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McDngapd resides@ 000QI Gecteh j
frame structure in the western part of the
city, near tie centre 81 Il The birnt' di5-
trict:s Surrounding his placei Of abode
there is still considerable area, of iwast te
the dowphill side}SfS iif,' I'D INES all
alone.. When sober he overfows with
the milk cor hulaaaR kindnsSs, aadIes4a-
vorite Yitlsall who know, him; but once
in a great whife; 66n I great OCCASIONS, be
INDUCES too freely in: :starantula4 4Jaicc,'
and then, as is often. the: case with good
naturcd persons, his voice is, for, wal. /;
nothing but fight then occupies his mind.
Night before last, New Years eve, an
cx.policeman. who was ON his way dow n
Town, met Mr.. Michigan on his winding,
nomeward way. ue WTas, full as a
tie looked out of an ample side pocket.
This was about 10 O'Clock" Half an
nour later the same 'ex-policeman, when
on MS way Nome, saw. marching before
him small and somewhat .,.zsterious
procession. This procession was COM
posed of four men and three women, all of
whom carried lanterns. - :..:.,
AS he watched the party winding their
way along the sinuosities of trail that
led through the deep snow lying on the
waste of the burnt district the curiosity
of the ex-policeman was aroused !; some.
thing of the old professional feeling took
possession Of him, and for the time he
was again an officer in the service of the
city. ---,-------
The party might be up to deviltry, but
their movements and the deep silence
they maintained appeared to him to
SAVIOR of some mysterious~e errand which it
would be we'll enough for him to find
out.
He kept close in the wake of the curl.
Gus lantern procession without being OBJ.
served, which he could easily do, as all in
it were blinded by their lanterns, and
presently was not little surprised at
seeing the party turn into branch trail
and head directly for old Mr.. McDugan's
cabin, on the steep slope Of the hill.
Having seen the old man going home
drunk, with big bottle Of the chair of
the same dog in his pocket, our ex.offi~
Ger said to himself: "Here is going to
be some fun.''
While the little procession was scaling
the short pitch of ground}in frontjof. <Afc-
Dugan's castle the late servant Of the
city fetched a. COMPASS and reached
side window Of the place unperceived.
Peering within he saw McDugan living
across his bed in his drawers and boots,
but minus his pantaloons. On table at
the bedside stood lighted candle and
the black bottle.
Now came knock at the front door.
McDugan partially arose, with hair brist-
ling in all directions, pricked up his ears
and listened. The knocking was re.
peated.
':Who's thayre?'' cried McDugan.
arising to sitting posture.
:'Frinds!'' was the answer. :
"A divilish quare time fur friends to be
abroad!" muttered Michigan.
"Open yer dure and let US in, Misthur
Michigan. -~~~-~~-
."Divil a bit of it till know who ye air
and what ye want! "A quare time fur
friends to call an it BLOWN great guns
an the shnow a-ayin' till yeer bloind
with it Who air ye, onyhow g
:':We are surprise party;'' said those
outside. ...., .>. = ..:.I
80, ye air, air ye! a surprise pa-arty!
kA11HnTG$$sT AHIT$eTc "o''"~ h"-o for" a surprise,
:''It's fearful cowld out here, Misthur
McDugan; will ye let using :. =
$50 yer surprise pa'arty, Ye just
wait till get ME brecches, if theirs to be
ony SURPRISE and *McDugan got up,
took pull at the bottle, gathered up his
pantalocns and began. trying to haul
them on over his boots, very difficult
task for him. As he tugged away he
paused and again addressed those at the
door by saying: $50 YER a surprise
pa-arty?'
1--WE air, N1isther McDugan. Do ye
want us to be schtarved with the cowld?'
''It's surprise ye air afther. Jist .ye
wait til ! get me breeches an yell be a
surprised pa-arty
But the ''brceches" did not go on very
readily, and by the time that Michigan
had got one leg hauled over his huge boot
the party at the door were laundering
away as though about to break it down.
This evidently ~discomfted and enraged
McDugan,, as he paused in>his efferpto
haul on the other leg Of his pantaloons, he
took another long pull at his bottle, and
then cried: "The divil fly away with
yes Are yc afther breakin' down the
dure! III make ye a surprised pa:arty!''
With this Michigan took look at his
black bottle, seemed to consider for aFlpo
ment, then, gathering the loose leg of his
pautaloons in his hand, started forthe
door, muttering as he went $50 I've
g6t surprise pa.arty-a pa-arty come
for surprise!' =:
The policeman shifted his position to
the corner of the house and there saw the