The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-12-28

" hi''h Nll'tlilhu Ddl
ney Flynn was smoking his pipe Ii
front of his little home when the or,
Of Flight! Fight" was raised dow
the street and everybody started run.
ming in that direction-that is, every
body but Flynn. He continued to puff
at his pipe as If there was nothing
unusual going on.
Barney exclaimed Mrs. Flynn
suddenly appearing in the doorway
why don't ye wake up?"
"Diyit ta-ake tn pipe" commented
Policeman Flynn. "'Tis no betther
than tn fiue " tn kitchen shtove
that's always gettin' shtopped up"
Dye hear, Barney, that two fellies
is pOundin' thimsllyes up over fer
ninst tn corner?" persisted Mrs.
Flynn.
"Ha-aye ye seen Terry foolin' with
tn pipe?' asked Policeman Flynn, ig-
noring his wife's question. "'Tis all
WRONG an | can't make it draw at
all"
Mrs. Flynn's Indignation at being
thus ignored was so great that she
promptly snatched the offending pipe
away from him.
Barney" she said impressively, care
we tn guardeen iy tn peace or are We
nOt?"
i am he replied, but I'm not tn
%suardeen iv tn fights. Are We tired "
me that We wa-ant me fr to mix it up
with two la-ads that's havin' a bit iv
throuble bechune thimsilves?"
i wa-ant ye to show that ye're a
man an a pO-lisman," asserted Mrs.
Flynn. They do be fghtin'."
I'm off july" protested Policeman
Flynn, AN It's not on me beat amy
way. Sind in tn riot-call if We think
It's r-rigght FIR to interfere. Lave me
have me pipe now, an don't be afther
botherin' me. Dye think I'm lukkin'
fr a black eyer"
Il think ye're lukkin' FIR a chanst
to show that ye're a coward" said
Mrs, Flynn, scornfully.
Now, ordinarily. Mrs. Flynn's asper-
sions on her husbands proves are
sufficient to rouse him to action. as has.
been demonstrated on many occasions,
but this time the method failed.
Dye ray-mimber tn da-ay / come
home with me coat tore an me
knuckles bleedln' an a big lump over
me lift ear?" he asked.
II do answered Mrs. FLYNN,
Il shtopped a fight that da-ay," said
Policeman Flynn, and then, after a
pause sufficient to enable his wife to
grasp the connection, he added. Dye
ray-mimber tn time Maloney whit to
tn hospittle fr to be stitched up?"
"lv coorse DO" admitted Mrs.
Flynn.
HE %shtopped a fight that da-ay," re-
marked Policeman Flynn. Il tell We.
Mary, whin a ma-an wants FIR to fight
it's Fright to Fave him have his fiji iv
It,"
TITS not july" insisted Mrs. Flynn.
But It's sinse," said the policeman,
"Ye see, Mary, It's all in KNOWN how.
Whin a ma-an Is fghtin' mad tits A
small matther to him who he does his
shcrappin' with. He'll start in fight
In wan ma-an an wind up be fghtir'
another, an it's more s~atisfyin' to him
fr to take a welt at tn peacemaker
than at amy al ilse. If We was on
tn %foorce, Mary, ye'd larn that We niver
sh'u'd interfere in a fight ontil We
can lick both Nv tn parties to il, FIR
It's tin to wan that's what yen have
FIR to do"
Thin we won't shtop tn fght?"
suggested Mrs. Flynn.
81 told ye, Mary" returned the po-
liceman, It's all in KNOWN how. Nv
coorse I'll shtop it whin It's time. ]
ha-aye me eye on thin, an I'm wait
in"
He glanced down the street again
and slowly rose to his feet. i
"Whin two fellies is fghtin'." he
said, AN val iv thin Is gettin' tn
worst iv 1t, it's all fright fr to
shtep In, fr tn la-ad that's bein' done
up will be gla-ad to have We; but whin
it's an even thing ye betther keep Ii
ontll tn both Nv thin ha-ave all they
want iv 1t. It's not so hazard to han
die a licked ma-an,"
Just then Terry came racing back
from the corner where ne had been
watching the fight.
ooh, it's a bully fight" cried the
boy.
"An' fair?" asked Policeman Flynn.
Sure" answered the boy.
Nobody usin' br-rass knuckles or
br-ricks or knives?"
ooh, moi Regular rough and tumble"
AN neither Nv thin picked on tn
other?"
mo; it's an even thing. They've
been threatening to get together for a
month"
Policeman Flynn nodded solemnly.
There do be times" he said, "whin
ightin' is in til INTERESTS Nv peace. II
ray-mimber whin there was throuble
bechune Whalen an Duffy: they had
no liss than tin little fights that was
shtopped an they fln'ly got to heavin'
br-ricks at each other ontil Duffy got
his head br-roke. whin II they'd been
lift alone tn first time 'tw'u'd've
been all over with nothin' WORSE than
a pair iv black eyes"
"'Tis not f'r you to pa-ass on tn
lc-aws but to infcorce thim.' asserted
Mrs. Flynn, warmly, eye sh'u'd
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