The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-21
ROYAL. P Psai5s
Ia Absolutely Pure.
TENf,EHLUIN hHiRPsHOOTfNa.
Detective Sioan'- Mysterious Failure d
Ittt Arvihiug.
Absolutely Pure.


Detective Sioan'- Ny.tcr,ous Failure 70
Irit Arvihiug.
A rusty rile THAT had once been rart Of the
outfit OF q west side target COMPANY lay In the
museum OF the Teudcrloin station house on
the afternoon OF the Fourth of July. 1t had
been pretty quiet in tho neiGhhurhoo Of the
station all tho morning. considering the day.
and to whooo things up to n patriotic pitch OF
excitement Detective Charley Kemp. the
youngest Fawkshaw. suggested TINT tho cop-
pers should get up u celebration Of thaic own.
There's u shooting range dowa in the
basement" no said: let's chip In a qua ter .
corner and have some rife practice The tel.
low that makes the record can tak- the pot"
He wnked ~ sly wink at Dntcctiv. Madden.
who instantly endorsed the project. and tho
two detectives. with Detective Sloan. Capt
McLaughlin's talest and thinnest Hawke
shaw and Policemen Brady and Donovan
stripped off their coats and went down int, the
cellar to try their hands with the old rifle.
Kemp ia trick shot with tho revolver. He
oan put a bullet through u watch ring At
thirty feet and has been known to ki,i .
moving target in tho shane Of a mad Go1 on
the third shot with q sS-calihrc pistol. which ID
considered frst-cass craftsmanship for a
COP. All but tho two detectives and tho two
patrolmen backed ont Of thu competition. al.
hitting that Kemp was too skilled An antas-
Kemp set n tin cnn cover up against the eel.
lar wall TWENTY-FIVE feet from the entrance. an d.
ont da%n sa hi rsrs
the old rifle and gave II to Detoctivs Ma idrn.
egc Rsmp omasd In nfan a ,"S
Sloan; the The biz hawkshaw also aimed careful.
The smoke cleared and showed the cover
uninIured. Then Policeman Brady. who us'd
to sv be "a nostman and Donovan let fly and
inches in diameter. and the coppers went an
ana exaninsd,i it in surprise; ' W"
" It's cer.ainly big enough to hit at that lis.
tunce. We must be out Of practice"
right through the eea sst Of aa the sent an
gathering In the pot of silver quarters. started
-" Hold oni Ne. 50 fast, Well, try that over
Seh cha dat at missing SO easy mark, and the
saSsd ssse.is as the irss pstsetye s Gsddes
I E%say i ARA DonGSsc couldn't ma
seS s2Hefa hi sSs &c
shoot thought yoK fellows SAID you e2uld
iii what III DO to give yoS satisfy:
ton III put up the cellar door. and will shoot
lot n shis mrS persaue coDso.
tion pot Of so cents .. corner was arranged.
a; AMI this tine to give all better show an olt
foot and half was set up as a mark; keH
supplied some more cartridges, loading %
Tier sloan and Brady and Donovan YAM sri sri III
before rns There wasn't ana q trem"r n th
big boiler when the rIae went %; anil thonSSS
e9ey the up pets FIT they e
Kemp. He. laughed fired "ir-ha nc made a
bn n in the b"ttpm Of the boiler and
Detective, Sloan looked Utterly fabber-
east; Esstsa 4, ma md the two pstrolmen e1oWIed 1t
Dseett be s Howe sad Sa2 ut for t.
s ssmesn t. bit VIII iSsJ Sf shit There's
upstairs deiectady Sersenrt Ab Albert M"' Sed
.;s vsis the the assss was s sSns
What il thunder have you boys been ur to
making all that raeke 4 ?, the Sergeant asfe
kemr with a grin. They can't shoot for
sl9a AZ Its I'll. worst ever Jaw" ~
when rn Snd Wasn anything the matter with Il
cd Kemp and he walked toward the street
900 door with Madden. jingling the silver quar-
:" Let's see those cartridges. Kemp" said
wbere he hsHf GG bn out OF III once
tain Knew or two ahan poins T rR.
ddeEaTttmhe n tNushsh and stanmereG that he
Why. you've got II whole pocketfnl. and
Jon know It, Nobody else had amy cartridges"
Detective Sloan md the two pat, o!,nen
watched the young Hawks law cautiously ~ he
slowly obeyed the Captains order. Dat Of his
right; hand pocket came a dozrn or SO Of new
SS-calihre cartridges fully loaded. hut there
was nothing but blank cartridges in the other
pocket. tn: blank cartridges verified Can't.
M.ifaughlin's suspicious. He laughed.
The next time you shoot a match with his
youngster." he said to Hawk Shaw Sloan.
ton. Itsa tough ioh 70 make II recori when
yomr gun Is loaded with blank cartridge"
The mystery Of tho futile marx s.nan shin OF
Detective Sloan and the two patrolmrn was
cleared in IN instant. Deter're he had
Matched 4 con ;piracy with Detective Maiden,
and had loaded ths rife with ank cartriigas
Whenever Il Was the turn ~ the other fellows
to shoot. He divided the flnanc. al proceeds OF
the practical Joke with Detective Maiden.
leaving Hawkshaw Sloan thinking desperately
hard OF some way to get square. He is still,
thinfing with an Intensity that is bringing
wrinkles in his brow.
I'll put up a job on that rooster Keno yet"
sloan said to the reporter. And when Get
ready to spring it they'll find it's corser"
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