New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-05-06

patrolman"' in patent recognition of
his borrowed plumage
why didn't you say so?" demanded
the first as z. Sybarite fell back. re-
leased.
n't-have-time," painted the lat
ter. Here he added quickly, gin
me leg over this fence, will you?"
What for?"
They've got door through to the
next HOUSEKEEPING out that way.
That's what I'm after-to stop 'em
Shut up!' ?. Sybarite insisted savage
ly. land give me leg"
Curiously complaisant for one Of his
breed, the detective bent his back and
made stirrup Of his clasped hands.
but no sooner had ?. Sybarite fitted
foot to that same than the man started
and Strengthened up abruptly, throwing
him fat on his back.
You a patrolman! Whatcha dom
in them pants and shoes if you're pa
troll
Hello" exclaimed the other indig-
nantly. "Impersonatin' an officer, Ell? 2"
who, having bounced up from supine
to sitting position. promptly and
peevishly swore, rolled to one side and
scrambled to his feet
Immediately the other closed in upon
him. supremey confident Of overcom-
ing by concerted action that smallish
pale and terrified body. Whereupon
Svh a TO ctr ;I.l-1 H.
and. avoiding the rush of one. directly
engaged the other. Ducking beneath a
windmill play Of arms. he shot an ac-
curate fist at the aggressor's jaw
There Was 4 click Of teet1f:- tf1e~rnan's
head snapped back, and. folding up
like tripod, he subsidized at full length
upon the ground.
Then swinging on a heel P Sybarite
met second onset made more danger
Gus by the cooler calculations of a more
sophisticated anita onist. Nevertheless,
deity blocking a rain of blows, he
closed in as if eager to escape punish
ment and planted a lifted knee in the
large Of the detectives stomach so
neatly that he, too, collapsed like a
& punctured presidential boom and lay
III him down to rest
The next moment spurred by an
alert discretion, ?. Sybarite scaled the
fence with the agility Of a back yard
tom cat.
Hard flags received him on the other
side. Stumbling he lost balance and
sat down with an emphasis that drove
the breath from him in one mighty
"OOof!"
There was a simultaneous confusion
Of new, strange voices on the other
side Of the fence: cries of SURPRISE
recognition of the two detectives, fol
lowed by:
Gimme back up that fincer'
P. Sybarite picked himself up with
even more alacrity than if he'd land
ed in bed of nettles, tore across that
terra incognita, found a second fence
and was beyond it in a twinkling.
Swift as he was, however, detection
attended him-a voice roaring, 'There
goes wan av thin now!'
Blindly clearing fence after fence
without even thinking to count them
~ H.
But in time he had, Of necessity, to
pause for breath, and pulled up in the
back yard of Forty-sixth street resi-
dence, his duty-to find a way to the
street and a shift from that uniform
Of unhappy inspiration-as plain as the
problem it presented.
10 break his way to the street
through one Of the houses would be
not only to invite apprehension. It
would be actual burglary.
TO continue his headlong career of
the fugitive back yards feline was out
OF the question. Grayely he considered
the inoffensve building whose back
premises he was then infesting.
1t showed no lights, had not an open
window-so far as could be determined
ny strainfng sight aided only by faint
reflection from the livid Skies But the
back Of this house boosted fire es-
cape.
By inverting an ash can which kis-
met had disposed convenient to. his
hands, and standing on it an active
man might possibly, II sufficiently des-
perate manage to jump vertical
yard, more or less, catch the lower
most grating Of the fire escape, draw
himself up and thus ascend.
In thought 2. Sy barite had turned
the galvanized iron cylinder bottom up
and had clambered upon it, and in less
than brace Of minutes p. Sybarite
at the top was pulling himself ginger.
" over the lip Of stone coping.