The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1905-11-03

49, nun ~ hlo ONn I1dSt a
ball?
He went over to the dresser. picked
up quart bottle of the correct goods
and couple o. glasses. handed me the
layout on a tray with the water bottle
and stood chuckling while poured out
a hooter and tossed it in. Then he
took a small drink himself and went
on with his shaving.
Il was keeping up a heavy line o
thinks. This duck might be slipping me
The bogus spiel l thought. and wasn't
looking for any corral.
He finished his shaving. washed his
face, rubbed some scenty stuff on 1t,
powdered it with a block of chalk
handed me the bottle again, took one
along with me, and sat down in rock
ing chair.
Ever do anything in the crib crack
ing line?' he asked me, twisting his big
mustache and looking calm as mill
pond
Ma, said l, that's off my beat
1T was plain to me that he was in the
business. and so | chucked up the bluff
I'd been making
I'm a pad shoe and a day worker
entirely | went on. Can't stand or
losing my beauty sleep
Don't know but what you're right.
PAL said he. crossing the room and
picking up a suit case that lay on his
bed. My end of it's pretty wearing. for
a fact. They've just turned me loose
after two-year stretch down in San
Quentin. and I've got my eye on two or
three neat things in this mans town be-
fore pulling my freight for the east
He opened the suit case and showed
me pretty set o new tools as ever
see-whole outfit. from all sizes O alli-
gator files and Jameses to eloth-wrapped
bottles of nitro. That convinced me.
could see that he was O. X. all right.
See here, podner' says |, after we
talked little while longer, I'm sorry
to break away but there hasn't been
much doin' with me lately. and | need
the old girls stuff next door Want
to see if she's left her gig lamps be-
hind. and even if she hasn't there'll be
enough in the cleanup to pay for the
hunt. Glad to have run into you See
you some other time. Hope you win out
on your jobs. Now. I'll just step in next
door. and. by the way. if you hear any
body coming just hand me the rap on the
wall will your
Sure said he. and | edged-out and
reached for the knob of the prima dom
mas door
"0f course, it was locked. but had the
- IL.
was inside in ten seconds.
well. say. the carelessness of these
stage folks is queer. isn't it? That sing
ing woman's good stuff spose she
was wearing the paste at the matinee
performance-wa spread out all over
her dresser-not even sailed away in
the jewel cases that Uttered the bureau.
1T was pretty soft. DO. l dropped
something like $4,000 worth of blue
white rocks into the pocket of my top
coat and in the top dresser drawer |
found a wallet stuffed with about $1.500
in paper change-ftties, hundreds and
the like.
This is a shame thought. and I
concluded I'd drop into the room of the
duck next door and slip him few hun
dred for acting as lookout for me-
Il turned the knob of the prima dom
mas door and stepped out. The next
door mug was waiting for me. So were
two San Francisco bulls He'd touched
button for the cops. So was the man.
ager of the hotel.
THE duck that I'd run into next door
had the wristlets on me before ! had
time to blush. So there | was, nailed
with the goods. My pals got together
and did some buying when | came to be
tried and | only got a two speaker
THE big Guy into whose room I'd
slipped by accident was Denver detec-
tive. He'd brought a requistioned
burglar from Denver to San Francisco,
and when | ran into him he was just
about to take his mans set o. tools to
the property clerk.
But he sure made chimpanzeo out
o. rae. IN. Y Sun.