The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-13
The PatoIman's Predicament.

There was a persistent pop. pop. Pop,
in tae alley back Of the house, ana Ms
Flynn put her head out Of the kitchen
door 10 see what was the matter.
What are ye doin' cut there. Bar
ney2' she asked.
"Practcin' wid Te gun" answered
Barney.
"Ohor exclaimed Mrs. Flynn. "Prac-
tiein wild yer gun. is It? Ye'rs a new
man on the foorce, an ye think we've
got TO be blazin' away at livery barn
door in the wa'ard Tell me, now. isn't
there an ordnance feminist shootin' n
the city limits2"
At this Patrolnan Flynn thcughtfully
scratched his head.
Right ye are he said at last; but
Ills for the gazaboo widout the shtar that
the ordnance was made"
Does yer book tell ye tbat?" demand
ed Mrs F-Fun
Patrolman Flynn pulled a summary OF
the principal ordinances and the rules
and regulations CT the department from
his pocket. and looked through it slowly
and carefully.
Does it tell ye," demanded Mrs
Flynn, again. that an OFFICER Of the
la-aw kin make a shootin' gallery Of the
alley bechune his house an the one next
behind it2'
1T does not" admitted the patrolman.
regretfully
Doesn't It tell ys to pinch the man
that shoots IN the city limits?'
Mary, I'll not lie to We answered
Patrolman Flynn after q. moment Of re-
Fiction; st says that same"
Then. It's for We, Barney Flynn" as
serted his better half. decisively, Ito
take yeFself to the station an cha-arge
yerself wild disorderly conduct"
Patrolman Flynn WINGED. This reason
was clear, but he objected to the con-
clusion-
Il rayfuse." he said at length, "to go
wild meself"
"Ohor cried Mrs. Flynn. "Rayfuse
to go, is il? Here ye are caught by yer
self vi'latin' an ordnance, an We rayfuse
to be arrested. Barney, ven be afther
haviu' the cha-arge of raysistin' an Off
Ger put feminist yer name, too IT'S for
We to bat yerself on the head Wild CLUB
an jerk yerself off to the station,
whether We viii or not"
" 'Twould be a shame, Mary" protest
ed Patrolman Flynn, "for me, bein' he
friend to meself that I an, TO be that
rough wild rneself yed not have me
too hazard on a fri'nd, would YEP"
"Oho." exclaimed Mrs. FLYNN, again,
by way Of answer. 'Derrylickshun az
july it Isl 7 kin see ye, Barney. walkin'
the ca-arpet in the captin's office, an
he te1lln' We something az July an
fri'ndshlp, an that ye re laid OF foor
days wfdout pay.
Anyhow" persiR ped the patrolman.
I'm not shtrong enough to arrest me
self. IT'S too tough a job. Pm a des-
D pirate man when I'm reused, Mary. an
It's not the likes Of me nor amy one
else that kin lay the hand az the la-aw
on meself widout havin' to go to a doc
tor"
IT see ye now, oh, 7 see ye now. Bar
ney," went on Mrs. Flynn-'T see We
readin' a notice on the boord at the
station, an it says that Barney Flynn
is discharged from the foorce for cow
ardice That's what it says, Barney; an
II says more. It says that Barney Flynn
| Is charged with disorderly conduct, an
shootin' IN the city limits, an raysistin'
an officer, an corruptin' the fOorce by
wo-orkin' the frfndship racket, an that
amy officer rneetin' him viii call the
wagon an run him in
Patroluan Flynn heaved a deep sigh.
Mary" he said, we wanted me to do
a little wo-ork in the house the VIII lie
Pm off july"
'T did. Barney" she answered.
'Ill do it." asserted Pstrolman Flynn
with another sigh "'Tis tight hole
I got meself in Mary, an me head S
swinmin' wild all the Sgoubles an The
rules TITS likely little wo-ork II make
things easier for me-"
"'Tis likely It viii" retorted Mary,
grimly; and Patrolman Flynn put h Is
| official dignity and his revolver in his
| pocket, and tackled the plebeian task Of
mending a wash-tub, meanwhile mutter-
! ing to himself something about a woman
| who had "a regular la-awyer's head on
| her."-Eniott Flower, in the Century.