Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-16
The Campaign in
Peek-a-Boo
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ISIS Iap illunl, aheln NJ l'etknliou
county, hatlnn buun lmpUflnhrd ~ u,
said, IA run aaaln fuf The nomination
feil that HE duty ~ the people u"
mnnded that hes make lhH sncLl'lle
and ~ be- gracefully Welded fr.N
would have gone atoms ull flnm tlta
40 a. The convention had It not beet
fof nrfrlhHef Charley. who fame. Il IT,
had n call from The sUYcrrlRns o.
course II was only im0g nary VII
Charley, hui then he vas an art
fellow aud might fool those who 3ln
take time ~ think how utterly dut
,allntle be- was So Zig Jap Planned
hls can't aian with his usual sa.ll IT.
hieh emergencies
IT'S Hs much fght for ycu boys ~
II IL for me-" he said 10 his three
deputies -Dlckie Swift AT Spu,s Run
Archie Trader at lIelanback and Jim
mla MunAhan pt THggorVihc, thV
county seat--"an' l'm lookin from
you for results. You know how to get
em. Keep anestln' somebody by
direction of the sheriff then let he
reporters interview you, an tell 'em
we never sleep. The man that max
the biggest strike I'll make deputy a
Trigeerville when I'm re elected. You
know wha, that means
The deputies Went to work. Whea
a halfwitted hobo was picked up In
the railroad yards the papers got II
that he wis desperate yeggman,
with a pocket full OF nitroglycerin and
skeleton keys. One night Dickie
Swift turned up fine sensation about
a bank robbery that came near being
pulled off I'll Spook Run, and would
have succeeded but for the opportuHe
arrival of the sheriff and his Winches
ter, the papers said on informatic>
gained from Dickie
Jimmie Monahan had visions Of a
dastardly attempt to wreck the Great
Western Limited by burning out a
bridge across the ravine south of
Triggerville, and he arranged so his
dreams came true. The tramps who
were held for the job until circuit
court met in the fall didn't mind, be-
cause time was no object and the
sheriff agreed to feed them well. OF
coW Sc Jimmie saw to it that his chief
figured prominently in the exploit
when the newspaper boys came
aroGnd him. Big Jap always modestly
declined to discuss these little affairs
for publication, merely remarking that
he had done nothing but his sworn
duty to the people of Peek-a-Boo
county.
This put it up to Archie Trader of
ieianback to do something. Arches
Galliwick was not promising. The min
sral had run out there, and with 1t had
gone the bad man and the rough
rider Even the two saloons remain
ing obeyed the law so punctiliously
that ii took all the Zest out of life.
Then cane a friend in need and he
gave Archie tip. 1t was a gilt-edged
gamble, but Archie let it soak until
Just before the convention. At this
period Sheriff Blunt was out every
day shaking hands with the yeomen,
and telling them what fine wives and
babies the Lord had given em.
Archie slipped into the county seat
unawares. His commission as deputy
authorized him to operate anywhere
IN 'Peek-a-Boo county that the peace
and dignity were walked on. The only
tac,y Archie took in his confidence
was a nisht policeman at Triggerville.
i midnight the two men slipped into
large Office building, tiptoed through
the corridors and unlocked a storage
room by means of skeleton keys. In
This storage room was a door leading
i2to another room, and a transom
over it. Archie and the policeman
climbed up on box, looked through
the transom and made notations on
scrap of paper. In the morning they
quietly swore out warrants for five
illustrious citizens for gambling, and
placed them under arrest. When the
newspaper boys came around Archie
told how Sheriff Blunt had been laying
for the gang for many nights and at
last had got them dead to rights
Among the Ave culprits was the
mayor of Triggerville, one of the big
merchants, couple of lawyers and
the circuit judge. So, you see, 1t
made good stuff" and Archie felt like
a blooded racehorse that has scored
glorious finish. The papers of Trig-
gerville didn't leave a thing out cal
culated to add interest to the story.
That one of the gamblers had escaped
through failure of identity was gen.
erously commented upon in way to
relieve the deputy of blame.
When the sheriff got in from little
roundup among the Greeks blasting
down In the hills, Archie told his tale
and shovel his papers
you're the town talk, JAP" he
said, exultantly; it'll be eastern q
cake walk for you to go in now
who put you next, Arch?" asked
the sheriff, YEARLY.
THE Comanche Kid" used to train
with Charley, but they had fallin'
out. an he's come over to us"
Il see."
The sheriff didn't look happy, and
Archie thought he knew why.
The paper says one got away, and
that's So" said the deputy. But one
o. the lawyers is weakenin', an I'm