The age-herald., 1897-10-05
WHEN SLEUTH BRUMBY
 FOUND THE COON

up O trees,
 When Brumby found coon!
 "old sleuth" laid away the shovel and the When Brumby found coon, l Mir Pinkerton and his men will all lay low, For Brumby's found coon l The stupid paper'' got a "scoop,'-but twas more like a spook, When Brumby found a coonl
 His fame has traveled from Mobile to Du- Since Brumby's found coon!
 Andree, brave and daring. for the North But Brumby found the coonl Fitzsmmons hit Corbett-he fell with a lurch,
 But Brumby found the coonl
 That the mighty find was but negro The people thought a boon; | So they hooped and cheered for Brumby, Since Brumby's found the coon! Chapter I. A week ago Brumby was unknown to fame-now Brumby is the most famed of the famous. All hail to Brum- by-Brumby lives in Montgomery! It all came about through the apt ness of a young man to grasp an oppor- tunity and his anxiety to liven up an
 
 thief" Brumby set about to find a corpse to liven a corpse. It chanced one day that Brumby sat in the office of very stupid paper Brumby grew tired of staring into space, and his eagle eye and keen scent happened ito be concentrated at one time on a week old issue of a New York E 4''yellow kid journal, which had been thrown in the waste basket To pass away the time, Brumby grasped the sheet, and with eagle eye and keen scent perused its columns.
 r It so came to pass that in this issue the narrowing story of the Guldensuppe murder was depicted with all of the 'sleuth hound" proclivities of the F Gotham reporters who ferreted out the mystery. B1umby read and grew ner- vous as the seed of righteous ambition coursed with the blood through his veins. It was a real hot, live, up-to- date news item. Brumby couldn't stand the strain-he collapsed, he fell prone upon the floor tn faint
 But Brumby recovered. There and then he determined to liven up the corpse. He read and re-read the ac- count of the Guldensuppe murder. He preserved it. Tins staff marveled at lIs queer actions, and hunted up the data of the case for themselves.
 Chapter II.
 The days waned and no opportunity presented itself. But fame arid fortune come to those who wait and this Brumby well knew. Finally, two coons were missing from Montgomery. "All coons look alike" to Brumby, for it was fame he was after.
 "Ogd Sleuah" Brumby scented murder and his wheels of genius began revclv- irIg with ponderous activity He found clue and the body was buried "iust over the garden wall" With small list of followers and Brumby als chief, armed with pick and shove, they visited the clandestine burial ground at the hour when spirits stalk abroad.
 Brumby fell upon his knees and scent ed the nswly-p,owed earth like a blooded fox hound upon fresh trail. Shovel and r,ck we're brought into requisition. All harlds worked fast and furious fer minutes that seemed like hours before they Were rewarded by the sight of black, clammy aand.
 
 the ebony exparse of one of those pres- ent aus he calculated, Oar am he" Brumby was excited; Brumby was de- lightea. and in nds burst of enthusiasm shook the cold hand that protruded from the earth. '' am glad to see you old feEow," said Brumby.
 His comraIdsS congratulated the yic- torious reporter and grasped his aiand, 4t, hands again fell to work and the pro- cess of exhumation was soon completed. The form was lifted from its resting place and Brumby had conquered The reporters for the afternoon paper had made a strike. split a huge chunk of atmosphere anli were out. Thera was joy in the stupid papers office for Baumby had at last found the coon! The story must be told in fitting style in the morning. The details of how two 1 darkies fell out over "a crap game and l ons conspired to have the life of the | other were given In the story Brlmby wrote of how the murdered man was confined in a room while the murderer came in ever and anon and gave him a slash with a razor, just to satisfy his greed or blood. Bruinby dweh al 1 length upon the horror of the victim slowly starving and bleeding to death | Naughty people were inclined to rfdicule | the sleuth hound news vendor ard | Brumby consoCed himself by writing If | it had only been whites concerned, tae case would have rivaled the Luetgeri /, affair in point of interest. But Brumby dfdn't find a .sesamoid." Brumby found | a coon.
 Brunsby wrote his story with a pen but didn't he smash the old adage ans prove tl1at the shovel and pick were mightier than either pen or sword? | Her Complaint.
 Mrs. Newrocks-"Mercy These bag | gagemsi are very carelss." Miss Newrocks-"What have they done mamma ?"
 Mrs. Newrocks-"Wfny they've torn ant defalced the labels on our trunks so tha l.. Q-~ 4