The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

they began to sit up and take notice
again. They found themseives-in . dark,
almost pltch-black region Of obscs'-'ty
and silence. with a wooden settee Is
tanning their weight and = stone floor
echolng to the touch Of their heels. -hey
found their heads aching fearfuily,. while
sundry bruised spots on their backs. ribs,
and shins demanded consolation II was
20 dark IN their new quarters that they
could not see themselves or each other.
but each Of them felt himself strangely
soiled and dirty.
How do you find yourself, RamonT'
guarded Brockett. striving to peer across
a few inches Of midnight gloom at hts
companion.
.somewhat battered on the head;
somewhat damaged in the ribs and
knees; considerably mussed up as 10
clothing. and. apparently, IN jail" re-
am all right and perfectly happy. Who
pushed the building over on Us. any
howT''
II haven't the slightest idea" ruefuliy
responded Brockett ~AlI / can remem-
Der II making one grab at that negro.
while you tried to seize the belt Then
things seemed to go round and round.
and began to look through a big tele-
scope at the evening stars. Did things
impress you that way7''
Pretty much So" Ramon answered.
Il distinctly remember having one hand
on that belt, and the other hand on that
large black mans necltle. Then some
body turned OF the lights for an instant
turned them on again. much brighter
than before, and then turned them on
for keeps. I wonder where we are:"
I'll 1t. N.1 .tlalal
the best place for us-or for me. anyway,
after scoring such q failure as this has
been. I'm sorry I dragged you into such
piece Of foolishness.''
'I came along entirely Of my own ac-
cord" said the Cuban. ''and don't think
we have made q failure OF the expedi-
tion--net yet We didn't get the belt away
from that negro-true enough-but We
are q great deal nearer to It than we were
an hour before we saw him. There can't
be many black men like that one; IL s
almost a certainty that the Chicago po-
lice know him and can locate him. and l
think that when they find him he will be
quite willing to listen to reason"
"Yes-but how about making the police
listen to reason first, in regard to our
selves and our affairsT'
This was a problem which required
weighty deliberation. and the unlucky
wanderers had Just started an animated
discussion when there was q changing Of
iron and a grating of bolts. Some one
turned on an electric light near by and
the boys. blinking In the CLEAN. saw
that they were the occupants of a dingy
cell. perhaps eight feet long by hve wide.
and sumptuously furnished with q Ions
wooden bench and an empty pail The
door was slowly opening. and the aper-
ture framed the bulky figure OF a sturdy
Irish policeman, who chuckled good-hu-
moredly as he gazed in upon the captives.
We'll. how do ye young divils feel after
a little time to cool off?"
Rather confused" replied Brockett
instinctively warming 10 the big Irishman
Tell US. won't you. how we happen tc
be here?"
Have ye no memory at air. laughed
the policeman.
Almost none, oficer. We can remem.
Der things going round in circles and
from us-nOthing after that"
II can believe ye," returned the officer
Il was Just walI(in' State street. me and
Flynn. me partner-Tm Hogan, an tho
weIl-knoWn, well-respected team Is Hogan
and Flynn. terrors to all evil-doers. Well
me lad. be that as IL may. we were walk
In State street, not too far from Taylor
when We heard sounds indicatin tha
Satan had bruk loose In a coon restau
rant near by. We went over. an I'm
thinkin' We were just in time. Youse twt
was on-the floor, an half a dozen BIZ
niggers was tramplin' the stufin' out;
youse. Five minutes more an ye'd hav,
both been fine subjects for the coroner.
Tell me-" vsntured Solano. was Their
one great big fellow. twice the size OF al
ordinary man. among the crowd?
Now ye remin' me OF it," said tn,
policeman. there surely was-big San
Cruitt, the human elephant. Great bis
Niger, makes his livin' mostly by dis
tributin' ads for fake doctors and thiev.
in dentists. He was tryin', as near a:
We could judge. to keep the crowd OF
from youse two. Anyhow. he WASH
doin' nothin' to harm either wan o
out the rear door. nice an quiet. BAD
nIgger Is Sam, at times, but he didn't
seem specially bad on this occasion
Just the same" declared Brockett
the trouble started because he haf
stolen something OF mine-or, rather. haC
something OF mine that another man haC
stolen A money belt containing con
siderable cash and-wen, anyhow, con
tanning all my money"
He showed the belt in this restau
rant" put in Solano, and we, acci
dentalIy happening to be there at tn
time, naturally tried to take II ava!
from him. Then. I suppose, they al
jumped on US"
THAT they did, an the only thing In
surprised. at" remarked the officer. 'f
that they didn't use their razors on ye
Bad lot Of coons hang round that place
I'm tellin' ye."
I'VE fully believe IT," said Solano. will
a grimace Of pain. But say, oficer, hov
long have we been IN here, and hov
long have we 20 stay?'
'Ye have been in only a matter o
/ saA iad
man. though suppose IL has seemed I
week OF Sundays. As to how long y
stay-weIl. ys haven't boon booked yet
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