Evening star., 1901-08-10
!aughed the detectIve as he galloped after

"SGusrehead Jennie" not knowing that
she was pursued by the new detective.
whom she had famed for his roll,p pulled
up after covering about two blocks ana
stepped into n doorway 10 have a look at
the contents of the wallet.
First she pulled out s45 In tens and nyes
and this she quickly slowed in her BOSOM
Then she pulled out the warrant for her
arrest, and held 1t up so that she could
read 1t. As soon as she caught sight OF
her name she was aware of the mistake
she had made. and she turned like tigress
to the humorous detective right behind
her, and holding his sides with laughter.
'Ha! hal hol hor' shrieked the detective
With Distressing Results.
Jane. apprehending that the bills In the
wallet had been previously marked for
Identification, calmly removed them from
the bosom of her dress. stuffed them into
her mouth and ate them. Then she tore the
warrant into fragments. Then she made
jump for the detective and proceeded to
make him wish that he had not been born
with such comic nature. She clawed his
countenance until 1t looked like an abused
cranberry pie, pulled out his nice creased
locks by the fist-full, ripped his new suit OF
mufu into ribbons, placed a knee In the
small of his back and almost broke him in
two. and then took to her high French
heels. Four cops Of the reserves went
after her about an hour later, and she
went along with them quietly. She told
the new detective il he hadn't endeavored
to mortify her by becoming giddy at her
expense.
The funny detective, S45 in bills to the
bad. destroyed suit of clothing and his
racial beauty obiterated for several weeks
to come, was greeted with ribald laughter
when he reported at headquarters. If he
gets humorous again during his incum-
bency as headquarters detective 1t will
be when he is in a somnambulistic state.
Lost OppOrtuuity
Two other headquarters detectives-not
tyros, these, but experienced men-under-
went most sorrowful experience On
Thursday afternoon last
They We're sent out on Thursday morning
to gather into the fold a cheerful young
man, a follower Of the races, who had
hypothecated some 5000 worth of
friends silverware. The youth had been
left in charge of his friends New York
house during the latter's absence at one Of
the beaches. AS he needed some ready
money quite badly, what more natural than
that he should temporarily avail himself
OF the three-ball value of the household
silverware? The friend. upon his return.
however, was so deficient in gratitude as
to decline to see the matter from this point
of view, and he complained to the police
The two headquarters detectives found
their young man, as they anticipated, at
the ferry that plows the waters of the East
river In the direction of the train for the
races.
How annoying exclaimed the young
man of the silverware transaction, when
the sleuths explained their business. I've
got good thing at the track today and I
intend to bet $500 on it."
Yours" remarked the pair of detectives
IN chorus. is a grievous story. However,
come along"
Say put in the young man, confiden-
TALLY, cant you two-you hook like the
right kind of people-delay the serving Of
talr Loo
good thing. It's Locket one OF Bill Daly's
two-year-olds, and he's going to win walk
ing at 30 or 40 to 1. Got l. straight from
the old man himself Come along with me
to couple of pool rooms until / get the
money down-Tve got $500 to play on the
thing-and it's the both of you to make
the divvy with me when I cash. How
about it?'
The Good Thing Won.
Now, 1t wouldn't have been a hard thing
to do. Queerer things than the same have
often occurred in the detective annals Of
New York But these two detectives
weren't exactly in the proper humor and
so, despite the pleadings Of their prisoner.
they declined to take in with him the
couple Of pool rooms that he so badly de-
sired to visit to play his good thing. They
hustled him to headquarters and locked
him up.
And Locket. the good thing. won gallop-
ing at 60 to land sixty times $5OO-which
the locked-up youth really possessed-is a
fair little sum of money to be divided
among three persons who understand some
thing OF the art Of spending money
Ever since the Eewss. was flashed over
the ticker-and the two detectives were at
that their little mans 60 to 4 shot had
walked In, the pair Of sleuths have been
walking around With dazed- expression
which evokes great and protracted out
hy1rS or nf jnxy frnv xhafr FoHo
performers at headquarters who are IA
mfliar with the story 5-t>s -.
Admiral Schley's zDoubIs.
Admiral Schley's double was down at
Coney Island the other afternoon. He is a
gentleman In the insurance business, and
lives in the old West Side district OF New
York. His resemblance to the admiral Is
extraordinary, both in figure and feature,
as well as in hirsute peculiarities. He
went down to Coney Island alone on the
boat few afternoons ago to dodge the
heat of the city, and he had a difficult
time Of it, as, indeed. he has had ever
since the battle Of Santiago owing to his
startling resemblance to Admiral Schley
He was pointed out on the boat by all
hands fore and aft. and dozens Of men
walked up to him and solicited the honor
Of shaking him oy the hand He laugh
ingly but courteously disclaimed any rela-
ttonship to the admiral, but they attrib-
uted his disclaimer to his desire to escape
attention
No sooner had he stepped ashore at
Coney Island than he was surrounded by
big crowd of men, women and children,
who piled after him and began to cheer.
He lodged into all sorts Of places. such as
tintype and shooting galleries and fortune
telling booths, to give the crowd that was
following him q chance to dissolve, but 1t
was no go, and whenever he stepped forth
he was surrounded by mob of folks eager
to do him honor. In vain he protested that
the crowd was mistaken. They wouldn't
believe him.
The unfortunate insurance man was
finally compelled to back up against the
front of a hotel and to make little speech
of mild protest to the crowd. He told them
that, much as he'd like to be Schley, he
wasn't, and that's all there was about 1t,
and that he hoped they'd be good enough
to let him go his way in comfort.
He finally got the crowd to believe him.
but lot Of them yelled at him:
''Well, you look enough like Schley to be
him all right, all right" G. L. c.
Vegetarian Diet for the Masses.
From the British Medical Journal
Baelz gives the results of observations he
has made on the japanese. among whom