The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-13

| niger. makes his livin' mostly by dis
tributin' ads for fake doctors and
| thieyin' dentists. He was tryin', as
near as We could Judge, 10 keep the
orowG off from youse two. Anyhow.
he wasn't doin nothin' to harm either
wan OF youse, an when we come IN
he lacked 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
the trouble started because he had
! stolen something OF mine-or. rather.
had something of mine that another
man had stolen. a money belt, con
tanning considerable cash and-well,
anyhow, containing all my money"
He showed the belt in this res
taurant," put in solano, "and we. acci-
dentally happening to be there at the
time, naturally triad to take il away
from him. Then, / suppose, they all
jumped on u.s."
THAT they did, an the only thing
I'm surprised at," remarked the Of
hcer, is 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,
with a grimace OF pain. But say,
officer, how long have we been in
here, and how long have We to stay?"
"Ye have been in only a matter OF
three hours, lads" replied the police
man, though ! suppose it has seemed
a week Of Sundays. AS to how long ye
stay-well, ye haven't been booked
yet. I'm not a bad judge Of people
when I see them, an ye look all right"
Washed and brushed up the boys
felt little more like live human be-
ings. Officer Hogan treated them
like younger brothers, assured them
that no charge had been entered
against them, and that they might con-
slider themselves as simply held for
safekeeping Better stay right here
till eVenin'," said the hospitable off,
Ger, AN then we will sally out an try
to get hold OF the big niger. have
a half-idea as to where we can locate !
him. He's up against the dope-smokes |
hop regular-an' it won't be hard to !
find him. Along after supper, lads, |
wen go out an do the best we can"
Neither Brockett nor Solano could |
find words to ut the case, but the
twinkle in the big policeman's eye told
that he fully understood their feel
ings. He shook hands with them re-
assuringly, brought them a bundle OF
to while away the time,
and then busted himself with the rou-
tine of his report upon the days
events. The boys were buried in the
printed columns, when a little packet
of paper seemed to watt itself through
he window by which they were sit
ing. The packet fell at Brockett's
'eet. AS he caught it up Solano
;prang for the window, peered eagerly
,ut-and saw no one excepting two
policemen strolling by.
Brockett opened the packet and
ound several thicBnesses Of blank pa
,er. bound together to give weight and
ccuracy to the throwing of the mis-
lie. In the center of the package
vas a slip OF cardboard, and written
cross this in the hieroglyphs Brock
tt had himself invented, were these
"BA sH SH FA TC W HR 2BH HR E
'os PO Pos FA FA TIC HR e TO A
Fl e TO BH SH PO Pos WP E TC
o TIC E 2BH SH W."
Keep original appointment. Delay
o longer" translated Brockett. ITO
ights fortunes then will decide
hether we can keep faith as prom
ed or have to give it all up and ad-
it ourselves utter failures!"