The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-24
BE WANTED THE LAW EN-
FORCED.
a Disappointed Man Whose Chance of
Security Was in Arrest.

From the New York Tribune
A man on horseback went tearing
through the park the other day at mad
gallop A policeman far up the road saw
him coming, and guiding his horse to the
side Of the road beyond the danger point
he eyed the oucomlng rider sternly.
Hi, thereln he cried, as the galloping
horse approached; ''slow up" but the
horse came laundering on.
Hi, therel" shouted the policeman, as
the steed dashed lpast him, but neither
man nor horse paid any attention to him,
ana the policeman let his horse walk
slowly in the opposite direction
Further up the road the horseman
swept past another policeman.
Hi, there Slow up! Hi, therel"
came the cry after the rushing pair, and
the policeman looked after the rapidly
retreatng back with disgust.
Hi, there!" was shouted all along the
roadway, but the rider never once turned
his head, never gave an answering cry
and the shod hoofs of the galloping horse
went pounding on and on, a cloud of dust
trailing behind down through the tree
fringed way. Then there came no end
of policemen, with their Hi. there's ="
but the galloping did not cease, and the
hOrseman apparently took no heed of any
thing which he passed
1t was two hours after he passed the
last policeman Of the line that horse
came slowly down through the park
The animal carried its hoOfs heavily; it's
foam and dust-streaked sides painted in a
labored way; its jaws distended YEARLY,
and its neck, dripping under the evening
sun, dropped. The rider sat in the sad
die in a stiff, painful manner. His eyes
were red-rimmed, and at the corners of
his mouth there were dust stains His
face was white and tired-OOking, and his
arms hung down as if they were too lame
and sore for effort.
At the first policeman whom he met the
rider refined in his horse.
Say he said slowly and with an ex-
preston of utter WEAKNESS, did you see a
man riding furiously up the park about
two hours ago."
"Oh, yes, | saw him"
"He was violating the law, wasn't he?'
eyes, he was. He was riding like a
fend."
''Why didn't you stop him2' asked the
victim reproachfully.
"Stop him!' cried the gray-coated of
ficer stop him! Why, man, he was
going like the wind"
But he was violating the law, wasn't
her"
''Of course he was"
'You ought to have made him stop,
then"
"Oh, " said the policeman, sweetly, II
thought he'd break his neck, and then
some of us could have arrested him."
,''Do you know" said the dust covered
rider, that that man passed fifteen po-
licemen, and that they all yelled Hi,
thereP"
81 suppose they did. guess that's
what 1 yelled. But he wouldn't stop"
"And that no policeman tried to arrest
him?"
rs that so2" said the other compla-
Gently.
And that he was praying to be ar
rested2"
why didn't he stop long enough to get
arrested, them"
He couldn't, man. That horse was
running away with him. That horse
hadn't been exercised for weeks, and that
man hadn't been In the saddle before this
season. He thought he'd be arrested; he
prayed he'd be arrested; but there was
no such luck for him"
"Why didn't he yell outr' asked the
policeman.
sHe was too busy, my friend" said the
rider, with pale smile. "Do you know, F."
he continued, ''that l am that man2''
'Wen," said the policeman, II ought to
arrest you for violating the law"
ooh, it's too late now" answered tn e
runaway horseman, sadly. SIT wouldn't
do any good to arrest me now. But I'd
have given 500 to be arrested two hours
ago"
"Well I'll let you off this time" said
the policeman, magnanimOusly, "but,"
he added in a threatening tone, "don't
you do it again"
ooh, don't think shall" answered
the other, with sickly smile. Say"
he went on, do you know of any one
around here who would like to ride my
horse down town for a couple of dollars?''
as he savage YETI" asked the police
man.
"Oh, no, not savage" answered the
rider, gently; mot savage now. just
look at him. Does he look savage2
But" he added, feelingly, I'm pretty
tired"
"I'll see if I can't find some one to take
him down for you" said the policeman.
THANK you" said the other, CRATE
fully; and he climbed down from his sad
die slowly and painfully
Chow do you feel-lame?" asked the po-
hceman.
''How do I feel2'' replied the involun-
tary law breaker, bitterly. Il feel as if
needed an ambulance. wish you had
enforced the law and arrested me-, and
he limped YEARLY to the side of the bril-
die path.