Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

Illitss1sH-t[ L5sl '''' 10
tfy%}9K INK around the window
sfSiS az AlN and a tall blue-coat
just opposite with
his eyes working the four ways OF the
compass, II somehow got into my knees
and made them wobbIy as q MARION
cites, That's what spoiled t. When
my nerves do a turn they want the
whole stage and work 1t all over me TN
I'm deaf dumb, blind and numb.
Naggs would have rayed il he'd known.
but Il was mighty different with
him,--haying watched tho millionaire
baby for weeks, and me with only the
velvet suit and yellow curls 10 10 by.
Ten years in Sing Sing for Md.nap-
ping doesn't sound so bad when YOU
read 1t over coffee and eggs IA the
morning, but when 1t rings In a gtris
ears when she's going at her first big
job--lt chOkes. But wasn't the
daughter Of Crooked Charley for Moth
ing.
THE ransom old Copper Clarkson
n give fer that kid II make q hairess
Of ye, Meg, and bloated capitalists OF
every man jack OF u.s." Nugss had
said. And that meant--oh It meant
enough TO eat warm place to 80 p.
clean things to wear--ptetty things
and for once a chance for the gang to
draw a long breath without feeling
nike bunch OF white rabbits ogt Boo
the open with the hounds az their heels,
That neryed me. and edged in clos
err among the crowd II Christmas had
been the next day Instead Of week
off, the jam around that toy window
couldn't have been any thicker, And
out OF that jostlIug. pushing swarm Of
nurses mothers. ana children blk and
little, rich and Door | was to single
out the three year-o with yellow
curls and velvet suit 1t took Just
ten minutes OF Il 10 convince me that
Naggs was worse than an idiot Dis
gustedly | turned to elbow my way
back to the curb when--Yelow Curls
tripped over my very feet.
1t takes a long time to tell It., but
It didn't take long in the dolng--to step
In between that midget and the woman
who was grasplng for him; to pick up
Master Velvet and tuck him under my
long cloak and then lose myself and
him In that vast kindergarten. Velvet
didn't even know who had him until
we were around the corner with room
enough for him to Kick. And then-a
youngster bowling because his nurse
is tearing him away from a toy-shop IS
too common sight to excite suspicion.
The burly policeman didn't even deign
to glance our way. Then the mite Of
chloroform on my handkerchief just a
harmless drop--did It's work. and Vel
low Curls dropped on my breast and
the big cloak kept the secret tai
reached my little den.
tossed my bundle on the cot with a
touch OF brayado.-my first big job done
without a hitch!
Good girl. Mes,--yer a chip o tho
old block" cried Naggs as he bent over
Velvet who lay IN u heavy browse,
For FIVE minutes he stood gloatns
over the unconscious prize, while
watched him, thrilled by the same
thought. Then suddenly 10 my horror
saw the eyll smile on his face change
subtly, and "A doubt, faint at first bat
growing into a terrible certainty Greer
into It's place. with an oath he spraug
10 the child and grasplng one OF his
feet pointed a shaking finger at me
you, you" he cried, look here. a
miuionalres baby--with holes In his
shoes-darns in his patches
on his coat-you-l"
with a gasp leaned nearer, only
10 confirm what he said Velvet It was
but velvet darned and patched. thread
bare stockings. and pathetic holes II
the stumpy little shoes.
Literally STRUCK all OF heap
sank down By that cot and cried Tx
baby, while Nagss stamped arounl
the room Ike a mailman,
Great baby-snatcher you are'" n
tainted when his string OF biosphcmou
names gave out Turning phil1nthrop
ist reckon-maSIng us into a paupe
asylum. oh, yer a wonderful talente'
creatur'"
But I had my turn Mt saying thing
next, and there weren't many choice
eplthets left after 1 got through.
hadn't been raised by the gang with
out acquiring vocabulary Whe'
we'd both come to the end OF on
string, Naggs Quieted down some.
"wen what dye purpose doing will
yer price" he asked sneerIngly,
81 carried out Instructions and u
blunder Is as much your fault as mine
Get your wonderful head to work am
when you've scheme that show
sense. III do my part. I'm not scarce
OF any rsk-but next time prove tina
it's worth my while" There was n
cowlng me. ana 1 looked Naggs In III
face as ! said t.
Naggs sat and thought furiously 70
a minute his fingers drumming nerv
ously on his chair Then In his usua
calculating tone he began to thin
aloud. "Therell be an ad Ter him ia
morrow morning -Nclyets people ha'
eoen better days and they won't b
glad to lose him, They may be ahl
TO raise enough dough to make III
thing worth while. No rl7k. no gain
wen feed and keep the kid I'LL We ss
the games up--then Father John q
the river Keep dark. Meg and see
ye can make up fer the rummy tTIc
we've played US III look In II there
anything doing" And with that
left me alone with Velvet