The Republican journal., 1880-06-17

He was only Il small boy. with a trecN
led face and haysted IN his hair, bat he
carried a two dollar pistol in his clothes,
and he had come on from Lynn, Mass,
to be pirate. He was picked up at
pier |, looking longlnglN out to seat Xvi
IDENTIFY the gentle child wanted to know
the nearest way to the Spanish Main, and
was figuring on his chances Of sending a
few galconS Ia the bottom when Police
man D'Neil came along. He was a frank
boy, though, and when he was question
cd he plumply toa what brought him
here and how badly he wanted 10 20 in
to the huccaneerng business. That made
his captor still more curious about him.
but he never Tor a moment thought OF
cuncedllng the rides he had stolen on
baggage cars or the strategic rUse by
which he had given the slip to the old
folks at home. Aspirations SO high as
those the runaway thirteen year older
protested could not be allowed to languish
while a police court atmosphere was 50
close at hand, 50 Yesterday they intro
duced the embryo scourge OF the seas as
Francis Sherlock to His Honor at the
Jefferson Market Bar
You have come all the way to this
town to be pirate ?" said the mags-
trate.
The prisoner SAID he had and tried to
raise himself couple OF additional inches
hy standing on tiptoe His Honor looked
over him critically and sail, .'IIum Y
with considerable emphasis, but the 9TH
rr did not shirll his scrutiny a hit.
II don't think youll 40 for me, His
Honor went on after a reflective pause.
"Iuu haven killed any one outright yet
and question whether you've even set 4
house on fire Besides YOU don't swear
loud enough, and doubt if You drink
hot blood With any rel'~h.'
The "terror from Lynn looked ,tbash-
ed. Clearly he was painfully sensitive of
the defects in his education. II might
be the cabin boy he yentlred after 4
while
no YOU nightnt," tne Court promptly
returned. You can t take a back SOM
crsault down the hutchWal without break
ing your neck you don't know hnN -
rip things up properly in the cooks gal-
ley, and YOU couldn't crack Il Joke 1t an
old sea dog without getting thrdShed.
\ gu won DO nohoW
The young maruuder looked quite pen
sive Nv ell, couldn't be the fellow
that lays around ana says the fanny
things ,' he asked
'''m afraid that berth'S engaged, my
boy, In fact, the only iob you might
come iii for is to take the fellows place
that gets chopped up and buried with
the plumber 10 keen it snug and Me-
Would that suit" l'his time there was
no hesitation On the prisoners part in
saving that il wouldn't.
"Oh, it won't ELI, said His Honor
Then I'm afraid We can't do ANYTHING
for You. Young men like You are a drug
in the market just nov. We had 4 troop
on last week looking for indians TO shoot:
there's more than dozen around want
ing to 20 on the highway. but its only
occasionally We come across gentlemen of
your age With such modest and innocent
aspirations as Your OWN. We've Il place
uptown where yea can take a hand in.
There's not much burning or bluodShrl-
ding going on, bat they We an u1cummnnly
lively shoe factory, and they cane chair
quicktr'n YOU could hcave marling spike
\ gu had better stop there I'LL we hear
what they have to say about your yoea-
ton in Lynn. \. \ Herald