The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-23
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thing turned up 70 beat me every
time. Our craft thinks that az the
Christmas season there's lot OF pres.
ents laying around loose 20 git hold OF.
And so there Is. But. great Scott. mosl
OF It's rubbish. 'Taln't nothln' 10 com.
pare With weddln'a. Woddh'e ID the
apple OF my eye. There's where you
can pick up solid silver. and 70 me al.
ycra as good as coined dollars. but
Christmas amt got no use Tor.
last Christmas | had my eye on
house where there was boxes and bun.
dies enough goin' In 10 on the hold Of
a ship. | saw a small boy playing out
on the sidewalk before the house. and
l thought o kidnnpin' him. though Il
vast no more than a thought. for I'm
not IN that line O business. There
Amt nothing into Il. Steal a mans
silver. aud be don't make no fuss. but
steal bis child. aud not only he and his
wife. but the rest Of 70 world. glt on a
mighty biz hustle that's sure 70 beat
you out o your profit The Kid I'm
apeakIn' OF had a good lookln' nurse
he called Martha. ana she called him
Jimmie.
"she couldn't do nothln' with him.
He wasn't afraid O her nor anybody
else. lie was the cutest little Teller
you ever saw. regular boy; thero
wasn't enough girl IN him 70 hang
pair o earrings on To- He came out
on tho stoop one afternoon when ]
was suryeyin' the house with a doll.
I reckon somebody had just given Il
10 him. for | hadn't seen him with Il
before. | was surprised. cause didn't
think he'd have no use for a doll. IL
had beautiful ehlny head and lots O
tow hair. what did the little shaver
do but take the thing by the heels and
bring the head down on the stone stepl
That chlnny head few all over the
sidewalk. The nnrse nearly bad NJ.
but Jimmie. be forgot his doh in a
joy.
"wel. I asked the nurse lot o
questions. lettin' on was a.huntin' for
some un as lived in the nelghborhood |
and I thought might live In the house ,
she came out Of Before got through |
with her had my bcarin's all right
People thinks servants Is pals with as
crib crackers. but they haln't-least-
ways, not always. It's their stupidity i
as does the business. The nurse GIN
me the hull makeup O the house with
out KNOWN what she was doIn'.
"Christmas night people ginerally
leaves things loose. putin 'em In their
proper places The next day. ] chose
that time and Instead O. breakin' in
durln' the night. KNOWN from the
nurse OF the staIreases and the habits
o. the family. I stol, IN about O'Clock,
when they was at dlaner. The nurse
had let out that she slept IN a bed In
IImmie's room and he slept I'm his
crib. There want nobody upstairs,
and had the free run o the house up
there. Servants sleep sounder than
1eople as don't have nothin' 70 do. and
| concluded that If could git into the
room I'd stand the best chance.
While | was a-rootin' round l saw a
RIB through an open door. went
n, found a bed there and got under
[. 1t was one o. the low kind, and
lad hard job to squeeze in. II
when the kid como up to go TO bed
almost give myself away larhn' at
him. He lugged a lot o. things into I
he room, most OF 'em FIVE cent toys, i
iayin' he wasn't goin' TO leave 'em
downstairs for burglars, and some OF
EN- he took to bed with him. When
le got on his nightie bis nurse asked
lin to say his prayers. He told her
led said 'em to his mother. The nurse
aid he hadn't done no such thing.
Yes, I have, said Jimmie. If you
Iont believe me, ask God.
Il stuffed my Est In my mouth to
.eep from shoutln', and 1t wasn't long
,efore Jimmie and the nurse were both
sleep. I waited till | heard clock
trike /, then crawled out. The door
ad been left open. and there was n
ght III the hall. had to 90 past
immle's crib to git out D. the room.
lis pet kitten was sleeplu' on d piller
eside the crib, and what did do but
tep on the pesky little thing, This
Toke Jimmie, and he could sec me In
be dim light standin' beside his crib. q
"What dye suppose the little mon
ey didg He sat up, pulled tin horn 3
rom under his piller and began to
low as hard as his little lungs was
BILE. He stopped minute to boiler:
3urglarl Don't let him take my cards h
hat worked at the kintergartenY d
hen he started In again to blow. 81
II didn't wait to hear any more, but n
.arted down the stairs four steps at
time Before ! reached the bottom III
le eIectrics was switched ON, but the VI
urse had posted me on the ways o.
tin out, and in a jiffy was in the u
rect. could see the house In blaze II
light A winder was raised and a r.
oman's voice yelled Burglars, po-
ce!' and above the clatter could hear q
mmie's horn a-blowin and a-blowin' n
IL he was Gabriel tryin' TO raise the n
,ad.
II lodged cop comm, lit into an ri
ley, vaulted over fence and hid un- 81
If a coal shed. The cop ratified his
ub on the curb, and in no time there 81
ais dozen of EN- around the house III
| got out OF. While they was thinkin' III
take me in the house / run down the III
ley and, maxim another street, dodg- III
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