not on your life" And he returned
with fresh energy to his very frugal
meal. 4 n
Hendricks, who had thrown him
self wearily down ina chair, was re-
garding his visitor with such ma
levolent look that even the careless
Jebbs grew uneasy, and stopped the
mechanical movements of his jaws
for few minutes to say:
"Whatcher eying me so fierce like
and when I had good news to tell
ye,'' adopting an injured tone.
when you left me the other night
you talked to him for time on the
corner, and then both went off in the
carriage together" IL
Jebbs seemed at first startled by
this sudden charge flung at him, but
it was only moment before he re-
covered his equanimity. r.
$50 it was that worried you, eh ?''
Eyes, it looked like too much
double-dealing. .-
"Well, s'help me, I never see that
party fore in my life, an I was
s'prised as you'd be when he tackled
me on the corner. He knew me,
thought with grimace. =.
''How did he know you?'''
swell, sir, he had it all down fine
how I was mixed up in little affair
some time ago-somethin' that would
surely have landed me if they could
ha' got the proofs. He could ha' got
enough-he showed me that in
mighty meek"
"And you never saw him before 2"
'Never I can call to mind"
Job remained in silence for some
minutes, his eyes on the floor, only
raising them now and then to cast
keen, inquisitive look at his visitor.
''Well, what is this great news
that you have brought me?' he
asked, after time.
"Nuthin' more nor less than that
1 have found our man,
"Are you quite sure of that?' lit
tie skeptically.
"No mistake about it, pursued
Jebbs, cheerfully. eye see, it come
about in this way. Ever since we
had that last talk I been hangin'
onto the heels of a feller who has
gener'lly been one Of his right-hand
men. He's big Dutchman, goes by
the name of Browny on the Bowery,
cause his hair is bright brown. Him
and me has been great friends and
emptied many a can together. I
never could get him to talk of his
work, or the man who employed him,
but last night, when we was both
feelin' kind O. proud, and him
lookin's if he'd be more comfortable
on the floor and a-aimin' in that di-
rection. Into this joint, where we
was maxim merry, come a little fel-
Ter that passed the place where we
sot, and gin the Brown man jog,
and passed on and out the other
door, and so away.
Il see my friend, sleepy like, put
his hand down in his pocket, and
fetch up a three-cornered bit o. pa
per, and opens it and reads. There
was on'y a few marks and number
that I couldn't make out. When I
was seein' him home, though, I
snagged it, and here it is,'' and from
an inner pocket he produced two
inch square piece of paper, which
bore the figure of a fox, or what was
meant to pass for such, and the sim
pie numbers 1-3.
"Pooh!" and Job threw it aside.
"I don't see anything in that
Jebbs replaced the paper in his
pocket, as if greatly disappointed.
''You been so long away that it's
natural ye don't see nuthin' in it..
Now, I'll tell ye what / get out Of it. .
'Well, am listening"
'Ye see this figure what's meant to
represent a fox. That is the sign Of
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