To not only
skip out on your partner in crime so
dat he gets da blame for your "combined" transgressions, but you also abscond with
whatever ill-gotten booty dat said hapless cohort helped you to "acquire"!
In da "Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" tale, da King and da
Duke had both secretly planned to bilk da other out of da
sack of gold --- i.e., each one of said selfish 'n' shameless shysters possessed da classic "no honor among thieves" mindset, and thus was going to pull da disgraceful "run off and leave him NOT holding the
bag" on his unwitting accomplice!