The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
A SOFT JOB.
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Two "pals' were sitting over their
grog in cheap gin shop.
"Hev y tried anythin' lately, Ev-
ans?" asked one.
"Well, yes. l tried so'thin' last
week"
make haul?"
"WelL I'll give y the yarn, and y
can make up yer own moind as to that.
was readin' in the papers about the
swells that was Twin in the thousand
acre shootin' places on Long Island,
and 1 says to meself, says I, Evans,
me boy, if v kin git in with the serv
ants O one O. them country places Y
might do fine stroke O. business So
I 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 1 goes to
the big iron gate O. fine place and
keeps me eyes open till 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 mettle-
some cob, and it was plain she couldn't
manage i'm When she ken up, L sees
that she was frightened, and l jumps
for the nags head and grabs i'm. She
had on black dress, with a white col
lar. The black dress and collar looked
mighty like servant.
eyer horse is mighty springy,'
says
"'Nuch obliged for stoppin' 'im.' she
says 'Ridln' among the trees is dan
gerous. I might have had me head
taken off by low branch
".Right y are says 1. 'Ye're fine
horsewoman. 1 don't wonder yer mis-
tress has v break in her cobs.'
"She looked at me GURUS loike and
says:
"'What re y dom in hereY
"tI jist walked in to see the place.
says 1. And fine one it is
".Do v know any of the servants?
"sNo, l don't, but I'm liken to make
their acquaintance
"'What for? she asked, givin' me a
sly look.
"'I'm a sociable man and likes to
spend me money in good company
"'Y' mean yere in the perfession and
wants to git a chance to crack the
crib
"'Y' do me great injustice per-
tested, reproachful loike.
"'S'posin' L gives y a chance, what
is there in it for me?'
| could 1,o, l,rcolyoS mo dawn with
feather. I'd come all the way to
meet suthin loike this. eXpcctin' to hev
to work me way stealthy, and here 1t
was throwed right in me face.
"I've money in me pocket 1 told
her. I'll pay down $50 and If y III
meet me in the city after the job III
give v share o. the profit
says. Make it hundred and I'll put
y ON the track o as fine haul az y
ever made in yer life
II give her the hundred and she told
me when the night come to climb the
trellis at the back o. the house, first
maxim sure the lights was out and the
house quiet-after 2 o'clock in the
and after crossin' the roof O. the porch
I'd find winder unlocked. was to
git in and go down the hall two doors
to 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.
| Toe op Do -1fP
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.
II goes off half mile or so in the
woods and wanders about till the mid
die O the night then creeps up to the
crib, waitin' two hours longer for the
last light to go out and an hour more
to 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. 1t was but three
steps to the window, and when tries
1t, it slides up as if it had been creased
II gifts into the winder and feels me
way hlOliS tlle Wall tlll comes 10 the
second door. 1t was standin' open, and
l blessed the girl for maxim it so easy
for me. When 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 III a sheet and, feelln' Of it, knows
by the heft that it was the silver.
''Well, l didn't grudge the hundred
I'd give the girl, for 1 know'd there
was mighty lot Of it and even melted
down there'd be ten times what I'd
paid for it.
"'Come out o. that says mans
voice behind me, and, turnin', the lee
tries went up all over the house at
onct, and cop had me covered.
''Well, they TUX me downstairs, and
there, in fine toggery, stood the girl
that done me. a-givin' orders to the
servants, and ii was plain enough she
was the mistress O. the house.
Madam, says the p'liceman, 'y'li
have to appear ag'in i'm in the morn
in