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n_. %*t? fair Sd man. Un* osma,
?,B?TtoTanrer to bi? nain?.
^iiJra all ?i**t ?ad work all day
Bt .MiIBO? 1*??d ?? and oome
iii ^.WTL if ba's deel and dumb.
i. rtire why, no, of ooaree!
..mWoa'd ?end me down the fara
^? tThitoh up tho hon?,
Tc 1 u iVTn? cet the beea to ?warm.
* , ? word he'd aay. not het
If?d^tevenlook.tme.
, ?nd br that made mo mad
*^Vaua clover built and trim.
*?nVn? hair: ol?, not half Ud
Sf Sik nt-uud I looked at him
rS^^tundlaat.
??'Tefl ai teuiptm aa I da st.
i to curl my hair at nigh
'ffirosa aaa Ax UP every day.
Berlar?! a ?ingle mito.
%5?riwsy> store tho other way
Sfii theW or stroke tto Mr
ut? tia-cat-ob. be know how!
, otb* r fellow? carno around
G J,, ?jetter dressed and not BO shy.
?red enough, but I waa bound
??7 . >.t. iiim wiro or I'd know why.
J?Tl nicked out Sammy Know
??X^vl flirted? Oh!
?. nod to set nichts. 8am and me.
"JvTon the porch. One night Jim passed,
.^?n ia to bed. Bays he.
Affi*s, good night!" And jest aa fast.
" ? i .ould think, ho stooped. Uko that,
ffiJS me on tho mouth right flat!
?di tSaiu >>o took his hat and flew
rtffin n ragc-at ,ue- not Jim'
?J mo" Hood lands, what could I dor
ididn't care a snap for him I
ort Jim' if he'd a-slspped my face,
Jvouldn't felt a worse disgrace.
.Med ?nd then 1 said, "Who earea?"
And tile? 1 cried ugain, but. when
."nt indoors, there, on tho stairs,
Timi Jin? was waitin. Then. oh. then
lafkT 'twas dark-1 thought that ho
Would never get through kissm me!
A,d so as soon as tho folks knew,
lw'eent him packing? 1 guess notl
?v lhere he seta In front of you,
?adm his paper. \ ea, that's what!
ratter, I've been tollln her
Jest bow you didn't court me, airl
Madeline t?. Bridgea in Woman's Home Com
panion. _
AN ACCOMPLICE.
I was sitting in my consulting
room and wondering. I waB young,
sell qualified and not wanting in a
modicum of confidence in my pro
fessional abilities, but for the serv
ces of my humble self, John Hard
can, M. D.. there seemed to be no
Jemand at all in the great city.
My melancholy , meditations were
mt short by the din ot my front
ioor bell, and presently a gentleman
iras ushered into my presence.
"Dr. Hardman, 1 believet" said
lie newcomer. "Allow me to intro
loce myself. I am Mr. Thomae
?barp of Rose Villa. I live in your
idghborhood."
After expressing my pleasure at
Daking his acquaintance I inquired
il could be ct any service to him.
"You are a busy man, I expect,
loctor,"said he and then paused,
while I mendaciously hinted that
inch indeed was the case. "But poa
ably you will be able to find me a
ittle time in a professional capac
ty
Unformed him that of course
?nld do so.
"Well, I may tell you at once,** he
renton pleasantly, "I am es sound
18 a bell myself, but I wish to en
fago your good services for my
deco. She is young and inclined to
?delicate, I think, and wants a lit*
letoning up, and, as I happen to
sow some particulars about you
od your career entirely to you?
redit, I am going to place her under
roor care,
1 put in a ftw hurried words ex
cessive of my pleasure in undertak
og ibe charge and was geing on to
aake some inquiries as to my pa
tent's health and manner of life,
mt my voluble friend cut me short
"Ton are the only son of the late
'ohn Hardman of Blankley hall,"
ie interrupted. "I used to know
'oar part of the country, andi know
oat you are the only surviving
Beinber of that good old Hardman
lock. Never mind how I came to
pow it I also know that your fa.
?ker came to grief over the X
failure, and that it has been an
lilli game for y o. since in conse
ice. I am pleased td see how well
lou are now getting o\%"
I Ur ?Vio~~ nim??*M??^t' A
-.? 41 VilTU bili U W* IU lUlUVtO Vi li
athis strain for some time, giving
w little information about himself,
rot, to my astonishment, revealing
19 little knowledge of my history,
tor meeting terminated very cor-,
au?, and he departed af ter roceiv^
og my acceptance of a pressing in
ration to dine with him at Bose
Mouthe following evening.
Bose Villa tamed but; to be a very
?ming and well appointed domi
na. 1 had made a few inquiries in
JHK?y through Polly (Polly was
?y smart little parlor maid), and it
?aaed that Mr. Sharp was a gentle
m of means, with no. ostensible
iofesaion, who had been for about
^0 years in his present abode His
iiece, a young lady of taking en
trance, in Polly's opinion, was
M only other member of the house
l0R and they were not favored by
aoy if any callers So much lot
???eur detective work. My early
pressions of Rose Villa and of
ftace Fairleigh, my lovely patient,
'ere distinctly pleasing.
*. Sharp made a capital host
?wascheery and entertaining, and
"?J Fairleigh, a fair haired, blue
Jw? handsome girl, was as gracious
?Jhewas beautiful. She was an
^pushed mtit?cian, playing well
I ^Sfiog with a voice that for
.ne and sweetness is rarely equaled
'* "?burban drawing room. They
0 me that pronounced luxury, a
*"y good dinner, and I spent a
?JJ enjoyable evening afterward.
????j? Fairleigh and I became
almost at ono?. I was drawn
her os much by her hidf
jw shyness and maidenly man
J.?* ?y her rich beauty. That
r^appeaJed to my curiosity in
Jpwon with* my visits to Bose
wasmy inability to fathom Mr.
"1HBBHI
?barp'? motive in navin? r et am ea
my services for hin niece. She en
joyed perfect health.
I wae requested by Mr. Sharp to
call daily, and I did so most consci
entiously, but that Miss Fairleigh
derived any benefit from my medi
cines (if she took them) I am not
prepared to admit, though a check
which was forced upon me at an
early date was very acceptable, and
I could not afford to quarrel with
my bread and butter.
Three months passed away. I was
absurdly happy. I suppose I must
have been a "gone coon" from the
first. 1 know thut I was now over
head and ears in love with Grace,
and, although I had not divulged my
secret to her by an open proposal of
marriage, she was not ignorant as
to how matters stood with mo from j
a cardiac point of view ; neither, us '
I rightly gathered a little later, was
her uncle.
I was only waiting for a "looking
upward" in my practico to plead
my love with fervor and all tho elo
quence I could command. But the
practice did not "look up. " Indeed,
things financial wero becoming
worse and worse with mo. Bills
rained down upon me with monot
onous regularity, and I was becom
ing desperate.
One evening after I had been din
ing with the Sharps my host invit
ed me into his study for a smoke. I
felt that something was in tue wind,
and my surmisal was not incorrect.
"You are looking gloomy tonight,
Hardman,*' he remarked after we
had selected chairs and relapsed in
to comfortable attitudes. "You are
in trouble-in trouble financially,
eh? I know it, and you will find it
to your advantage to be plain with
me."
I hardly knew how to express my
self, and confessed lamely enough
?hat I was more or less on my last
legs. He continued without com
ment:
"You are also, I think, in love
with Gracie. Is it not so?"
"It is quite true, Mr. Sharp."
"Then why don't you marry
nert"
My companion gazed into my face,
a comical smile- playing about .his
lips. His blunt nt es positively
amazed me.
"I tear that what cannot support
one would be a poor living for two, "
I said after a moment's thought "If
I could afford to marry your niece,
I would gladly do so tomorrow."
"You mean thatf "
"Most certainly I do. I love her."
He arose from his chair and stood
beside me, looking into my eyes
Bteadily.
"Listen, Hardman. Gracie is a
lady by birth and education. She is
also as good a girl as ever breathed.
Bhe has no relations in the world
saving myself, and I may have to
leave her at any time. I have made
inquiries about you, and I know
your past to be a clean ona Given
a helping hand at the start, you
would succeed at the finish. Tell
me, how much would you require to
buy a good practice or to start in a
fair way against ordinary opposi
tions"
i was becoming ZEGTS and mere
astonished. Was the man going to
adopt mel
"It would be possible to do the
thing decently for ?3,000, would it
not.?" he said presently, for I had
felt too taken aback to volunteer
any suggestions. He waited for a
reply- i
"I could go into partnership with
an old friend of my father for less
than that," I answered. "Dr. Jor
dan ottered to give me a share for
SI,500 wbea ? passed my 'final/
but I could not find the capital"
"Where does Jordan live?"
"In Birmingham."
"Is the practice a good one and
can you trust bim?"
"There is no doubt about the prac
tice, and Jordan is an excellent fel
low, no old bachelor, and if he had
not lost a lot of money when we did
in the same concern would have
been a rich man today. "
Sharp laid a heavy hand on my
shoulder.
"Go and ask Gracie to marry
yon," he said*in a low voice. "I am
?ure that sh? wiii ?lo sa On your
wedding day I will give her ?3,000,
and I will give yon ?9,000 tomor
row, with which yon can settle your
affairs here and arrange with Jor
dan, the condition being that you
ask no questions and undertake to
marry this month. "
"But, Mr. Sharp," I cried, "such
magnanimity, I"
"Go and ask Gracie '*
He pointed to the door, waving
aside my remonstrance, and I fol
lowed the direction of his finger as
one in a dream. That evening I left
Rosa Villa the bridegroom elect Of
Grace Fairleigh, and with a check
for ?2,000 in my coat pocket.
The wedding ppssed off very quiet
ly. Only a fortnight had elapsed
since my quear interview with Mr. |
Sharp, butin that short time a mar
velous change had taken place in
my affairs. I bad purchased a share
of Dr. Jordan's practice in Birming
ham, had cleared myself of debt and
was now the happy husband of the
beautiful girl I loved.
I could scarcely believe it all.
Why had thia mysterious Sharp done
so much for met I was soon to be
enlightened. The breakfast was
over. The company had consisted
of Gracie, her uncle and myself.
We had entertained no wedding
guests. My wife had gone up stairs
to prepare for our departure. We
were, going to Paris roi4 n fortnight
and then should proceed to Birming
ham, our hew home.
"I want to sneak with you, Hard
???SM,*' nalCi o?ni u. ?Vo Will JJU ?UIU j
the study."
He took my arm and we strolled
into his snuggery. '
"You think I have been very good
to you, thenf" He was leaning
back in an ur mob air and smoking
the stump of a half finished cigar.
"Well, why have I been good to
youl"
> He paused, and I said that I could
not toll.
"I have been good to you for
Gracie's sako. I have been looking
out for n husband for hor for some
timo, but in our position it was not
an easy task. I required u mon 1
could trust, a gentleman by birth
and nature, one who would love hor
and bo good to her, one who had no
meddlesome relatives to interfere or
advise. I think 1 havo been success
ful."
I assured bim tbut I should do nil
I could to justify his selection. Ho
nodded and went on speaking:
"I had no frionde. Although 1
had some money, it was not easy to
find the man I wanted, who would
marry hor, having only my word
for her past and knowing nothing
of my career, who would marry bei
without asking questions, as you
have done. I heard about you as ii
struggling practitioner, newly start
ed. I took stock of you, as I have
taken stock of others who were
found wanting in some of tho quali
ties I required. I made inquiries
about your past and then I took yoi
on trial. You have satisfied me, anc
I don't think you will regret thc
step you have taken."
I told him that I was more thai
satisfied.
"I am glad to hear it," he said
"And now you must promise nu
that Gracie shall never know what '.
am going to tell you."
I gave him the promise.
"Swear that you will never tel
her and that you will be the sami
to her always as you are today. Sh
is a dear, good girl, the one persoi
in the world who believes in me an<
cares for me. You are both pro vid
ed for, and after this day you wi!
never see mo again."
I stared at him, and he held on
his hand to me
"Swear what I have asked you
by all that you hold sacred swear.1
I took his hand and complied wit!
his wish.
"Why shall we not see yoi
again I" I asked when he had n
sumed his seat.
He laughed. Then, selecting a pm
from a small collection o a a writiit
table, he wrote oh the back of c ;
envelope and tossed the paper ova
to me.
"What ?B thats" he asked, and
looked upon it with amazement.
"lt is my signature," I falter ec
"An imitation of my signature."
"It is a forgery, is it nott"
"Yes, but I don't quite see th
drift of the business. "
"The business speaks for itseb
my dear fellow." And he tossed hi
cigar end into the grate. "It is m
business-I am a forger 1" Thex
was a pause. Sharp was smiling
while I felt aa if some one were pou:
ixxg ice water down the small of m
back. I could only murmur, "Yo
are a forger 1"
"Listent You know, of cours*
that Gracie's , mother was my eiste
The Sharps were poor as ohurc
mice, and my father, a strict ol
parson, got me info a London offi<
when I was a mere boy. I shall n<
drivel about temptation and so oi
Be it enough to say that my talei
for drawing and penmanship mac
me friendless for life before I wi
17 years of aga To be quite plai
with you, I spent the halcyon da]
of dawning manhood in Portlai
prison. Gracie knows nothing <
this, and no member of my famil
had heard of me for years until
came to the rescue of my sister wh<
old Fairleigh died, for I was well c
then. Fairleigh was not insure
and left my sister badly off, and i
I helped her ont and paid f<
Gracie's education.
"The story goes that I made n
money in America, but I am able
correct that statement for your be
efit. On my release from prison,
threw in my lot with two of tl
most daring criminals of the4 hi]
grade,' and, although we have h
some narrow shaves in our time, i
were never captured.
"Since Gracie came to live wi
me (her mother, as you know, di
a year ago) I have often feared tl
by some odd chance I might be r
to earth, and I set to work to get 1
settled in time in a position that s
has always enjoyed. I would ratl
die than that she should know i
for the villain I have been.
"Thanks to you, this will ne^
happen now. In a few days yov v
hear that I have gone abroad,
shall die there officially, and j
will hear of me no more. It will
your part to assist me in deceivi
Grace in this one matter. ' You hi
married a lady and one who will
you credit."
A tap came at the door, and :
lovely young w if o walked into
room. I was looking and feel
confused.
"I have been giving Jack so
wholesome advice, my dear," s
Sharp, coming to my rescue. Tl
in a sterner voice and loo king v
hard atme: "He will love and ol
ish you, dear, as I have done,
has sworn to do so."
Grace threw her arms about
neck. This man had taught he:
love him very dearly. The carri
wt'u at the door, and Sharp wc
give mo no chance of speaking
him again. Tears were glisten
in his eyes as hewatohed his ni
getting into the cab, but he did
offer his hand to me. He onlv
ib "JJ uuuumui ault VT (I IB pul UU,
'Remember."
Many years have passed away,
and I am living in London again.
My name ia a household word in the
world of medicine. Gracie and my
daughters and sons are received
with pleasure and respect in many a
fashionable drawing room. There
aro times, howevor, when, seated
alone in my study, my thoughts
wnndor back through a vista of
years, and my conscience tells me
that my success was founded ou tbe
compounding of n felony; that I
am still, in spite of title, wealth and
respectability, tho accomplice of
that strange mau who passed out of
my life forever on the night I bude
him farewoll at Roso Villa t-o long,
long ago.-London Tit bits.
The American lit/volution.
Elizabeth, us far as sho dared, waa
a despot, and Philip II was a despot,
but thero were already manifest in
her Bubjecte, while thoro were not
in his, a will and a powor not mere
ly to reeist oppression, but to organ
ize freedom. This will and this pow
er, after gaining many partial vic
tories by tho way, culminated once
for all iu thn American Revolution.
Groat Brit/ m has never forgot the
lesson the. taught, for it was one
she herself had been teaching for
centuries, and her poople and states
men were therefore easy learners.
A century and a quarter has passed
since that warning was given, not
to Great Britain only, but to tho
world, and we today see, in the con
trasted colonial systems of the two
states, the results on the one hand
of political aptitude, on the other of
political obtuseness and backward
ness, which cannot struggle from
the past into the prosent, until the
present in turn has beoome the past
-irreclaimable.-Captain A. T. Mo
han, U. S. N., in Harper's Magazine.
Just before a recent dinner given
in honer of a colonial magnate a
young swell, whose chief claim to
distinction seemed to be the height
of his collar and an eyeglass, ad
dressing a stranger, said:
"Beastly nuisance, isn't it? Spoke
to that fellah over there; took him
for a gentleman, and found he had
a ribbon on his coat Some bloom
ing head waiter, I suppos?e"
4'Ob, no," replied the other;
"that's Blank, the guest of the even
ing."
"Dash it all, now, is itt" said the
astonished swell. "Look here, old
fellow! As you know everybody,
would you mind sitting next me at
dinner and telling who every one
isl"
"Should like to very much," re
plied the other man, "but you see I
cannot I'm the blooming head
waiter. "-London Answers.
The emperor of Germany has six
BonB and one daughter. When tho
boy8 are 10 years old, they have to
go into the army.
When the orown prince went into
tn? army, the prince next below
him, who wanted a soldier's uni
form too, went to his father and
asked to have one. When bia father
would not give him one, he went
under atable. His father had a call
er. He forgot the prince*. When the
call waa over, the tablecloth was
lifted and a form appeared. The
little prince had undressed. When
he came out, he said:
"I will not wear any clothes un
less lean have a soldier's uniform."
The next day the prince was given
a soldier's uniform.-Person's
Weekly.
A Spy In m Royal Court.
"Marie Antoinette as Dauphin?"
is the title of an article in The Cen
tury by Miss Anna L. BicknelL It
contains much new material drawn
from the state papers in Vienna
Miss Bioknellsays: Maria Theresa
had a strong desire to give suitable
guidance to her daughter. She con
sequently arranged with the Ger
man embaasador. Comte de Mercy
Argenteau, a secret correspondence,
by which she waa to be told cf
everything concerning the young
dauphina Mercy kept a journal,
which was regularly sent to the em
press, in which the most minute de
tails of the daily life of the princess
were jotted down ; every act, every
incautious word, was registered. Be
ing in utter ignorance of this agree
ment Marie Antoinette treated M Dr
ey with full confidence, often ex
pressing astonishment at the infor
mation possessed by the empress
^onceining her, but never dreaming
i *hat Mercy, whom she entirely
trusted, was, in fact, nn accredited
spy through whom everything was
revealed.
There is, it must be owned, some
thing revolting iii the purr played
by Mercy. True, the revelations
were made only to her mother, but
she was empress of Germany, and
while Marie Antoinette ought hence
forward to have been devoted to the
interests of France, the country over
which her husband was to reign, the
one idea of Maria Theresa was the
prosperity and welfare of her own
empira _
CASTOR IA
For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Hate Always Bought
Bears tho s
Signatur** of C^X^ff??^A^
Pride Before ? Fall.
A Uniform or Nothing.
-It is said that about 10,000 sheep
will perish as a result of severe drought
in California.
cxrvsixurvi r ur rurtut.
Good Management of Oar Physical rower?
Promoteo Ono? and Health.
"Awkwardness is merely overef
fort," writes Florence Hull Winter
bam in The Woman's Home Com
panion. "Whenever we use more
force than the case requires we are
awkward. However untrained our
aesthetic sense may bo.awkwordnoss,
our own as well as that of other
people, is painful to us. Wo cannot
help its being painful, for from in
stinct every ono abhors waste and
destruction-every one. even those
who aro given to it - and every one
loves good order and economical ad
ministration.
"When we understand, then, that
grace is simply economy of force,
good management of our vital pow
ers,' tho employment of flowing
movements which do not break the
current of nervous energy for abrupt
and ungular movements which do
break it, will even the most strait
laced objector to tho art of thc high
er physical culturo hold out against
the idea that gracefulness should bu
cultivated as a valuable factor in
happy, healthful living i
"Wo moy perform the simplest
everyday duties in a manner to
give us keen enjoyment by puttin}?
a little science into practice. I have
seen a well bred woman sweep a
floor with a dexterous turn of the
wrist that made tho act seem like a
clever conjuring trick, and this
was no attitudinizing, but natural,
womanly skill. Doubtless this dex
terity is a natural gift, but it may
be in a large moasure acquired.
There are many systems of grace
culture in vogue now, and almost
every progressive woman spends a
little time studying some one of
them. Tho pity is tba-', most of the
systems are pure fraud, with prob
ably a grain or two of truth beaten
out thin. And even if the system
one chooses as a guido is correct,
theorizing amounts to nothing.
Practice is everything, and self
training is a long and tedious proc
ess. Everybody cannot learn to be
graceful. Bodily flexibility is usu
ally acquired with comparative ease
in youth, and may even be gained
by patient work late in life, but if
one cannot be positively graceful it
is never impossible to be negatively
graceful-that is, not awkward.
"A long step toward the curing of
many nervouB ailments that afflict
us will have been made when we
learn to con ti ol our Angers, feet and
head and gain the celebrated 're
pose' which is, in other words, ab
sence of unnecessary motion.
'To sum up everything in a few
words, make all movements smooth
ly and never make one that has not
a purpose in it."
Th? Giant Cactus.
Of all strange plants the sahuaro,
or giant cactus, on account of its
great size and striking aspect, is the
most impressive. We can well im
agine the feeling of the early ex
plorers when they first came in
sight of these towering plants, sc
abundant on the foothills contiguous
to Salt river valley and from where
they extend southward far into Mex
ico. The finest and largest sp?ci
mens that I have evor observed are
growing only a few miles from Tuc
son, on the foothills of the Santa
Catalina mountains, where hundreds
may bo seen growing on a single
acre, many extending their huge
green columns to the height of 60
feet. The many ribs which parallel
the columns are surmounted by
bunches of heavy spines. With grea t
age the spines fall away from the
lower portion .of the plant, leaving
the broad, obtuse ribs devoid of their
natural protector. This fact led the
first observers to report the plant
spineless.-J. W. Tourney in Popular
Science Monthly.
Xs* AU Cold rood Slowly.
Digestion will not begin till the
temperature of the food has been
raised by the heat of the stomach to
08 degrees; hence the more heat
that can be imparted to it by slow
mastication the better. The precipi
tation of a large quantity of cold in
the stomach by fast eating may, and
.f ten does, cause discomfort and in
digestion, and every occasion of this
kind results in a measurable injury
to the digestive functions. Persons
of low vitality and delicate health
should eat their food warm. Strong
persons who are full of warmth and
blood can safely eat cold food if it is
eaten slowly and is thoroughly
chewed. -Safeguard.
Gratltado.
Mr. Skinflint (to stranger who has
saved him from drowning)-My
dear, good friend, I'll never forgot
you as long as I live 1 Come up to
my shop and get somo nico, clean,
dry clothes. I'll lot you have them
as cheap as anybody.-London Fun.
Difficulties Encountered.
"Did you succeed in raising money
for that schoolteacher's monu
ments"
"No. Pupils that he had been
harsh with wouldn't contribute, and
pupils that he coddled had never
prospered."-Chicago Record.
W?en you call for DeWitt's Witch Ha
sel Salve, the great pile nure, don't accept
anything else. Don't be talked Into ac
cepting a substitute, for piles, for sores,
for burns. Evana Pharmacy.
- A physician who has been study
ing the effect of liquors on the voice
states that none of tho great singers
have been teetotalers. Wino, taken in
moderation, he believes, is useful for
the voioe, but beer thickens it and
makes it gutteral.
A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure.
Harmless in effect, touche? th? right spot,
reliable and just whst ls wanted. It acta
at once. Evans Pharmacy.
THE BICYCLE POUCE.
Theodore Rooe*T?lt'a Words of Prate* Per
the Kew York Squad.
Hon. Theodore- Roosevelt hae a
paper in The Century on "The Roll
of Honor of the New York Police."
Mr. Roosevelt say s :
The members of tho bicyclo squad,
which waa established soou after we
took office, soon grew to show not
only extraordinary proficiency on
the wheel, but extraordinary dar
ing. They frequently stopped run
aways, wheeling alongside of them,
grasping the horses while going nt
full speed, and, what was even moro
remarkable, they managed not only
to overtake, but to jump into tin?
vehicle and capture, on two or three
? diff?rent occasions, men who were
guilty of reckless driving and who
fought violently in resisting arrest.
They wei o picked men, being young
and active, and any feat of daring
which could be accomplished on tho
wheel they were certain to accom
plish.
; Three of tho best riders of tho bi
; cycle squad, whose names and ree
j ords happen to occur to me, wore
j men of tho three ethnic strains most
' strongly represented in tho New
j York police loree, being respectively
i of native American, German and
Irish, or, more accurately, in this
particular caso of mixed Scotch and
Irish parental, e
Tho German was a man of enor
mous power, and ho was aldo to stop
each of the many i una way s ho tac
kled without losing his wheel.
Choosing his time, ho would get
alongside tho horse and seize tho bit
in bis left hand, keeping his right
on tho crossbar of the wheel. Hy
degrees ho then got tho animal un
der control. He never failed to Bto\]
it and never loBt his wheel. Ho alea
never failed to overtake any
"scorcher," although many of those
were professional riders who delib
erately violated the law to see il
they could not get away from him,
for the wheelmen soon got to know
the officers whose beats they cross.
The Yankee, though a tall, power
ful man and a very good rider
scarcely came up to the German ii
either respect. He possessed excep
tional ability, however, BB well ai
exceptional nerve and coolness, ant
he won his promotion first. H<
stopped about as many runaways
but where the horse was really panic
stricken he usually had to turn hil
wheel loose, getting a firm grip or
the horse's reins and then kicking
his wheel so that it would fall oui
of the way of injury from tho wag
on. On one occasion he had a fighi
with a drunken and reckless drivel
who was urging to top speed a verj
spirited horse. He first got hold ol
the horse, whereupon tho drivel
lashed both him and the beast, anc
the animal, already mad with ter
ror, could not be stopped. The o fifi
cor had, of course, kicked away hil
wheel at the beginning and af tei
being dragged along for some dis
tance he let go the beast and made t
grab at the wagon. The driver hit
him with his whip, but he managet
to get is, aod after a vigorous taesh
overcame his man and disposed ol
him by getting him down and sitting
on him. This left his hands free foi
the reins. By degrees he got int
horse under control and drove tht
wagon round to the station house,
still sitting on his victim. "I jounced
up and down on him to keep him
quiet when he turned ugly," he re
marked to me parenthetically. Hav
ing disposed of the wagon, he tool
the man round to the court, and OE
the way the latter suddenly sprang
on him and tried to throttle him.
j Convinced at last that patience had
? ceased to be a virtue, he quieted hil
! assailant with a smash on the hear]
j that took all the fight out of bin
until he was brought before tht
judge and fined. Like the other "bi
cycle cops, ' ' this officer made a num
ber of arrests of criminals, such ai
thieves, highwaymen and the like,
. in addition to his natural prey
scorchers, runaways and that sort.
The third member of the trio, s
tall, sinewy man with flaming red
hair, which rather added to the ter
ror he inspired in evildoers, was usu
? ally stationed in a rather tough pari
I of the city, where there was a tend
ency to crimes of violence and inci
dentally an occasional desire to har
asB wheelmen. The officer was ai
good off his wheel as on it, and he
speedily established perfect order on
his beat, being always willing tc
j "take chances" in getting his man.
j Ho was no respecter of porsons, and
i when it became his duty to arrest a
J wealthy man for persistently refus
j ing to have bis carriage iamps light
ed after nightfall ho brought him
in with the same indifference that
. ho displayed in arresting a street
corner tough who had thrown a
brick at a wheelman.
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addition, a three weeks' vacation
.very year._
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