VAN BIBBER'S BURGLAR and VAN BIBBER AS BEST MAN R.H DAVIS
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 5 April 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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R.H, Davis offers two tales of the city- this time new York City, as our hero narrator, van Bibber relates first the story of his catching a burglar and the act, and second, his act of kindness in helping out the younger brother of one of his friends who is eloping and about to create a scandal for his and her family..
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic Classic Short Stories and Tales. |
| 0:33.2 | This is your host, John Hagadorn. |
| 0:35.4 | You might remember a couple of weeks ago, |
| 0:37.4 | we did a story by R.H. Davis called Gallagher. |
| 0:41.6 | We have two stories for you today by R.H. Davis, the first, Van Bibber's Burgler, and |
| 0:47.0 | the second story, Van Bibber as Best Man, from his Book of Selected George stories titled Gallagher. |
| 0:55.0 | And now our story, Van Bibber's Burgler. |
| 0:59.0 | There had been a dance uptown, but as Van Bibiver could not find her there he accepted young |
| 1:05.1 | Traver's suggestion to go over to Jersey City and see a go between duchy Mac and |
| 1:10.1 | a colored person professionally known as the Black Diamond. |
| 1:14.0 | They covered up all signs of their evening dress with their great coats |
| 1:18.0 | and filled their pockets with cigars, |
| 1:20.0 | for the smoke which surrounds A Go is trying to sensitive nostrils, and they also pass |
| 1:25.1 | in their watches to both key chains. |
| 1:28.1 | Alth Alpen, who is acting as a master of ceremonies, was greatly pleased and flattered at their coming and boisterously |
| 1:34.9 | insisted on their sitting on the platform. The fact was generally circulated among |
| 1:40.0 | the spectators that the two Jensen Highh hats had come in a carriage and this and |
| 1:45.4 | their patent leather boots made the objects of keen interest. It was even whispered that |
| 1:50.3 | they were the parties who were putting up the money to back the Black Diamond |
| 1:54.6 | against the Hester Street Jackson. This in itself entitled them to respect. |
| 1:59.6 | Van Biber was asked to hold the watch, but he wisely declined the honor, which was given to Andy Spielberg, the sporting reporter of the track and ring, whose watch case was covered with diamonds, and was just the sort of watch a timekeeper should hold. |
| 2:15.1 | It was 2 o'clock before Duchy Max Bakker threw the sponge into the air and 3 before they reached |
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