The morning call., 1891-07-13
THE BRIDGE POLICEMAN.

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Scotty Reveals Hidden Mysteries to NJ.
Quad for the World.
Now" said Scotty, as we stood at the
pier steps yesterday, don't pretend to
notice that lady on the bench as we go up
the one holding the black and white
parasol."
SIS she scared?" / asked.
She's jealous minded woman, and is
laying for her husband. and l hope she'll
catch him. I know him well. He is a
great masher, and he passes for a widower.
It's a bout his time for coming over, and
she's waiting here to see what she can see. /"
Are there many such cases?" | asked.
well, some queer things happen here.
Don't be looking straight at the lady that
way. or she'll get frightened and move on
Don't you see how nervous and excited she
Is? She Is keeping an eye out toward the
New Y ork end. and she'll see her husband a
long ways off. She looks pale and sick and
worried, and he ought to be ashamed OF
himself to make her trouble. There he
comes, and now do you be CAREFUL We
want no scene herep
The man referred to was Of middle age,
we'll dressed, and carried cane, ana he
came up the promenade looking self-satisfied
and happy. The lady held her parasol to
shield her face, and he walked right past
her and never gave her second look. He
stopped to look down the bay, loitered
around for two or three minutes, and then
continued his walk, while the woman peered
out from under the edge of the parasol with
very white and anxious face. When he
was hundred feet aw ay she got up and
followed him. AS she rose up she dropped
small rawhide, which had perhaps been
hidden in her sleeve, and as she picked it up
Seotty whispered:
The old man is in luck this time, and he
can afford to donate $50 to the poor. Had
she found him flirting she'd have used that
whip on him, and then gone into Mysteries
and tried to jump over on the car-track.
would not mind if she caught him once, for
| saw him SIT down on that very bench one
afternoon last week and slyly slip weed
on his hat. and rawhiding might help his
case great deal.
You'd have seen some rare sport here
one afternoon four or five days ago. A
youth and miss, neither over 10 years old.
came from the New York side and sat down
over there on the lovers bench. They had
candy and popcorn, and were loving away
and taking lots of comfort when / saw the
mother coming way down there. l knew it
was her, because she was walking so stiff
and carried her head so high. and as far
away as / could see her face | saw that her
jaw was set She caught sight of the dar-
llngs up there as she drew near, and her fin
gers began to clinch, her eyes to open wider.
and she came on like cat after mouse.
She seized the young Lochnvar be-
fore he knew what was up-whir led him to
the right, slammed him to the left-gave
him cuff or two and he took a scoOt for
Brooklyn at such gait that no dog could
have run him down. She was about to cuff
the girl when l interfered. but l can't say
what happened when they got home Yes,
there is IRON, wood and wire. and filtration
and love and adventure all along the bridge,
and l expect more people walk over it on
that account than for economy'S sake. Stand
aside now, for th-re comes a woman who
once caught her husband walking arm in
arm with a seamstresS here. and although
she forgave him for it and made up she
wants to ask me if he's keeping his end OF
| the bargain" NJ. QUAD.