Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-09-27

sad&en and anaccuantabie curiosity. I
v~ua.d my wsv towarst one % those
Interesting in-titutioz~ auE effected
an entrance
] say effected. because is was mat
ter u no listle diesculsy. the entrznes
AM Railways being crnmm~d - incon-
venienss wiih forty cr afty iud4visla-
ais. mostly Wuza-rl. tNo-thirsi. % - whoEa
seemed "a the last stages % desPond-
enev. white tne remainder afEorde
contrast bF exhibiting q sort of IN
aealtAy ch=erfalaes~
The esurt policeman On auty that
dAy vas an oil acquaintance % ua1n-.
AMI upon noticing ne. he Immediately
becxouesl O. ne
'-Ther-'ss peculiar cas-. Just decided. =
hs sail. --on~ vag might ike - know
.Szlrthla~ ahoar The f-Ilove : Dis
charged. snsf vii Be coming cut In
minute Why. here he comes etaeu-
iat-si the ofscsr. that man in the
.hsS<y suit
The man N the Shaggy suit bad
only Just xos into the strr~t when
oEerto.lk him
He VAS standing stIiI. looking MP
and 4oNR The thoroaShtAr spperent-
y undecided what 10 do. all tn. time
feeling in hls trouscrs' PICKET a. though
be nal lost something OWNED his
thoughts. and. accn>ttnE him quietly.
said
After the unpleasant prueeesiings
iust concluded. perhaps little light
refreshment might - acceptable
Just Nhat was a-thinkiug. sir. he
replied, smiling an vas Just a-teeI-
in 10 see II Ia got the price Of n
schooner % beer. but End I'm quite
broke
Never mind observed. and In
less than a couple Of minutes ! had
him comfortably seated at table in q
neiShborinx beer saloon
lie was a fine specimen OF the work
ingnan. tall and broad-shoulderei
with a frank. open faee-not at all one
who could be judged A. belonging To
the criminal classes
was anxious 10 know what crime
he had been charged with. and mild
ly inquired IL It had been a matter OF
assault and battery
NO. sir he said: but Il will be
next time-that IS, IL lay hold o the
chap that made fool Of me
is II long story2' queried
Not very long Would you like TO
hear IL. sir
lassented eagerly.
Well, then he began. after he had
drained his glass. ''ye see. I've been
out o. work now for nigh two months.
scarcely knowing which way TO turn
tor a meal, and glad 10 pick mp a quar-
aer when and where can
Well. one tlornin' I went out as
usual-that would be Just nine days
ago-and found myself with only n
dime in my pocket away up town on
the west side. in the nelghborhood of
Amsterdam avenue and One Hundred
and Sixty-sixth street
No job was 10 be had that mSruin',
50, feeling rather down AZ heart. and q
little thirsty and hungry. turned
into a saloon where I knew could
get q snack O. free lunch with ay
beer
II hadn't been Sittin' there long be-
%CAN = 1A@A~s %NAAT WIN no Gnu
o watch chain In front OF him. comes
sauntering in. and seats himself plump
alongside o me
Il ought 70 have felt hzttered. no
doubt. and perhaps did a little bit,
when he said, presently. in a very pleas
ant way; Nice mornin'
- Yes l said. ii Is for those In work.
but the morning doesn't seem partik-
Ter nice to me
You're out o work. eh7' he asked
Well. might have guessed as much
by your erest-fallen EXPRESSION What
would you say II put a little job in
your wayP
=. 1 should say Heaven bless ye. and
mean it, / answered. prieking up my
ears and looking full in the little gents
face
He looked at me, too. very hard.
thought. ss II he were trying TO read
what was inside o. me and couldn't
quite manage II
1 can trust your he asked
Perfectly ! said
Now look here he SAYS, speaking
quite confidential like. aud in a very
low voice: I'm one of snpt- Byrnes
detectives. Tonight I'm going to have
god try 70 nab fellow who Ia,