Evening star., 1924-04-27

The blue-ooated figures standing
| along the wall forgot the majestic
dignity Of their office and smashed
\ into smithereens the ordinance gainst
| loud and unseemly noises. 1t was
Capt. Jerry Scott himself who fought
his way past overturned chairs until
he could grasp Commissioner Davis
| by the shoulder and howl through
the din:
"Have you got any laugh to hand
US now? You're damn right, you
| haven't. A harness bull out of my
own station, and he does the high and
| handsome against a champion. A
| thousand dollars says he can lick any
| man in the world! Where is he?
| Get outa my way before / kill some
body!'
| In the dressing room they stripped
the gloves from Hsnrahan's hands.
| They pounded him joyously on the
back, applied styptic collodion TO the
cuts over his eyes and showed him
1 under the shower. There Capt. Scott
| found him. and delivered the most
emphatic commendation in the his
that. there was vocal postscript
added by Joe's superior. in the pri-
vacy Of one corner with his arm
around Hanrahan's shoulders:
| "corpl. Mccarthy goes on the re-
tired list next Tuesday. You'll have
no trouble with the examinations,
Joe. I can't have a man like you
| walking the streets with no stripes
on his sleeves. Glory to God, what
| night. They tell me the big fellow
| hasn't come around yet
II hope he croaks." said Joe. which
shows that madness still possessed
| the soul of officer Hanrahan.
But gradually the red fog cleared
from his mind, and at fifteen minutes
past midnight the conqueror of Mar
! Gel Iegrard was once again patrol
| ling his beat. this time with Numerous
| bumps and bruises added to his Off
cial aceouterment. Under the classi-
| fed ads Joe's heart performed its
function alphabetically.
"By golly." he reflected. Il lick
man to make him marry Katie, and
now they're going to promote me.
Sure, if they'd only done that before,
he'd have had to lick me to get her!
'Tis a devil of trick they've played
on you, Joe"
| CMALL wonder that Joe's mind was
~ far afield when his weary legs
paused on the corner of Pearl avenue
and Hawthorne. Strange that at this
moment Katie williams should open
her front door a little wider. and
emerge on the landing. Maybe Katie
was just looking for Iris. daughter
| of Pasha Sedate. Quite likely, since
| Iris was even then nonchalantly
| crossing the street, entirely unaware
! that the screw-tailed son of Ulysses
the Great had just spotted her.
A rush of padded feet and Iris made
| for the nearest safety station. I'm
fortunately the municipal light COM
pany had only that afternoon removed
certain poles in favor Of an under
ground conduit. There was only a
hole I'm the ground where Iris had
| expected to find use for her claws.
Nearby stood Officer Hanrahan with
his back turned. The situation called
for extraordinary measures.
Suddenly Cupid the Cop felt the
rush Of spirit hand sweep up his
coat tails and clutch at the back of
his neck. He spun around. and swung
| wildly. Of went his cap. Then he
perceived the disappointed son of
Ulysses the Great. and identified the
mass of black fur clinging to his
| collar.
"By geily," he breathed. cts that
blamed cat again. oh, good evening,
Miss Katie!'
Katie williams was a little hyster-
ical. Good evening. Mr.. Hanrahan.
Tha1ik you for saving my cat I I
hope you're not hurt. Brothers just
been telling as about your wonder
full victory. Oh, Joe--r never did A
thing to mako you mad at me- and
you've just broken my heart-so
there!'
Broken your heart?" protested Joe
"why, Katie. darlin', 1t Was only for
love OF you that l licked the big fel-
Ier. Was / to let him. jilt your.
Katie's eyes rounded. "Jilt me?'
why. wouldn't marry him IL he was
the last man on earth"
| JUG W0S 00ESOs Dut Soo do Soib =
with him-yeu wAs wearing his ringf'
~ only went with him q few times
just to see IL you'd get jealous, and
you didn't--And 1t wasn't his ring
sobbed Katie. "1t was syntha-
something kind or diamond. and ii
cost me four-ninety- Sadie
Smith said she did that. and
and"
officer Hanrahan made one last con-
cession to his conscience.
Katie, I'm earning only a hundred
and forty Ave q month, but there's
an amendment to the charter comm
up. and only this night Captain
II wouldn't care IL you were only
earriine forty" said Katie. only
I'll never speak to you again! just
wen'ti"
oficer HanfAhan advanced two
steps. "Katie," he whispered over
her averted shoulder. I'm lookin'
for daughter-in-law for my mother.
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