Evening star., 1924-03-30

Say. listen" she commanded. I've
got something to say, and I'm going
to get il off my chest right now. Ma
was out here last night, and she
spilled the beans. I was wondering
where the dough was coming from to
you"
'Aw, say he pleaded.
Shut up said the Queen of
Hearts. You haven't licked me yet!
You stay in bed hereafter until noon
each day, understand?
Yes, maam.''
And get back copies OF the maga-
zines out of the public library, and
once in a while a dimes worth of
Christmas candy. Get me-
He grinned
Now" directed Miss Miller, go
downstairs and make arrangements
what's the very earliest date | can
go home"
He demurred to that, but she was
resolute. When he returned with the
desired information she motioned him
into a chair at her side and what
they talked about had nothing to do
with the rules and regulations of the
police department.. nor even Sid
Greenbaum Theater.
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PACk to his beat went officer Foley,
inspired now by the sweetest
dream that can come to d young pa
trolman. Miss Miller looked very
frail and helpless following her long
stay in bed. and he worshiped her
with the simple devotion of a man on
whom an angel has condescended to
smile. The thought that he'had come
SO close TO killing her preyed upon
his Imagination until the weight of
the club at his side became a burden
under which his conscience staggered
If it had not been for the regulations
he would have thrown his nightstick
into the first vacant lot. His nerve
was gone, broken by self-imposed
fatigue, crushed under the weight of
his love for the Queen of Hearts.
The members of the Forty Strong
Gang played their cards adroitly.
They saw that he was slipping, and
in a. hundred ways they sought to
hasten his downfall. All over Vernal
Heights these legends appeared
chaIked on sidewalks and fences:
Foley, the girl-beater.' Foley.
the roughneck"' How dye do Mr.
Foley" Lets lynch the brute
They gave him no opportunity to
forget it, and when he still preserved
a pacific attitude under these insults
they grew bolder. The fire depart
ment was summoned to Vernal
Heights repeatedly by false alarms
while Foley was on duty. Police
whistles shrilled at all hours. alarm
ing neighbors and bringing the Jack
of Clubs to the scene on the run, only
to have the phantom whistles blow
from another direction. False reports
OF accidents were telephoned in to
tho Southern Station. The old gangs
began to congregate again on the
corners and in vacant lots Catcalls
greeted his appearance. His control
over the district was gone. Once
more the windows of the First Chris
tian Church became a target for
bricks, and Pete Rizzoli's coal yard
was rif1ed for further ammunition.
Officer Foley was called upon the
carpet
TIL give you five days TO break up
that gang" said Capt Malloy. Who's
their LEADER"
"A fellow named Kennedy" an
swered Foley. But I've got nothing
on him
Capt Malloy looked shrewdly at
his pale subordinate. He saw that
this was the turning point in the ca
reer of a promising young patrolman.
He reached out with heavy fingers
and plucked the handouts from the
hip pocket of the Jack of Clubs
so you've got nothing on big Spike
Kennedy, eh? Nothing on the man
who boasts that he. can lick the whole
you just five days to get these on
him.
He shook the handouts under Fo-
ley's nose.
! "All by yourself, you put EN- on
him, or you turn in your star. Now
go back to your beat:"
Foley saluted and withdrew.
Malloy turned to Sergt. Davis.
! I'm sorry for the lad, but what
else can we do?'
He pointed to the motto of Chief
Sullivan, hung in a frame on the
wall:
Simple duty hath no place for
fear"
IF a police officer is afraid COM
mented the head of the Southern Sta
! tion, its a charity to fire him.
Police officer Foley walked along
his beat, muttering to himself
How can I lick a man like Ken
nedy without using a club, and the
minute / do her face will come in
/ between. Five days that captain
gives me-fve days to break up the
gang, or my Jobs gone"
He glanced up at a little corner
fiat over Oswald's drug store, where
three days before he had climbed the
stairs and made. diplomatic inquiries