The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-11-06
When Thief Meets Thief

difference Nobody in this pub never
hears nothin' he amt wanted to hear
Yer can bet on that. What's the
gamer"
Brooks moistened his lips and,
leaning over the table, said in a low,
tense voice:
II think can trust you. What l
am about to say to you would place me
in your power" He paused.
eyer don't have to say it" broke in
Porter "Not. unless yer want to-.
But l can put you wise to one thing
Red Porter never squealed on pal"
Il think | can trust you," repeated
Brooks. '9You and | meet on com
mon equality. | too, am a thief"
Porter leaned back against the wall
and laughed
can yer lookin' fer pal,n he burst
out. can yer has the nerve to adver-
tise fer one. You'd like to have
piecan like you on the lookout if was
on job"
Porter thought this such a rare joke
that he burst out into another noisy
laugh.
Brooks waited for the other to COM
pose himself.
'You mistake me entirely. I have
a very different proposition to make
to you. Here it is. / am the cashier
of a South Bingham Bank. l have
Porter interrupted him with quick
look. ooh, that's the lay? I'm on.
Ye've been dippin' inter the lay? I'm
on. Ye've been dippin' inter the bank
till"
"For more than a year." Brooks
went on hurried. 81 have been help
ing myself to the banks funds l am
in its debt ten thousand pounds or
more. l have lost it all in specula-
ton. There is no possible chance for
me to return this sum. Sooner or la
ter the discrepancy will be found out,
and then l will be a ruined man"
The other thief of other methods
nodded assent to this, and remarked:
eyes, an you'll be all logged out in
nice broad arrowed suit, an have
nothin' to do for a Few years But
what do yer come to me for? Where
do come in?"
"You can save me-"
"Me save yer? What the"
'You can save me-" reiterated the
cashier, eff you will And at the same
time put more money in your pocket
than you ever saw. And without any
risk. With absolutely no risk to you"
Porter looked puzzled. "This is a
new one on me. But go ahead"
"There is in the banks vaults now
more than u million. Thirty thou
'and is in cash-in banknotes. Would
you like to have those banknotes? ?"
Don't talk like an asst" bIurted
orth the burglar, now intensely inter
.sted. "Would l like to have 'em?
ID croak yer this minute fer a tenth
# 'em. What's yer game? Reel it
if; it looks good now"
Brooks spoke rapidly: "You know,
'outh Bingham is small town, and
he people there go to bed early.
f you will come up there and break y
nto the bank and get away with all
he money and securities in the vault,
he robbery will cover all the money
ave taken. No one will ever know I
hen that ever took any of the banks
unds, and l will be saved. Even if +
GU cannot negotiate the securities,
GU will have thirty thousand in cash
enough to keep you luxuriously any g
there for the rest of your life, with e
ut of necessity of your taking any I
urther risks in the pursuit of your a
The burglars small eyes glittered, r
ut he spoke calmly. eyer said some
MIN about no risk in this job. What a
vas that?"
81 will leave the door of the bank so n
hat you can get in without any i
rouble. | will also have the watch t
ian out of the way at midnight to- v
borrow. The vault doors l will leave t
D that you can get to the money O
rawers. All l ask is that you make +
,me show of breaking into the bank.
rill hole in the safe and use little p
owder, or whatever it is that you en- Fl
10y. You see, so long as it looks like il
real burglary it will be my saliva f,
on" Brooks bent forward, with b
nse eagerness. "What do you sayl
ill you do it?" ri
Porter sprang to his feet. "Will l h
it? Ratherw b;
The strong thief grasped the weak p,
lie by the hand, making him vince A
it'll the pressure put upon it. o.
eyer can bet yer life on it, that I'll hi
IN the place upside down. Red Por-
r never let pal down, an yer the hi
st one ever had" hi
1t was dirty night in South Bing- gC
IN when Red Porter skulked in the W