The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-02

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cont ON ;rhorr hatrea ~ Tho no,;ce
ana n der,ved ;ts namo from mo fac
that mora no,,naman had hoon tom
porarily crippled q, n than on an,
other mn heat In the citv The row
dies clasbed at freouent intervals and
in the seneral Hebt that ;nvariabl,
ensued. windows were smashed an,
the lives of all In tho immediate vicin
ity were put in jeopardy by the flyin,
missiles. Arrests were frequent, ant
the patrol wagon had made so mani
trips to that %neighborhood that tn,
horses Just naturally turned in tina
direction when they left the barn. L
a single policeman endeavored to in
terfere when a battle was in progress
he went to the hospital in an ambu
lance; if a squad arrived on the scene
the warning factions scattered, and tn,
fact that a few participants might b.
gathered in had N lasting effect OF
e&istlhg conditions.
I'm to ha-aye a thrial on tn Grip
pie beat" said Policeman Flynn some
"na' ueJecteuiy "nen ne hiaoe III
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sta-arcb ont ~ him b,,t 7 visit he,d
tol, mo how to do a."
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lis ascohisnlh 10 me We maven
IN ~ tninl' returned roiiceilan
pishn' Enthusiastically
Give me ye-er collar" commanded
Mrs. Flynn, by way or reply.
The policeman looked surprised, but
he took off his nicely starched collar
and handed it to her. She promptly
dipped 1t in a basin of water and then
held it up for his inspection.
"'Tis DONE" she announced.
Policeman Flynn scratched his head
and departed in a thoughtful mood.
"She has a gr-reat head on her, fr
sure" he s%oliloquized. "If l liver r-run
short iv ca-ash I'll rint her out to a
com-ity iv wa-ays an means"
The first few days passed uneyent-
fully on his new beat. The clash that
had resulted in temporarily incapaci-
Eating his predecessor for work had
been followed by the arrest of some
of the rowdies. and the others were
disposed to be quiet. Policeman FIvnn
nnt In the fine making a study of the
situation. He knew that thew vera
watching him. and. like a good gen.
hr,i ho dos,rad r. famiI;ar,Se h,rosa,.
with Tho locality IN witch
h,s hott,o Nv bot,les wore 70 bo fo,,nht
- was norbons a woel, oftor 10 bad
h.u,n ratrolling tbe beat hot tha
srst c,na,ct came and he a-nnounoad
resrlt when be reacbad bomo Inv
tbo simnIe statement ",Tis DONE
"wh.t,s lone" asked Mrs F,vnn
M Hr.rst iob" renl;ed po,iceman
F,vnn v see twas this wa-,vn
ho went IN 9TH, la-ads have hoe,
sizin, me lid an waitin', Thev,s no
6ebtin' whin a new po-lisman shows
nm till they ha-ave a thry. at him. an,
they TUX a chanst at me this da-ay.
Ohio! twas a big felly that sta-arted
it all be ta-alkin' har-rd to me. DYE
think ven r-run this beat?' he saws.
.Pll thry,' says /. 'Ye ha-aye ye-er
work. cut out f'r ye,' he says, we
little bit Nv a sawed-off match If
We touch tn match I says to him,
yen find We ha-ave hold iv the sui
phur ind Shall | ha-and him wan?'
he says to tn others, Sure says they
to him, but twas too late. While we
was ta-alkin' I'd worked him r-round
till | had his ba-ack to tn horse
trough in frolt " tn say-loon where
they'd shtopped me-"
can what did W do thin?" aspe,
Mrs Flynn.
.vitb wan nush Police
man Elvnp az tuck m, sta-arcb out iv
..rhov,u murder vo o. ,h.tn Gotta
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