"Und so if either uv dem underdake to make trouples, vhy——"
"Why, you must silence them in the easiest way you can."
"Dot vos all right Parney—you shust leave dot to me."
"Very good. And now come on. I'm mighty glad to see you in a more cheerful mood, Jake."
"Ha! ha! Der brospects uv handling dhirty-dree dousand tollars vas enough to make any man cheerful. Vosn't dot so, my tear Parney?"
"Well, there is a cheering sound in the clinking of gold, I must confess. Now, then, I'll go ahead, and you keep close to my heels."
"All right."
"Better close the scuttle, Jake."
"Dot's schust vot I am a-doin'," and Jake closed and fastened the scuttle while Barney waited for him on the attic floor below.
Not having a lantern, Barney now lighted a piece of candle he had brought with him, and the two burglars descended the attic stairs to the third story.