Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-27

J Got We, me daddy buck!" he ex-
claimed triumphantly.
"Le-leggo mel" gasped Mr.. Googe,
fighting for breath in the bearlike
| embrace of his unexpected captor.
| That I'll not" responded the other
promptly. I've caught yez, me buckle,
an fine burglar We are. Ye won't
| git away from me-"
| You're an idiot" shouted Mr..
Googe. Lego of me this minute,
Bryant"
Don't try to bluff me wit yer Bry-
ants, at ALI" said the officer.
He pushed him away at arms
length, holding him out for inspec-
| ton.
| His prisoner took one look at him
and his heart sank
| This was not the regular patrolman
on that block, whom he knew.
1t was substitute-who did not
know him!
I've caught yez red-handed!" said
the other. ''Ye were .tryin' to break
into this house"
las I've got a right to do, you
fool" rasped Mr.. Googe. st own this
house; it's mine, / can go into it any
way l like"
That's a good one!" scoffed the
patrolman. "Yez look like the owner
of a house like this-I don't Think"
His eyes scornfully swept over Mr..
Googe's dilapidated appearance.
Il can prove who / ami" snapped
his captive.
Yell have tn chance!" returned
the officer, when trot We to the
| lockup!"
Mr.. Googe looked at the man. He
knew no words of his could ever
pierce the abysmal unintelligence of
the special cop" And he wanted to
go to bed-he was tired, tagged out
bed was where he ought to be!
"All right" he said shortly. Take
me to the station-house. It's right
round the corner. I'll go with you
quietly. I'm known there, and 1t won't
take two minutes to prove TO you
what blockhead you are!"
'Ill take We there fast enough" re-
torted the officer, when I've got yer
confederate!"
Mr.. Googe started.
"My-what?" he exclaimed
eyer confederate!" repeated the
patrolman firmly. There wuz two av
We on the job of breakin' into this
house. saw yer pal go over the fence
from the street beyand, before you
came round just now. And I'll not
take yez to jail till I've caught tn
both av yez!"
The fellow had watched Mr.. Googe's
first entrance to the house, and now
thought his present prisoner was a
second burglar"
The humor of the situation was not
manifest to Mr.. Googe, however.
He wanted to go to bed!
Yet, until this prince of stupidity
before him found the nonexisting
confederate he was after, Mr.. Googe
would not be taken to the station
house, where he could be identified
and released from the clutches of the
officer who had him in his hold.
He could not go to bed till the
patrolman found a duplicate of Mr..
Googe himselfi
In vain did he explain, argue, pro-
test, and complain to the obstinate
fool of a man who would not let him
go.
sWhist, now!" ordered his captor,
at the end of five minutes of impas-
stoned oratory on the part of Mr..
Googe. you come wit me, quiet,
mind, an we'll nab yer buddy that's
inside the housei Come along!"
Still protesting-in whispers which
were forced-against doing anything
of the kind, Mr.. Googe was led inside
his own home by the iron hand of
his Nemesis.
They started at the basement, and
went slowly through the house. The
search was SLOW Mr.. Googe was
about ready to drop at the end of a
half-hour, during which he had finally
talked himself into insanely wrath
full speechlessness.
And then
The patrolman dashed suddenly for
ward into a shadowy corner OF the
second-fioor bedroom, dragging Mr..
Googe behind him, and clutched, with
his free hand. the collar Of man who
was hiding in the dark!
"Got We, me daddy buck! He re-
peated his first words to Mr.. Googe
of the previous half-hour.
"Tn go quiet" gasped the seccud
prisoner.
All three moved quietly-Mr Googe
being too stunned with surprise for
words-to the station-house. round the
corner.
There the gentleman was instantly
released, and the man who was found
In the house told his story.
81 was sleepin' in the vacals lot,
when this guy come through and
walked me up" said the felloW-a
tramp. Il follered him. He went in
through a kitchen window-and went
in a minute or two later. 1t was
warm inside. / was lookin' for some
Mace to sleep conf table-honest,