The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-16

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Lucy that whin it comes to plannin'
a good haul I'm as good a man as
she is. 1t was this way There's a
fine big country house near Somer-
ton. over in Jersey. 'Twaz me that
found it on wan OF me suburban
rambles, but it wasn't no time afore
Lucy up an announced, as usual,
that she had the maxim of imposin'
plan for removin' of the loot Divil
the word of it would she tell me. yis
or no.
Anyhow, while she waz concoc-
tin of her plans. It came to us that
'Slippy Johnson had picked the
same lay an waz likely to lave moth
In for us excipt the burglar alarms
people put In after their house is
robbed. It's the grand wan Siippy'
Is for feelin proud of himsilf. he
bein' what he calls a gintlemin
crackster an dom his graft be
leans of a dress-suit an keepin
shaved all the time, but he'd come
to be quite sociable with me, goin'
30 far as to get boilin' drunk togith-
er an him takin me to his own room
an putin me to bed In pink pa
JAMES.
Patsy, says Lucy, whin the re-
ports come to her, we've been talkin'
again.
Nov look here, says l. 'ye say
ri IT, l.
their peter spilled than worked.
Anyway I'm going to take hand
mesilf. says l. an plan plans of me
own.
With that whit out the door
haughty-like, with pride In me heart
and divil plan In me head, but
trustin to me lnothei-wit an crazy
to put the comethe- on Lucy an beat
'Slippy' Johnson at HIS own game
while ne was home sleepin' In them
pink pajamies.
Me mother-wit did nothin. for
me gotn' over on the fers. though
leaned over the side of the boat
an fair looked holes In the Hudson
River, thinkin' I took a train to
Somerton and rode out inconspicu-
GUS. wishin' knew waz there
two people Twin In that big
hoase or two hundred. l dropped
on the train one station this side of
Somerton. still inconspicuous Thin
as kin calls 1t Kinnekennek.
Whin ] come near the house /
took to hedges an such, an sat
around In the strawberries. The
lights begun to go out toward
midnight Twas either a big fam
lily. or ilse they wa wan of thin
house-parties. but at the last all the
windies waz dark, and after waitin'
= reasonable time l crept UP.
IT was a ordinary house enough
on the outside, but so hip me God!
the man that thought up
the insides of 1t must "a
had high wind in his brains
There want nothin but what waz
up three steps. or down two an six
to the right on Tuesday. net com
tn back till Wednesday whin re
turned to the lift an clumb a lad
der. An I niver seen so NANNY
doors-he must a been ccllectin'
doors.
II had wint about twinty feet and
turned swim corners whel me STUN
mick whit away an me feet begun
pressin' down on the floor. for whin
made the last corner there waz q
square of light sh- min on the wall.
The light come from transom, an
praise be tbs door waz shut. But
they waz voices talkin' inside
Here is wher. me mother-wit
come in thinks 1. an creep up an
put me ear against the door.
"A rams voice was speakin' an
there waz no happiness in it.
Yes. he says. an there waz
nothin' more for so long ached
with the waitin'.
: Yes, it's trls.' he say very
quiet-like. would niver have signed
thin II | had been sober But l did
It,
Thin he stoppe1 and there waz
no answer.
i do not mean that for /. ex-
cuse, says he sort of sudden. but his
voice had ind o. break.
Z" No.. says another voice. an 1t
waz woman s--a low voice sendin'
little feelin's down me. mo. We were
not yoursilf. 1t amt the thing you
did, It's only that you gave YOURSELF
up to drink again. KNOWN what 1t
might mean to you. You could not
be strong and you broke your word
You that waz to marry me. waz
not enough to you for that.
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