Show v CHAMPIONS OF ALL THIEVES bhella capable of stealing sheet from under sleeping man the sailor in response to a gruff command replaced rather a box of cubeb cigarettes that be had clumsily abstracted from the drug gist a showcase jake he said id prof cited better from the of my bhreel brother in law there s no thief like a bhreel a bhreel the druggist asked dont yoa know what a bhreel is jake why hes one of them in hill tribesmen in india when I 1 was in india I 1 married a bhreel girl a sailors got a wife you know in every port jake and ram dass my brother in law gave me some lessons in the wheels Is considered to be even lacker thieves than the chinese yes many s the trick ram dasa showed me dunst tie showed me how to steal a sheet from under a sleep ln man A slick trick but one of no great utility for after all what goods a sheet to you after youve stolen it but that can t be done can itt said the druggist I 1 seen it done the sailor declared T seen it done under young ivor spencer lee the son of a lord it was like this ram dass sneaked in on young ivor through the open window and begin on the right side of the bed ivor was gayln over towards the left he folded the sheet in very neat flat pleats right up to ivors back I 1 was pearln through the window and ram motioned to me to notice how the sheet was folded now no wider than your hand then he tickled ivor on the left side with a feather he tickled and tickled till the young feller rolled to the right passed clean over the sheet and began to snore again after that of course the trick was easy ram dass gathered up the sheet and slung it out to me I 1 kept it for a curiosity I 1 got it yet at least my bhreel wife has it in the dear old indian shack it I 1 ever gc back there the sailor sighed it I 1 ever go back he said but somehow I 1 don t seem to hear the temple bells a callan very loud |