The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-08-01
A Suspicious
Character
n
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
OF The VigHanfcs

was announced that every patriot was
expected To uncover when the Stars
and Stripes swept by. During the
parade everybody did Il.
Standing on the curbstone was nm
unkcmpt individual. with stInggly hair,
and II wild, desperate eye, who kept
looking about him unrasily, when the
crowd pressed against him he hltched
himself away, but he must have seen
The hats come OF as the colors swept
down In" thoroughfnrc. When the flag
was only half II block AWAY, this man
lifted his hand hut instead of rcmov-
Ing his hat he drew It farther down
upon his head. His action was no.
ticcd.
"C~ucovcr." yelled somebody in the
crowd. The crowd, like II lot of chill.
lrcn, forgot all about the flag passing,
n turned It's attention To the man
who hadn't taken of his hat.
"Whcrc is he-wherc Is he?" people
asked.
Uncover there-uncoyer," cried
stcntorian voices.
The man turned about and his hand
Strny"d to his hat again. 1t seemed
as though he was about To remove Il.
But three men pressed close To him
overwhelmingly.
"iou take your hat OF, do YOU
hear" they shouted ut him.
He drew away from them and pulled
It more firmly down upon his head.
Take that hat nf-or I'll knock Il
or" cried one of the three men.
Tho ~wild."ycd man shook his head
and kept drawing away.
"CuCovcr," cried the crowd, slrging
against III" four principals, "make him
uncover there
~"Slackor," yelled somebody.
"Trui'"r," cried somebody else.
TIE three mon seized the offender
and laid violent hands upon his hat.
: The mTn chung 20 II desperately,
throwing all his strength into his
grasp. Then Il police officer forced
lis way THROUGH tho crowd.
"Oric"r." said one Of the three men.
take this man Ia charge. Wen ON
WITH you. Wen make a complaint"
The officer seized the man By the
arm.
II will co-with YOU" gaspcd the
man. "but not with thcm-not with
them"
The three men followed the officer.
The ;rowd trailcd on behind, until
fhcy reached The nrnrcst procinct stn.
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