The Argosy, Vol. XXIV, No. 3 — page 132: what you’re looking at

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516 THE BUNKEL MYSTERY. ‘So will I,’’ added Dolph. ‘I will not trust you,’’ answered Poddy decidedly. ‘‘I shall go directly home and go to bed. I will put the keys back in the drawer where I found them, and I will promise on my word and honor not to open my mouth,’’ pleaded Phin. “I will put the keys of our bank on the table at the head of my father’s bed, where he keeps them nights, and swear not to lisp a syllable,’’ added Dolph. ‘‘ I won’t do it,’’ repeated Poddy. ‘' But we shall be missed in the morning, and my father will turn the world upside down before breakfast time, and he will find you if you are any- where on the habitable globe,’’ argued Dolph, as earnestly as a lawyer making a special plea. ‘“ That’s just what my father will do,’’ added Phin. ‘He will have a dozen, detectives*here from New York City ; and they will be sure to find you,”’ ‘‘ I see that you are trying to scare me, my dear young friends,’’ replied Poddy jocosely. ‘‘ But I don’t feel faint yet. You don’t stipulate for the three thousand dollars you wanted when you made the offer to the bank, Mr. Singerlay.”’ But I should like it all the same,’’ said Dolph. ‘‘ You have done a big job tonight, and I think you might lend me the money without missing it.’’ ‘Mr. Barkpool would want another three thousand,’’ chuckled the robber. ‘‘ Six thousand dollars would make a big hole in my hard earnings, and I don’t think I could afford to make such a sacrifice.”’ ‘“It would postpone the search for you till nine o'clock, or later ; and that would enable you to get out of the way of the policemen,’’ reasoned Dolph. : ‘‘ But we don’t want to get away, my little joker.’’ ‘“ You don’t want to get away !” ‘“ Not at present.’’ ~ What are you going to do, then ?”’ asked the puzzled prisoner. -‘*T should certainly be caught if I showed myself at any time within the next three days,’’ said Poddy, with a laugh. 3 : You have got to get rid of me some time ; and it will be just as danger- ous three days from now as it will at the present time,’’ continued Dolph, who was not willing to give up his point. ‘ I see that you are a lawyer, Mr. Singerlay ; but if it is all the same to you, I will manage this case myself. I don’t want to damage your self esteem, but I am forced to say that I have no confidence in your good inten- tions.’’ ‘I can’t row any more, Poddy ; I’m used up, an’ [ ain’t no better’n a bullfrog in a kittle of b’iling water,” said Tom Sawder, breakitig in upon the argument. ‘‘ These fellers ain’t doin’ nothin’; what’s the reason they can’t do some of the hard work? ’”’ ‘“ Well, they don’t come in for a share of the swag, and I suppose they won't feel much like assisting us in the work,’’ suggested Poddy, in his jocose Eomichook