The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04
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No one on or oft the police force was
+ ever long In doubt as TO who was boss OF
4 Captain Dan McCarthy's preclnc' He
/ used to say: 3s} 4sS 3.
:, eus you don't IKE Y S. o't e ! 0pus y''
i Tim Delaney knew all about IT. When,
# he was the collector for the Tenderloin
\ he used to admire the great, the small,
L the only Dan Carthy.N Tim was more c.
Z was inclined himself to rule with an
Il iron hand, and his captain, sold man
u Sparks" having grown rich and drunken
B In the fairness Of his bailiwick, turned
i everything over to 4 his favorite g ward
1 man, Tim, who looked. lived land gave
4 commands like captain Of police But
! now that Delaney chad set out to be q
y captain by title as we'll as by income and
Y control, and In the brief period of ms
4 sergeantcy was placed der Mccarthy,
the stout little czar of the Fifteenth
Il did not seem SO amusing.
You come down here from Sparks to
Ri tell me, Daniel Mccarthy, about police
business? Il know how you run the Ten,
+ derloin y gu didn't take ten thousand
II month out Of It, and It's worth TWEEN
sty. That's what 1T is Why Sp;arks let
you go OH ! don't see, cept that he's
+ a 1oafer and u hum himself. IL ID
known I'd never a let you come here,
not even as n sergeant, and you'd been
Z pounding the sidewalk to day II you'd.
/ a started with ME.
Delaney recovered for a moment his Old,
amusing view of Mccarthy, "thc greatIt
man in the business" But the captain
diverted him again.
ES{ rs And one thing more. Mr.. Sergeant. De
laney. There's prisoners been kicking
they didn't got their dough back III the;
morning. DRINKS; II know It, 8s;4
Well" said Delaneyi;#.'do you want va,
lls II want 1t all turned In, see, every red
cent. = 5s ~ &
mccarthy waited long enough for his
will TO carry home. Then he went into
!: his room and slammed the door. hard.
5Delaney's face set. His eyes fixed on
that closed door W lille the heat and the
i cold raced up and down through ...s
body.
When the o'clock roll was called that
evening and Sergeant Simpson took the
desk. Delaney did not go home. lie walt
! ed about the room while Simpson received
the reports OF The men returning from
their posts. Then a prisoner was brought.
\ in, and several citizens called to make
inquiries and complaints, 1t was nearly
q an hour before all was quiet again, and
4 Simpson. having his books in shape, slam
med the last one shut and looked up at
Delaney. who was hanging over the rail-
ing in his favorite attitude of rest.
Simpson was a blue-eyed, gray-har<d
! gnan OF fifty. spare, reserved. but always
y cheerful, and a good officer He smiled
] when he turned 10 the younger man.
Simpson. said Delaney, seriously, Us
4 q sergeant dirt?"5
We'll" said Simpson, you we're a big
! ger man when you were with SPARKS, De-
laney. than you are as sergeant of police
& here-or in any other precinct
"And you yourself, Mr.. Simpson,"
81? oh. I'm dirt Tim, me boy; I'm
4 4 all ~. = 4. e
Delaney stepped around behind the
desk, took the chair beside Simpson, and
whispered In his ear a long time.
will your" he said at last xviii you
stand by me?"
Simpson had been nodding and smiling
while he listened. Now his face sobered
& lie looked Delaney straight In the eye.
and said with fine decision:
NO, Tom.4I won't, The old man Is toe
much for you. too much for the whole
four sergeants together. He'd know in
a day what We were doing.
X Delaney got up. kicked his trousers
4 down. and strobe off toward the door.
And. Tim Simpson called, 'he knows
NOW what you are trying To do @ ~
Delaney walked lightly 10 hear this.
but he did moi stop, He went out and
home. va,
The moment he was gone the captain
came out of his room.
Sergeant Simpson was following with
his eyes-and with his thaughts-this
rampant brute Of a man. When the sta.-
lion house door opened. The captain
4 stopped in his tracks under the chande-
lier. the sergeant sat up straight, IL was
an unpropitious moment for "A citizen "a
cali on the police. And il was a citizen,
a little, WeaZened old man. in part ~ a
Grand Army uniform He. too, stopped
short. He Looked at th+ captain and
ehrank: then al the sergeant, whose face
III Invited him 10 speak.
Isis Captain Delaney in?" the old sol.
dier asked. addressing the sergeant
Captain twlio?H Mccarthy asked tn,
question.
81 captain DELANEY. sir" he said 'cap
lain Delaney. Is he here. sir?"
Captain Delaney Captain. eh? Al
ready. is he?"
Mccarthy lifted his ou,spread hands
above his head. looked up, and laugh
ed. His hands gripped convuisiYely. thei
ne was suddenly silent, and his eyes AM
arms fell, his fists balied up. he. al
yaIlced slowly, and thrusting his jaw
and hsts IN his Victims terrified face h
K i ..rhere is no Captain Delaney here
There Is no Captain Delaney ar all 4
All. There never will he a Captain De
janey Get out OF here
HWhy, I-,Sou see ! meant TIM De
laney He vas n1y captain in the Wa