The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-27

Barney" said Mrs. Barney Flynn
as the policeman settled himself LOT
a smoke.
"PrisentY returned Policeman
Flynn, absent -mindedly saluting.
"Ha-ave We a minute to spare?
81 ha-ave tin Nv Thin" answered
Policeman Flynn.
"'Twill be enough" said Mrs.
Flynn. II wisht ye'd run mkt door
an artist Mrs. Dugan."
CTR why?" asked Policeman Flynn,
looking at her in establishment Dio
/ she give We the cold shtare wnln ye
pa-assed her be tn corner, or did she
tell tn neigh-bors We was wearih
hat iv la-ast years crop!
"Ha-aye a little sinse about ye, Bar
new" returned Mrs. Flynn, indignant
". "She do be pilin' ashes fernlnst
tn fince, where they blows over an
rooms the work. iv days wasnln.
I ha-ave tn clo'es hung out to dnfy'
an whin take thin in me best whlte
pitticoat luks like polky-dot dhress.
"Why don't We wear it f'r wan!
demanded Policeman Flynn, peril
nently. "'Tw'u'd be money saved.
Barney, are We fool?" asked MRS.
FLYNN. warmly. "Will ye artist that
woman or will we not?"
"'Tis tn first time liver knew ye
c'u'dn't hold up ye-er own ind with
amy wan" replied Policeman Flynn
eyasively. eff they was foor to wan
tw'u'd be dif'rint; but with wan 10
wan niver knew ye to back down..
Back down, is it," cried MIS-
Flynn. "Sure, We betther not sa-a!
that more than wanst Back down!
Oh, me. Oh, my! G'wan over an
ask Mrs. Dugan II / backed down
, I give her as good as she give me
livery time. Dye think l ha-ave NJ
tongue in me head to let tn likes N
her come over met"
. 81 know We ha-ave," said Policeman
, Flynn, with feeling. But, accordin
to ye-er own shtory, it's an axe
thing"
"'Tis not, IL ye're a ma-an," as
) serted Mrs. Flynn; 'if ye're not, thil
Fave me know it. IT'S an akel thin
J bechune her an me. with me havir
, a little tn best Nv 1t; but her ma-al
. do be a .dhriver an not po-lismar
FIR why are ye on tn foorce? f
= tn protection iv thin as needs 1t. ]
ven not shtand up fr me, / Nigh
as we'll be marri'd to a hod-caryer."
I "Mrs. Flynn said the patrolma'
1 impressively, there's wan thing I
like fr to tell ye. IT'S me that nive
shir-rked me july. I've been fernins
: the worst that iver come down Il
pla-ank r-road. I've TUX three mi
J. to the station to wanst, an I've ke
/ ordher iliction day in tn ha-arde
j. district in tn city. I've TUX tn &C
; min an tn strong-arm min an II
n worst characters that liver was p'
l. behind the ba-ars, but niver whit I
e feminist a woman in clo'es-line figf
d an I niver will while l ha-ave n
d sinses lift to me. I'd rather go to
mark an artist tn tiger fr playi
with a blind pig. / w'u'd that.
rather run in tn ELEPHANT fr
Is larceny iv a bale Nv hay. I'd soon
dispute tn fright Nv wa-ay Nv cab
q. car with me back TURNED to
% Mrs. Flynn"-and here he becaI
ie even more impressive-'T ha-ave
head iv hair that I'd like fr to kee
an It's not to me likin' to ha-ave I
uniform tore to pieces"
yell not artist herr"
% 81 will not"
"Will ye go over and talk to
y, frindly-like?"
d "What'Tl I sa-ay to herr"
ae "Tell her in quit, gintell wa
that she's no la-ady, or she'd not
afther THROWN ashes where tn
as blows on me clo'es. an talkin' ba
fe to her betthers. Shpeak gintle,
It, coorse, but tell her yell sind her
te tn pinitintiary and br-reak her ma-a