Evening star., 1924-04-27


locks of his stores, peering through
j shop windows at the incandescent
lamps that hung over his safes.
Walking north to the corner Of Pearl
and Hawthorne, he looked up at the
silent windows of the Williams fiat.
where Katie lay asleep with patent
curriers' on her tresses. And there, in
| the depressing fog of early morn,
with none to bear witness OF what it
cost him, officer Hanrahan did the
"high and handsome in behalf of
Katie Williams and renounced his
| dreams.
| do II right now, lad" he told him
! self. Don't be letting the little girl
think that maybe she's not doing the
! square thing>by you. 'Tis too good a
chance for Katie to pass UP. and
I you'll forget all about It by the time
! they're mar, !ti. Maybe when the
kids come aiong you'il have IL day
I beat. Joe, and be puliin' 'em out from
| under the machines"
Il y X 4
RUT the night Of the police ball in
the Auditorium--ah, that was
| when it hurt, Ever since Iris.
daughter OF Pasha Sedate, had es-
capped from the son of Ulysses via a
sixty-foot pole Officer Hanrahan had
! treasured u vision of himself and
Katie Williams walking arm in arm
in the grand march that began at II
! o'clock. He was tempted even now
| to try and realize this one dream,
I even though he knew why Jockey
Williams bought two tickets from
him, and then two more. The first
two We're for the midget and his girl ;
the other pair would go, undoubtedly.
| to big Marcel Leerand and Katie.
While Officer Hsnrahan was wrest-
| ling with temptation. fate merci-
| fully settled the matter for him. The
! long expected tong war broke out
with three killings on the first night.
The newspapers put the police on the
grill. The Chinatown squad was
| doubled vacations were oanccied. the
| customary day Off suspended and the
street men compelled to cover the
territory OF those who had been
transferred. Promptly the night life
took advantage Of the situation, and
the usual winter crime wave rose 10
crest.
When the police ball came along
Joe went to bed at o'clock in the
afternoon. and was reused nine hours
later by his mother fro4l the sleep
of exhaustion. On the way TO the
station he passed the Auditorium and
stopped to get a glimpse of fairy
land. He waited until he saw Katie
swinging past in tho arms of hand
some Marcel Legrand. Then he
| walked on 20 the station and soberly
donned his uniform,
Now. there is a grapevine telegraph
by which Cupid, even in the guise Of
| a cop. may keep mofe or less ac-
quainted with the lovO affairs of the
neighborhood. Joe told himself that
everything was going very WELL
Marcel Legrand was sporting dia-
| monds. Next be appeared in a scar
let racing car. Old Lady Grauss, who
ran the grocery on the opposite cor
ner from the bakery. told Joe that
| Katie was sporting a diamond ring
| so big again as your head"
The days passed. and Joe waited
| for the denouement. but none came.
Instead there was a rumor. a word
here and there. which he had dtff-
on his way downtown he saw Marcel
in the red car with flashily dressed
brunette beside him. Next morning
Officer Hanrahan bought a package
of pipe tobacco from old Lady Grauss
and tactfuliy broached the subject of
| the general welfare OF the Williams
family.
TT vas not so goot as it might be-"
sighed the proprietor of the grocery.
only last night vas talkin' nit Mrs.
| Williams, und she say dot Katie vas
all proke up about someding. Mein
| Gott. I have told Otto vun hundred
| dimes it vas lucky We have no kris"
That was the day officer Hanrahan,
| in civilian dress and with his lips
buttoned up tgiht, went without sleep
| in order that he might wait outside
| Jockey Williams cigar store for
| Marcel Legrand and fulfil the duty
! of Cupid the Cop.
! Late in the afternoon he button
holed the pugilist and led him to the
| curbstone witness stand. The cross
| examination was brief and to the
| point.
| as there any ordinance against my
| going with any dame l want to- pro-
tested Marcel. "Since when did the
city authorize cops TO be butting
| into private affairs?"
'Shut up" Joe commanded. mo
man is going to play fast and loose
with the girls on my beat, even if
he's twice the size of you--under-
stand that now!"
| 'Tou bulls are brave guys" Marcel
4
| and a. club planted on you and then
trying to start something Brave
guys, amt you. huho I suppose I'VE
been grabbing something out Of your
harem?"
For that" said Joe, "rll strip and
! tight you, man to man, any place you
name''
The look OF suspicion on the huge
features of Marcel Legrand gave way
to satisfied grin. Here was some
thing he understood.
"I1l call that bluff" he grunted
Back of Jockeys cigar stand there's
a room fitted out as training quar-
ters. Well fight nice and clean-''
Clean or rough" said Officer Ham,
rahan, "T name but one condition"
spit it OUT
you marry Katie williams If ]
lick you
"Say,' confided Marcel Legrand
| earnestly, 'if you lick me I'll marry
that Tat lay in the eircus."
| y +
JOCKEY WILLIAMS, VINO was the
a. sole witness to the fight, did his
best to hush It up This was one
case where nothing WIS to be gained
by publicity. To a few intimate
friends, however, he supplied the