The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-01-24


instinctively warming to the big Irish
man. Tell US, won't you, how We
happen to be here?"
Have ye no memory at allr'
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"
Il can believe ye,' returned the Of
ficer. u was just walkin' State street.
me and Flynn, me partner-Im 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 ii 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 We're just in time. Youse two
was on the floor, an half dozen big
niggers was tramplin' the stutfin' outa
youse. Five minutes more an yed
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?"
Now We remind me of 1t" said the
policeman, there surely was-big Sam
Cruitt, the human elephant. Great big
nj o oil IC I.y;p
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.
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-
taining considerable cash and-well,
''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 it away
from him. Then, | suppose, they all
jumped on US"
That they did, an the only thing
I'm surprised at" remarked the Of
ticer, is that they didn't use their
razors on ye. Bad lot of coons hang
round that place, I'm tellin' We"
I'VE fully believe it," said Solano,
with 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 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 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 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
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' 1t won't be hard to
find him. Along after supper, lads,
well go out an do the best We can"
Neither Brockett nor Solano could
find words to MT 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 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 little packet
OF paper seemed to watt itself through
the WINDOW Dy WulCA tucs were SIt
ting. The packet fell at Brocketta
feet. AS he caught 1t up Solane
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 thicBnesses Of blank Do
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
ett had himself invented. were these
letterings:
"BA SH SH FA TC w HR 2BH HR Z
Pos PO Pos FA FA TIC HR 4 TO A
sH E TO RH SH PO Pos wP e TC
PO TIC e 2BH SH W."
Keep original appointment. Delay
no longer" translated Brocke<t: ITO
nights fortunes then wiz decide
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