The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-12-28

In meditatiye mood Policeman Bar
ney Flynn was smoking his pipe i,
front OF his little home when the or,
OF Fight. Fight" was raised dow
the street and everybody started run
ming in that direction-that is. every
body but Flynn. He continued 10 put
at his pipe as II there was nothin.
unusual going on.
Barney. exclaimed Mrs. Flynn
suddenly appearing in the doorway
why don't We wake up?"
Divil ta-ake tn pipe" commented
Policeman Flynn. IT'S no betther
than III hue iv tn kitchen shtove
chats always gettin' shtopped up"
Dye hear, Barney. that two fellies
As poundin' thimsilyes UP We fer
ninst tn corner?" persisted Mrs.
Flynn.
Ha-ave We seen Terry foolin with
th pipe? asked Policeman Flynn. ig-
noring his wife's question. lis all
wrong an I can't make it draw at
all"
Mrs. Fynn's indignation at being
thus ignored was so greet hat she
promptly snatched the offending pipe
away from him.
Barney. she said impressively. are
ye tn glardeen iy III peace or are We
not?"
! an he replied. bur I'm not III
guardeen iv m fights. Are We tired iv
me that ye want me rr 10 mix IL I'd
with two la-ads that's hayin' a bit iv
throuble bechune thimsilves2~
want We 20 show that we're a
man an a po-lisman. asserted Mrs.
Flynn. They do be hghtin'."
I'm on july. protested Policeman
FLYNN, an us not on me beat amy
way. Sind in IN riot-call if We think
lis r-rigght fr 70 Interfere Lave me
nave me pipe now. an don't be aftber
ootherin me. Dye think I'm lukkin'
tr a black eyer"
1 think ye're lukkin' fr a chanst
% show that we're a coward" said
Mrs. Flynn. scOrnfully.
Now, ordinarily. Mrs. Flynn's asher.
sIons on her husbands prowess are
sufficient 70 rouse him 10 action. as has
oeen demonstrated on many occasions
OUT this time the method failed.
Dye ray-mimber tn da-av I come
home with me coat tore an me
Enuckles bleedin' an a big lump over
me lift carr he asked.
II do. answered Mrs. Flynn.
/ shtopped a fight that da-ay." said
Policeman Flynn. and then. after a
pause sufficient 20 enable his wife 10
grasp the connection. he added. "D've
ray mimber tn time Maloney wint TO
IN hospittle fr to be stitched up"
Nv coorse I DO" admitted Mrs.
He shtopped a fight that da-ay." re-
Policeman Flynn. Il tell We.
Mary. w1in a ma-an wants fr 10 fight
It's fright to lave him have his fill iv
lis not July" insisted Mrs. Flynn.
But lis sinse." said the policeman.
'fe see. Mary. It's all in KNOWN how
Min a ma-an is hghtin' mad It's a
matther 10 him who he does his
h%crappin with. He'll start in fight.
n wan ma-an an wind up be ightir'
mother. an It's more satisfyin' to him
r TO take a welt at tn peacemaker
han at amy wan ilse. If We was on
h foorce, Mary. ye'd larn that We niyer
interfere In a fight ontil We
lick both " tn parties to II. fr
Us tin 20 wan that's what yen have
r 10 do"
Thin We won't shtop tn fgh?"
uggested Mrs. Flynn.
\ told ye. Mary returned the DO
It's all in KNOWN how. " q
I'll shtop II whin It's time. a
Ia-ave me eye on thin. an I'm wait C
d" s.
lie glanced down the street again
nd slowly rose 10 his feet. &
"Whin two fellles Is Hghtin'." he
aid, "an' wan ~ thin is gettin' tn \
Tor-rst " II, It's all Fright fr 10 D
htep In. fr tn la-ad that's beln' done 81
y will be gla-ad to have ye; but whin
lis an even thing we betther keen out r
ntil tn both iy Thin ha-aYe all they h
iv IT. 'Tis not so hazard 10 han "
le a licked ma-an."
Just then Terry came racing back b
the corner where he had been h
fatching the fight.
oh, its a bully fight" cried the IA
oy. "a
An fair" asked Policeman FlynG
Sure answered the boy. n
Nobody usin' br-rass knucklos or a
or knives?r II
'Oh. no Regular rough and tumble" di
An neither Nv thin picked on tn
no; It's an esen thing. They've
cen threatening to get together for a r,
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