The Bessemer indicator., 1893-08-12
GANNIGAN GOT A WIFE.
NOT SUCH A CLAM AS THE OF
FICER PREDICTED.
Tho Husband Huntin: Woman Who Was
in Dead Earnest Completed tho Task
Which the Fun-Loving Finest In WASH
InEton Had JokinHiy Undertaken.

The policemen over in the Seventh
precinct have been having some quiet
sport among themselves, says tho
Washington Post There has been u
new arrival in the ranks of the finest,
and the rest OF the officers have been
doing their brotherly best to lick
him into shapa, so that he will be u
credit to the force.
There was some little speculation
rs to where Gannigan originally came
from. but after IL series of consulta-
tions the question was disposed of by
the stout officer, who said that If ho
had been doing anything all his life
but raking clans down in the tide
water region of Maryland he had
failed to improve his opportunities.
and his personal appearance did him
an injustice.
The new arrival was n model of an
officer so far as his attention to Of
fetal duties was concerned. but when
it came to exercising his privileges
son the side and captivating the
unattached female heart at large, one
of the perquisities of the force. Gan
nigan was not up to the mark he
needed coaching. and the rest of the
fellows kindly decided that they
would do all in their power to help
him.
They started this course OF sprouts
by advising him to answer per
sonal" in one of the papers, wherein
n deserving young woman who was
tired of the joys of single blessedncss
desired to open correspondence
with gentleman with view to
matrimony.
The scheme worked like charm,
and the first letter brought reply.
1t was just the opportunity that
Gannigan had needed and gave him n
chance to practice his gallantry and
(ascinativeness on paper before put
ting it to the test OF actual, personal
acquaintance, The young lady was
apparently honest and sincere in her
desire for firm and lasting friend
ship, and the correspondence flour
ished with little aid from the post
of the precinct, who threw in sug-
gcstions as to the metaphors and
SMILES with an occasional couplet
| quoted or original, but always to the
| point.
But finally there came the climax.
| The young lady insisted on better
acquaintance, anl negatived Ganni-
gan's protestations about .'ncvcr
having any. .timo Off, by announcing
that she would come over herself to
the Seventh precinct and see Kim
Then the gallant Galligan was panic
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first rate in the correspondence
line, but to come down to stern real
ity was more than he was prepared
for at this stage of the game. and he
proceeded to beat retreat.
All OF his fellow officers, the stu.
tion keeper, and the patrol driver.
and even one OF the best natured of
the scrgcants were notified to bo on
the lookout for females errant. and
between them all they managed to
account for Gannigan's non-appear
ance on several of the young lady's
visits, till finally she happened to
| meet the lieutenant. who was not on
the inside of the game. and he un-
suspectingly steered Gannigan's pur-
suer back into the waiting room.
where that worthy was playing crib
bagc with the rest OF the reserve.
just what happened at that inter
| view no one is prepared to say. a.
the game of cribbage promptly broke
up and Gannigan was left to fi4ht out
his battle alone. He was very merry.
Gus ami pre-occupicl for several day
| afterward, however, and through w
innocent practical joke on the part
of one of the force he came near be
ing totally incapacitated. He had
| been seen to start at slight sound.
and to be generally ION edge whcr
the patrol driver said he was goin.
to give him something to start for