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"Now, that's just what I don't understand," said Mary, knitting her pretty brows; "what advantage can it be to any one to set fire to a house, except to pick-pockets who may get a chance of doing business in the crowd?"
There was no trace of a fire in the church, and nobody doubted but that the alarm had been given by pick-pockets there were a goodly number of them in Warsaw who had resorted to this well-known trick to rob the public during the panic.
Here he stood, one of the multitude, of the herd; shoulder to shoulder with boors and pick-pockets; and within reach of his hand reposed those two ladies, in Olympian calm, seeming unaware even of the existence of the throng. Now they exchanged a word; now they smiled to each other. How delicate was the moving of their lips! How fine must be their enunciation!
The plain narrative portions of Mr. Brown's volume possess much real interest. His adventures with the strolling players, the insight he gives us into the life of a journeyman shoemaker, and his reminiscences of his friends, the Jew old-clothes-men, the pick-pockets, and the prize-fighters, are so many steaks cut warm from the living world, and are good, substantial food for thought.
I never could see any good in shaking down the rubes for all the money they had and then taking part of it. He used to run the privilege car, you know." Laura looked puzzled. "Privilege car?" she echoed. "Yes," he went on, "had charge of all the pick-pockets dips we called 'em sure-thing gamblers and the like. Made him rich. I kept sort o' on the level and I'm broke.
Why, since this day last week he has saved three pick-pockets, two Salvationists, one bigamist and a Roman Catholic." Brother Higgs murmured his admiration. "You are also a power for good," he said wistfully. "Brother Clark tells me in his letter that your exhortations have been abundantly blessed." Mr. Burge shook his head.
The poor wretches who steal a few dollars' worth in open day, from stores and stands, are not considered by professional thieves as amongst the "fraternity," which embraces house-breakers, pick-pockets, and burglars. These persons are carefully trained by "old hands," and are by practice made as perfect as possible in their arts.
Thieves, beggars, pick-pockets, vile women, rag-pickers and the like, with the harpies who prey upon them, all were there to enjoy the show. Within, a desperate fight was going on between Pinky Swett and the woman from whose hands she had attempted to rescue the child a fight in which Pinky was getting the worst of it.
At Drontheim, however, bands of pick-pockets and thieves are unknown, and the morning star does little more than grace the hand of the Norwegian watchman."
MOOR. I rejoice to meet your approbation. Try me; you will find in me a man who is a thorough master of his profession. Examine me; I can show my testimonials of villany from every guild of rogues from the lowest to the highest. FIESCO. Indeed! What canst thou tell me of the lowest class? MOOR. Oh, sir, they are petty villains, mere pick-pockets. They are a miserable set.
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