The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-10
men in the upper chambers the next
morning afforded the evening press the
sensation of the year.
CHAPTER III.
ANGEL ESQUIRE.

Nobody quite knows how Angel
Esquire came to occupy the position
pointment, IAN Officer of Twenty
Years Standing wrote to the Police
Review and characterized the whole
thing as "a job" Probably 1t was. For
Angel Esquire la been many things in
his short but useful career, but never a
policeman. He had been a big game
shot, a special correspondent, a
approach to occupying a responsible
position in any police force In the
world was when he was appointed q
j.. p. of Rhodesia, and, serving on the
Tuli commission, he hanged M'Linchwe
and six Of that black desperado's COM
panions.
His circle of acquaintance extended
to the suburbs of London, M the SUI
burbanites, who love you to make their
flesh creep, would sit in shivering but
pleasurable horror whilst Angel Es-
quire elaborated the story Of the IKE
cution.
In Mayfair Angel Esquire was best
known as a successful mediator.
"Who is that ~old-looking young man
with the wicked e %. asked the Dow
ager Duchess of Hoeburn; and her
vis-a-vis at the Honorable Mrs. Car
ter-Walker's Shutdown tea"-it was
in the days when Mayfair vas aping
SoDuAp ld-pu@ up llS dllOSSlllSl OllllCC-
essary eyeglass.
"oh, that's Angel Esquire!" he said,
carelessly.
What is he?" asked tbs duchess.
"a policeman"
"India?"
ooh, no, Scotland Yard"
Good Heavens!" said her grace in a
What is he doing? Watching the
guests, or keeping a friendly eye on
the Carter woman's spoons?"
The young man guffawed.
Don't despise Old Angel, Duchess"
he said. Hes a mar to know. Great
fellow for putting things right. If you
have a row with your governor, or get
into the hands Observation-Disclosures, or
generally, II you're In a mess OF any
kind, Angels the chap to pull you out"
Her grace surveyed the admirable
man with a new interest.
Angel Esquire, with a cup of tea in
one hand and a thin grass sandwich in
the other. was the center Of a group
of men, including the husband Of the
animation.
"I held three aces pat, and opened
the pot light to let 'em In. Young sa-
vile raised the opening to a tenner, and
the dealer went 10 better. George Man
fred, who had passed, came in for q
pony, and took m card. I took two.
and drew another ace. Saville took
one, and the dealer stood pat. ]
thought 1t was my money, and bet q
pony. Saville raised it to so, the deal
err made it 100 and George Manfred
doubled the bet. 1t was up to me.
had four aces; I put Saville with a
full" and the dealer with a flush ]
had the beating Of that lot; but what
about Manfred? Manfred is a Teller
with all the sense going He kneu
what the others had. If he bet, he
had the goods, so l chucked my fou,
aces into the discard. George had q
straight flush"
A chorus Of approval came from the
group.
Standing" had been a listener he might
well have been further strengthened in
his opinion hat Of all persons Mr.
Angel was least fitted to fill the respon.
sible position he did.
If the truth be told, nobody quite
knew exactly what position Angel die
hold. If you turn into New Scotland
for Efr. Christopher Angel-Angel Els.
quire by the way was a nickname af'
fixed by a pert little girl-the consta.
BILE, having satisfied himself as to YOU
bona-fides, would take you up a figh'
of stairs and hand you over to yet an.
oLner officer, WHO Woulu CoHuuct you
through innumerable swing doors, AM
along uncounted corridors till h,
stopped before a portal inscribed "647.'
Within, you would inc Angel Esquir,
sitting at his desk, doing nothing, will
the aid of a Sporting Life and a small
weekly guide to the Turf.
Once Mr.. Commissioner himsel
walked into the DON ~unannounced AM
found Angel SO immersed in an elabo
rate calculation, with big sheets of pa
per closely filled with figures, and opel
books IN either hand, that he did no
hear his visitor.
"What is the problem?" asked MI
Commissioner, and Angel locke u,
with his sweetest smile, and recogniz
ing his visitor, rose.
Whats the problem?" asked MI
Commissioner again.
"a serious flaw, sir" said Ange'
with all gravity. Here's Mimosa han
dicapped at even stone nine in tn
Friary Nursey, when, according to m,
calculations, she can give the field
stone, and beat any n of EN-
The commissioners saspca.
my dear fellow" he expostulateC
Il thought you were working on tn
Lagos bank business"
Angel had a far-away look in hi
eyes when he answered
ooh, that is all finished. Old Carb
was poisoned by a man named-forge
his name now, but he was a Monroviar
l wired the Lagos police, and we caugf
the chap this morning at Liverpool
took him off at Elder, Dempster boat.
The police commissioner beamed.
MY congratulations. Angel. By Jov,
I thought we shouldn't have a chanc
of helping the people in Africa.
there q white man in it?"
CONTINUED Next Week)