Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-26
He ACTS AS PEACEMAKER.

Barney" She Said, Impressively,, ~
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In meditative mood Policeman Bar
ney Flynn was smoking his pipe in
front Of his little home when the cry
Of Flight! Fight" was raised down
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 We Wa-ake up?"
"Divil ta-ake tn pipe" commented
Policeman Flynn. "'Tis no betther
than tn lue " tn kitchen shtove
that's always gettin' shtopped up"
"D'ye hear, Barney, that two fellies
Is poundin' thimsilves up over fer
ninst tn corner?" persisted Mrs.
Flynn.
"Ha-ave 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, "are
ye tn guardeen~iv tn peace or are ye
, not?"
Il am" he replied. ''but I'm not tn
' guardeen " tn fights. Are We tired Nv
me that We wa-ant me f'r to mix it up
with two la-ads that's havin' bit iv
throuble bechune thimsilves?"
Il wa-ant ye to show that ye're a
man an a po-lisman," asserted Mrs.
Flynn. ''They do be lghtin'."
"Im of juty," protested Policeman
Flynn, IAN it's not on me beat amy
way. Sind in tn riot-call If ye think
tbs fright f'r to interfere. Lave me
have me pipe now, an don't be afther
botherin' me. Dye think I'm lukkin'
f'r black eye?''
II think ye're lukkin' f'r a chanst
to show that ye're a coward" said
Mrs. Flynn, scornfully.
Now, ordinarily, Mrs. Flynn's asper-
s1ons On her husbands prowess 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 I come
home with me coat tore an me
knuckles bleedin' an a big lump over
me lift ear?" he asked.
| II do" answered Mrs Flynn.
| II shtopped 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 f'r to be shtitched up?"
| Nv coorse / do" admitted Mrs.
Flynn.
| HE shtopped a fight that da-ay," re-
marked Policeman Flynn. II tell ye,
Mary, whin ma-an wants f. to fight
it's fright to lave him have his fill iy
it,
'Tis- not tuty," insisted Mrs. Flynn.
But it's sinse," said the policeman.
Eye see, Mary, it's all in KNOWN how.
Whin ma-an is fightin' mad it's a
small matther to him who he does his
shcrappin' with. He'll start in fight
In wan ma-an an wind up be hghtir'
another, an it's more satisfyin' to him
f'r to take a welt at tn peacemaker
than at amy wan ilse. If ye was on
tn foorce, Mary, ye'd larn that ye niver
sh'u'd interfere in a fight ontil We
! can lick both iv tn parties to it, Fl
| it's tin to wan that's what yell have
!, f'r to do"
Thin ye won't shtop tn hght?'
: suggested Mrs. Flynn.
II told we, Mary" returned the po-
!, liceman, "'tis all in KNOWN how. Nv
coorse I'll shtop it whin tits time. I
ha-ave me eye on thin. an I'm wait
in"
He glanced down the street again
, and slowly rose to his feet.
"Whin two fellies is f1ghtin'," he
said, FAN wan " thin is gettin' tn
worst iv it, It's all fright f'r to
shtep in, f'r tn la-ad that's bein' done
: up will be gla-ad to have We; but whin
it's an even thing We betther keep out
ontil tn both iv thin ha-ave all they
want iv it.. IT'S not so hazard to han
die licked ma-an."
+ Just then Terry came racing back
from the corner where he had been
watching the fight. =.
ooh, it's a bully fight" cried the
boy. 80. -~7
fan fair?" asked Policeman Flynn
Sure answered the boy. -,
Nobody usin' br-rass knuckles OF
bricks or knives?" - Ct
"'Oh, no! Regular rough and tumble. %
"An' neither Nv thin picked on tn
other?" -. ::~-:~ :: + =: - .s -~s "
> "No; it's an even thing. :. They've
been threatening to get together for a
month"; u - =. 4 - "a ~
Policeman Flynn nodded solemnly.
:. There do be times, he said, ."whin
fghtin' is IN TIL zinth .rests " peace: Il
ray-mimbers whtn there was zthrouble
bechune Whalen AN Dufy; Z: they had
no Hiss than tin little fights that was
|. shtopped an they nn'ly got to. heayln'
.br-ricks at each other ontil +Duffy got
his head .br-roke; swhtn II they'd been
lift alone TIL dr-rst time '.tw' u.d,ve
been all over with moth I'M. WORSE than
pair " black eyes '. .s.: s=..sz
Z z.. lis a ot ff,r you to pa-ass on th'
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