Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-12-02
The Campaign in
peek-a-bOo
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I W'ifFhHN " ffHlF WHY fNf ''V
IT'S lag ilual, ahenn N peek ~,
connig, having been lmpufluned, ~ b,
sad. ~ rud Haalu fof lle nomination
feli that his duty ~ The people Dc
iuanded that he make iha sacrifice
md ~ b. gracefully yielded 1hins'
would have gone aiong ~ right cleai
~ IA ilie convention had n not been
fof Datlnaef Charley. who foBcled ht
had u call ffom ihe sovefelgns. OF
course II WIS only imaginary with
Charley. bat then ho WIS an artfuI
follow and might fool those who didn't
take tine to think how utterly una.
valuable he was. So lIIg Jap planned
his campaign with his usual skill In
hieh emergencies
"lt's as nmch "a fight for you boys ~
n Ia for me-" he said to his three
deputies Dlckie swim nj Spook Run,
Archie Trader AZ llelanback and Jim.
mle Monahan at Trggcryille. the
county ecat---"an' I'm lookin from
YOU for results. You know how to get
'em. Keep arrestin' somebody, by
direction of the sherif'--then let the
reporters interview you, an tell EN-
we never sleep. Tho man that makes
the biggest strike ri make deputy at
Triggerville when I'm reelected You
/ know what that means
! The deputies went TO work. When
half-witted hobo was picked up in
the railroad yards the papers got it
that he WAS a desperate yeggman,
with pocket full Of nitroglycerin and
skeleton keys. One night Dickle
Swift turned up fine sensation about
bank robbery that came near being
pulled off at Srook Run, and would
have succeeded but for the opportune
arrival of tfe sheriff and his Winches-
ter, the papers said, on information
gained from Dickie
Jimmie Monahan had visions of
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
We're 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 we'll or
course, Jimmie saw to it that his chief
figured prominently in the exploit
when the newspaper boys came
around 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
Helanback to do something. Arches
balliwick was not promising. The min
eral 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 punctiiously
that ii took all the zest out of life.
Then came friend in need and he
gave Archie tip. 1t was gilt-edged
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 |
him to operate anywhere |
in Peek-a-Boo county that the peace !
and dignity were walked on. The only /
party Archie took in his confidence
was night policeman at Triggerville. /
At midnight the two men slipped into
a 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 !
into another room, and a transom
over it. Archie and the policeman
climbed up on a box, looked through
the transom and made notations on a
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 five culprits was the
mayor of Triggerville, one of the big
a couple of lawyers and
The circuit Judge. So, you see, it
made good stuff" and Archie felt like
4 blooded racehorse that has scored a
glorious finish. The papers of Trig-
yerville didn't leave thing out cal
,ulated to add interest to the story.
That one of the gamblers had escaped
through failure of identity was gen.
erously commented upon in a way to
relieve the deputy of blame.
When the sheriff got in from little
'ound-up among the Greeks blasting
Town in the hills, Archie told his tale
Ind showed his papers.
You're the town talk, jap" he
said, exultantly; It'll be eastern
AXE walk for you to go in now"
who put you next Arch?" asked
he sheriff, YEARLY.
The Comanche Kid" used to train
With Charley, but they had a fallin'
tut, an he's come over to u.s."
Il see."
The sheriff didn't look happy, and
Archie thought he knew why.
"The paper says one got away, and