Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

ran drew to him the glass of beer a
~ seedy waiter had just deposited on
the table between him and his surly friend
Il will tell ye," said Moran, pride speaking In
his voice He laid down his glass.
1--WE been after dmonstratn' to Lucy that whin
it comes to plannin good haul I'm as good man
as she is 1t waz this way. There's fine big
country house out Somerton, over in Jersey.
'Twaz me that found 1t on wan of me surbanban
rambles but it want time afore Lucy UP an
announced as usual, that she had the makn's of a
imposin plan for remoyin' of the loot. Divil the
word of it would she tell me, yis or no.
"AnnyhoW while she concoctin' of her plans,
it came to us that 'Sppy Johnson had picked the
same lay an like to lave nothn' for us excipt
the burglar alarms people put in after their house
is robbed. It's the gsand 'Slippy' is for feel
in proud of hmsif he hein' what he calls gintl7
min crackster doin his graft be means of a
dresssuit an keepin shaved all the time, but he
come to be quite sociabe-like with me, goin far
as to git boilin' drunk togther an him takin' me
to his own room an putin me to bed in pink
paiamies
Patsy says Lucy, WIN the report come to
her we've been talkin' agin!
Now look here, says |, ye say your plans is
spilled. 1t may be their betther spilled than work
in. Anyway I'm gon to take hand mesilf-
says I, an plan plans of me own
with that I wint out the door haughty-like.
n
but trustin' to me mother-wit an crazy to put the
eomether on Lucy an beat 'sppy' Johnson at HIS
own nefarious game while he home seepin'
in them pink pajamies.
me mobher-wit did nothin' for me goin' over on
the ferry, though leaned the side of the boat
an fair locke holes in the Hudson River thnkin'
] took a train to Somerton and rode out incor-
spicuous wishn' I knew there two people lfv-
in in that big house two hundred. droppeh
fc aid ~ porfnr
still inconspicuous Thin calls it Kinne-
kennek
"Whin | come the house took to hedges
an such, an sat around in the strawberries. The
lights begun to go out towards midnight. Twas
either big family, or ilse they of thin
house-parties, but at the last all the windies waz
dark, an after waitin' reasonable time l crept
up.
ut waz ordinary house enough on the out
side but so hip me God, the man that thought up
the insidas of it must "a had high wind in his
brains There want nothin' but what waz up
three steps, down two an six to the right on a
Tuesday not comm back till Wednesday whin ye
turned to the lift an clumb ladder. AM l niyer
seen SO NANNY doors-he must a been collectin'
doors
'.I had wint about twinty feet and turned swim
corners when me stummick wint away
feet begun pressin' down the floor. for whin I
made the last corner they square of light
shnn' on the wall. The light come from a tran
som, an, praise be the door shut. But they
waz voices talkin' inside.
Here is where me mother-wit come in, thinks
T. an crep' up an put against the door.
"A mans voice speakin,' an there waz no
happiness in it.
EYES,, The says, an there waz nothing more for
so long ached with the waitin'
Eyes it's true he says very quiet-ike. 4
would niver have signed thin If I had been sober.
But did It,
Thin he stopped there answer.
"T do not mean that for excuse, says he sort
of sudden but his voice had kind o. break
"'No' says another voice, an it womans
"a low voice sendin' little feelins down me, no,
We were MT yoursilf 1t amt the thing you old.
It's only that you gave yoursif up to drink again,
KNOWN what 1t might mean to you. You could
not be strong an you broke your word-you that
that waz to marry I waz not enough to you
for that
Yes says the agin the same as he did at
first. Even If / had done nothing in me- cups, l
know you too we'll to ask for another chance. 1
am not bitter, dear. | will give mesf up to-mor-
row, but will be took in your house to bring
more disgrace on you I will go up to me room
now an make him think l we gone to bed unsus-
picious Thin I will slip out an go away.
"Are ye sure he is detective?' says she. He
come as guest (Me blood run cold)
"I have seen him many times at the bank he
says Thin, Goodbye, DEAR an his voice was
not joyful to listen to-
~ will go to the front of the house, waz all
she said AN lock the door after ye.
Right there it to all to wanct they
waz but three people wakeful in that house, an
they would all be after locatin' near the front So
l slipped back to the room thin two had been con-
yersin in. That's what genyiss is-takin' the
right chances. ] took this wan. See what come
of it,
"It waz a fine, comfortable room, that. Ye
wanted to take your shoes off at wanct an settle
down. There nothn but sofas an easy
chairs an stacks OF pillows. Thin l noticed wan
of thin big bottles with glass corck in thin sittn
to wan side ookin red round the bottom of it,
4 wonder does he drink that himself have his
man do it for him? thinks l. III take service
with him. says /.
ut steadied me fne-they waz fine large glasses
an | quick to that another drop of the
same would steady some more. | have tasted
many liquors, but niver like that, 1t tasted