The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-28
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 rhH-e u.ed t, be d time when "Bui Bailey. the rotund and joviaI paeso, man was the verdant mark or his lows. He was new on the toreo s ana they set him to watcn TOT D..t and even suggested a "sntpe nunI @ .Bilr' Bailey has at last come ~ no ervv with his record and now he IS the enNs of every Montgomery bluecoat.
 Is there another patroiman. Was there ever another patrolman, Who captured a live opossum on court Square? The answer Is, mere is nos This Is just what "Biir' Bailey dio ana he doesn't ask you 10 - nsmsHa Msv. hap he will give "'possum supper at headauarters and invite some of those other patrolmen who used to twit nim because he was reared in the country
 About l: 80 o'clock the other morning "Bili" Bailey and his partner. George Miles, were doing the Court Square heat when, due perhaps to his early country environment, Bailey scented an opossum. He nosed about the Eouare with Miles. fat and forty. fol- lowing his trail. The opossum came out of the manhole of sewer main and "Bili' Bailey went after him.
 Patrolman w. Bush, the dignined. and Huffman, the muscular. were hard by up street and were attracted by the yelps of "Bilr' Bailey whose heart had gone bounding back to those days "down on the farm" Bush, Huffman and Miles joined in the chase but Bail ley scoffed at them. Were they reared in the country? Did they know any thing of the habits and customs of the opossum? Not much; they were mere city policemen, not 'possum hunters.
 Let me at him." cried Bailey; sick 'em Tige." There wasn't dog any where in sight but Bailey was down In the country and he thought there was.
 There isn't much more to the story. The possum didn't have any chance at all with Bailey as the pursuer. soon the hairy persimmon- on-hunter of the wood, was in a bag. "a croker-sack, k, Bailey called 1t. and Bailey strode proudly to police headquarters with his treasure.
 There is truth in the negro couplet: "Possum meat is good to eat" and Bailey has made good" with his as- sociates.
 Gerald and Roosevelt.
 'T thought every man. woman ana :hild in Montgomery knew me oy sight, at least" said A. s. Gerald, who has served over a quarter of a century as police chief of Montgomery, and l likewise believed that there Is no re- semblance in the world between my self and Theodore Roosevelt. And yet have been mistaken for the Presi- dent" added the chief. Such is fame. he muttered.
 make my old roan horse, go occasional ly and drove through the streets Of Montgomery inspecting the work of the police. l hadn't driven far when 1 noticed that I had outriders and no President ever had finer outriders than I did. On my right was chubby ut- l,1., Eo nN..1d dr1f have been more than years old. She was mounted on sedate little Shet- land pony who was so fat he could just keep up with the old roam. On my other side was a little~boy apparently her brother, likewise seated on pony and gazing on me with wonderstruck eyes. said something to them and l noticed they were tickled to death. All day long they followed me. Never once were they out of my sight until alishted that afternoon at my office door.
 'Yesterday a ffiend of mine, one of Montgomery's best known citizens. showed me why this peculiar honor had been paid me. His little son and daughter wanted to see the President. Early Tuesday morning they mounted their ponies and set out for down town. They returned late that after noon. Did you see the President? my 1flenO asken the younSSIeT ana they replied they had. We got right up te his buggy. they added. Why he wasn't in a buggy, he was in a carriage my friend explained to the children. He was in a buggy and we followed him all day. they insisted, and he spoke to us He drove an old horse, that look ed most as old as he did, and he had on big hat with gold string around 1t and a blue suit and lots of brass buttons and things on his shoulders, they continued. Did he squint at you through one eye and laugh to himself was asked Yes sir he did Then knew said my friend. that my kids had followed Chief Adolphus Sanford Gerald all day and had, through the magnetism of his presence. lost sight of the Rough Rider
 The old chief chuckled. He squinted his eye and smiled. He likes children and his heart was very light.
 Don't everybody get taken for a President" he said.
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