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I never seen that hide neither, unless maybe when the critter was using it. "Now, I don't want any trouble with yuh, Scotty. But I tell yuh right now I can't stand for much more of this talk about beef rustling. Thief's a pretty hard word to use to a man's face and get away with it." "'Tis a hard mon I'm usin' it tae," the Douglas retorted grimly. "Braggin' about your nerve, are yuh, Scotty?"
"A proof of his fidelity, and an example to you, you wretch," replied the lieutenant, fondly patting the dog on the head. "Well, I wish you'd discharge me, or hang me, I don't care which. You eats so hearty, and the dog eats so hearty, that I gets nothing. We are only victualled for two." "You insolent fellow! recollect the thief's cat."
Upon the unexpected arrival of the police at Grafton Street this man had clambered through a skylight in the roof, crawled along the roofs of several houses, and there remained hidden until nightfall, when he had escaped down a "thieves' ladder," which is made of silk rope and so contrived that upon the thief's reaching the ground he can detach it from the chimney-stack to which it has been fastened.
But the fact remained, and at the memory, Kellow's bribe, gripped pocket-deep in my hand, burnt me like a coal of fire. With a gasp I realized that I was over the brink at last, stumbling and falling into the pit which has no bottom. With a single dollar of the thief's money spent and gone beyond recall, I should be lost.
A sneak-thief will pass along with that rapid, rolling glance of the eyes which distinguishes the tribe; now he checks himself in his career; it is but for an instant; no unprofessional eye directed towards him would notice it; but the sudden pause would speak volumes to an experienced police officer. He knows that the thief's eye has caught the sight of silver lying exposed in the basement.
"Mercy, sir, O sir!" cried the lad, the tears streaming from his eyes. "The thief's cat, with three knots in each tail." Smallbones raised up his thin arms, and clasped his hands, pleading for mercy. "And after the flogging you shall be keel-hauled." "O God!" screamed Smallbones, falling down on his knees, "mercy mercy!" But there was none.
Are there not men, boastful too of their "blue blood," who are perhaps ready to stoop to the thief's trick of entering his house during his absence by means of private keys, and stealing away his wife's affections? and is not she, though a mother of three or four children, ready to receive with favor the mean robber of her husband's rights and honor?
He went over and opened the safe, and when he rose with the gold jewel case he saw that she was standing behind him. Once more it flitted through his mind that she had watched him manipulate the combination several times, but he had little confidence in any but a professional thief's ability to memorize such an involved assortment of figures as had been invented for this particular safe.
The Thief laid hold of his coat and entreated him to stop, saying, "Pray wait, sir, and hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces in my fury, when I turn into a wolf." At the same moment he yawned the third time and set up a terrible howl. The Innkeeper, frightened lest he should be attacked, left his new coat in the Thief's hand and ran as fast as he could into the inn for safety.
Tell me, where did you buy your petrol?" "At the grocer's." "At a thief's, you mean. It's muck. The plugs are getting sooted up." "Are you sure?" "Can't you hear the misfiring, you fool?" The motor, indeed, at moments seemed to hesitate. Then everything became normal again. Don Luis forced the pace. Going downhill they appeared to be hurling themselves into space. One of the lamps went out.
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