The sun., 1908-12-06


sIssE, a.zasIE 6z5 a lIls hdlnl = ~ Jaa
| kIa zelI ha1k limp Into The e. !. md tie
| grabbed ~ woman epd enappsd -.
| tapping bFaoaIet one dulf of whl0h etil
was wearing ubyeelf. on her wrist. Hhe
tried 70 punctdre mo with . hetpin thal
was made for other uses than keeping 6
hat on, but / twisted tlils tool out o b,
hand, loosed the cuff from my wrist and
then bFaceleted tho two together.
"qho result Of the woman'e buttlng IN
was that brought two OF them dnstead
Of the one TO New York, and incidentally
oopped o9t somethlng easy, the = :. .tsol ,Go1
Association had been offering for q year
for the woman's apprehension. Ths.
woman had the nerve 70 set up the v all
that had kidnapped her as she called ft,
out Of the State of Miss!ssippi, but she
he'd 70 do her little Ave epaoer.
An Of OK EhiSh 3 Isn't saying thatI s haven't, en-.
headed things In fetching In prisoners.
About the sappiest thing that ever
did In that line was when ! allowed a
prisoner 10 treat me for the faoeaohe.
He was young New York doctor who
had allowed drugs Of different kinds to
get the bulge on him. When he found
himself losing out on aocountof his habits
he'd scratched lot of punk paper and
II nailed him In Colorado Springs. and
he oonsenteu to drill back with me with
out the signature Of the Governor of
Colorado. He was q slender chap and
weak as kitten from monkeying with
the dope, and 50 ! didn't iron him any in
In shape to run twenty yards even II he
broke loose, and knew that all had to
do was to keep half awake.
IThere wasn't any trouble about that
end Of it--my keeping. awake. 1t was
measly damp. pecember weather and
calling through Illinois s3tsoL ppt picked up
of the chops. The train wasn't properly
heated and was almost bug from the
pain Of the thing.
"My dope eating doctor prisoner saw
tho shape was In and he asked me If
l wanted him to fix me up. r.
I've got the whole works In the
and AT J can stop those twinges OF yours
4 don't doubt that, bud told him,
with o Crouch. both mitts olapped to my
face, and guess you could come pretty
nigh to stopping me altogether with the
junk you've got In that medicine chest
q yours. What's your treatment for this
powdered glass and prussic acid? A.. +
oh, well, IL that's the way you look
at 1t, all right said my little doctor man,
looking heap hurt. and that ended the
talk for time.
when the train was about half an hour
me clomping up and down the aisle of
the car like q patient In the bug ward.
The pain was 30 fierce that it warped my
judgment and / couldn't see anything
else In life but chance to shake it.
Say. break out that kit Of, yours and
dope me along l said to my doctor pris-
oner. The way feel about it right now
I could lose this internal misery at the
same time
sHe got out his dope cabinet, unshipped
his vial that contained some watery
looking stuff and gave me q dose Of It in
the, glass OF water l got from the ice
cooler.
"Then sat down alongside of him.
and about a quarter OF an hour later-a
few minutes before the train was due to
haul into Chicago--I felt my eyes be-
ginning TO droop. 1t came on oil of
sudden and left me powerless. although
! was perfectly conscious.
II felt as IL ! hadn't seen the top side
OF bunk for five years, and with that
was q pleasant. numbed sensation that
caused me to reflect idly that it didn't
make q particle of difference to me
my prisoner lost me or not.
But I fought that and struggled to my
props and began to grope up and down the
aisle in an effort TO keep awake: A..
train was just slowing up at the Chicago
station. got q feeble clutch on. the
who had ataked me to the dose
He tried to break away, but was just
able in my drowsy condition 70 hang onto
him. and pulled him out to the plat
form and down the steps Of the car.
nhf nv, "a xyot-Ua Of vi<yfy a..
to the uncomfortable desire to sleep
when saw the station detective, q man
/ knew, hiking toward me. could see
that his first thought was that ] was
drunk, but as he swung alongside of me
he blew that notion.
"Take this dope. chum, l said to him.
handing over the prisoner to the station
and keep the hatch down on
him for me for BIT. fell for dose
he rigged up for me for neuralgia
That's all / could unreel, for was all
in. The station detective mked my man
over to the nearest precinct lookup. TO
be kept there over night. first having me
lugged to the station masters office and
for a doctor.
-The doctor, It seems-I didn't know
about II at the time-got q couple
Of station porterg to dance me up and
down the room for a couple of hours.
When finally swung around he told me
that must have gulped enough morphine
to we esa. g battalion OF Hassan Ben Ais
to the happy hasheesh grounds. and that
only the big overdose saved me.
Il had my share Of amusing experiences
prisoners back at that The
most ingenious reprobate ! ever ran back
here with was a Fellow that held pretty
near the worlds record in his day ss q
bigamist. He'd been hitched up with
a large percentage OF the femininity
Of New York and Pennsylvania at the time
I was cent after him, and when nailed
him In st. Louis he was stopping at the
main tavern of that town and making
ove to a wealthy hoyden Of rs. guest
ut the same inn.
al sure am sorry you showed up 80
previous like, he said to me tn an abused
sort of tone when rested my mitt on
ais shoulder in the hotel lobby and told
him he was mine. I've got that old hay
bag all but oopped. and she's got more
dun than Irehnd's got peat
Il allowed him to ride unhobbIed on
The run from st. Los to New York because
ne didn't show any runaway symptoms.
He wasn't dangerous or vicious in the
east, anyhow. The only kink IN him
Mas that he just naturally couldn't spot
IN unhitohed woman with bankroll that |
ID didn't want 70 marry her, and before |
he ride was over he gave me an ocular |
Of what gay clip he was |
With the women folks.
AT Pittsburg woman in o blond wig. !
IN enamelled and kalsomined face. black
iatin dreas and enough diamonds on her
ingers and in her ears to make charity
,an look like pikers.<row entered the
hair car In which we were seated.