The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-11-01

eyes t6ati'gibw angry and .skid
,omyseiEo sltSi~on that, keeping
uusalusble artieies lent a,crime ia
this country, for ifit was,l should
expcct 40 be arrested So | gave
him, back his look, turned on my
heel, and walked back inso Atht
shop. did not sec HIN hSSif
that nightly but iohg after ieeery,
thing had been taken in anti !oek
'cdiupyianloI wasrsuug, in, bed, 4
hcat,i y stamp, tramp, tramp, up
On the pavement, and knew il wa,
the new policeman, and that III
was looking ut tl,e hooks wheri
the ilains bting, as we'll as though
Iliad seen him. .l,elg tsisf aoil1sl
snun the third evening he was
tbere'again That, ypu may say
.sas mo wondvr, for i was his du
s. tp be upon that heat anil NJ
other; but II was curious that Il,
should Keep on staring at thos,
hams With those bright, wtlflel
eyes OF his. 4 didn't llke IL, tho,
conld not havesaid why .aigAs lvaN
sci had been wr, ekcd at. sca,abou
that time, and an extra, with thi
latest nrvs of the disaster, cam
out that evening, / bought a Va
per aud sat at'dowll bclihd'thc c6nh
ter to road lit IL was II Storm
night aid but few customers cam
IN, and those wero easily Served
and somehow, bstween rcadini
and thipkipg, time passed on, un
I'll the clock struck eleven, aud
had not yet taken in my goods o.
put, up my shutters. sas''.ia9dl eiri
sJtist as was about to do so
(in fact, | had already putlimy
hand on the first piece Of shutter,
my door opened and an old wo
man came in. She was a scottish
Imisnable'c creat,Toalknowp atSp
the place as Irish Kate, and will
hef. ted nQsslspd biqWedf syfsTAn'
bloated limbs, was as ugly d fig
umas any59ne1 eyer cast eyes ,op
Another dram, lspppose. / SAD
t9 pIyselE Epiug behind tho bar a,
once, Tor wa,ted to get rid 6fhel
us soon as possible, But, she, tc
my surprise, came close up to mC
and put her greet red paw ppor
my arnihl isi s4Yg .lln3 ,asd
I've made a diskiv ny, mister.
elre nsaidts Yen have not been
keepiugas bright "a lookout las ye
sAouida there's bcenaoa ,thala at
work thisibl:ssed rnight.'il doset .
What thief Z liaskedgrdiah +
: Nor. than 1 can tell yeS she
answered o.Buti l think itJ aspn,
lieeman, no less, the hblackguard
"a police1anfl' 4 crie,f, and my
flew at once to the inan
i had seen staring at mt iiams
Is Its too dark to- zee Ills ,tace.
she said, but, | caught the shine, Of
astar on tho coat ho lad on and
whoever il ,wass tppk o ham from
your pegs and hid tim the, ash'
box beyond the corner soaYe'U, ,fnd
It tlIerd,if ye elook, and snreu ys'l
not refuse a cup iof whiskHy fbrHhl
Information ,Wo5 ill .dnf a r.
olgayc the'oldscre what sh,
wanted, hurried herauout aof lth,
chop. and Put mp then shutters
growing angrier every niohDnt.
'Ifit is the policeman, III max,
him pay dearly for it," 4 said +
myself, as | skunk along the side
walk to the corner, keeping in tn
shadow all the. way, and when
stood beside the box and saw b,
thesligllt OF, the lamp, close iby
that the ham WIS there,l wrappe(
IN something which 10 ,ked like,
handkerchief. ll1bit my lips anS
eleffched my fists with rage. uat
it been a common athiefs 4 shepl,
notso ihnch havs minded; but I
A olicenan aoit' was nibrc than o
'coum'stand, Sol eroucIcd my
self ia o doorsuyS and Waited. =
The watch was relieved atl'twelv'
O'clock; f'kne~ that and knew
also that this would be tIle tim,
whenmy policeman would com'
to take tho ham from out ice. hid
ing place. And sure enough
whom the time came. heard hin
challenge the man who was 4
take his place and came march
ing down toward the corner.
lehhiid get the hgpa well under hi
arm beforeI stirred, and them
poupced upon him Ikea tiger.
fRse got Son pslcried,i IA pret
| ty policeman you are, ihdeed, bu
you shhllisutitr for it youlshal
sufitf iopit,q 4 canqtelliyoul' II x
lie struggled with NE for a mo
mvatlike a wild thing, and the
all Of a sndden dropped the har
and fell down in a helpless sort
la heap upon the grouad, Asi
si'm a th.n,id mani he groanet
! "a ruined mani there's no help 20
] me new, Oh, my God 'hy VII
my poor little wify1' apd i
'Eburat put crying like . woman. d
Tho sight rsoltsped Il me, gbat
was angry still. sssrod n
4 'You yshchld have thought Z
that before yon became a thief,
said 'lf the gusrdianlof man
propertyis not 10 be trusted, viii
ID b bec.me Of him sIaAnd yl
look like a gentleman youdo ~
look like 4 ssoundres, how hay
you stopped TO do such a. disgrac
ful thing as this
lie was standing beside II