The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-06

was touched is a friend o. his Nibs-
you know who mean-an' his Nfbs Is
hostile. It's the second time t he's had
crouch on, an I've got to put up a
good front. If the thing don't go right
I'll be in a hell Of q hole, an L want to
know If you'll pull 1t through. can't
get that gun inside of, a month If you
blokes don't help me, an rye kept the
sucker here in town on the plea that
It'll all be over in day or two. VIII
you get the push to cough up?"
"Anythin' doin' afterward?"
II can't make no deal with you, Rud-
erick-you know that well enough. I
been pretty square with you an the
push, amt I? Well, it stands to reason
t amt goin' to get crouch on If
i H9@ an the push DO me a favor don't
Alright. Forty eight hours you
said, didn't you? If it's only twenty
four you won't object, 7 suppose ?"
It'll make my rep all the better If
it's only twelve"
Alright. So long"
$50 long, Ruderick."
McKlowd was almost as popular at
the Front Office as he was in his
push. From the strict moralist's point
of view his record there was bad; but
there, were some things to his credit,
which the moralist does not under
stand The chief himself had more
than once declared that If ''Ruderick
had only had an dedication he. would
have ranked among the salubrfous
men of history 1t was the opinion
Of Ruderfck's intimates that he had
made a mark envfably high without
taking the doctors degree; but, of
course, they judged him by a. stand
of hot,
for Ruderick was appreciated and re-
spected. In these days when the CHIEF
had been struggling for honor and
promotion in "the street" it fell to his
lot to arrest certain gentlemen of for
tune" who protested with knife and
fist. The chief might never have come
out of the scrimmage alive ii Rud-
erick hadn't happened around" about
that time The chief, to his credit be
it said, never forgot this coincidence:
How much time we got, Rudertck?'
asked Billy the Bruiser.
Twenty four hours.
"He JUS wants the thimble an the
roll, amt that it"
mo; he wants the gun, too. his
Nibs is hostile, you see, an this yap
from the country's got the pull, an.
it's up to the chief to make splurge.
'Will he let the bloke go 2"
''D1QnC say HOIlilll oOue e~S
| Pr'aps he will after he's let the zap
rubber at him. I don't give damn
whether he does or not. It was
| bunglin' job an the bloke deserves a
stretcher. Besides, see all the trouble
he's givin' us. He'll queer the Whole
of us if we don't get him.
'sThat's right" commented Billy. mo
one bloke's got any business queerin,
| the push; if he has got to take a
stretcher then he has, an that's all
there is about it. Well, l tell you,
| Ruderick, I'll screw my nut down town
an rubber around, lettin' the blokes
know what's doin'. You'll put the peo-
pie UP here next, will you? Alright.
| Wherein we report?"
| up in my rooms.
| The two men separated and began
putting the blokes next" Ruderick
| dropped into saloon after saloon, talk
! ing quietly with men sitting at tables
| or standing at the bar, and pretty soon
these men were to be seen coming out
on to the street and taking different
directions. He talked to them in
language unique for its authorizations
and directness. There were no long
| explanations The simple statement,