Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-28
Yarns About People More
or Less Founded on Facts.

his sprinting and got him tied down he did
not have any more clothes on than would
make what the Indians call a gee string
but he had got rid of that snake. And we
never did find that syphon. The next day
our friend decided that the strenuous life
OF the staked Plains was too rich for his
blood"
well, that's one on mel" exclaimed
Special Agent Llewellyn Of the rural mail
service, wiping the Precipitation of his
face. He had Just found an item he had
been hunting for for hours In a Denver
paper. And this is how it all came about:
Special Agent Llewellyn received a let
ter Sunday from Special Agent Clark, tenn
porarily in charge of the headquarters OF
the western division at Denver, containing
personal as well as official information.
Among other things the letter referred to
an enclosed newspaper clipping with the
hope that the matter referred to might not
come to the attention of the department at
Washington. as it might make trouble, but
with the added assurance that if It did the
boys would surely stand behind him.
Search for the clipping, however. proved
fruitless, as the writer had plainly for
gotten to enclose II. Llewellyn racked
his brain to discover what mischief he had
been into that should be taken up by the
newspapers. The more he thought about
1t the more scary he became, knowing the
severity Of the discipline enforced by his
superior officers In the rural free delivery.
Unable to contain himself he finally wired
his friend Clark: mo clipping In letter.
What Is 1t all about?"
Then the advice was given to hunt ND
the item himself in the exchanged of the
Bee. He caught up the idea at once and
was soon rewarded. There stood the item
without mistake. 1t was a police court re-
port Of a hilarious soldier who when ar
rested for trying to clean out a Denver
drug store soda fountain howled forth:
Leave me alone. In a friend Of Level
lyn's and he'll see that I'm taken care Of"
According to the story, however, the
soldiers friendship for Llewellyn did not
save him from the usual hne, nor will IL
save Llewellyn from paying for the drinks
when he again reports to headquarters in
Denver.
When one Of the patTolmen Of the police
department was returning the other day
from arresting a tin can which was disturb
ing a portion Of the West Farnam district
by following a pet pussy cat about on the
end Of her tail-it was this way: A woman,
whose voice betrayed excitement. called up
the station and said; Some bad boys have
tied a can to a cats tail and 1t is acting
terribly and we are so frightened at It. You
must send a policeman up Immediately. Z"
She called up hve times to say this. II
seemed hard to refuse such an appeal from
a lady-too difhcult-so the oficer went W
and cut the cat from the can while seven
teen Of the ~neighbors stood about and made
glad noises and the little girl who owned
the pussy cried.
Well. returning after this. the oficei
passed a lodging house where the inmates
had Just discovered q drunken man asleep , II
the Easement. They were trying to walker
the man and the oficer Joined In. The,
yelled and shook the sleeper and haulet
him about. But he slept. Then the 20.
liceman began to beat the sole OF the mans
foot, which is a sure way. But he seemed
hard to waken and the copper beat harder
Finally the drunk one moved uneasily. mad'
seven inarticulate noises and opened his
eyes. He said: why do you beat that foo
30 hArd2 You viii break my eeyk leg"