Little Falls herald., 1901-01-04

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TOLD OF THE FORCE
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HHIEF KIPLEY went into detective
~ headquarters a few nights ago to sea
ing Detective Sergeant Wooldrid9esas ho
said :.s.,,;.ts-- Ss.s:s:. - =: +: r.
stNowv,, I'h play your hand, Wooldridse.
and I want yeu to 60 dewn on State street
and round up the pickpockets who are work
ing in the crowds about those. calamity
howlers. -s.... =
. sI'll do it, Chief" said the dstective ser
geant, and thereupon he went out into the.
back room to make up" Presently he came
out wearing an; old wool hat and . faded
suit of ancient garments.
= swell. / guess I'LL 60 down. the line ard
take rubber ct the tall buildings" he said.
The chief expressed his admiration % he
eazed with pleasure upon his protege's "get
up." Much pleased with himself, Wool
dridxe closed the door softly behind him.
Half an hourElater Woodbridge came back.
He was somewhat crestfal1en and he wore
the look Of a man who had spent all day
dirrin4 in vain. for a grounding. lp deli
cate way he informed the chief-that there
were no pickpockets to be found anywhere
about.
The chief looked him over quizzicaAy and
noticed that the detectives watch chain
was dangling from buttonhole in his vest.
I*|What time<is it, Woodbridge" be asked,
abruptly Ij.t- H. I.
'We-l-l,". drawled the investigation as hs
reached for his watch pocket, cts about-!"y
eyes, think it is," answered the chiee.
sBut never mind Don't 60 back after It.
Some one might, steal your Shoes. i.
And Woodbridge said the moral wass
! "Never overdo thing"
unsophisticated and. with *th. bloom oi
| innocent youth upon his face, Jim Hath
away came: to Chicago from littlgtown in
Indiana. He expected, of course, TO mako
record for himself and to go home some
day and be the pride Of the village.
! One snowy, cold night last winter he was
on his way down Wabash avenue to hin
room, when he ran into the muzzles OF two
| revolvers It excited him greatly to be re-
| and his silver watch--the watch that IA
ther had eiven him when he took the prizs
in spelling. -!
In his turbulent haste to get to the Har-
| rison street police station to report his mis-
fortune he failed to keep his weather eys
out and was struck by Clark street trolley
car.
| AS is usual in such cases he got little salts
| faction from the police, so he sat close up
to the radiator nursing his lame knee and
! brooding over his troubles. His success
| hadn't been exactly what he anticipated and
| the pleasing vision he had pictured Of him
self as the pride Of: the village was growing
DINNER and DINNER every minute. Finally
he was aroused from his reverie by po-
hceman who came in shaking his overcoat
and stamping loudly on the floor to rid his
shoes Of snow.
Hathaway, looking up.
"Why not%' roared the big policeman.
"Because the crust between this place and
he'll is awfully thin!',
And the policeman said the moral was:
| '"The advice Of some is good" /
~*A"Ierrys'' Harrigansis the police sergeant
whozdoes the late swxtch at the central de
ItaiI=#Thereis little work, as rule, for the.
man on the Fast watch, and during the last
five years Jerry" has devoted his idle mo-
ments to the considerations consideration Of
psychological and scientific subjects.
He does not pose as the learned pig" Of
the department, but he has digested Herbert
Spencer's "First Principles" and he can
! reel offeparagraph after paragraph of Max
Nordau's Regeneration" i.
O'Hoolihan left his beat the other morn
ing and came into the=station to report sick.
He had tile tootache.and he was making .
terrible ado about It.: ''Jerry" got up from
his desk and walked out into the squadroom
where O'Hoolihan was holding his head inl
his hands and moaning softly. IN
l. Don't take it so hard, O'Hoolihan,' said
'<fJerry," consolingly. Don't you know
that pain is the greatest blessing mankind g.
ssV7hat?' roared O'Hoolihan, straighten-s
ing up. "Ah, jerry he added, almost in
wall, as he sank back to his former posi-
ton, don kid sick man. 1t amt right.
"I'n not kidding returned Jerry,
warming up to his subject. Then he put his
foot up on the bench uplifted one arm and:
began thus to deliver himself:
II ellyou pain IS our guardian angel" #
~ I1OOi1Hdn gfOdueu. Jerry cOuLmue0s5s
! Pain is our monitor, which shows us1
danger and warns US to struggle against til
or flee from it: Pain is therefore-our best
friend, the preserver of our life, the source
cf all our intensest enjoyment" Y"
"Ah, but I am enjoying thfs.,?e
-ttWsit minute, nows" Pain; remember,
incitesj us to effort to eolpteract IT'D causes,
and this effort, understand is associated
With The highest display Of our capa abilities.
and it affords US that delight which always
attends the active expression of our indi-.
viduality."'. t%sEs
"Fer hiven's sake! Are ye wound up fs1
eight days or "a hours?" =. .s
tListen, will you? Isay, without pain our.
life would not last for a moment, for we -. =
'1'm good fer ten years, then! VIII 70
shut up?" :. fl. .-,4s I'll.
Keep still, can't you! "A painless In.
tuitive perception of what is injurious to d,
you see might not be powerful enough tal
spur and arouse us to action and in that
case we might not always respond in suf6-
Gent measure 70 its admonitions, and tins
We. would be easily van0uished = bv Hthas