Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-26
we've brought the sparks from -Misther

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 "'Sparks? sez I. Yes, sparks sez he. Niisther Hollams will know. Iris our ~iokin' word for 'enA Sometimes papers is sparks when they set law suit ablaze.' And he laffed. But be sure ye say the sparks from Misther w. he sez again, 'bekase then he'll know we're jinuine, an he'll pay ye handsome. Say Misther W. sez you're to have your reg'lars if ye like. Dye mind that? ..-~.v .a. | "'Aye,' sez I, that Pm to have me reg'lars.' ..,.-- r
 Well, sor, tux the bag and wint out of the station, tux the cab an did all as he towld me. 1 waited the foive minus, but he niver came, so off I druv to Misther Hollams, and he threated me handsome, sor."
 ''Yes, but tell me exactly all he did"
 'Misther Hollams. sor? sez I. Who are ye? sez he. Mick. Leamy, sor,' sez I, from Misther W. wid the sparks Oh sez he, thin come in.' wint in.. They're in here, are they?' sez he, takin' the bag. They are, sor,' sez I, an Misther W. sez I'm to have me reg'lars.' You shall. sez he. What i shall we say now-a finnip?' 'Fwhat's that, sor?' sez I. Oh sez he, I s'pose we're new hand. Five auid-onder- nd that? ..
 "Begob, I did ondershtand it, an moighty plazed was to have come to place where they pay five pun notes for carryin' bags. So whin he asked me was I new to London an shud I kape in the same line av business towld him shud for certin or anythin' else payin' like it. Right sez he. Let me know whin ye've got any thin. Yell find me all right. I've q smart family about me- sez he, an treat lem all fair an liberal.' Thin he asked me where 1 was Twin in Lon don, an whin I towld him nowhere he i towld me av room in Musson street, here by Drury lane, that was to let in house his family knew very well, an wint straight there an tux ut, an thSLS uO pS olus Slhly SOt
 hadn't understood at first why Hewitt took so much interest in the lrishman'S narrative, but the latter part of it opened my eyes little. It seemed likely that Leamy had, in his innocence, been made a conveyer of stolen property. knew enough of thieves slang to know that sparks" meant diamonds or other jewels; that regulars" was the term used for a payment made to a brother thief who gave assistance in some small way. such as carrying the booty, and that the family was the time honored ex- pression for gang of thieves. /
 ''This was all on Wednesday, I un- derstand," said Hewitt Now tell me what happened on Thursday-the poi soning or drugging, you know?
 Well, sor, was walkin' out an to- ward the evenin' I lost mesilf. Up comes man, seemin'ly sthranger. | an shmacks me on the showldher. Why. Mick" sez he. Its Mick Leamy, du b'liever
 |" I am that sez l. but you do not know
 "'Not know me? sez he. Why, wint to school wid yer an wid that he hauls me off to bar, blarneyin' an minowdherin'.
 Can ye rache me a poipe loightY sez he. an turned to get ut, but lnnifins honl, onblushin' thief ay the war; tippin' a paperful av powdher stuff into me glass"
 What did you do?" Hewitt asked.
 'I knocked the dhirty face av him, sor, an got away home."
 Now the next misfortune?'
 Faith, that was av a sort likely to turn out the last av all misfortunes. wint that day to the Crystal Palace. Comin' home at night there was a juce av a crowd on the station platform, consekins av late train. Shtandn' by the edge av the platform at the fore end, just as the thrain came In, some onvisible murdherer gives me a NhAiNO HI lht DhIh, ONcE l wint on the line, midbetwixt the l rails. The engine came up an wint half over me widout glvin' me a scratch, bekaze av my centraleous ! situation, an then the porther men pulled me out, nigh sick wid fright, sor, as ye may guess. A jintleman in { the crowd sings out, I'm a medical l man.! an they tux me in the waitin' ! room, an he investigated me, havin' ! turned everybody else out av the room: | There wuz no bones bruk. glory be. an the docthor man he was tellln' me so. i after feelin' me over, when I felt his i hand in me waistcoat pockut.
 An fwhat's this, sor? sez I. Do ! you be lookin' for your fee that thiers wayr
 He laffed an said: I want no fee from ye, me man, an I did but feel . your ribs though on me conscience he had done that undher me waistcoat al- ready. An so I came home"
 What did they do to you on Satur. dayT'
 Saturday. sor, they gave me whole holiday. an I began to think less av things, but on Sunday night in dark place two blayguards tuk me throat from behind. nigh chokei me. flung me fown an wint through all me pockets In about a quar-er av a minut'."
 And they took nothing. you say?"
 Nothing. sor. But this mornin' I got my worst dose. I was trapesing along distreshful an moighty sore in a street just away of the Strand here yhfu I ohSarvcl tha dorfbor man that |