The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-10-11
UNNECESSARY
EXPOSURE
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BY ]. t. BARBER
Mcclure SynUcate-WNU Features.
"nKEEFE, upstairs,"
~ d nt,.. L., -. o. Il.

cleaning oil and hot-footed it up to
the ieutenant's office. He knew
what the lieutenant would say. The
lieutenant would say: "O'Keefe,
what are you incoming about? You're
slowing up"
O'Keefe would reply: Lieutenant,
do you know Miss Polly Cudahay
that lives at 400 North Woodbine?"
And the lieutenant would say:
mo, O'Keefe. Tell me about her"
Then Patrolman O'Keefe would go
on to say how woman could trouble
a man by deliberately ignoring his
brass buttons and his tall blue
coated figure of authority.
And when a woman like that had
doves eyes and hair like the pale
amber fire in honey under sunlight
and a nose that rivalcd the poetry
OF her mOuth-Why it was nothing
less than unnecessary risk and eX-
posture. He would ask the licutcn-
ants advice.
"O'Keefe! :" tn elieutenant
snapped when the patr0lman had
saiuted, "gCt set fer a quickie
IA so"i uis,lic' 'oh'sht; Rou re
soins oh o"'y nU"' D"S' cut
-; ~ " W.. u'"ni.ie @i" ,i"ll'ittoh' hl"e
- VIC si10els s'oie there ana
do your duty"
y heete's mouth closed over his
private troubles with the abruptness
Cd a sprung trap. 1t was probably
me MOB from Phllly, who had been
hlt'Lh9 olHerent grocery IN town
reI5y % t .. Jay hIS"', Ihcy We're
lo!.eI9' qUlchiCS VINO SWooPea
oo"!i 0il" Carried OIL 'he Gay re-
0e !!N,I-oae, >, 49, r....-...
- ~ '.!C IIeu'Cll9III was S3y-
io6 will 9ot va,, lI ,,na,,,at;ar, VI 'i'''
"Yns Cir ) ro9ripd O,Koofo o,,o,,
while he win ,1o,!,a, e,+,,,,aarIol7 = .,,h
n7cron tho dieconcor+;,,a i s,, -
poII[' C,,dobn,, II ,,a. ~ ,1,.o az
fcnIt hHcaTSo nnfoT,,,n,t tl,T Sba
livnd met oc,oee tI,a r+raa+ f,r,,, ~
etoro
Whom ho cot 10 4,o oo,,,,o, 10
,,orsnd ~, .I,t AUX "a, I,I4 ~
around before entering the store. If
was not entirely necessary. but his
bright blue eve had fallen upon the
alluring face of Polly Cudah3v and
he thought it would be a swell idea
to ignore her officially
ACCORDINGLY he nanscd thara hv
the Watcrplug and qIarcing uncon-
ccrnedly about, straightenej his belt
with lust that unssdicd touch that
makes efficiency pleasure.
He v,orto3 bo, n GOT - GOOD ,oo1-
this ti,,oo ~ . fro Ioci, ~ ,toI El' r,
and eyidc9tIv ebo did 6opolIeo lhn
seemed to be looking him IN and
down without seeing h i'm at ali
He vas burrouod .,onc ho
and baos in tbo aronorE tt,noo
fort,ro,sS bo,rs I,,ban tIoy $50
in Tbrea of thor,, G,Koofo
studied tho mon fron, tho No.
ShadoI, of bic ,,ontomo ,,oi,t ~
wasn't much of place to shoot
from. His hands tyitrhed under
the strain. hut there wasn't any,
thing to do hut wait.
r,bo trio fdd1od oro,,,,d ,,,4;1 ~,
last c1eto,,,nro Ioft 49, r+a.. ~
+1,o, ~ . c;o,oI +bo,- ,,,,7Iol 4L,a;.,
o,rs II Voc al daIo :, 10 49,.
@f ~, oI,o7osb Nov, Il ,,,a- t t;,e,d i't for
O,KoofG 70 act pnt enoaaa l,,l'N ,o l
w., .,l.+i,r
WI;th +bo r,,,1aa,,o., &c . .o,,..,,
r;o+ ec,,,,d bad lo,oao ,,s,,,,;,,l1
+l,ro,o5 no f,.a,,t raJ f p.- ~ 40
shooting as they came. In ten sec
onds the rIaCe WAS 2 madbolea of
staccat0 SHOTS. Cans of VEGETABLES
began to leak over evervthing.
Do+ro1,,,,r O,1oaro ~ :; A..
+hicI, of II +aoo rha o4,,t1,L1;-l e tile
,1ra Of rido,Iod [',,,,J,,, aao. IS
10 bin, Ho ,,a,,tIod ,,,i+t 49, ha.
dit and took, &c n,,,, T w. ~ "a
some effective Shooting with if II
gave him a thrill to shoot the rob
bers with their own weapon,
.f4or,yard ,v,o, oronvono os
conarat,,iatipg HIM ba hnca va"
,.nra I'D ,,,o.a ;ndin,t y.
,as son"o4ti ,o t.at Ina nan' o
"n to gne,d I,7,th;n hi "a" ,n 1" &c
ai,,,;t.en Wv tri',,,nh ~ any, W
ba conId @et awar !. tn",, VIZ" t,;,,,
M n,ora h., sn,it soonnd ~
roocn po,IT C,Gohau's Joon u ~
a,tn,' tny ~ G"b b"n y 81 ao th ne
W. ,,>as 90 7 ,,.nei, ana ' . .mo" ~
neoGad hahn ~ that ST." ,;t Wa" ;oh
hnd u'b.t hr.;nass was IL &c h 'ou.
an|wa ,,,,' '"'''' "''' II u Aei'