Bisbee daily review., 1913-07-02

An officer of the law can't arre5t law-abiding citizen" snapped the Watermelon with righteous indigna- ton.
 "Law-abiding? jeered the man.
 What have we done?"
 "Try to guess" suggested the man pleasantly and the other laughed.
 "I can't guess" said the Water melon. 'Is it for riding through the COW lape2 We didn't hurt the lane any. l rode through this same IaneI last summer and the Browns didn't kick up any row over it. In fact, they were with me, that is, Dick and Lizzie were"
 The man stared and the Watermelon drowned coldly.
 Do you know the Browns?" de handed the fellow.
 Not very we'll" admitted the Wa. termeloD. q was through here last summer and stopped over night at their place They were fine people, Ill right. They told me if I ever came this way. again to drop in and I said would. It was a sort of joke. They gave me latch key" He drew key from his pocket and held it out as proof of his integrity.
 Huh said the man duly. gazing from the key to the Watermelon. The second man took it. Which door does it ft?@ he asked.
 The front door, said the Water. melon promptly. GO try it if you want proof"
 Not so fast" said the second man, who had taken the affair into his own hands. If you know the Browns, tell me something about them? No, you chuffer feller, hold on, back there Don't try to slip by. for you cant. You automobilists think that the Lord created heaven and earth for your benefit and then rested on the seventh day and has been resting ever since. That's better. Now, then" turning again to the Watermslon-"hov many in the family?'
 How many?' queried the Water melon. q don't know. I only saE ma and pa and the three kids, Dick and Lizzie and Sarah. Sarah was 8 young lady about twenty, if I remember rightly; Lizzie was eight and Dick vas a bit older. ten or twelye-twelve. ' think he said. remember his birth day came in January, anyway.
 well, goldarn it." laughed the first man, thoroughly convinced. Well, say. ain't we the easy marks?H
 Don't blame yourselves" said the Watermelon gently. Father used to say that anything colossal, even stu- pidity, was worthy of admiration"
 What did Dick look like ?" demand ed the second man, loath to give up.
 The Watermelon strengthened up. See here, my man." said he sternly, i've are fn a hurry. You have detained us long enough. have told you as much as I am going 10 about the Browns. It's year ago this summer that 1 was there and ! haven't been dwelling on their beautiful counte- nances in rapt and joyful coutempla- tion ever since. have seen a few peo- pie during the interval. Dick was fairly good looking. but Lizzie was the cutest. I took them through the COW lane to show them how they could go for the COWS in motor-car, farming up-to-date. see. Now move aside and let us pass, please"
 'No. you don't" returned the man sharply. let that chuffer feiler in the back car come up 10 the house with me while try this key. Tom. you keep the others here, till I come back"
 The Watermelon leaned back wear fly indifferent and drew out his cigar cite papers. Alphonse climbed obe- diently from the car. with his usual imperturba biIity. Calmly and willing ly he scaled the stone wall and set of across the field with his captor. Tom thoughtfuily examined his gun, one eye on the motor-cars.
 The generals desire to explain was superseded by a still greater desire to get az.sy. The grim faces of the two men impressed him with the gravity of the event. If they were to escape. now was the time, when the forces of the enemy were divided, but there was his car. He could not leave that be- hind and the man in the road was a fairly good reason for him 10 remain where he vas and make no attempt to reach it. Batchelor had put up a clever blum. but it had been called. and they had 10 sit there until the return of the other man, when they would be ex- posed, for of course the key wouldn't ft- That second man was a stubborn brute. The Lord had made mules. He didn't intend men to be.
 Henrietta repressed a wild wish to scream aloud. Never, never again would she go into another mans house unless sxprsssly asked tc do so