The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
Short Stories .2q6out
2Uel2~Auown People.

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A story is told by Frances Bailey Leo:
the historian. editor Of The H I o OK
lectors Of literary humor. 1t is to Mr..
I.ee that Hallie Erminie Rives. the move
list has dedicated her new Revolutionary
romance Hearts Courageous, and ma
turally the Lee family has oeen muIn
interested in the popularity the stolS
winning and has dlscusseo OAS0AA -
family circle. .,u,h+.r
whose precocities are a never-iaiitns
source of delight Her 1ether .ho 49, ~,
evening heard her singing IN her oa u
kew and with hugo enthusiasm q eos 70
strangely familiar and YET one lh"N ~
could not exactly place 49,,
are singing" ..D,n.+
"Why, papaT' she exclaimed. Oon
YOU know that? That's
Hearts Courageous. CLEFT hoT mo
let me hide myself In tnee.
President Henry Smith Pritchett OF the
la,Iassachnsetts Institute OF IechnoiosS.
in responding to thu toast ooenc@ "a. a.
! The Columbia alumni dinner toio eANo
| apropos story: :,
Science" he said, us not woru TO
o,i,Ira with. In a Boston school the
ot,er day a teacher said to small
| boy: % ,-ov Or
leans?' ,,a
tho answer. sbaa the
teacher. not placing Corbett's name anu
! Thinking to set the boy right -
| ...IJe won was the prompt 1ep!S'
cause ha had mora science than the oth-
| er guy
Temperance papers are aeoe
| eneal5er Henderson because ne h'S CO
| suned responsibility 1or ene 'Aoo
taurant with it's bar.
49, +;,,,a a.o q representative OF a
c.h;c.eo temperance journal asked an AZ
tory;ay with Mr. Henderson at mo
r,on+ when he was presiding over the
House Tho interview was or coulse.
-af,,.ad hit the correspondent succeeoeo
in getting his card to the Speaker "4eA
this inquiry scrubbed on It:
"Who is responsible fo1 tas 1aou9s
restaurant o+-
saizine one of the slips used for vot-
ing purposes Mr.. Henderson wrote upon
it. ''I gave the permit. and thls WIN
the printed signature. ID. %. denoei-
con attached was sent back to tho I'M
And now this harmless ond per1ec'i'
truthful bit of paper has been Ntho-
rranhed and copies are being scattered
broadcast with the information that the
Sneaker OF the House Of Representatives
runs a saloon.
Weird are some Of the tales told OF
Captain Miles O'Reilly what time he was
= sergeant over In the old Twelfth Pre-
cinct, now known as the F1fty-second
It was in those days that Captain FOLK.
now dead. used to say OF him. queer
chap, O'Reilly. Don't drink don't smoke.
don't chew He can't be good either
for man or beast.
One day a citizen Of the neighborhood
came to the station house with COM
plant against some boys who sadly dis
turbed the peace as we'll as endangered
windows by playing ball in vacant lot;
ORelly was told to look into the mat
| ter. When the sergeant visited the lot
in question he discovered that across
one corner of it transfers were hauling
loads of sand dug from a nearby cellar.
Now, O'Reilly was ever poitic-in some
things. He remembered his own boy
hood days and declined to administer
the law harshly in this particular In
stance.
Say. YOU" no yelled at the foreman OF
the Transfers, come here" The foreman
came with a query in his eye. ORely
laid his hand on his shoulder and talked
ccrfdentally in his ear. The fore
| luan smiled and called six OF his truck
men about him. He gave them some In
| s:ructiCn and within the next half hour
six large carloads of sand were strewn
| across the diamonded- field.
You see" said O'Reilly In explaining
matters to the captain. II knew the
| a,oys would never take the trouble to
| five! off all that sand, and while 1t stays
| there they can't play ball.
You've a great head. Miles," was Cap
tain Deyer's brief comment.
After a while O'Reilly left the Twelfth
| and finally brought up in the Canarsie
| Precinct. While there he had under
| him a very lazy man who had never
| been known to make arrest. One
| right, when Miles was on desk duty there
uas a call for the wagon sent in from
the lazy officer. The wagon was rushed
! off snd in due time returned with a com
| ntrr drunk.
| so Blank has made an arrest at last"
| r1'sed the sergeant as he took the vic
TINS pedigree; then turning suddenly
ur,. the wagon man" who had lugged
tho prisoner into the station he said:
Now tell me the truth. Did Blank
take this fellow to the signal box or did
he take Blank there?"
The reply Of the wagon man has not
been recorded
Now that the New York Democrats are
hopefully considering the possibility of
electing a Governor in November the fol
| lowing stories concerning the last Demo
cratic Governor of the State will be OF
interest:
In the summer OF 1891, when tickets
We're being literally manufactured in ad-
vance of conventions, Roswell P. Flower
was met in Washington by prominent
BrookLynite, who said to him.
Mr.. Flower. a good many peple In our
city think the nomination for Governor
is yours for the asking. Now while the
Brooklyn Democracy is soidly for Cha
! pin it does not helisra that he can ha