The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-19
|GIDDY YOUNG OFFICERS
How YePdant Fellows Become Disciples
Of HaVkshaV At 81 Per Head.
Amateur Detectives Who Strut
About Attached to a Badge
as Large as a Bar
rel head.

BY the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, May 1s.-"I only var To step in
for a minute; I'm looking for a Teller, an
l think I've got him located" This from
a seedy, loutish-looking young fellow,
whose clothes and general appearance
denoted great familiarity with the pillow
and other implements of torture employed
by the dwellers of the bucolic regions.
The party to whom the remark was adj
dressed was the d~oorkeeper at a popular
theatre. Time last night.
you'll have to get a ticket II you want
to go i'm here" replied h ticket-taker, at
the same time pushing the rural young
man to one side TO allow a couple of other
men to enter as he was blocking the door.
The young man stepped aside, made
several attempts to clear his throat,
blushed q crimson red, nervously unbut-
toned his coat and displayed a tin star n
trifie smaller than q tin dinner plate to
the d~oorkeeper. Now san 20 NJ, trl-
keeper carefully examined he star and
shook his head in a negative manner.
"But I'm an officer" whispered the
wearer of the star, and in a still lower
whisper, added, "ies, I'm an officer,
but not a Common policeman" This
i'm a very dignified and pompous
style. aim a detectiue and I'm after big
game and l know it's here" pointing to
the inside. Still the doorkeepcr made no
move indicative OF granting the detec-
tive's request. This apparent disregard
of authority seemed to nettle the rural
yidocqe,w who then drew a small card from
his pocket, certifying that the bearer was
a member of Ropell 4 Skinem's great de-
tective agency, and had full authority and
power to make arrests, recover stolen
property and make a fool of himself gem
orally.
The doorkeeper now spoke. His speech
was brief but pointed, "fou cant go in
len, the detective" left the lobby and
mingled with the crowd on the outside
walk.
Being asked IL he ever had had a SINH
lar experience before, the doorkeeper re-
piled: "Yes, lots of them. There is
scarcely a night that some jay does not
try to get i'm here on the strength of be-
longing to some snide detective agency.
The fellow that just left here was n fair
specimen of the breed and IL anything
looked a little brighter than most of 'em
do. And Ito you know that these fellows
really imagine themselves dead sure de-
tectives and think they can go anywhere
that n rea officer can go just because
they have n tin star n a card which GER
titles that they played the sucker! These
stars and cards cost the chumps
all the way from 81 up
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