The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-12-05

fnstinctively warming to the big Irish
man. Tell us, won't you, how we
happen to be here?"
Have ye no memory at ALI"
laughed the policeman.
Almost none, officer. We can re
member things going round In circles
n then someone shooting u senses
away from us-nothing after that"
IL can believe ye," returned the OF,
f1cer. Il was just walkin' State street
me and Flynn, me partner-Tm Ho,
gan, an the well-known, ~well-respect
ed team Is Hogan and Flynn, terrors
to all e~vil-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 a dozen big
niggers was tramplin' the stufin' 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 or an ordinary man, among the
crowd?"
Nov We remind me of It," said the
policeman, there surely was-big Sam
Cruitt, the human elephant. Great big
niger, makes his Twin mostly by dis
tributin' ads for fake doctors and
thievin' dentists. He was tryin', as
near as We could Judge, to keep the
crowd of 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
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-wen,
anyhow, containing all my money"
HE showed the belt In this res.
taurant," put In Solano, "and we, acct
dentally happening to be there at the
time, naturally tried to take 1t away
from him. Then, I suppose, they all
jumped OF U.s."
THAT they did, an the only thing
I'm surprised at" remarked the Of
flcer, SIS that they didn't use their
razors on We. Bad lot of coons hang
round that place, I'm tellin' ye."
we 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 1t has seemed
a week of Sundays. AS to how long "
stay-well, ye haven't been booked
yet. I'm not a bad Judge of people
when ! see them, an We look all right
Washed and brushed up the boys
felt a little more like live human be
ings. Officer Hogan treated then
like younger brothers, assured then
that no charge had been entered
against them, and hat they might con
slider themselves as simply held fol
s~afekeeping. 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 tt
find him. Along after supper, lads
well go out an do the best We can"
Neither Brockett nor Solano could
find words to At the case, but the
twinkle In the big policeman's eye told
that he fully understood their feel
lngs. He shook hands with them re.
assuringly. brought them a bundle OF
newspapers 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 D seemed to watt itself through
the window by which they were sit.
ting. The packet fell at Brockett's
IeGt. AS u6 CduBut ~ ny OOlduo
sprang for the window. peered eagerly
out-and saw no one excepting two
blue-clad policemen strolling by.
Brockett opened the packet and
found several thicknesses Of blank pa
per, bound together to give weight and
accuracy to the throwing Of the mis-
sile. In the center Of the package
was a slip OF cardboard. and written
across this In the hieroglyphs Brock
EFT had himself invented. were these
letterings:
"BA sH sH fla TIC w HR 2BH HR q
Pos Pc Pos fla Fla TIC HR z TO A
sH z TO BIZ SH Pc Pos wP q TIC
Pc TIC K 2BH SH W."
Keep original appointment Delay
no longer" translated Brockett ITO
nights fortunes then win decide
~ASthsr We can kser lain - prom