The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-27
Copuight, 1909, by BENZ B. Hampton.


oa~a OLICE CAPTAIN Sheehan tossed to the desk
ACMb before him the little, glt-edgcd copy OF
kkN "The Courtship of Miles Standsh' that,
eS with the aid OF his forchngcr and much
profanity. he had been laboriously pcrusns. and,
cooking his feet up beside it. puffcd on his cigar
thoughtfully.
Now there's guy wit tn right idca.' he COM
mentcd "but he's poor PERFORMER. He aint got no
noiye tub be sure but he amt got bility neither
"Hc sets in his Office wit good segar III his lace
an he frames it up. Now if yousc goes chasin
down tuh propose tub the dame vuhsclf he says tub
himself yuh1 get yuh woids all tangled up an crab
tn whole deal. When ii comes tub handn' out tn
mush. Bill, yuh'rc dead one. Yuhrc done before
yuh begin
Now, nc secs that that's straight talk he's gvin
himself He knows that when it comes uh takin'
he's so bum that alongside o him deef mute looks
like Boikc Cochran. He's like guy. Wit creepm'
paralysis to dance He couldn'; pull off this love
play by himself an he knows Ill an fur he's got
all four wheels on tn ashfclt an is goin' fine.
But there is where he makes his bad break by
callin in this Alden guy tub hep him out Now,
what he should "a did tub get some hungry
Iookin' mutt wit face like fried aig an send him
down. But stead O. dat he picks out a big, fine
lookiD' lad An o dc goi done what she
done Why w7ou'n' she1 She flags this Standish
guy an nails tn other b!okc, an tn Standsh guy
gets what's comm tub him an what he dissovcs fr
bein such dub. Now, if it had "a ben me-
EIc stopped short His jaw dropped; and his cigar
fell from his lips. unnotced. to the floor
"Gcc~ he cried huskily. And again, "Gecl"
For some moments he sat there, immersed head
in his thoughts AT length. after man
might slowly have counted hundred, he abstract
cdy drew another cigar long and black. from his
waistcoat-pookct and, biting off the end, fell to
chewing it.
Great" he exclaimed at length. Immense, I'll
do 1t. ! be dam T DON'T!
With muttcred anathema, Detective John Dugan
laid down hand that had in it four, and possibly
hve. kings. and prepared to obey the summons of
his superior
As he entered the door the captain looked up,
nodded curtly and then plunged at once into the
matter nearest his heart
"Dugan," he said. lever read this7" and he held
up before the amazed eyes OF the summoncc the
little gilt-cdgcd volume
Dugan took ii He looked at it. Nope" he said.
and handed it back.
"Y'oughter" advised the captain IS great stuff
Them lit'rary books improves yuh mind lot,
Course they don hand yuh notn' yuh can use r
notn' thatl do yuh no good. but they ooitnly does
give peach of tone to guys conversation"
Dugan enthusiastically aimed his crossed eyes
at two opposite corners of the ceiling and thought
OF the four and possibly five, kings.
This book" continued the captain, "is bout a
guy what is soft on dame He don quite like tuh
go maxim tn love play by his lonesome, so he sends
guy what woks f'r him down instead tuh hand out
them soP woids o tenderness M that s
bout enough O tn book fr yousc tuh know
He ceased speaking and gazcd at Detective Dugan
thoughtfully.
"Wcll2" said the latter. mpatently strokng
square heavy chin with hand that closely re-
seublcd badly cured ham We'll, what OF it?
Huh7'
The captain twisted in his chair trifc uneasy.
lever sec mat Soi Q wolf lone Brady'SF
Dugan considered
"Yuh mean tn peaoh?" he quericd at lcng,h "Th'
strawberry blon one wit tn dark lamps!"
The captain nodded
That's tn one" he said. And then. after long
interval I'm kin o soft on that damc,' and he
twisted his moustache coquettishly
Dugan, with stumpy fingers, caressed nose that
'ay conspicuously on the bias and gruntcd noncom.
mit;aly
She all to tn good" he observed uncnthusiasti-
ealy' an there wit III looks. Swell enough tuh be
show-goil r cloak model at least Where v,h
meet herr"
The captain took deeper grip on his cigar.
amt never met her." he returned; that is not
yet I've jes saw her couple O. times wan youse
'uh sec her Sce'" And he tapped significantly with
heavy forehngcr the littc-gilt edged volume
Dugan saw
Oa! ne said Understandings 80 that's tn
game chr Yuh wan tub beat it down tuh tn
names house an frame il up f'r youse eh7-sort ~