St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-23

| of bevy Of simpering nurse girls in
the park, he saw coming toward him
at full speed a pair of wild-eyed horses
with an ice wagon swaying from side
| to side. Behind the seat of the wagon
stood man trying desperately to get
| hold Of the reins. At once Michael rec
ognized the waving yellow hair and
| pale features of the driver as those
of the detested Hans, and in the same
moment there came to him the reali
cation of his opportunity for revenge
He ran into the roadway and as the
| flying wagon passed, caught the chain
of the end gate and swung himself in
to the box. AS he gained his feet the
wagon slowed suddenly and he lurched
! forward, bringing up against the back
Of the sturdy driver Selling him
drmly by the collar, Officer Flanagan
gasped:
Il arrest you in the name of the
law" Hans did not quite understand
but the hands on his collar in the mo-
ment of success made him angry.
What you want?-let me co." he
cried Indignantly.
Not me-" retorted Michael triumph
antly, you are under arrest for driv
! ing a traffic team in the park, and
must go with me to the station
Hans chung to the reins and refused
! to come. In his broken English he
explained and expostulated, he all but
exploded. Another officer was ap
preaching, and when he came within
earshot the victim of circumstances
| appealed to him volubly But the
newcomer was Indifferent. If Hans
was arrested why of course he must
| go to the station, and so to the station
he went, in charge of the exultant
| Flanagan.
The magistrate was busy when they
arrived and Hans was allowed to go
until the afternoon, when he was told
he would be given hearing. Police
man Flanagan smiled grimly to him
self as he strolled back on post.
There was a goodly chance that Hans
employer would fire him for careless
ness, and what would Hulda say when
she heard that Hans had offended the
majesty of the law and been arrested.
There was no fear that she of the
f1axen hair and bright eyes would not
hear of the occurrence Michael
would attend personally to the convey
ance of the tidings.
In the afternoon Officer Flanagan
made his appearance in court. Hans
came in due time, accompanied by no
less person than Hulda. With them
were also his employer, Mr.. Ball, and
Hank O'Day, the iceman Michael mar
rated the details of the arrest, and
then Mr.. Ball had his innings.
He told the magistrate how Hans,
at the risk of his life, had sprung into
the runaway wagon as it dashed by
the building where he was employed,
and succeeded in bringing the mad
dened team to halt after passing the
park entrance. This statement was
corroborated by Hulda, who had wit
messed Hans daring leap, and lastly
Hank O'Day testified that he was the
regular driver of the team.
Before discharging Hans, the magis-
trate addressed few remarks to Off
Ger Flanagan which made that zeal
Gus member of the force wilt percep-
tibly. Michael left the courtroom with
such sentences as "officious interfer-
ence, bungling stupid work, utterly
unfit to wear police uniform''-ring-
ing in his ears. But the hardest part
to bear was the sight of Hulda cling.
ing to Hans stalwart arm as they
walked away together.