New Ulm review., 1912-10-09

take notice again. They found them.
selves in . dark. almost pitch-black
region of obscurity and silence. with
. wooden settee sustaining their
weight and stone floor echoing to
the touch of their heels. They found
their heads aching fearfully, while sun.
dry bruised spots on their backs, ribs
and shins demanded consolation. It
was so 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, Ramon?"
queried Brockett, striving to peer
across few inches of midnight gloom
at his companion.
Somewhat battered on the head:
somewhat damaged in the ribs and
knees; considerably mussed up as to
clothing, and, apparently, in JAIL" re-
turned the Cuban. "Otherwise think
am all right and perfectly happy.
Who pushed the building over on US.
anyhow"
II haven't the slightest idea," rue
fully responded Brockett. "All I can
remember is making one grab at that
negro, while you tried to seize the belt.
Then things seemed to 60 round and
round, and began to look through a
big telescope at the evening stars.
Did things impress you that way?"
pretty much so,'' Ramon answered.
II distinctly remember having one
hand on that belt, and the other hand
on that large black mans necktia
Then somebody turned of the lights
for an instant, turned them on again,
much brighter than before, and then
turned them off for keeps. I wonder
where We are?"
'Jail. I believe you hinted. Prob
ably the best place for us-or for me,
| anyway, after scoring such failure
as this has been. I'm sorry dragged
you into such piece of foolishness."
II came along entirely of my own
accord" said the Cuban, "and I don't
think We have made a failure of the
expedition-not yet. We didn't get
the belt away from that negro-true
enough-but we are great deal near
er to it than we were an hour before
we saw him. There can't be many
black men like that one; it's almost
certainty that the Chicago police know
him and can locate him, and 1 think
that when they find him he will be
quite willing to listen to reason"
"Yes-but how about making the po.
lice listen to reason first, In regard to
ourselves and our affairs?"
This was problem which required
weighty deliberation. and the unlucky
wanderers had just started an ami
changing of iron and grating Of bolts.
,, Some one turned on an electric light
nearby and the boys, blinking in the
CLEAN, saw that they were the occu-
pants of dingy cell, perhaps eight
feet long by five wide, and sumptuous-
ly furnished with long wooden
bench and an empty pail. The door
was slowly opening, and the aperture
framed the bulky figure Of sturdy
Irish policeman, who chuckled good
humoredly as he gazed in upon the
capttves.
"Well, how do ye young divils feel
after little time to cool OFF,"
Rather confused replied Brockett,
instinctively warming to the big Irish
man. "Tell us, won't you, how We
happen to be here?"
Have ye no memory at all?"
laughed the policeman.
Almost none, officer. We can re-
member things going round in circles
and then someone shooing our senses
away from us-nothing after that"
II can believe ye," returned the Of
ficer. II was just walkin' State street,
me and Flynn, me partner-l'm Ho-
gan, an the well-known, well-respect-
ed team is Hogan and Flynn, terrors
to all evil-doers. Well, me lad, be
that as it may, we were walkin' State
street, not too far from Taylor, when
we heard sounds indicatin' that Satan
had bruk loose in a coon restaurant
nearby. We went over, an I'm think
In we were just in time. Youse two
was on the floor, an half dozen big
niggers was tramplin' the stuftin' outa
youse. Five minutes more an ye'd
have both been fine subjects for the
coroner"
Tell me-" ventured Solano, was
there one great big fellow, twice the
size OF an ordinary man, among the
crowd?"
Nov ye remind me Of It," said the
policeman, there surely was-big Sam
Cruitt, the human elephant. Great big
niger, makes his livin' mostly by dis
tributin' ads for fake doctors and
thievin' dentists. He was tryin', as
near as We could Judge, to keep the
crowd off from youse two. Anyhow,
he wasn't doin' nothin' to harm either
wan of youse, an when We come in
he backed out the rear door, nice an
quiet. Bad niger is Sam, at times,
but he didn't seem specially bad on
this occasion"
Just the same," declared Brockett,