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POLICEMAN 
 FLTNN 
 
POLICEMAN FLYNN 
 
 ELLIOTT FLOWER 
 
 HflTH ILtUSTRATlons BY 
 
 Frtdtrie Dorr SteeU 
 
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 TORONTO 
 
 THE COPP. CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED 
 
 1903 
 
P5 3SII 
 
 BMmduMfdliif toAot olth. rulUMBt m OM«ta, tai th.n»«M 
 tbOMMd Bin, lii.ndr«l ud two, by Thi Cow, Ciam Oa. Lunrn. 
 Ttnaita, in Uia OOo* of Ui> Hlnlitw of A(Tlotdtlin — ™. 
 
 Oo|i]rrl(hud, igoi. In Um UalM Bt^M br 
 TBI OIHTDBT Oa 
 
Risptctfully DtdUaUd it 
 
 " nt G»d and Faithful Sirvant' 
 
 'f whnr Littlt is Heard 
 
 ft whtm Mud is Dut 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 I He 
 II He 
 
 III He 
 
 IV He 
 V He 
 
 VI He 
 VII He 
 
 VIII He 
 
 IX He 
 
 X He 
 
 XI He 
 
 XII He 
 
 XIII He 
 
 XIV He 
 XV He 
 
 XVI He 
 
 Objects to Promotion , 
 
 Is Worried by Politicians 
 
 Violates an Ordinance 
 
 Suppresses Anarchy 
 
 Loses a Prisoner . 
 
 Raids a " Fence " . 
 
 Advises His Daughter 
 
 Secures a Conviction 
 
 Stops an Automobile 
 
 Helps a Prisoner . 
 
 Effects a Compromise 
 
 Chastises His Son 
 
 Arrests a Defaulter 
 
 Discusses Marriage 
 
 Stops a Runaway . 
 
 Attends a Ball . . 
 
 I 
 
 '3 
 23 
 
 33 
 45 
 5S 
 65 
 75 
 87 
 99 
 
 109 
 
 121 
 
 ^3S 
 
 147 
 157 
 169 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 XVII He Resists Temptation 
 xvm He Quells a Riot . . ' " 
 xjx He Punishes the Dudes 
 XX Preaching and Practice , 
 XXI He Guards a Crossing 
 XXII He Tries a Bit of Strategy 
 XXIII Terry Tries Diplomacy 
 «iv He Jalks of Police Methods 
 "V He Acts as Peacemaker . 
 XXVI He Celebrates Christmas . 
 
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 • 191 
 
 ■ 201 
 . 209 
 
 • 221 
 
 • 23J 
 
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 269 
 279 
 
HE OBJECTS TO 
 PROMOTION 
 
CHAPTER I 
 
 HE OBJECTS TO PROMOTION 
 
 THAT Policeman Barney Flynn is still 
 Patrolman Flynn is due entirely to 
 himself. Others are patrolmen be- 
 cause they cannot be sergeants or lieutenants or 
 captems; Flynn is one from choice. He is 
 probably the only man on "th" foorce" who 
 hmng been promoted, has made a special and 
 earnest plea to be "ray-^oced to th' r-mnks," 
 ashehimseW-putit. I. .is he is unique, but 
 <n many other respects he is typical of a cer- 
 tain class of policemen of whom the inhabi- 
 tants of a city hear little. He is resourcefol 
 and honest ; ,f he were not it is probable more 
 would be heard of him in the newspapers 
 and he police reports. A few rascally men on 
 a pohce force can do a world of harm to the 
 reputation of the whole body, and if they attain 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 high rank they can demoralize a good part of 
 |t. Integnty ,8 so important in those to whom 
 ;s .ntrustcd the enforcement of thclaJeW 
 the« ,, a natural tendency to maJfv th. 
 
 n.ent .s gauged by the worst rather than the 
 
 -assured it is because /ou ^^11^2 
 police departments of the great cities r^ ;, 1 
 spectacular that gets in th'e lime'.^ht o ^^ 
 haty. and laithfUlness. perseverancf Ld ho„ 
 esty are not often spectacular, so we h^J mo e" 
 of dungs we admire less; and, hearing mo^ 
 of them we gam the idea that they are the n- 
 dommating features of modern life ^ 
 
 True, Policeman Flynn mav hi. ,«„. 
 sourcefUl than some of L br"Ir ^^ .^d 
 
 sense, but he ,s no more conscientious than the 
 great majonty of them. Like them he Jas 
 many faults, not the least of which is a des re to 
 have as easy and comfortable a life as po sble 
 but he acts always according to his b^ut' 
 
POLICEMAN F.LTNN 
 ment, and he defends hlTacts with rare philos- 
 ophy when they are assailed. For instance, it 
 might be charged against him that he has made 
 fewer arrests than any other man of his length 
 of servK:e, and this would carry weight in quar- 
 ters where a policeman's usefulness is judged 
 solely by the number of prisoners he brings b. 
 But there are men of experience who will insist 
 hat this IS not a true gauge of merit, and Po- 
 liceman Flynn is one of them. He does not 
 l.ke to make arrests; he does not deem it nec- 
 essary m instances where others do. 
 
 " 'Tis a nuisance," he says, "to be dhraggin' 
 ye-er man to th' station an' thin be afther get- 
 
 tJT'T'^'T'"'^^ '° p^^y-^^'^ Wm. 
 
 t-ind him home whin ye can ; that 's me wa-ay 
 •v dom It 'T is easy done if he have money 
 n his pocket to pay f 'r th' cab." And as Po- 
 .ceman Flynn for many years had a night beat 
 
 oZi'T fl"'"'"'^ I'y the gilded youth and 
 others who celebrate "not wisely but too well " 
 nis opinion has weight. 
 
 " ^ '" "°' go home," once retorted a young 
 man who had received good advice from him 
 
 a tnnV f TJ '^'^"'^'^ Policeman Flynn, in 
 a tone of mild astonishment. 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " No, I won't ; and I 'd like to know what 
 you 're going to do about it. You can run me 
 in if you want to." 
 
 «R-run ye in!" repeated Flynn. "Oho! 
 D' ye think I 'm lookin' f 'r a chanst to make 
 throuble f 'r mesilf? I '11 do nawthin' iv th' 
 kinA" 
 
 " Then what will you do ? " demanded the 
 obstreperous youth, defiantly. 
 
 " I '11 jump on ye," responded Policeman 
 Flynn. " 'T is easier done, an' it '11 give wor-rk 
 for the ambylance instid iv th' hurry-up wagon." 
 
 As the policeman is an exceedingly active 
 man, who could jump high and come down 
 hard, the argument ended there, and the young 
 man moved on. 
 
 It will be seen from this that Policeman 
 Flynn's methods are peculiarly his own — ex- 
 cept when they are his wife's. She has prompted 
 him in many ways, has given him various val- 
 uable suggestions when he stood in need of 
 them, and he is always quite ready to let her 
 have all the credit due her. " F'r a woman," 
 he is accustomed to say when speaking of her, 
 "she do be th' gr-reatest ma-an I iver see. 
 'T is her that 's more injane-yus than th' whole 
 
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" • D'y, Mnk I •„ Min-f'r a .ban., u make ,br,ukU 
 f'r metilff " 
 
t 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 poJis boord, and many ', th' fine dp ,he 's riy. 
 
 o me, though -t is , mighty onpLsant l! 
 .he have ,v doin" it wmetime,." A7a " „;' 
 Policeman Flynn and hi, wife. betwL„ »h ' 
 made an excellent «cord on h ST ,fnT; 
 .^he policeman who makes the Zl\Z^Z 
 .s necessarily o, the greatest value, a^^ Iws 
 .natance order was maintained with less Wction 
 jnd fewer cases on the docket than ever t- 
 
 That was why Policeman Flynn was finally 
 h" dVtv'rm"- "' ''' ''"'^"^ ^^^^ 
 
 Bu, i. .„„„ ..T^a.^:^ .'ss 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Hi» p»oniorion was held to be deserved, and 
 there was not a man who knew him who was 
 not pleased when the announcement was made. 
 But Sergeant Flynn shook his head doubtfiilly 
 "Sergeant Flynn!" he repeated to himself! 
 « Usten to that, now I 'Tis not th' same ol' 
 Barney at all ; but th' good woman says "t is 
 right, an' I '11 make a pla-ay at it." He did 
 for one whole week. Then he isked to be re- 
 duced to the ranks again. « 'Tis not to me 
 likin'," he explained. " I 'm not ma-ade to be 
 betther thin annywan else. I can't sthand f 'r 
 th' say-lutin' an' th' flimflammin' an' all that. 
 I have no fri'nds anny more. Ivery man I like 
 has to treat me with ray-spict, an' 't is no spoort 
 Fr mc. Whin I says, ' Hullo, Patsy, ol' bye !' to 
 wan IV the men, an' am lookin' ft an answer in 
 kind, he up an' say-lutes me an' says, • Good 
 aver-n' sergeant; I beg lave to ray-poort that 
 I Jist chased two gazabos down th' alley.' Oh 
 •t is no job f 'r me. I niver was made f'r a soo- 
 peer-yer man, niver at all. Put me back on me 
 ol job where I can have me fri'nds again." 
 
 "Is that your only complaint, sereeant?" 
 asked t!ie chief. 
 
 " Listen to that, now ! Dhrop it, will ye .? 
 
POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 Dhrop it tn' oil me 'Barney' or iitt plain 
 'Flynn.'" ^ 
 
 " Well, ia that your only complaint, Flynn?" 
 "M-m-m, well," replied Sergeant Flynn, 
 drawing his hand thoughtfully across his mouth 
 and chin, " I don't mind tellin' ye, private an' 
 confidential, that I'm missin' thim little pa-aper 
 see-gar judes that 's been makin' so much throu- 
 ble f'r me, an' th' fellies that don't want to go 
 home, an' all th' rist iv th' Tenderline gazabos. 
 I don't seem to get used to bein' without 
 throubles iv some kind. 'T is too easy bein' a 
 sergeant, an' I don't sh!f ;p nights f'r thinkin' 
 iv dhrawing mv pa-ay without wor-rkin' fr it. 
 An' thin, bechune ou.-silves, 't is not me nature 
 to be watchin' the b'ys an' sindin' thim to th* 
 thrial boord f'r derry-lickshun iv juty. Whin I 
 see wan iv thim takin' a little nip on th' shiy, 
 itma-akesme wish I was bor-rn blind— it does 
 so." 
 
 "How would you like to be the mayor 
 private policeman ? " asked the chief 
 
 " Oho ! Privit po-lisman to his nibs ! " ex- 
 claimed Sergeant Flynn « 'T w'u'd be a fine 
 job. What 's th' char-acter iv th' wor-rk .' " 
 
 " Oh, you 'd be a sort of doorkeeper, and 
 
 j I'l 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 sorts .„ order while they 're waitingtTeetim 
 If you 're looking for something to do X«^^ 
 a job that will keep you busy." ' "" " 
 
 siowiT^risTY '^""l: '"^^'^ %"». 
 
 his head. ^" '"'''""^y ^''^king 
 
 " "^ « «" right rr thim that likes it." he ex 
 plained afterward, "but th' t.h„„ i, • 
 
 on me ol' TinderLe bit" ^ '""^ " '^^ 
 

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CHAPTER II 
 
 HE IS WORRIED BY POLITICIANS 
 
 1 
 
 WERE do be three gr-rades iv liars," 
 said Policeman Flynn, in a burst of 
 confidence, to his wife. 
 "To which iv thim do ye belong, Barney ?" 
 she inquired solicitously. ' 
 
 •'G'wan, now ! " retorted Policeman Flynn. 
 re 11 be provokin' me to thry to sell ye to a 
 comic pa-aper ye will that. 'T is no joke I m 
 
 >n this wor-rld. First ye have th' common liar, 
 an tis easy carin- f'r him. Nixt ye have th' 
 artistic liar, who can dhress a lie up to ray-simble 
 th truth, so s ye have to look fr th' shtraw- 
 berry ma.ark on th' liffar-rm to tell which is 
 th other. An' thin ye have th' politician, th' 
 gr-reatest bar iv thim all." 
 
 Policeman Flynn shook his head solemnly 
 
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 if I 1 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Z^\^r "'^P""''"'" 'o thi' reat truth. He 
 spoke hITh^k'^''"! '^ '^"--'^-of he 
 
 an' th> politician lies because 'tirh ^"'"^°''' 
 
 P-fellylhedobebuTLVlX " 
 
 . '■ ^'«"f to see his nibs; says th' Doliri 
 
 -ton.e,doin'th-ru3hacta„.th^yit'C- 
 
 " ' Ye cannot,' says I. 
 
 "'I'll have ye^r ba^dge,' says he. ' Me 
 cous,n was a shchoolmate iv his nibs an' I do 
 
 YeJ^seeh,n.fa.„onn,e„eck,th'n,i„uteTe 
 
 do be with an ^^, .n' ^.^ Zf ^^ ^^^1^ 
 whir IV th' wind." " 
 
 ''Ser-rves ye right." commented Mrs. Flynn 
 Ye have no smse at all, Barnev "r • 
 juty to do what ye 're tdd?„-'^". '! ^'^' 
 do th' thinkin'." *" ' '''' "''"'' to 
 
 "Listen to that, now ."exclaimed Policeman 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 tC' 'H°I:°'!:"'y'='-— "woman. 
 That s what h.s n,bs says to me. « Do as ye 're 
 told Barney.' he says, 'an' I'ave me to do th' 
 thmk.n- Pr th' office. That ma-an c'u'd n't get 
 ye-er ba-adge in a million years, but I L 
 ha-ave ,t anny day I r-reach f r if An' 't w'^" 
 be-all r.„ght, only his nibs do be a politician, 
 
 MLXn" ^' '" "°"'' "^'°^'" '"^-^'^ 
 
 "I did so." returned Policeman Flynn. "an' 
 
 rr two da^ys me ba^dge was like to dhr^p off 
 
 rhrV:iSr'°°- -TwasallaJgi. 
 
 impollt.^''" 
 " ' Ye '11 not.' says I. 
 
 1'!?^!'^°"'' ■■^-^°g"'2e me.' says he. 
 I do not.' says I. 
 
 J'Mefa-acesh'u'd be familiar to ye.' says 
 
 in th r-rogues' gal'ry iv late.' 
 
 ; With that his nibs, hearin' voices, comes out 
 ,^\^^ft^''>'f«"y''-h'handan''takrhl 
 ■nan threats lum like he was th' only fri'nd 
 
POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 he had in th' wor-rld. An' when th' fellV, 
 gone, h,s n.bs comes to me, an' says, • Do„' 
 ye know him f ' ' "* 
 
 " ' I do not," says I. 
 
 * carries two wa-arHa ;#,!.■ • • . 
 pocket,' says his nibs. " ''" '"^"^^ 
 
 iv'.;i's?o:?^''"^^^''*'''''^-''-«Po"-h'fit 
 " ' Niver tur-m down a ma-an like that,' savs 
 
 ^^ How JIItellth,mapa-art?'saysI. 
 IJse ye-er head,' says his nibs. 
 
 J^iynn. On me ol' beat I had to deal with 
 th common hars an' th' artistic liars but th' 
 pohfcans .was out iv it. Now 'tT'only h' 
 pdmc.a„,an'Iw'udn'tthrustwa„ivthiLt. 
 thun ,ver came to me an' said, ' I 'm afther I 
 job from his nibs,' I 'd faint ;way,Tw't'd o 
 Th shock .V findin' so much hon sty in wS 
 Jump among th' gazabos that come to th' Sy 
 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 But 't is not their 
 
 'I "m his 
 
 Hall w'u'd near kill me. 
 wa-ay. 
 
 " ' I must see him," says wan. 
 family docther.' 
 
 a docther always carries wan. 
 " ' ?•; '"'•* "* **» '=»'''' «y» ""Other. 
 
 r„™ . " T '"'' ""' *** ''y *"' y« '^hin ye 
 come, says I. ■' 
 
 " Oho ! I -m good at re-partce, but 't is like 
 to get me mto throuble, f'r th' wan I turn 
 down th ha-ardest is always th' only wan I 
 ought to have passed in. Some iv thim come 
 wery da-ay an wait an' wait an' wait, an' they 
 gra-ab felhes gom' m an' comin' out, an' thrv 
 to get their mfloo'nce. I 'd be sorry f'r thim 
 if It was n't f'r wan thing." 
 " What 's that ? " asked Mrs. Flynn 
 " Why don't they wor-rk f'r a livin' in'stead iv 
 wor-rkm'f'rajob? 'T is less disappointin' 
 an no ha-arder whin ye get used to it But 
 
 th'ittl^n.""^'''""^-^''"^''^"'''-'^- 
 " F'r why ? " asked Mrs. Flynn 
 " Well, 't was this wa-ay," explained Police- 
 man Flynn. "I'dbeenscr-nppin'^thtinor 
 
 ill 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 ilivin fellies that wa-anTD »« l- 
 his nib, did „" Z ,„t 1 '".'?" "''" *'"■'' 
 come, . little UbThrtT ^''T' "' ''°"« 
 ye -d think he 'AM "^ ^"^ ""' ?«'« 
 
 I .'^ "* a blow away. But f'r .11 »1. . 
 
 he carne, hi.«,f i„ . sjpeer-y„ J^'^t- 
 bodyLrrLtiX''^'^^'''^— 
 
 thatll"j?;lp'«'^'^'^ 
 
 -r'bVh' tr.:rx^' ^""^ '^ 
 
 biggest taxpayers in th'Xl^ "'" " ^''« 
 ivery wan jLps r-rou„d fV an" I TT *''" 
 th' beat amin B . • • ' ''*'='^ ^ 8° o" 
 
 heat. tfia^HivtVi'TH°'''''''P-'°- 
 wasn•tmad!" °' ''" "•'^''be he 
 
 "Where was it ye 'd sint him. Barney ? " 
 coron^r-soffiitbttre^^'^^^^''^^^-^' 
 
/// 
 
 HE VIOLATES AN 
 ORDINANCE 
 
 W' 
 
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CHAPTER III 
 
 HE VIOLATES AN ORDINANCE 
 
 THERE was a persistent pop, pop, pop 
 - the alley back of pjlifjnf.^ 
 "Sarney Flynn's house, and Mrs 
 Fiyn.. put her head out of the kit hen door ^o 
 see what was the matter. 
 
 sheTkeJ "''''"'^^•"'°«*''-. Barney?" 
 
 afi hT fi It "'"''^''^'y- T''« -«^ shortly 
 
 wfs to anr *" 'u"'"'''"'' '"= ^'^ "« deem i 
 wise to appear ,n that light before his wife. 
 
 !■= « a OCT. m.,„ „„ ,1,. f^,„ .. ^^ 
 
 I 
 
mentedMrs. Flynn «• ,„> 
 to be blazin' away at' ive ^'. """"^ "^^ '^' g« 
 Tell me, now. IZtZ^ '^°°' '" '^' ^'"-d- 
 shootin' in th' city hX'p "" °'^'"'"" ^^™'"« 
 
 At this Policeman Fl 
 scratched his head ^"" 'houghtfbJJy 
 
 ance was ma-ade " ^''^^ *'' "ijin- 
 
 MrsXr'"'""^^^''-'" demanded 
 
 Policeman FIvnn n„ii j 
 principal ordinance fn j 1' 7""""^ °^^''^ 
 tions of the department f' 1"' ""^ ''S^^^' 
 'ooked it through sS/T ^'' P°'^''"' ''"d 
 
 "Doesittellye" J'"'^r^^"^ 
 «g-X«thatano£rivth'l'''^^-%nn 
 a shootin'-Ml'rv iv th' ir , '^^" '"a-ake 
 
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 regmfuJr- ""'" ''"'"'' ^°"^«'"- %nn, 
 
 shoots in'th'a-ty?!/' '° ^^"^^ ^h' ma-an that 
 
 " Mary, I 'IJ „„( ,; „ 
 
 man Fiyan after , ^ ' ^"s^'ered Police- 
 
 ^ysthaLa.mt'""'"^"'"^ -flection; 4 
 
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 J' ^!^" '' '" ^'' y""' ^""'^y P'ynn." asserted 
 Mrs. Flynn decisively, « to ta-ake ye-ersilfto 
 th station an- cha-arge ye-ersilf with disord'rlv 
 conduct." ' 
 
 Policeman Flynn winced. The reasoning 
 was clear, but he objected to the conclusion. 
 
 " I ray-fuse," he said at length, « to go with 
 mesilf." ^ 
 
 " Ray-fiise to go, is it ? " cried Mrs. Flynn 
 " Here ye are caught be ye-ersilf vi'latin' an or- 
 jmance, an' ye ray-fuse fr to be arristed 
 Barney, ye '11 be afther havin" th' cha-arge iv 
 raysistm' an officer put ferninst ye-er na-ame, 
 too. 'T is f 'r you to bat ye-ersilf on th' head' 
 with ye-er club an' jerk ye-ersilf off to th' 
 -station whether ye will or no." 
 
 "'T w'u'd be a sha-ame, Mary," protested 
 Policeman Flynn, "f'r me, bein' th' fri'nd to 
 mesilf that I am, to be that r-rough with me- 
 si f. Ye 'd not have me too ha-ard on a fri'nd. 
 wudye?" 
 
 « Derry-lickshun iv juty it is!" ejaculated 
 Mrs. Flynn. " I can see ye, Barney, walkin' 
 th ca-arpet in th' Capt'in's office, an' he tellin* 
 ye something iv juty an' fri'ndship, an' that 
 ye re laid off foor da-ays without pay." 
 
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 " Annyhow," persisted the policeman « I 'm 
 not shtrong enough fV to ait me":? 't" 
 oo tough ajob. I -m a desp'rit ma-an whin 
 I mr-roused. Mary.an'-tisnotth-S: 
 vrne nor annywanilse that can lay th' ha-a„d 
 
 .v^thW on mes.,f without havin-k to go f'r 
 
 "I see ye now. Oh, I see ye now, Barney " 
 went on Mrs. Flynn. «I see ye Areadin^'a 
 not.ce on th' boord at th' statiln. n' t " 
 that Barney Flynn is discha-arged frlT 
 foorce f r cow'rdice. That 's whaf it saylBat 
 ny.a„ .t says more. It says that Barnev 
 Flynn .s cha-arged with disord'ly conduct an' 
 shoot:n- m th' city limits, an' rayLtin' an offi. 
 
 fri'i"""^?' *'' '°°'-'^^ be'wor-rkin- th- 
 fn ndship r-racket, an' that anny officer meetin' 
 
 h.mw.11 call th' wagon an' r-runhimTn" 
 
 Policeman Flynn gave every evidence of 
 bemg womed. as he hastily put' his reXer 
 back m his pocket. 
 _J Mary," he said, "no wan saw me doin' iv 
 
 ^ « I saw ye, Barney," returned his relentless 
 "Butyew'u'd.Vtbeafthergettin'th'only 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 husband ye ha-ave in throuble," argued the ' 
 pohceman. " Ye w'u'd n't do that, now w'u'd 
 ye, Mary ? " 
 
 "As a husband, Barney, I like ye," said the 
 diplomatic Mrs. Flynn, " but as a po-Iis officer 
 ye ha^ve no r-n^^ fr to be askin' favors iv 
 me. 'T is me juty to ray.poort anny officer 
 that does wr-rong." 
 
 " Ye sh'u'd luk on me as a husband, Mary " 
 urged the policeman. 
 
 " Not whin ye 're ta-arget-practisin'," an- 
 swered Mrs. Flynn with decision. "Whin 
 ye 're dom' what I wa-ant ye f 'r to do ye 're a 
 husband, an' wan iv th' bist I iver see; but 
 whm ye 're foolin' with a gun ye 're a po-lis 
 officer. 
 
 Policeman Flynn heaved a deep sigh. 
 « Mary," he said, " ye wa-anted me ft to do 
 a httle job ivwor-rk in th' house while I 'm off 
 
 juty" 
 
 I did," she answered, 
 had n't th' time." 
 
 'an' 
 
 ye said ye 
 
 " I 've cha-anged me mind," asserted Police- 
 man Flynn with another sigh. « 'T is a tight 
 hole I got mesilf in, Mary, an' me head is 
 shwimmin' with all th' throubles an' th' r-rules 
 
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 "■Tis likely it will," retorted Mrs. Fly„n 
 offia^U d.gn.ty and tackled the plebeian task 
 
 to hi" .f ^ " T'^-'"''' '""=*"^''''« """"^ring 
 to h,m elf something about a woman who had 
 
 a reg lar la-awyer's head on her." 
 
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 HE SUPPRESSES 
 ANARCHT 
 
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CHAPTER IV 
 
 HE SUPPRESSES ANARCHY 
 
 ON a beat to which Policeman Barney 
 Flynn was once assigned there was a 
 most troublesome character. He was 
 dangerous or harmless, according to the point 
 of view. If he had been deprived of his tongue 
 he certainly would have been harmless, for in 
 the matter of physical prowess he was about as 
 meek and unassuming a man as one could well 
 find. If he had had a brain at all commensu- 
 rate with his linguistic powers he also would 
 have been harmless, or perhaps even a power 
 for good. The trouble apparently lay in the 
 fact that, when he was made, his brain was con- 
 structed on a wrong plan, and even then was 
 not entirely completed. So he had a grudge 
 against the worid and was able to convince 
 himself that he was justified in airing it. 
 
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POLICEMAN F L T N N 
 
 Policeman Flynn saw a crowd gathered about 
 him one day, and listened to the harangue for 
 . few minutes. Then he gently elbowed his 
 way to the man's side and suggested, "Ye 
 betther be movin* along." 
 
 ^'' This is a free country," retorted the man. 
 
 „ .T ■ ^ J '^ "■*''" *"'*"'='^ Policeman Flynn. 
 I IS as free fr ye to I'ave as it is f r ye to 
 come to. Niver a ma-ah is holdin' ye " 
 
 The man moved on. He said something 
 about « the mm.ons of the law" and thf 
 bloodhounds of monopoly," but something 
 in the expression of Policeman Flynn's face 
 convinced him that it was wise to move on. 
 bt.ll, he lived in that vicinity, and it was not 
 his nature to remain long quiet. So a few 
 days later Flynn found him holding forth 
 m the same strain again, and again he forced 
 
 Z^r^' °"; '" '''^ p°"--" - 
 
 " "J 's ha-ard to know what to do," he told 
 his wife. "He do be ma-akin" a lot of throu- 
 blean shtirnn' up a lot iv theign'rant gazabos, 
 but if I r-run h.m in 'twill ma-ake a martyr iv 
 him no hss; an' thin." he added with a sigh, 
 i d be at the nuisance ivappearin' ag'in' him 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 in coort, an" what w'u'd I sa-ay to th' judge ? 
 Oho ! I think I see mesilf . 
 
 " ' This la-ad,' says I to th' judge, ' is shoot- 
 in' off his mouth an' sayin' ha-ard things ag'in 
 th' governmint.' 
 
 " ' D' ye think ? ' says th' judge to me, ' this 
 gr-reat governmint is afraid iv th' idle vapor- 
 in's iv wan misguided wr-retch ? 'T is the 
 worryin' iv thim kind iv min that br-rings thim 
 to notice an' ma-akes thim dangerous. L'ave 
 thim alone an' no wan '11 notice thim.' 
 
 " Thin th' pa-apers come out an' ta-alk iv th' 
 policy iv ray-prission accordin' to th' Rooshian 
 pla-an an' th' ha-arm that 's done be it. An' 
 afther that 't is Barney Flynn on th' carpet in 
 th' capt'in's office f 'r ma-akin' a fool iv him- 
 silf." 
 
 " Well, why don't ye l'ave him alone, thin?" 
 demanded Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " Oho ! there ye are with ye-er wise wor-rds," 
 retorted Policeman Flynn. " Ye know it all, 
 iv coorse ye do. If ye only had a shtar an' a 
 book iv r-rules ye 'd be a whole po-lis foorce. 
 I niver hear-rd iv a woman sittin' at home 
 mindin' th' shtockin's that c'u'd n't settle ivery 
 pr-roblem iv th' da-ay. I '11 lay ye tin to wan 
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 whin th' Prisidint iv this « r»« 
 
 ~- in to dinner .r£fr:rdT?;: 
 wor-rk an say,, • I •„, havin' a bit iv throuSI, 
 
 rr tV"r\ i'^-^" ">• ^^^^ 
 
 tens h m . U," '"''' " ''''" '^hornfol-like an' 
 ai^irs in'th- dltL^n,"'':!": c h''" r'^ 
 afther a b.t mebbe somethin'goes wr-ronror * 
 
 T,sthc fauJt.vth'po-lis.- they says. ' Thev 
 ha-ave been givin' too much liberty to th' da/ 
 
 ^rb^^^it^t'^'^'^"^'^-'- 
 
 PathrolmanXnn's at" ""'""t^ Z'' °" 
 
 ^^;;.y-pHsse/a.i^^„,;-t;l- 
 
 h/ ' r'^' ^' «" " e°'"' a«' comin'/' ^ 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 "Why don't ye ha-ave a ta-alk with him?" 
 she asked. "Ye might tell him th' throuble 
 he 's makin' ye." 
 
 This seemed so absurd to Policeman Flynn 
 that he only laughed. Nevertheless, the idea 
 took root, and one day, when opportunity of- 
 fered, he opened a conversation with the anar- 
 chist. 
 
 " I sup-pose," he remarked, " that 't is no 
 use discussin" th' matther with ye, but don't ye 
 see ye 'v. wr-rong, an' ye "re only makin" 
 throuble f 'r ye-ersilf an' f'r me ? " 
 
 " I have a right to my views," asserted the 
 anarchist. 
 
 " Sure ye ha-ave," admitted Policeman Flynn, 
 " but ye ha-ave no r-right to be foorcin' thim 
 on others." 
 
 "They force theirs on me," protested the 
 anarchist. 
 
 Policeman Flynn gave this phase of the 
 question thoughtful consideration before reply- 
 ing. 
 
 "Was ye bor-rn in this counthry .? " he 
 asked. 
 
 " No," was the reply. 
 " Are ye a citizen iv it ? " 
 
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 " No." 
 
 w"\Z'f^ ""' "''"'' '^ » ^'^"y I hear-rd 
 .V, said Policeman F]y„„. ever ready to point 
 a moral with a story. « This felly had shtiange 
 
 r-nght while he was r-runnin' his own house 
 an not bothenn anny wan ilse. But wan da-av 
 he moved over to a boordin'-house. 
 
 " 'Come in,' says th"other boorders. «So 
 'ong as ye pa-ay ye-er boord an' live up to th' 
 r-ruleswe'regladfrtoha-aveye' 
 
 "'But I don't intind f'r to pa-ay me boord.' 
 
 ""^f. T^'-^T' '""' ^ ^°"'* '''^« ^J^' -rules.' 
 
 tKi^ • ?° ^"^ '^'"'y '^ "" ''«« that likes 
 
 tnim, says they. 
 
 " ' 'T is no matther; says th' ma-an. ' I know 
 more than all th' rist iv ye. an' ye '11 ha-avef r 
 to change thim.' 
 
 «' Ye 'd bettherbe goin' on about yc-er busi- 
 ness. says they. 
 
 an'"hi1".r',:' ""^" "*' "''■'"• ' "«« I ="" 
 an here I » shtay, an' if ye don't change th' 
 '-rules to suitmeidees I '11 tear th' house 
 down he says. ' Ye 're all fools.' he says. « an' 
 loose an show ye a thing or two.' 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " They tuk him away in an ambylance," 
 asserted Policeman Flynn by way of conclu- 
 sion. " D' ye see th' p'int ? " 
 
 " No," replied the anarchist. 
 
 " If ye don't like th' r-rules iv th' house 
 ye 're livin' in along with a lot iv people that 
 was there befoor ye, move back into wan iv 
 ye-er own." 
 
 " 6ut I have none," said the anarchist, at last 
 grasping the point. 
 
 "Thin build wan," advised Policeman 
 Flynn. 
 
 But, of course, all this wisdom was wasted 
 upon the anarchist He continued to make 
 rabid speeches whenever opportunity offered, 
 and Policeman Flynn continued to puzzle his 
 head as to the best method of procedure in the 
 matter. 
 
 " 'T is a shtrange thing," he commented one 
 day, " that so manny diiPrint kinds iv la-ads do 
 be havin' th' sa-ame mother-counthry, an'," he 
 added, solemnly shaking his head, " ye niver 
 hear annythin' iv th' father. It luks ba-ad, it 
 do Pr a feet. Judgin' be th' broods some iv 
 thim ol' mother-counthries tur-rns out, 't is like 
 they was married an' divoorced tin or iliven 
 
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 times, an' th' secret iv it all lies in th' pay- 
 ternity. f^ ' 
 
 On another occasion he suggested to the an 
 arch.st,«Th.la-adthat'saIwa^heavin'£ic^ 
 • th wan that 's surpr-rised whin he gets wan 
 =Jong-s.de .V th' head. If ye '11 go hLe an" 
 thmk V that :t ma^y save ye some throuble." 
 At last, however, the i>oliceman outlined a 
 plan of campaign. He de'cided that a loitering 
 anarchist was a menace, while an anarchist on 
 the move was harmless. "'T is only where 
 
 "Vril'Z f' '^"^ ""'-'^^ *''™"'"''" he said. 
 While they re mov.n' they ha^ve no chanst." 
 
 Itwas after he had been obliged to order his par- 
 ticular anarchist to « move on " three times in 
 
 one evening that this greatideacameto him. He 
 tookthe man by the arm and walked him along. 
 ^^ To the station .P " asked the man, bitteriy 
 Wiver, answered Policeman Flynn " I 'H 
 not do ye that honor. I Ve thried ivery wa^y 
 to give ye a bit iv sinse," he went on, "an* I 
 
 seeyeha^venopla-acefritinye^rhead. 
 Whin ye ha-ave business here ye can tell meiv 
 
 .tanit'l,beallr-right,b„twhin%eha-aveno:: 
 ye 11 have Pr to keep goin'. I 'H ha-ave none 
 IV ye-er doin's on me beat." 
 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 He marched him to the end of his beat and 
 waited for the next patrolman to show up. 
 
 " 'T is th' anarchist that 's been annoyin" 
 me," he explained, " an' I '11 not ha-ave him on 
 me beat." 
 
 " But I don't want him," protested the other 
 policeman. 
 
 "Iv coorse not," said Policeman Flynn. 
 " Pass him along. A movin' anarchist '11 niver 
 bother anny wan." 
 
 Then he winked at his brother officer, and 
 the latter, after a pause sufficient to enable him 
 to grasp the situation, laughed and took the 
 anarchist in tow. With a few words of ex- 
 planation the man was later passed on to a third 
 officer, and— well, he crept back to his home 
 about two o'clock the following morning. Once 
 afterwards the experience was repeated, and 
 then the story reached the station. 
 
 "Barney," laughed the Captain when he 
 heard of it, « you 've solved a great problem. 
 If I had my way, I 'd send you to Washington 
 to see if you could handle it on a larger 
 scale." 
 
 " *T w'u'd be easy done," answered Police- 
 man Flynn, "only Pr wan thing." 
 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 " What -s that ? " asked the Captain. 
 
 « Afther a bit th' gazabos w'u"d Tarn enough 
 ft to get naturalized an' vote, an' thin th" pol- 
 iticians w'u'd n't I'ave me lay a hand onthim," 
 asserted Policeman Flynn, thereby adding ma- 
 terially to his reputation for wisdom. 
 
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 HE LOSES A 
 PRISONER 
 
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CHAPTER V 
 
 HE LOSES A PRISONER* 
 
 IT was when Policeman Barney Flynn was 
 a new man on " th' foorce " that he lost a 
 prisoner, and he frankly admitted after- 
 wards that he " niver sh'u'd ha-ave found him 
 in th' fir-rst place." In other words, experi- 
 ence taught him that the arrest was not justified, 
 buttha new policeman invariably is jealous of 
 his authority and his dignity. So, when he had 
 told the man to move on and the man had re- 
 torted by making various sarcastic and other- 
 wise objectionable remarks. Policeman Flynn 
 deemed it necessary for the honor and dignity 
 of his official position to assert himself. 
 
 " Get a move on ye, now, or I '11 r-run ye 
 in," he said. 
 
 • RcpublUhal by pomiaion 6am Lippiiicin't Moatbl; Ma«aiiiK tat 
 May, 1901. 
 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 me in," retorted the man. 
 there talking about it, but 
 
 "Well, run 
 " Don't stand 
 do it." 
 
 " I will," said Policeman Flynn, but he in- 
 tended it only as a threat. 
 
 " Well, why don't you ?" was the taunting 
 response. 
 
 The man was one of! the aggressively trou- 
 blesome fellows who think they know all about 
 individual liberty. 
 
 " I will," said Policeman Flynn again, and 
 he took the man by the shoulder. " Niver 
 will it be said that anny wan on me beat can 
 talk ba-ack to me." 
 
 There spoke the new policeman who makes 
 work for himself; the older ones are never 
 so foolish. 
 
 "Will ye go quiet-like or will I ta-ake a 
 club to ye?" inquired the policeman, as he 
 tightened his grip on the man's coat 
 
 " Oh, I '11 go along all right," answered the 
 man. « I was thinking of dropping in on the 
 Sergeant anyway, and we '11 just go together, 1 
 have n't seen him in almost a year." 
 
 Policeman Flynn hesitated. Men who want 
 to see the Sergeant are a rarity, and there is al- 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 ways a chance that they have some " infloo'nce" 
 at headquarters. 
 
 " ^f ye 'U g'wan about ye-er business I '11 
 I'ave ye go," he suggested. 
 
 " But I won't," asserted the man. « I 'm 
 under arrest and I 'm going to the station. If 
 I 've violated the law, you have no right to com- 
 promise the matter with me— it 's your duty to 
 lock me up." 
 
 This sounded to Policeman Flynn like a 
 " bluff," and he made haste to " call " it. 
 
 " Come on, thin ! " he exclaimed. " I '11 put 
 ye behind th' ba-ars fast enough, an' if ye don't 
 come willin' I '11 ca-all th' blue wagon.'' 
 
 Nevertheless, he was n't exactly satisfied. 
 The prisoner was too willing, and it is extreme- 
 ly disconcerting to have charge of a man who 
 wants to be arrested. A man in the strong 
 grasp of the law ought to hold back and change 
 his tone. It began to dawn on Policeman 
 Flynn before they had gone a block that per- 
 haps the man was not « bluffing " after all. So 
 he stopped short and released him. 
 
 "G'wan, now!" he said. "I '11 not be 
 
 bothered with ye anny more. G'wan home !" 
 
 " I won't," answered the man. " I 'm your 
 
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POLICEMAN FLVNN 
 prisoner, .nd if you connive at the escape of a 
 fellow you 've placed under arrest I '11 prefer 
 
 «T Tt"*' ^°"- * '" 8oing with you." 
 Ye 11 be sorry Pr it," suggested Policeman 
 Flynn. "Ye '11 find no feather-beds at th' 
 station, an' there do be r-rats in th' cells." 
 
 „ " ' '^ ^^y "ny chances." returned the man. 
 " Come on ! 
 
 "I won't," said PoUiceman Flynn in his 
 turn "What chasuge w'u'd I make ag'in' 
 
 "That 's your business," said the man. 
 
 " If ye 'd been ray-sistin' an officer iv th' 
 Ia-«w, commented Policeman Flynn. « 't w'u'd 
 beaUr-right." 
 
 " °?.'7f,l'' """ '^^ •>*'? y"" «»y." «id the 
 •nan, «•! II resist. I 'U punch you in the 
 stomach and — " 
 
 " If ye do," interrupted Policeman Flynn 
 menaongly, " I '11, hit ye a clip on th' head 
 with th' club." 
 
 "Then take me to the station," persisted 
 the man. « I 'm your prisoner. You 've eot 
 me, have n't you ? " 
 
 I'Divil ta-ake ye. I can't lose ye!" ex- 
 claimed Policeman Flynn, irritably. "G'wan 
 
 so 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 ■bout ye-er business now, an' quit ye-er wor- 
 ryin' iv me." 
 
 The prisoner caught the policeman by the 
 arm and pulled him along. 
 
 " Hang it all ! " he cried. " Why don't you 
 do your duty ? " 
 
 " L'ave me loose 1 " commanded Policeman 
 Flynn. « D' ye think ye-er th' whole po-lis 
 foorce ? I '11 not arrist anny wan on compool- 
 sion." 
 
 « But you 've already arrested me," urged 
 the man. 
 
 « Thin I let ye go." 
 
 " But I refuse to be liberated. Come on, 
 can't you f " And he almost dragged the re- 
 luctant officer along the street. 
 
 « L'ave go iv me ar-rm ! " cned Policeman 
 Flynn. " I '11 not ha-ave anny man makin' 
 me lock him up ag'in' me will. L'ave eo I 
 tell ye ! " "^ 
 
 "Then come along peaceably," said the 
 man. " You 've no right to let me go, and 
 I won't go. A police magistrate is the only man 
 who can free me after I have been arrested." 
 
 « I '11 not ta-ake ye," insisted Policeman 
 Flynn. 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 "If you don't," lawrted the man, «1 '11 
 •tick by you undl you ire relieved and have to 
 go in to report I don't want any imitation 
 «m»t : I want the real thing, and it 's only fair 
 that I should have it The way you 're acting 
 >s a reflection on my dignity and makes me feel 
 mighty small and of no account Don't you 
 think I 'm worth arresting ? " 
 
 " Iv coorse ye are."' 
 
 " I 'm not too unimporunt to be arrested 
 am I f " ' 
 
 " Niver a bit iv it" 
 " Then why don't you run me in ? " 
 " I ha-ave throubles enough now." 
 " But you must; I insist" 
 Policeman Flynn drew a long breath. 
 « Be a good felly, now," he said. " an' g'wan 
 about ye-er business." 
 
 " My business is to go to the station with 
 you." 
 
 " F'r why d' ye wa-«nt to be conthrary ? " 
 pleaded Policeman Flynn. « Can't ye do a 
 good tur-rn Tr a ma-an ? " 
 
 " Do you ask it as a favor ? " 
 
 "F'r sure. I ask ye to g'wan home an' 
 1 ave me alone." 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " Oh, well, u t fiivor to you," returned the 
 man, " possibly I might consent not to he ar- 
 rested on this occasion." 
 
 " 'T w'u'd be a gr-reat frvor. I don't wa-ant 
 ye. I ha-ave no use ft ye at all." 
 
 " Then," said the man, " as a matter of per- 
 sonal accommodation to you I will leave you." 
 
 " Whin I wint on th' foorce," muttered Po- 
 liceman Flynn, as he resumed his beat, "I 
 thought I might ha-ave throuble keepin' a 
 pris'ner, but I niver knew 't w'u'd be so har-rd 
 ft to lose wan." 
 
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 "FENCE" 
 
CHAPTER VI 
 
 HE RAIDS A " FENCE 
 
 GREAT was the day that Policeman 
 Barney Flynn raided a " fence." But, 
 of course, he never would have done 
 it if he had not been properly prompted by his 
 wife. Like many another man. Policeman 
 Flynn does not go out hunting for trouble and 
 work, and it takes a certain amount of feminine 
 sarcasm and criticism to make him even reason- 
 ably ambitious. But once roused to action, 
 there is no man on " th' foorce " who can sur- 
 pass him in either resourcefulness or nerve. 
 
 " Oho ! I 've found a fince," he announced 
 joyously to his wife one night. 
 
 « What '11 ye do with it ? " demanded Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
 " What '11 I do with it ? " repeated Police- 
 man Flynn. "What d' ye sup-pose? Is it 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 ye^r idee that I '11 give it ye ft to . t r-round 
 ye-er ga-ar-den ? T is a sl,tra„ge' conciptio' 
 ye ha-ve .v me official juries an' th' worries iv 
 
 me daijr to.l I pray-sume ye think 't is a 
 shtone fince w.th filagree wor-rk on th' ir'n gate 
 
 r '\'\ ""-'""S- This fince is a pla ace' 
 where shtolen goods is nego-shated f r ha-ard 
 
 "T^^^^dlJ"'"'"''"'^^'^^"""^^^ 
 
 « No ; th' min. They 's min that r-runs th' 
 
 re d hke ft to be a widdy, w'u'd ye ?" 
 
 re^rted Pol.cen,a„ Flynn, somLhat warmiy. 
 
 Ye d hke to h.-ve me go ferninst tin or 
 
 a Foorth-,y-July ta-arget in a shootin'-gal'rv 
 
 so ^yecu'dputonye-erblackdhrelsa;' 
 
 ha-ave :very wan ca-astin' eyes at ye an' sayin' 
 
 There goes th' widdy iv th' bra-ave po-lisLan 
 
 hat was planted awa-ay w.th sivin p'oundT ^ 
 
 eadmh.m.' But I '„ „ot give ye th' chanst. 
 
 I II ray-poort th' fac's at r-roil-call an' I'ave th' 
 
 capt'm plan th' raid." 
 
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 " Ha-and over th' gun ye 're carryin', Bar- 
 ney," said Mrs. Flynn, with decision. 
 
 « F'r why ? ■• asked Policeman Flynn. 
 
 " Ye don't need it," answered his wife, with 
 infinite sarcasm. " 'T is you that knows too 
 well how to ta-ake care iv ye-ersilf iver to 
 ha-ave call f'r a gun." 
 
 Policeman Flynn winced, but he too well 
 knew the danger and difficulties of such a raid 
 to be readily brought to his wife's view of the 
 matter. 
 
 " "T w'u'd be like takin' wan's own life f'r 
 to go in there alone," he protested. 
 ^^ "Surpr-rise thim," advised Mrs. Flynn. 
 " Ye know they 's a fince there, ye know they 's 
 min comes there to I'ave goods, i know th' 
 ma-an that la-ands thim behind th' La-ars '11 be 
 mintioned in th' po-lis ordhers an' '11 be a gr-reat 
 ma-an at th' station, an' ye know ye '11 niv er be 
 heard iv if ye let some wan ilse do th' wor-rk. 
 'T IS f'r you to ma-ake a showin' f'r ye-ersilf." 
 
 " 'T is a post-mortim showin' I 'd be ma-akin' 
 f'r mesilf," returned the patrolman, ruefully. 
 " Ye don't undhershta-and th' case. 'T is not 
 th' fince alone, but th' gang that I'aves th' goods 
 there, that 's to be r-rounded up, an' 't is a 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 desp'rit cr-rowd. 'T is only me juty to me 
 soopeer-yer officer to ray-poort in a case like 
 this." 
 
 " 'T is ye-er juty to ye-ersilf to show ye 're a 
 po-lisman with a head on ye," insisted Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
 " To prove I ha-ave a head on me 't is nic- 
 issary ft to ha-ave it blowed oflF," commented 
 Policeman Flynn, lugubi'iously. 
 
 " If ye ha-ave n't th' injinoo-ity to save it, 't is 
 betther so," asserted Mrs. Flynn. " Don't ye 
 iver let thim sma-art day-tictives get th' cr-redit 
 f'r ye-er wor-rk, Barney Flynn, or I '11 belave 
 ye 're not Irish at all, but only a Polack or 
 some other furriner." 
 
 With this the subject was temporarily 
 dropped ; but Policeman Flynn knew that nc 
 had to do that particular job himself in order to 
 have peace in the family, and Mrs. Flynn knew 
 that he would do it and do it well. He did 
 not report his discovery at the station, but de- 
 voted his spare time to further investigations. 
 In this he was violating a rule of the depart- 
 ment, but what is a rule of the department 
 compared with a rule of the household ? He 
 wanted to learn the habits and methods of the 
 
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 gang and do the planning himself, well know- 
 ing this assumption of responsibility would be 
 overlooked if he were successful. When every- 
 thing was in readiness, he outlined his plan to 
 his captain, and asked for aid in making the raid. 
 " 'T is a desp'rit cr-rowd," he said, " an' may- 
 be they "11 thry to break awa-ay." 
 
 " You want two men at each entrance, you 
 say ? " queried the captain. 
 Policeman Flynn nodded. 
 " And how many to go in ? " 
 " Wan. 'T is a nice inj'yable bit iv spoort I 
 ha-ave picked out f 'r mesilf " 
 
 "You'll be killed," asserted the captain. 
 " As I understand it, the stolen goods are left 
 in the basement at odd times, and then the gang 
 gathers there quietly some night, meets the 
 ' fence,' and the business is cleaned up and the 
 money paid. The only way to do is to over- 
 whelm them." 
 
 " Not f 'r an injane-yus ma-an," answered 
 Pohceman Flynn, confidently. « 'T is me pur-r- 
 pose to dhrop in on thim, but 't is not me night 
 f'r dyin*. I '11 tell ye why." Here he leaned 
 over and whispered in the captain's ear. 
 The latter immediately began to laugh. Then 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 he slapped Policeman Flynn on the back, ad 
 cried : " Go ahead, Barney. You can have .A 
 the men you want." 
 
 So it happened that when Policeman Flynn 
 next appeared at his home his coat was split up 
 the back, his trousers were torn, his collar was 
 half off, and he was covered with dirt and dust. 
 " I got thim," he announced briefly. 
 " Ye luk it," replied Mrs. Flynn, surveying 
 him critically. 
 " I surpr-rised thim." 
 
 " If ye lukked like ye do now ye 'd sur- 
 pr-rise anny wan." 
 
 '"T was this wa-ay," went on Policeman 
 Flynn. «Th' gazabo that pinches th" goods 
 takes thim to th' alley an' dhrops thim into a 
 chute, so 's he can ma-ake his getaway quick if 
 they 's anny wan followin' him. Oho ! but 't is 
 well arin-anged. Niver a wan iv thim that 
 shteals th' goods takes thim into th' place at 
 all, an' they niver goes there only whin the time 
 comes f'r th' fince to shquare up with thim, an' 
 thin they goes in th' front wa-ay. But 't is me 
 that found th' chute all hidden awa-ay nice 
 where a windy used f'r to be. So I puts two 
 mm at th' front door an' two min at th' side 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 door, an' thin I dhrops in on thim an' ma-ake4 
 thim think a bit iv th' judgmint-da-ay has come. 
 Uho ! It ma-akes me laugh to think iv it. They 
 like to have died iv heart-failure." 
 
 "How -d ye go in, Barney?" asked Mra. 
 Flynn. 
 
 "I wint down the chute like a hod iv brick 
 an la-anded on th' table where they was sittin'.' 
 1 had thim ma-archin* out before they knew 
 what was doin'." 
 
 ;• Ha-ave ye thim all at th' station ? " in- 
 quired Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 "All but wan," answered the patrolman, 
 
 " Did he get awa-ay ? " 
 
 " M-m-m. well, ye may sa-ay he did— after 
 a fashion; but 't is me that knows where to find 
 him." 
 
 « Where ? " 
 
 .. u^' '**' ''°«P'"'e," said Policeman Flynn. 
 He br-roke me fall as I come down th' chute, 
 an he got awa-ay in an ambylance." 
 
 
 
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 DAUGHTER 
 
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 HF. Ar SFS HIS DAUGHTER 
 
 HUW -s th' kids, Maggie?" asked 
 Policeman Barney Flynn, as he 
 settled himself for his r^ular 
 smoke one evening. 
 
 " I wish, Father," replied his daughter with 
 that dignity that a year or so as a school teacher 
 always gives to a young woman, " that you 
 would cease to call me Maggie. It is so plebe- 
 ian. My name is Marguerite." 
 
 "Oho! listen to that, now!" exclaimed 
 Policeman Flynn. «Yc was chr-ristened 
 Maggie, but ye-er na-ame is Margareet. 
 M-m-m, now, I wondher whin th' Frinch crep' 
 into th" fam'ly an' how 't was done. I niver 
 hear-rd iv wan iv ye-er ancistors that w'u'd 
 I'ave a Frinchman near without cr-rackin' him 
 on th' head. I 'd as soon hear ye callin' ye-er- 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 sUf Gretchen or FranchllLi. 'T is tin dollan. to 
 on cints th' gazabo that 's been callin' to see ye 
 has^ put yc up to changin' a fine na-ame." 
 
 " He 's a very excellent young man. Father." 
 answered the girl spiritedly. 
 
 " ^''^^ s". but I ha-ave me doubts," as- 
 serted Policeman Fly„n. « I sh'u'd n't ta^ke 
 him f r wan havin' th' r-right sort iv shtuff in 
 him. There do be ted much palaverin* an' 
 side-shteppin' an' bowin' about him f'r to 
 ca-atch me eye." 
 
 " He 's a man of polished manners. Father " 
 insisted the girl, "and I regret to say your 
 manners lack polish." 
 
 " ^-"ght ye are," returned Policeman Flynn. 
 
 Accordin' to th' po-lis r-rules I have to polish 
 
 me boots an' me buttons an' me ba-adge an' me 
 
 belt, an' 't is little time I have lift f'r to polish 
 
 me manners. But I'ave that go. How 's th' 
 
 kids behavin' ? " 
 
 I' Do you refer to the scholars. Father ? " 
 
 " Maggie, I 'd advise ye to be carefiil how ye 
 
 provoke th' ol' man," said Policeman Flynn 
 
 w«n,«ngly. « 'T is not f'r you to be ray-pro- 
 
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 "Why, to tell the truth. Father," answered 
 the girl, seeing that it was dangerous to be too 
 particular about the use of words, « I have been 
 having some trouble with the larger boys. 
 They lack proper discipline, and I 'd give a 
 good deal to discover some way to control 
 them." 
 
 "M-m-m, now, that 's too ba-ad," com- 
 mented Policeman Flynn reflectively. " Ye 
 sh'u'd 'ave come to me befoor, f 'r 't is on 
 thim things I 'm poshted. I sup-pose th' 
 wa-ay Cassidy conthroUed th' wa-ard caucus 
 w'u'd n't do f 'r ye. Oho ! 't was a gr-reat 
 sight, was that ! Ye see, Cassidy was th" chair- 
 man, an' there was some la-ads that was afther 
 r-runnin' things their own wa-ay. They 
 w'u'd n't listen to him, an' whin he 'd pounded 
 a hole in th' table he up an' let go with th' 
 gavel." 
 
 " Threw it at the boisterous ones ? " asked 
 the girl. 
 
 " He did that same," answered Policeman 
 Flynn, "an' th' gla-ass iv wather foUied th' 
 gavel an' th' pitcher wint afther th' gla-ass, an' 
 he was takin' off his boots f'r to heave at thim 
 whin ordher was reshtored. Ye might thry it, 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Maggie— all but th* boots. Ye ha-are an ink- 
 shtand an' a r-ruler an' things on ye-er desk, 
 have ye not ? " 
 
 " I *m afraid the Board of Education would 
 object to such methods," said the girl, smiling 
 at the absurdity of the plan. 
 
 "Mebbe so," returned Policeman Flynn. 
 "I 've been ferninst th' like mesilf. 'Ye 
 must n't beat ye-er pris'ner all up,' says th' 
 Capt'in, an' 'tis a ha-ard thing f 'r to conthrol a 
 ba-ad man without I'avin' ma-arks on him, but 
 there do be wa-ays iv doin' it. Ye might back- 
 heel wan iv thim, Maggie. Ye ha-ave to be 
 quick, but ye can throw him ha-ard an' tell th' 
 boord he shtumbled." 
 
 « That would hardly do, either," asserted the 
 girl. 
 
 " Thin pick out th' biggest wan an' poke 
 him in th' shtumick. 'T is not a fair blow in 
 a reg'lar fight, but 't is most discouragin' to th' 
 felly that 's hit an' 't is a good lesson to th' 
 others. I niver knew a felly that got a poke 
 in th' shtumick to wa-ant to go on fightin'. 
 An' it I'aves no ma-ark on him." 
 
 The girl smiled again and shook her head. 
 
 " Sta-amp on his fut, thin," suggested Police- 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 man Flynn as a last resort. " Wan good bang 
 on th' toes '11 ind all th' throuble, an' if ye 're 
 shpry ye can do up tin or iliven iv thim befoor 
 they know ye 're sta-arted." 
 
 " I think, Father, you 'd better leave the 
 management of my school to me," said the girl. 
 
 " Oho ! ye 're too sma-art f 'r to take th' ad- 
 vice iv thim that 's been infoorcin' ordher since 
 befoor ye was bor-rn," retorted Policeman 
 Flynn in a tone that showed he was offended 
 by her apparent lack of appreciation. In conse- 
 quence she deemed it wise to change the subject. 
 
 " Father," she said, " why are you so preju- 
 diced against the young man who — " 
 
 " Don't ta-alk to me iv that gazabo," inter- 
 rupted Policeman Flynn, surmising at once 
 who was meant. " I don't like his lallygaggin' 
 wa-ays. Why don't he come here like a ma-an 
 an' sa-ay, ' Is Maggie home ? ' instid iv, ' Will 
 ye be so kind as to ta-ake me ca-ard in to Miss 
 Flynn ? ' Oho ! whin I was coortin' ye-er 
 mother thing 's was dif'rint. A felly had to be 
 a ma-an thin an' talk r-right out plain instid iv 
 sindin' boo-quets with a book tellin' iv what 
 th' flowers shtand f 'r. Oh, ye need n't sa-ay a 
 wor-rd. I saw th' book an' I saw ye shtudyin' 
 
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POLICEMAN F Lr N N 
 
 iv it th' time he sint yTThim r-roses an' things. 
 1 IS not th honest wa-ay to do." 
 
 .< "Yv " ''"^ P'"''' *»y'" '"^'«t«=d the girl, 
 and he ,s a man of both courtesy and courage. 
 The trouble ,s you have not been brought up 
 m the same atmosphere." 
 
 cisively.' ""^ ''™'" '"'^ ^°''"'"''" ^'^'"'' 'l'- 
 
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 « 'T will not be r-rash," answered the police- 
 man. « -T w-u-d be r-rash in th' ol' da-ays but 
 not wuh th' fellies that go coortin' now '' 
 
 Now, as a matter of fact. Policeman Flynn's 
 daughter was quite right. The young man was 
 a most esttmable youth, but Flynn did not un- 
 demand h.m. The latter thought he detected 
 weakness where there was none, because in his 
 youthfid surroundmgs young men had been 
 judged by a rougher standard. So he acted in 
 perfect good faith when he undertook to show 
 Magpe that her idol was made of an inferior ar- 
 ticle of clay. To do this he deemed it necessary 
 to take radical action, so he entered the room 
 one evenmg when the young man was calling, 
 and exclaimed, gruffly : * 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " 'T is time ye sint th' young felly home, 
 Maggie. Ye ha-ave ye-er wor-rk to do to- 
 morry, and 't is a sha-ame he sh'u'd be keepin' 
 ye from ye-cr rist. I '11 not ha-ave it anny 
 more." 
 
 Thereupon the young man rose up suddenly, 
 and before Policeman Flynn fully realized what 
 had happened he found himself sitting on the 
 ground outside the window, where the despised 
 dude had dropped him. He got up, shook 
 himself, and limped back into the house. The 
 girl was frightened and in tears, but the young 
 man promptly squared himself for another en- 
 counter. Policeman Flynn, however, extended 
 his hand conciliatorily. 
 
 " I wr-ronged ye," he said. " Ye ha-ave th' 
 r-right shtufF in ye f 'r to ma-ake anny woman 
 happy. 'T was me intintion to ma-ake a small 
 sacrifice on th' althar iv me juty to Maggie, an' 
 I '11 sa-ay this to ye as ma-an to ma-an : Ye 're 
 all r-right, an' if ye had th' shtrength f 'r to 
 ma-atch ye-er pluck, 't is a fam'ly martyr I 'd 
 be now, with th' wake comin' off to-morry. If 
 ye 've won th' gir-rl 't is all fixed, f 'r ye 've 
 won th' ol' ma-an." 
 
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 " F I had me wa-ay," said Policeman Bar- 
 ney Flynn, with conviction, " ivery wan 
 iv th' po-lis magisthrates iv th' city w'u'd 
 be out carryin' a locust ft to prepa-are thim 
 f r their juties on th' binch." 
 
 " Locust " being a technical name for a po- 
 liceman's club, the foil import of this remark 
 must be readily apparent, and Policeman Flynn 
 had good reason for making it. His beat at 
 the time lay in a district where there was a most 
 troublesome ;^ng of hoodlums. Among them 
 were some who had passed from what may be 
 termed " hoodlumism " to actual crime, al- 
 though of a somewhat petty nature. Just on 
 the verge of manhood, — possibly about eight- 
 een years of age, — they had lived in that at- 
 mosphere of lawlessness where youths develop 
 
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 P L IC EM A N F L r N N 
 early, and they not onlTled the younger ones 
 .n . sort of general rebellion against law and 
 order but they were personally guilty of many 
 ^oublesome and occasionally costly depreda- 
 ^ons. Naturally, they made life a burden to 
 Pohceman Flynn. They played tricks on him. 
 they got up mock fights to fool hin,, they jeered 
 at h,m and finally they began to amuse them- 
 selves by throwing stones at him whenever they - 
 could do so with reasonable safety. He knew 
 that they were responsible for the minor crimes 
 of which complaint was frequently made, but 
 he lacked evidence, and it was not until he had 
 narrowly escaped being brained by half a brick 
 that he finally took two of the ringleader, to the 
 station. 
 
 "Whafs the charge?" asked the police 
 magistrate the next morning. 
 
 "M-m-m, well, they 's a bad lot, an' they 
 was heavin r-rocks at me," answered Police- 
 man Flynn. 
 
 « Did they hit you } " demanded the magis- 
 trate. And when the policeman admitted that 
 he had succeeded in dodging the missile, the 
 magistrate added: "Oh, well, boys will be 
 boys, and we must n't be too hard on them. 
 
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 If they -d hit you, it would be different. Dis- 
 charged." 
 
 "Luk at that, now," commented Policeman 
 Flynn. « A big chunk iv a brick come r-right 
 fr me head, an' I duck, an' that lets thim go 
 
 u : u ..'**' ''^ ""' ^ »"P-Pose. to ha-ave me 
 head shpht open fr to ma-ake a case. Oho ! 
 t IS a fine thing, is th' la-aw iv th' magis- 
 thrates. 'Ha-ave ye ye-er head with ye ? ' 
 says his honor. « I ha-ave,' says I. ' Ye ha-ave 
 no bus'ness to,' says he; an' thin he says. 
 This day-findent is discha-arged fr th' reason 
 that Officer Flynn comes into coort with his 
 head on, thereby vi'latin* th' la-aw.' I 'd like 
 to ha-ave a ton iv that la-aw fr to throw in th' 
 nver. Ye 've got to ha-ave th' ividence, a 
 ca-art-load iv it. 'T is like this : A felly comes 
 cr-recpin' up behind a ma-an with a knife in 
 his ha-and. • 'T is me juty,' says I to mesilf, 
 fr to amst him.' ' Wait,' says th' la-aw to 
 me 'frmay-be he'll !J1I th' ma-an, an' thin 
 ye II ha-ave a good case.' Oho ! 't is a gr-reat 
 thmg to know th' la-aw." 
 
 Fortunately, however, these remarks were 
 not made in the hearing of the court, and Po- 
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 ally, his troubles were not lessened by his fail- 
 ure to secure a conviction, for the gang became 
 bolder and more demonstrative than ever. But 
 the policeman patiently awaited his opportun- 
 ity, and before long he had the same two in 
 custody again, with what he believed to be a 
 good case against them. 
 
 " 'T was like this," he explained in court the 
 following day: « Th' door iv th' groc'ry is 
 open, an' th' two pris'ners is r-runnin' awa-ay. 
 I follies thim an' shtumbles over a ham, which 
 they dr-ropped." 
 
 "Did you see them drop it?" asked the 
 boys' lawyer. 
 
 " Ivcoorse not," answered Policeman Flynn 
 " but 't is not to be sup-posed th' ham wa-alked 
 down th' alley be itsilf. They 's a lot iv fruit, 
 too, leadm' all th' wa-ay to where th' byes is 
 r-rounded up, an' they ha-ave a pocketfol iv 
 cha-ange taken from th' till." 
 
 How do you know it was taken from the 
 till ? " demanded the lawyer. 
 
 "Because 'tis not in th' till now," replied 
 Policeman Flynn. 
 
 " Oh, well," said the judge, at the conclusion 
 of the hearing, "there is nothing to show that 
 
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 hey are the ones who dropped the ham and 
 the fruit and they give a very plausible expla- 
 nation of the possession of so much small 
 change The cadence is purely circumstan- 
 tial, and to send them up would be only to start 
 them on the downward patJi. I 'H give them 
 another chance." 
 
 "Sta-art thim down be sindin' thim ud " 
 muttered Policeman Flynn to himself, as he 
 left the court-room. « Oho ! 't is a hum'rous 
 ma-an th judge is. 'T is a sha-ame he 's not 
 editin a comic pa-aper, it is that. Sta-art thim ! 
 Why, t is thim same la-ads that 's r-ridin' a 
 tandim bi-sickle on th' down'ard pa-ath now 
 with th' br-rake br-roke." 
 
 That night, as usual, he told his troubles to 
 his wife, but he got little sympathy from her. 
 « -I r i\'" '"Jane-yus ma-an," she said, 
 ye II land thim fellies with th' goods on thim. 
 T IS th only wa-ay, an' ye 're long enough on 
 th foorce Tr to know it. Don't talk to me iv 
 th judge. He knows what he wa-ants, an' 
 t IS t r-you to give it to him." 
 
 Policeman Flynn shook his head with the 
 dolefol air of a man who thought the whole 
 world was against him; but he always shows 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 best in adversity. In his own language, he 
 " int out afther thim la-ads," and he got 
 them. He marched them into the station house 
 one night about two weeks later, and two more 
 dejected specimens of humanity never appeared 
 there. One of them was carrying a mantel clock 
 heavy enough seriously to tax his strength, and 
 the other was loaded down with brass andirons. 
 One of the officers in the' station made a mo- 
 tion to take the booty away from them, but 
 Pohceman Flynn instantly interfered. 
 
 " L'ave thim alone ! " he cried. " I ha-ave 
 thim with th" goods on thim, an' I' li not l'ave 
 thim put th' things down till th' magisthrate lees 
 thim. I 've wa-alked thim from a mile 2wa-ay, 
 an' they '11 not be out iv me sight this night."' 
 " Walked them ! " cried the sergeant. "Why 
 did n't you call the wagon ?" 
 
 " 'T w'u'd n't do," answered Policeman 
 Flynn. «I c'u'd n't keep me eye on thim. 
 1 tollied behmd thim with a gun in me ha-and 
 an' ma-arched thim all th' wa-av, an' they 's no 
 wan takes thim things till th' judge sees thim. 
 Oho ! I ha-ave th' ividence this time. I caught 
 thim comin' out iv a house with th' goods on 
 thim." ^ 
 
POLICEMAN FLVNN 
 
 " But they can't possibly hold those things 
 until they get into court," urged one of the 
 other officers. " It would wreck an Atlas." 
 
 " M-m-m, well, I 'm not poshted on jogra- 
 phy, but I know a bit iv po-lis coorts, an' I 've ^ 
 I'arned a few things iv ividence," returned Po- 
 liceman Flynn. 
 
 " Me back 's near broke, an' me arms is 
 fallin' off," whined one of the culprits. 
 
 " Shtand up, there ! " commanded Policeman 
 Flynn. "Ye 've been playin' ta-ag with me 
 long enough. Put th' clock on ye-er other 
 shoulder an" shift ye-er fiit. 'T will give ye a 
 bit iv a r-rest. Oho ! ye had a good laugh on 
 Barney Flynn f'r not bein' able to put ye over 
 twict befoor, but 't is not the sa-ame now." 
 
 "You '11 kill them. Barney," said the ser- 
 geant. " Either of those loads would tire a 
 Samson out in fifteen minutes." 
 
 " I "11 show thim to th' judge with th' goods 
 on thim," persisted Policeman Flynn, dogged- 
 ly. " I '11 ha-ave no more monkey-foolin' with 
 thim la-ads." 
 
 " I '11 draw a picture of them, and you can 
 show that to the judge," suggested a police- 
 man of artistic inclinations. 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Policeman Flynn hesitated. He had no de- 
 sire to inflict unnecessary hardship on his pris- 
 oners, but he did not wish to take any chances 
 He could not forget that they had been dis- 
 charged twice before. 
 
 " Will ye all sign it an' shwcar 't is th' wa-ay 
 I br-rought thim in ?" he asked. 
 
 " We will," was the prompt reply. 
 
 And when the evidence was produced in court 
 the next day it was pronounced conclusive. 
 
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 '"HOA!" cried Policeman Flynn. 
 " Whoa, I tell ye ! Shtop ! " 
 The man with the automobile 
 slowed up, and finally came to a foil stop. 
 "What 's the matter? " he asked. 
 "Matther!" ejaculated Policeman Flynn. 
 " D' ye think this is a speedin'-tra-ack ? Ha-ave 
 ye th' idee that th' people on th' crrjs-walks 
 ishur-rdles, an' that 't is f 'r you to show th* 
 kind IV -a jockey ye are ? Are ye iv th* opin- 
 ion that ye 're doin' th' cha-arge iv th' Light 
 Brigade all be ye-ersilf .? I 'U ha-ave no auty- 
 mobils goin' out afther th' record where I 'm 
 wearin' a po-lis ba-adge." 
 
 "This is n't an automobile," asserted the 
 man who had been stopped. " I can't afford 
 anything so aristocratic as that. This is only a 
 horseless carnage." 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 „ , f ' ' ' '-™" y« '". I will that." 
 
 exl?m ".' ^p ?"'' 5" ''" ""•'•-«. don't ye ? " 
 exclaimed Policeman Flynn « Y^ 'A 
 
 «Sa-ay," cautioned Policeman Flynn with 
 a solemn shake of his head, " a joke 's "'jlet 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 an" I can ta-ake wan with th' nex' ma-an, but 
 don't be afther pushin" me too far, or I 'II ha-ave 
 ye before th' po-lis coort, I will so." 
 
 " On what charge ? " demanded the man. 
 "Fa-ast dhrivin'," answered Policeman 
 Flynn. 
 
 " I have n't been driving fast," asserted the 
 man. " I have n't been driving at all. The 
 law says ' riding or driving any horse or horses 
 or other animals,' and that does n't affect me." 
 Policeman Flynn scratched his head. He 
 was n't sure that the ordinance was correctly 
 quoted, but neither was he prepared to deny it. 
 It certainly sounded right. 
 
 " Luk at that, now ! " he said at last. " 'T is 
 like thim gazabos that makes th* la-aw f 'r to 
 I'ave a cha-ance f 'r th' ma-an that vi'lates it to 
 shkin out iv it. Here I am thryin' to do me 
 juty, an' no cha-ance Pr annything but th' wor-rst 
 iv it, whativer I do. Th" la-aw is made f 'r th" 
 good people, but 't is r-read be th' coorts f 'r 
 th' other wans. If they 's a hole in it, th' law- 
 yer shrieks a crowba-ar in, an' th' judge gives a 
 bit iv help, an' bechune th' two they ma-ake th' 
 op'nin' big enough f 'r to put a locomorive in- 
 jine through. If iver I had th' ma-akin' iv th' 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 la-aw I 'd ha-ave first W all i„ th' f,;„ u u 
 s.nte„ce r-readin' like this : « Th' ,a 'ws ^ 
 
 .«nane.h,tthey.a„,a„.„otwL;r;str;" 
 *■ IS th only wa-av f r n«™ l- "' 
 
 dh.wsupalLa.hTl.„VjXt.:;r 
 an everybody il.e knows what he 's afther bu; 
 th coort takes two fa-alls out iv it an" h ' 
 what he does n't want, or ilse Jll ■ I ^T 
 into sma-all bits." ^""'^ '" ^'°^^ 
 
 molw vr^V'"' '"''" ""'' '^^ -to- 
 I -H move a,::;."" ''^°"^'' ''"^'"S ^ ^--If 
 
 -ro„g.butthr;'^3 wa ""ptt? '' """' "^ 
 
 D'yei„tindto\e;drrti:rr"'?; 
 
 shpeed?" *" la-awfiil 
 
 " There is no lawfiil speed for m^ " , „ 
 
 the man defiantly « J „„ T' """^e^'ed 
 
 ^^ .. antiy. I can go as fkst as I want 
 
 here f 'r to tell m ^ "* *" *'' good woman 
 = ' r to teJl me what to do 'T ;^ , • l 
 
 puzzlin' thine ■ but " h» ^7 j 7 * ""g'^^X 
 
POL ICEMAN F L T N N 
 
 ma-ake th' pe-desthrili^s give exhibitions iv 
 gr-round an lofty tumbJin', I '11 take th' chanst 
 an' r-run ye in." 
 
 for the officer on the seat beside him 
 
 Policeman Flynn hesitated for a moment, and 
 then climbed up. 
 
 « Go shlow," he cautioned, « or 't will be th' 
 wor-rse ft ye." 
 
 JfJ°l '^°" ' '"PP°*' ^ '^ g°'"g ^° f^'ke my- 
 f. V J^^^'^""". do you ? " retorted the man. 
 lou 11 have to take me " 
 
 Flynn. T .s f 'r that I 'm here. G'wan, now." 
 Go on yourself." answered the man. « I 'm 
 in the hands of the law, and so is the automo- 
 bile. Let the law run it." 
 
 " I 've heard iv th' machin'ry iv th' la-aw " 
 commented Policeman Flynn, "but 't is th' 
 fir-rst time I was iver up ferninst it. D' ye 
 think I m goin' to r-run th' autymobil ? " 
 
 " Certainly." 
 
 "If I laid me ha-ands on thim handles we 'd 
 be chmbm th' tiligraft-poles an' jumpin' over 
 houses a:, lots." 
 
 " That 's your lookout." 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 "I ■!! not touch thim. I ha-ave a wife to 
 support, an' 't w'u'd be a sha-ame f'r me to 
 
 the patrolman begmn.ng to show signs of anger, 
 1 ke ye was thrym' to ma-ake a monkey Iv me." 
 
 "Oh well. I 'JI do it," replied the man, con- 
 chatonly. "but I want to caution you abo^t 
 one thmg. You must n't touch me or interfere 
 wuh me m any way wh.n I get my hand on the 
 evers U you do we Ve likely to go sailing 
 through the side of a house." B "«" '"g 
 
 " I must I'ave ye alone ? " 
 
 "Absolutely." 
 
 Aings, or II bat ye over th' head ! " exclaimed 
 
 y^Srnd^T""""^^"^^"--^- 
 
 " You don't." 
 
 " Ye might r-run me miles awa-av " 
 " I might." ' 
 
 ^^« Keep ye-er ha-ands off. I 'H „ot J'ave ye 
 
 "If you won't run it and you won't let me, 
 what are we gomg to do ? " 
 
 It was a hard problem, and Policeman Flynn 
 'ooked puzzled. ^ 
 
 9« 
 
POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 ■ l^^^'^'J^' e°°'l ^<"nan was here." he 
 s.ghed. ";T isa fine thing I Ve been dob- to 
 mesilf. an me an ol' man on th' foorce 
 
 M-m-m,welI,n, take ye without th'autymo: 
 
 "I '11 ta-ake th' r-risk." said Policeman Flynn. 
 G wan, now! Out ve go! " 
 
 . li' •!"'','," 'T'"""^ '^^ *"*"' weakening, "just 
 all ,t a^l off. and I '11 promise to keep wiAin 
 the lawful rate of speed for horses " 
 " Ye will?" 
 « Sure." 
 
 SnHH '^ '^^ '"''•"■ *° "«•" The man 
 handed over a card, and Policeman Flynn 
 
 jud, and when the man had turned a corner he 
 d.^w a long breath and muttered to himself: 
 He had me worried, he did that. Oho ' 't is 
 a fine picture I >d make ma-archin' him off an' 
 lav,n th autymobil f'r th' la-ads to pla-ay 
 
 tllnt H •''?• \ ^"''" '''"'^ I P« "P. but. 
 thank Hivin ! It la-anded him." 
 
 97 
 
 1 il 
 
HE HELPS A 
 PRISONER 
 
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 CHAPTER X 
 
 HE HELPS A PRISONER 
 
 I RING in the hoboes ; " was the ^.a 
 
 meant to round up all va«rrant» Tk 
 department had been severefy scoreXausItf 
 the .ncre^e m the number of petty theS 
 
 Now, the term « vagrant " J, mm u • 
 in its meaning, and Ty be LdeTtTT 
 
 wort » ^„:» • "' ""^ anxious to 
 
 worK IS quite immaterial • if h,. I,,. • l 
 
 order as had been given, a conscientious office^ 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 hM no chance. So, when he «,w the m.ni«er 
 of. .mdl m.nufactun„g esublUhment on hi, 
 beat holding . shabby-looking fellow by the 
 
 to !« """ "•" '*'"*' •"•* """ ^°' ''i™ 
 
 fellow b? *"^"''" '^'^ *° """•«"' " ""> *» 
 
 Flynl'"' ' *" *""" '*°'"' ^ " "''''* Policeman 
 
 ..Tk°''' ^l "' * P'"'" ''*''^'" "^ *e reply. 
 This 18 the second morning I Ve caught him 
 
 " To him ! " exclaimed the manager. « Whv 
 
 look at him! Do you think he rfally wants'; 
 job f It s only an excuse." 
 
 w,'nJ" "^"'^J'" *" ' "*■*"'" '"'''' ^hat he 
 fTv?; "l^fV ? T^ ''"ggestion of Policeman 
 
 think I wa-anted a million dollars." Then he 
 turned to the vagrant and demanded : 
 " Where d" ye live ? " 
 
 r^r?'^''/.'"'''" ''""'^"'y ^ns^f^Kd the man. 
 What d' ye do f V a livin' .? " 
 
POLICEMAN FLYNN 
 " 1 'm loolcing for work." 
 "Where d' ye wor-rk la-st ? " 
 The m.„ gave him .n .ddre,,, but added: 
 That wa, three months ago. I got a dol 
 ar . day .^^t of general hustler.^b^r; 
 cut down the force and let me go " '^ 
 
 ye'^^ukkt' r'''^" '''' """^ Nowondher 
 Kynn i ;l^ ~'"'"«««d Policeman 
 
 ^;=s:attS--t-^^^^ 
 
 posmons his services were at a discount Eve„ 
 
 me m these clothes ? " ""^ 
 
 "Thrue fr ye," replied Policeman Flynn. 
 
 10} 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 looking .t the dilapidated suit. " 'T i, like ve 
 
 was ta-akin from th' wardr-robe " 
 
 Flynn wa. on night duty at the time, and the 
 ««8t was made just as he was relieved in the 
 
 •nd had h.m « booked " as a vagrant. Then 
 
 tZ """"^ ?' •'-^°" -"'1 -oS for a dm 
 before gomg home to -breakfast. 
 
 la-lZhVd t'"^''" ''^'»"«««d. "that th- 
 
 worrk." ""' "P '^ ^^ ^-"^ f'"- to 
 
 • After a little he went to the .-ell in which the 
 
 J-n was confined «,d beckoned him to the 
 
 "Honest, now," he said, "w'u'd ye wor rk 
 «f ye had th' chanst ? " ^ "" 
 
 tha'ti^-^' ""'• ""'''"*'^ ''•" "''" •" » tone 
 out earned conviction with it 
 
 fijl mood, but, instead of going home to fh. 
 
 -dng b,eakias, he went^acrtrhirbfa 
 and presently stopped at the place where he 
 had made the arrest. I„ one of the window 
 ^ he ese,b,3hment was the eign. '^uZ 
 
 •04 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 "I thought I ray-mimbered it." he «.H 
 went in .„d „ked to see the ' '^ " 
 
 '•■ « ma-an ? 
 
 he 
 
 Ye 're lukkin" f 
 
 man Flyn 
 
 manager. 
 ' ■" said Police- 
 reached the 
 
 "Do you 
 
 nquiringly „„„^ „e _ 
 manager's office. 
 
 "Yea." admitted the manager, 
 Know of one?" ^ 
 
 ma:F,;::„'^'t!:.'2irT'''"'^^^'^^°«- 
 onwa„Vtw:u'v:ot:r:z^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 to th'po-li, station." '° """^ '^'^ ^^ "»d h.m 
 
 Jcl T.^^'"'^ ^°' " •"»" ""d not a hobo " 
 retorted the manager sharply 
 
 "There 's th' makin' iv a ma-an m manny a 
 hobo su^csted Policeman FIy„„. ""'^ " 
 
 but th.s,s no eleemosynary institution." ^ ' 
 don'tX;j""'''''''^^°'-'"-%nn;..I 
 
 reJlaterthf " "° ''''"'''''^ institution." 
 repeated the manager. « We V,. l„ i ■ 
 
 for a workman and^ot a tlV "z^^S 
 
 ft^bwco„vmceyouthather^l,y.l't 
 
 "I '11 la-ay me hat ag'in a plugged nickel 
 that he wa-ants f 'r to get a job th' wof ' 
 
 lOJ 
 
POLICEMAN FLYNN 
 wa-ay," asserted Policeman Flynn. « If ye •- 
 ;j;^^^n-rVa.a-a„.whyao„.rye^ve^iL^ 
 
 vinled. '"''"'^" ^'"'^"^ ""'P"'"^' ^"' "''' ~"- 
 
 don t believe he wants a job. That was only 
 an excuse to escape arrest as a vagrant. Just 
 remember how he looked. Evefything ^IL 
 agamsthim." ' ^ ^ 
 
 "An- iverything will beag'inst him till some 
 
 Flynn. « Oho ! we 're a fine lot iv gazabos in 
 th.s wor-rld, we are f r sure, w! throw a 
 
 askh.m, Whydon'tyegetup.?' ' I '„, thryin' 
 
 to says he; give me a ha-and/ he says. 
 
 Get up fir-rst/ we says, niver takin' a fut off 
 
 l..sch.st;.we'lIbegla-adfrtohelpye.-w; 
 says, whm ye 're on ye-er feet.' Did ye r^Z 
 no.ce how we hold out th' helpin' hl-and I 
 
 tt:^:t;n?^^""^-^"°"'''--'^--''- 
 
 .l,"\°r'n" "'^ '™"^'" ^'^id the manager 
 thoughtfully, "if the fellow had looked hflf- 
 
 way decent and had had a home I would have 
 
 IO« 
 
P O L I C E M A 
 
 ^ F L r N N 
 
 been tempted to give him a trial, for we need a 
 good, willing man." 
 
 "Ye must ha-ave a home befoor ye can get 
 wor-rk and ye must get wor-rk befoor ye can 
 ha-ave a home." commented Policeman Fly«„. 
 Ye must ha-ave th' clo'es f'r th'job. but ye 
 must ha-ave th'job f'r to get th'clo4. D' ye 
 see th wa-ay it comes out ? " 
 
 n„'7°" '"K" ''^''^' P''=*'^«='-'" «*««ed the 
 manag- with a laugh. " Sit down and tell 
 me what you have learned about the man. 
 It^^^^stnngetofindav.licemanhelpinga 
 
 pol2nt;„r^''''^'=''"'^'^--"''-^ 
 o^irrvr^""'^^'^"'^'^^^"''''-"^- 
 
 . '7'''*'" "°"°'''" •»« '"''d. "I '11 ask ye fr 
 
 SeH k"'^"^^- ^ "^'de a misi-ake. 
 He do be havm' a job." 
 
 " "•=^'1°" n't look it," returned the magis- 
 
 t«te." He looks like a hobo without foo?or 
 snelter. Has he any money ? " 
 
 Policeman Fly„„ looked troubled, but only 
 for a minute. Then he reached into his p^- 
 
 107 
 
 III 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 ket, pulled out a silver dollar, and :ooUy 
 handed it to the prisoner. 
 
 " Yis, ye-er Honor," he said blandly. 
 
 " Discharged," said the magistrate. Then he 
 added thoughtfully, half to himself, "You can 
 make a man and unmake him and remake him 
 and the job that 's least often done is the last 
 one, but I believe that policeman is trying it." 
 
XI 
 
 HE EFFECTS A 
 COMPROMISE 
 
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 CHAPTER XI 
 
 HE EFFECTS A COMPROMISE 
 
 > ARNEY." sai^ Mrs. Barney Fly„„. 
 ' as the policeman settled himself for 
 a smoke. 
 
 "Prisent," returned Policeman Flynn ab- 
 sent-mmdedly saluting. ^ ' 
 
 " Ha-ave ye a minute to spa-are ? " 
 
 Flynn.'"'"''" *^" '^ '^''"•" """^^''^'^ P°''«««n 
 « *T will be enough," said Mrs. Flynn " I 
 wsht ye d run nixt door an' arrist Mrs. Du- 
 gan. 
 
 «FV why?" asked Policeman Flynn, look- 
 ng at her m astonishment. « Did she give ve 
 the cold shtare whin ye pa-assed her be th' cor- 
 ner or d,d she tell th' neigh-bors ye was wearin' 
 a hat IV la-ast year's crop ? " 
 "Ha-ave a little sinse about ye, Barney" 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 returned Mrs. Flynn. indignantly. « She do 
 be pilm- ashes ferninst th' fince. where they 
 blows over an* roons the wor-rk iv a day's 
 washm . I ha-ave th' clo'es hung out to d\L, 
 an whm I take thim in me best white pitticoat 
 luks hke a polky-dot dhress." 
 « Why don't ye wear it f 'r wan? " demanded 
 
 l-oliceman Flynn, pertinently. « 'T w'u'd be 
 
 money saved." ' 
 
 " Barney, are ye a fool ? " asked Mrs. Flynn 
 
 warmly '.Will ye arrist that woman or will' 
 
 ye not?" 
 
 "Tis th' first time I iver knew ye c'u'd n't 
 ho Id up ye^r own ind with anny wan," replied 
 Policeman Flynn, evasively. " If they was foor 
 to wan, 't w'u'd be dif'rint; but with wan to 
 wan 1 mver knew ye to back down." 
 "Back down is it!" cried Mrs. Flynn. 
 Sure, ye betther not sa-ay that more than 
 wanst Back down! Oh, me! Oh, my i 
 G wan over an' ask Mrs. Dugan if I backed 
 down. I give her as good as she give me 
 .very t,me D' ye think I h.-ave no tongue 
 m me head to let th' likes iv her come over 
 me .' 
 
 "I know ye ha-ave," said Policeman Flynn, 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 with feeling. ..But, accordin' to ye-er own 
 shtory, 't is an akel thing." ^ *" 
 
 T s an akel thing bechune her an' me with ml 
 
 hav.„^a,ittleth-bestivit;buthe:rando 
 be a dhnyer an' not a po-lisman. F'r why are 
 ye on tn foorce ? PV »k' _ ^- ■ . ' 
 
 i/urtc . i< r th protiction v f him 
 as n«ds K. If ye '11 not shtand up f'r me ^ 
 m.ght as well be marri'd to a hod-ca^ r ■' ' ' 
 
 sivcly«;h!S' ^^'t'''*=''"'°'-"'-P-- 
 sively here s wan th.ng I 'd like f'r to tell 
 
 IVe I '^"'^'''« "'^'^ "hir-rked me juty 
 i ve been fernmst the wor-rsf th,,- ■ ' ^ 
 down th' pla-ank r-road i"vetk Z ""' 
 to the station to wanst. an' I Ve w ^1" 
 ^^onDayJnth'haUstd-thir^ 
 «ty. I ve tuk th' con min an' th' sthronT 
 r Tw !?' f •'r-<^''-cters that t :S 
 put behmd the ba-ars. but I niver wint up fer 
 
 x;ireT;v"''°'^:'^"^«^''^'-'^"^- 
 
 will While I ha-ave me smses lift to me I 'd 
 
 rather go to th' oa-ark an' arrist th™tL f'r 
 playin withab'ndpig, lv„.d,Hat.^"j':j 
 
 mher r-run m th' elyphant f'r th' larceny v a 
 We IV hay. I 'd sooner dispute th' r-right iv 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 ^^yiv.cblc-car with me ba-ack t«r-rned 
 
 vcn'n, '^"•^'y"""-»nd here he became 
 even more impressive-" I ha-ave a head iv 
 
 ^7,S/i'-'^«^>toiceep.a„--eis„otto 
 me hkin to ha-ave me uniform tore to pieces." 
 le II not arrist her ? " 
 " I will not." 
 
 like?^'" ^'' ^° '"''"""'^ '*"' '° herfri'ndly- 
 
 "What'UIsa-aytoher.?" 
 
 « Tell her in a qui't, ginteel wa-ay that she 's 
 nola-ady, or she 'd not be afther throwin' ashes 
 where they blows on me clo'es, an' talkin'back 
 
 tell her ye '11 smd her to th' pinitintiary and 
 br-reak her ma-an's head in with ye-er club if 
 she says wan wor-rd more to me, whither I 
 
 Bailey ?" ' °'' ""* ^'" ^' '*'' *•"*' ^'' "'<'' 
 
 «Fv „t"p"°p" r^''^^ ^""""'^ F'y"»- 
 
 rr . !/ f' bemuse -t w'u'd be nicissary 
 i r to take ye both in if I tuk wan." 
 
 This seemed to Policeman Flynn to bean in- 
 spiration but he was not posted on feminine 
 logic or he would have known better. Wise and 
 sensible as Mrs. Flynn was when advising him 
 
 "4 
 
^ I 
 
 I 
 
 Pclkeman flynn in a rea.ming attitude. 
 
^^ Lie EM AN 
 
 PL r N N 
 
 "> relation to m.uters fh=» a- a 
 
 Pervert her views "** " *«"dency to 
 
 ''tation with me wife w ^'""""^'"■"' »<> th' 
 
 ""y* th' judge. 'SlorH'I '>'''^''«'««f' 
 
 • W''« "3 they been doS^ '""'l"" ' "-V^ '• 
 each other ov'er "' fine/ sayTj J 'J^'"' 
 •very wan in th' block. CSe ' Z"'^'-''""' 
 me neigh-bor's wife her 6»i ' ""y"' '*«"» 
 
 «'!'n^ed f 'r shtealin' a J ij^ '""'.*'" ^e ', 
 'wfeteJJsmeownwifethf.l u ""= "««''-'H)r'. 
 th* po-Jis now. £tl J" '"«''- '3 dodgin- 
 
 ^-"i names a„.^:;.,tr.t;" ;^^°.?4' 
 
 be.gr-reatsigh,itw-u-dthat." ^ " " '^ 
 
 F,y„„.r " '^'"'•"^tmerrthat/'asserted Mrs. 
 "F'rwhy.?" 
 " F'r h 
 the confidenrilVld P°-'"'"«''' wife," was 
 
 "'atter settJed, she returned t?;."'"!''^'""^ ^f'" 
 
 tcl ve wha* n !, '° the charge. "I'll 
 
 /c wna.. Barn' 7 Flvnn " ot, • , " 
 
 "7 
 
POLICEMJN FLTNN 
 
 head, or ye "11 ha-ave no hot coflfee wairin' f V 
 ye whin ye come home anny more. If ye-ar 
 cow'rdly nature won't let ye U-alk to th' woman, 
 go lam her ma-an wanst, jist to let thim know 
 ye 're shtandin' up ft th' r-rights iv ye-er wife." 
 
 " M-m-m, well," replied Policeman Flynn, 
 apparently brought to terms by this threat, "if 
 ye insist, I '11 ha-ve it out with him. They 's 
 no ma-an walks that l" 'm afraid to go ferninst, 
 but a woman—" He ended the sentence with 
 a shake of his head. 
 
 " Give it to him good," urged Mrs. Flynn. 
 "She 's been threafnin' to tell him to knock 
 ye-er head off. Give it to him in th' neck." 
 
 " 'T is there I aim to put it," said Policeman 
 Flynn. 
 
 The matter being thus settled, nothing re- 
 mained but to carry out the plan, and Police- 
 man Flynn straightway hunted up Dugan. 
 They shook hands in a guarded sort of way, 
 like two watchful prize-fighters, and then the 
 policeman remarked casually : " Th' good wo- 
 man do be ha-avin' some wor-rds with ve-er 
 wife." ' 
 
 "I heard iv it," replied Dugan, and for a 
 mmute they eyed each other suspiciously. 
 lit 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 "•T\> . sh.-,mc to ha-.ve quar'l. bechune 
 fr. nds. waerted Policeman Fly„„. fi„,iiy. « jf 
 ye 11 put. br-rake on ye-er wife', tongue I '11 do 
 th same be mine." 
 
 .hriir-'^'J' ^^T^'X '"'""' *'^' ''"P her clapper 
 
 "'T is done," responded Policeman Flynn. 
 promptly "Will ye h,-.ve a bit iv th' ol' sh'tuff 
 at rlogan s ba-ar ? " 
 
 " I will." 
 
 When Policeman Flynn reached hon.c he 
 announced that the ashes thereafter would be 
 dumped elsewhere. "But don't mintion it." 
 he cauooned. "Don't say a wor-rd to uL 
 Dugan. Poor la-ad, I 'm sorry ft him, an' 
 they 8 no use r-rubbin' it in." 
 
 « What did ye do to him ? " asked Mrs. Flynn 
 
 « c ^''l!' '° ''™'" '""wered the patrolman, 
 
 hrst m th mouth an' thin in th' neck." And 
 
 he added to himself, " It wint down that wa-ay 
 
 fr I saw it go." '' 
 
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 HE CHASTISES 
 HIS SON 
 
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CHAPTER XII 
 
 HE CHASTISES HIS SON 
 
 POLICEMAN BARNEY FLYNN 
 had just settled himself for an "off- 
 duty" smoke, when his wife broke in 
 upon his meditations. 
 
 !!?' ^^l? ^"" ''g'"''"' ^g'i"." she said. 
 Terry ? asked Policeman Flynn, without 
 any great display of interest. 
 
 "W^'i"''" r^u"^ ^'^- ^'>'""' """folly. 
 Why d ye ask thim fool questions? Have 
 we anny other .? " 
 
 " 'T is you that sh'u'd know," retorted Police- 
 rred?"""' ^""^ *''"" ''' ""^^^^ '■ " "^"^ ^' 
 
 "He was not," answered Mrs. Flynn, with 
 emphasis. 
 
 " 'T is a good thing f 'r him," asserted Police- 
 man Flynn "If he 'd got wan lickin', there 'd 
 be another due him." 
 
 "3 
 
 » i<t 
 
POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 " F'r why ? " demanded Mrs. Flynn. 
 Policeman Flynn looked at her in surprise. 
 " Oho ! ye 're an observin' woman, ye are 
 that! he exclaimed. "Don't ye know 't is 
 th wa-ay iv th' wor-rld f'r to lick th' ma-an 
 that gets licked, an' be a good felly with th' 
 ma-an that wins.? They 's no cr-rime in th' 
 eyes iv a hero-worshipin' public like bein' done 
 up be th* other felly." ' 
 
 "As an officer iv th' la-aw ye sh'u'd aim to 
 shtop fightm'," urged Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " Luk at that, now ! Oho ! w'u'd ye luk at 
 that? cned Policeman Flynn. «Th' whole 
 the'ry iv civilization is to teach min how to 
 fight, an' fight fair, an' thin ye 'd call on th' 
 po-hs f'r to shtop it. Th' ma-an sinds his bye 
 to boxm -school, an' he says to him, ' L'arn' f'r 
 to do up annybody ye go ferninst,' an' th' bye " 
 wor-rks at th' job till he thinks he knows how 
 an then he goes out to find if he 's masthered 
 ^ art. An' how 's he to find out, Mary? 
 Tell me that ! 'T is only be goin' up ferninst 
 th fir-rst ma-an that comes handy, an' he does 
 that same. An' why sh'u'd n't he ? Top an' 
 bottom, crisscross, up an' down, 't is all thesame 
 Iverywhere ye tur-rn, min is I'arnin' to fight 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Ivery nation on th' fa-ace iv the globe keeps 
 min f r that pur-rpose, an' has shchools {'r to 
 show thim how, an' th' fightin' ma-an is th' 
 gr-reat ma-an. Whin he goes out f 'r a wa-aik, 
 th' gir-rls make eyes at him, an' th' wi-^men 
 say, 'My! ain't he han'some?' an' th' ...in 
 tur-rn an' shtare at him an' tell each other, "T is 
 th' gr-reat gin'ral ' or "T is Adm'ril Smith.' 
 ' What did he do? ' says you, not knowin' him. 
 ' Why,* says they, surpr-rised at ye-er ign'rance 
 —'why, he licked th' inemy twinty-siven times 
 without wanst shtoppin' f 'r breakfast.' An' th' 
 bye shtandin' near an' hearin' iv it all goes 
 round th' corner an' whales th' fir-rst la-ad he 
 comes acrost. Thin ye take him in th' house 
 an'^ tell him 't is wr-rong to fight, an' while 
 ye re dom" it, wor-rd comes that some wan has 
 neghcted to say-lute th' fla-ag, an' ye throw 
 ye-er hat on th' floor an' jump on it, an' yell fr 
 th' blood iv every ma-an iv th' dasthardly nation 
 that dared to do it. Iv coorse, Mary, ye '11 
 undershtand I 'm shpeakin' gin'rally, an' notiv 
 you personally. You, bein' a woman, c'u'd n't 
 r-reach th* p'int iv jumpin* on ye-er hat But 
 't is all th' same. Th' byes will fight." 
 
 "I sup-pose ye '11 be afther excusin' it be 
 
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 «yin- that. bye. will be byes.- "suggested Mrs. 
 Mynn, sarcastically. 
 
 " I_|/ do nawthin'iv th'ki„d,"returnedPolice- 
 
 an n..„ w.ll be byes, vicy-versy. annyway ye 
 wa-a„t to put ,t. an- th' best ye can do is k to 
 referee .t, regardliss iv whether "t is byes min 
 orcounthries. There was Cassidy over in h' 
 n.xt blo-ock beyant. fi- inshtance.^ CassidV'd 
 J.st come from mass wa-an da-ay, an' was feelin' 
 p.ous-I.ke an- thinkin' iv th' sins iv th- worTd 
 growm out .v v.-lent timpers. an' his bye come, 
 along with a bla-ack eye. • What 've ye bTen 
 do.n.. says Cassidy. ' Fightin-.' says th' bye" 
 F why? says Cassidy. 'Mickey Dul 
 ca-alled me a naygur,' says th' la-ad. « 'T is^o 
 matther,' says Cassidy; .ye sh'u'd have W 
 f r fighbn Not f'r bein' licked, mind ye, but 
 
 1 't"" '. ?-» ""^^^y Soes out f'r a ' i' 
 hmoke. an- whin he comes ba-ack he has^ his 
 coat r-npped an' a bump on hi. head, an' h 
 good woman says to him. « What 's h ppened 
 
 ir u'a ^' "^^* '^ '"^-''" " th' corner be- 
 Tntik r^'^"'''^'^''^'^'--'d,an' 
 1 11 ta^ke that from no wan that lives.' 'T is 
 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 th' same iverywhere. We ha-ave our peace 
 conf rinces, but we spind our money on th' 
 big guns. I -ll not whale Terry f'r fightin' 
 whm he don't be licked or don't jump on a 
 shmaller la-ad. If he 's licked he sh'u'd be 
 whaled f 'r to make him fight ha^rder the nixt 
 time, and if he jumps on a shmaller la-ad he 
 sh'u'd be whaled f'r bein' a cow'rd." 
 
 " He 's been throwin' r-rocks at a Chinyman, 
 too," suggested Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " Oho ! " cried Policeman Flynn, « an' what 
 «v that? 'Tis wr-rong. I grant ye, but th' 
 Chink IS th' ta-arget f'r th' whole wor-rld. 
 Why, they 've been throwin' r-rocks at th' 
 Chink in Chiny. 'All I ask,' says he, ' is to be 
 let alone. ^ I 'm doin' all r-right here in me own 
 home, an' me only wish is Pr ye all to keep 
 away.' But 't is too fine a grab-bag, an' they 
 push him an' shove him an' take a bit iv this an 
 a bit iv that, an' whin in his ign'rance he gets 
 ma-ad,they all pitch in an' beat him all up. 'T is 
 not feir an' r-right, iv coorse, an' I '11 give Terry 
 a war-rnin'; but ivery wan 's been heavin' things 
 at Chiny f r so long that it seems to th' byes 
 like th' c'rect thing to do. Why, Mary, 't is 
 only a bit iv a time since that wor-rd come to 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 bem k.|t. .s>nd out th' wagon an' twinty 
 "'"• ^""th-capt'in. 'Hold on!' says th- 
 man at th' niiphone. « 'T is Murphy callin' 
 beatin^ulTcJ^ J'^^ ■'"-'1 ■' - 4 a inob 
 
 whTh '^i do •"'": sr; t' ~^^. " '^""^ 
 
 sntop th wagon, savs th' 
 III '"' ' - ^^" Murphy f 'r to brfng ;h' c'hiny 
 man m an' lock him up whin th' mob 's through 
 with h,m • Th' whole the'ry is that th' CWnkt 
 
 be ray-formed iv that vice. I 'H ta-alk to th' 
 
 ^'' ''";^"."°' -hale him while h. has so 
 manny ba-ad ixamples." 
 
 "He put a stone through th' Widdy Kelly's 
 
 w>nd^urgedMrs.Flynn.asalastreU^^ 
 
 suddenly straightening up. « Vi'latin' th' dty 
 orjmances,.s he.P Deshtroyin' the r-rights iv 
 property an' interferin' with good, ha ari 
 workm' people. Where is he > ^ 'T s f V me 
 to show him th' la-aws ferninst malicious mTs 
 chief IS made to be infoorced " 
 
 reJlr t7'rr°'"o^"''^ ''^'^ "^""^^^^ ^^is 
 
 Teh him h ' ^°''"'"'*" ^'y"" -"'d 
 
 reach h.m he was out ,„ the back yard looking 
 
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POLICEMAN FLYNN 
 
 for an available place of refuge. A tree— the 
 only one in the locality, and the pride of Mrs. 
 Flynn's heart— caught his eye, and he reached 
 the only branch that would hold him before his 
 father could lay hands on him. 
 
 "Come down out iv that!" commanded 
 Policeman Flynn. 
 
 " I '11 not," replied the boy. 
 
 " Mary, bring me th' ax," was the next com- 
 mand. 
 
 "F'rwhy?" demanded Mrs. Flynn, scorn- 
 fully. ^ " D- ye think ye 're a George Washin'- 
 ton f 'r to be choppin' down threes ? If ye 
 wa-ant th' lad 't is f 'r you to go up afther him." 
 
 Policeman Flynn circled round the tree two or 
 three times, but finally made up his mind that 
 the only thing for him to do was to follow his 
 wife's advice. What happened after that is 
 somewhat hazy. It was only a short climb, but 
 the branch could not be reached from the 
 ground, so the patrolman encircled the tree with 
 his arms and legs and began the ascent, where- 
 upon there was a suddenness and rapidity of 
 events that was most mystifying. It seemed as 
 if the boy lowered himself somewhat from the 
 limb, and one of his foet certainly came in con- 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 fct with hi, father', finger,, while the other 
 gave a violent push to the irate man', shoulder 
 There wa, a yell, and a policeman dropped in a 
 heap at the root of the tree. When he got on 
 h., feet aga.n he gave a wild jump and ,ucceeded 
 m catching one of the boy', feet. 
 
 h i, best to draw a veil over what immedi- 
 ately followed. When order was finally re- 
 stored as a result of thi earnest efforts of Mrs. 
 F ynn, the boy was wailing and the man was 
 standing triumphant with a piece of shingle in 
 
 cned Policeman Flynn. « I c'u'd have shtood 
 a^nything but that. Did ye hear what he said. 
 
 the'kd"' " "'"'' ^^ " *^'"* ^*"'"'" P'"'^«'l 
 "I shVd n't think ye w'u'd," returned Po- 
 hceman Flynn. "Why. 't i, enough to ma-ake 
 wan take a scantlin' to ye. D' ye mind what 
 he said. Mary.. Here was I on th' har-rd 
 ground where I 'd come down like a thousand 
 ■V brick, owin' to him kickin' me knuckles, an' 
 he says to me, he says—" 
 
 " What did he sa-ay .? " asked Mrs. Flynn, 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 M the patrolman's excitement .eemed in a fiur 
 way to curtail his power of speech 
 
 "He says to me. th' ol' man. he say.. 
 W u d n't that ja-ar ye ? '" ^ ' 
 
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 XIII 
 
 HE ARRESTS A 
 DEFAULTER 
 
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 CHAPTER XIII 
 
 HE ARRESTS A DEFAULTER 
 
 POLICEMAN BARNEY FLYNNwas 
 on reserve duty when the Captain 
 sent for him. The policeman sighed, 
 knocked the ashes from his pipe into a cuspi- 
 dor, put the pipe away, and laboriously rose 
 from his chair. 
 
 "Some felly's been makin' throuble Pr 
 himsilf," he said, « an' Per me. 'Tis asha-ame 
 that he sh'u'd be so lackin' in sinse as to shpoil 
 a po-lisman's r-rest be committin' a cr-rime." 
 
 He found a well-dressed, prosperous-looking 
 man closeted with the Captain, and the latter 
 lost no time in explaining the nature of the 
 business in hand. 
 
 "Flynn," he said, "this is Mr. Baxter, 
 whose confidential clerk defaulted a few weeks' 
 ago, and has been in hiding ever since the short- 
 
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 'laiki- 
 
 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 age was discovered. You remember the case 
 re haWe mforma.on that the man secretly re- 
 Tow H • ""^ '"' "«'''' -'I " there 
 now Here s a warrant for his arresl. and I 
 
 don t want 7- to come back without i.im. 
 Mn Baxter w.ll go with you to identify him." 
 Policeman Flynn took the warrant and 
 turned to Mr. Baxter. 
 
 " A despicable crime," commented the latter 
 b'tterly « He had been with me for ea^' 
 and I always had been his friend. I trusted 
 him implicitly." crustea 
 
 « F'r sure " said Policeman Flynn, but with- 
 out any enthusiasm. Then, as he pi ked Tp a 
 pair of h,„dcuffe. he added, " T is best to take 
 th bracelits along, fr they ma-ay be handy" 
 
 A carnage was waiting, and as Flynn and 
 
 Mr. Baxter rolled along the latter voiced h"s 
 indignation. 
 
 ass'e'r^d" " tV"'' ""'"'^^ '''''' ^^y^" »>«= 
 
 Table The n '^"""^ "'" "^ ""'^'-'y »"«- 
 ^able. They all want to live beyond their 
 
 means, and in order to do it they naturally have 
 
 to use another man's money. It 's the age of 
 
 high Imng and consequent defalcations." 
 
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 POLICEMAN FL TNN 
 
 « Mebbe 'tis so," assented Policeman Flynn. 
 ^^but there do be la-ads I 've thought was hon- 
 
 "Honest when there 's nothing they can 
 steal, grumbled Mr. Baxter. " Why, I tought 
 this young fellow all that he knows about busi- 
 ness—I gave him his training— and you 'd 
 think that gratitude alone would make him 
 raithfiil to me." 
 
 uZ^^'^r '*'"''*'" ^'^'"'"'='^ Policeman Flynn. 
 1 IS a fine thing, is gratichude, whin ye don't 
 ha-ave f'r to feed a fam'ly on it." 
 
 Mr Baxter's indignation did not permit Hm 
 
 tc te the sentiment underlying this remark. 
 
 „ have advanced him steadily," he ,nt on, 
 
 and with increased responsibilities I have 
 
 given h.m more money until at the time he 
 
 utlZZT ''\^!««i^"gl8oo a year,and 
 '^en^ed to make it I850 next year." 
 Eight hundred dollars a year," repeated 
 Policeman Flynn reflectively, « an' iv cooS ^ 
 thrusted him with money." ^ 
 
 "Certainly. He '9 had as much as «, r cx5o 
 or 120,000 in cash in his keeping frequently 
 and practically all the money that^caSe in Z; 
 was paid out passed through his hands. Why, 
 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 he began with 
 
 me 
 
 as an office-boy, and I had 
 
 absolute confidence in him. I liked him. too. 
 i gave h.m I25 for a wedding present when he 
 was mamed three years ago." 
 
 "An" ye give him eight hundred dollars 
 a year, said Policeman Flynn again, as he 
 thoughtlessly jangled the handcuffs in his 
 pocket. 
 
 " Don't do that! " exclaimed Mr. Baxter irri- 
 tably. "It annoys me." 
 
 "Ye -re not th' only wan that 's made nerv- 
 ous be th clink iv thim things," retorted the 
 policeman in a tone that made Mr. Baxter 
 straighten up suddenly and inquire sharply what 
 he meant 
 
 " Niver a thing," answered Flynn conciliatori- 
 Ijr. I was n't thinkin' iv what I was sayin'. 
 Me mind was on a shtory I wanst hear-rd iv a 
 hungry ma-an. Oho! 't is a shtrange story, 
 an most like 't is wan iv th' fa-able kind that 
 has no thruth in thim, but it kind iv come to 
 me now. I '11 tell it to ye." 
 
 At first Mr. Baxter was inclined to protest 
 but he thought better of it. There was still 
 some distance to go, and the story might prove 
 amusing, while his thoughts were not. 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 " Ye see," said Policeman Flynn, « there was 
 a hungry la-ad come to th' door iv a house 
 an' asked f 'r a bite to eat. 
 
 "'Are ye a honest ma^n ? ' says th' woman 
 IV th' house. 
 
 " ' I am,' says th' ma-an. 
 
 Thin,' says th' woman, ' I 'II give ye a 
 bowl iv porridge— a fine la-arge bowl— an' a 
 shpoon, an' whin ye 've tuk three shpoonsfUl 
 out IV th' bowl bring th' r-rest iv it back to 
 me, f'r I 'm thinkin' I 'H ha^ve use f'r it." 
 
 " 'T was a ha-ard job, but th' ma-an brought 
 th r-rest iv it back, an' th' nixt da-ay he come 
 to her wanst more. She give him th' gr-reat 
 bowl an' th' sphoon ag'in an' tol' him th' sa-ame 
 as befoor' an' he was shrill an honest ma-an. 
 He kep' gettin' hungrier ivery day, an' fin'ly, 
 be th md IV th' week, she wint awa-ay an' lift 
 him in th' kitchen an' he ate iverything in 
 sight, so's she an' th' ol' ma-an had to go 
 hungry till th' nixt pay day." 
 
 " She was a fool," asserted Mr. Baxter, al- 
 though the story had not interested him par- 
 ticularly in consequence of his preoccupation. 
 
 "R-right ye are," acquiesced Policeman 
 h lynn. « Whin 't is nicissary to dirust food to 
 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 a ma-«n, ye sh'u'd feed him fir-rst. Ye 
 
 can't 
 
 ■xpect a nungry ma-an f 'r to shtay hungry whin 
 they 8 food undher his nose." Then, after a 
 tWri ^^^^ "^"ughtfully. « T is a shtrange 
 
 "What -s a strange thing?" asked Mr. 
 Baxter. 
 
 "I wa. thinldn' ye niver hear iv anny iv me 
 fn nd J. Pierpont Morgan's confidintial la-ads 
 r-runnin' away with th' cash, an' he must ha-ave 
 a lot IV fellies that handles money f 'r him. An' 
 I "ve hear-rd that me other fri'nd, Phil Armour, 
 whm he was livin' had plinty iv min that he 
 thrusted." 
 
 " They may have been exceptionally fortu- 
 nate, ' suggested Mr. Baxter. 
 
 " Mebbe 't is so," returned Policeman Flynn. 
 an mebbe they 've fed th* la-ads befoor they 
 give thim th' porridge to look afther. Iv 
 coorse," he hastened to add as his companion 
 tned to mterrupthim, " ye ha-ave f 'r to wa-atch 
 our f 'r th' gluttons that 's niver satisfied." 
 
 " Are you trying to defend this defaulter ? " 
 demanded Mr. Baxter with sudden dignity. 
 'Are you so far forgetting your place and your 
 duty that—" ' 
 
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P0LICEM4N F L r N N 
 
 "Niver » bit iy it," broke in Policeman 
 Flynn meekly. "T is not fr me to pass 
 judgmmt on thim that vi'lates th' la-aw, only th' 
 idee comes to me— well, niver mind ! F *r 
 why sh'u'd a po-lisman be botherin' with idees 
 annyhow ? " 
 
 Mr. Baxter looked at him sharply, and then 
 turned away. Flynn's words and manner an- 
 noyed him, but the offense committed, if any, 
 was intangible, and nothing was to be gained by 
 engaging in a dispute. So he looked at the 
 buildings they were passing and kept silent un- 
 til Flynn nervously jangled the handcuffs again, 
 when he again protested irritably. 
 
 "■T is onintintional," apologized Policeman 
 Hynn. « There do be times whin I r-reach ft 
 thim sort iv nat'ral-like." 
 
 The fugitive was found in the little flat he 
 had occupied with his wife and child, but the 
 arrest was not made without trouble. The 
 policeman on the beat was stationed at the rear 
 entrance to prevent escape that way, but it 
 proved to be an unnecessary precaution. The 
 man saw them the moment the door was opened 
 and made a rush for the rear ; but Flynn was 
 too quick for him. Brushing past the woman 
 
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POLICEMA^N FLTNN 
 
 who opened the door he was on the fogitive', 
 back before the latter had uken half aVzIn 
 steps. They went to the floor together, while 
 the woman screamed and then began to pom- 
 mel -d scratch Flynn. I„ a trice'howeve'r^re 
 had he handcuffi on his prisoner, and as they 
 rose the woman retreated a litde. although her 
 eyes sdll flashed defiance and anger Dunne 
 the struggle Mr. Baxter had stoj i„ thfdo"" - 
 way. trembling with excitement and anxiety lest 
 the man should escape. Now he cried exult- 
 ".gly." You've got him! You Ve got hTm , 
 That 's the man ! " b " i 
 
 Bitll!?""!.'?" ''"" ''*''" ''™'" "^^ '^^ '-°"»n 
 bitterly, I suppose you will take me, too." 
 
 Ba,^;^ rff'^'! '^*'' yo"." suggested Mr. 
 Baxter, who felt that both his feelings and the 
 majesty of the law had been ruthlessly trampled 
 upon. " Look at your face." 
 
 Policenian Flynn drew his hand across his 
 face which was badly scratched, and then wiped 
 the blood away with his handkerchief. Ignorine 
 the employer, he turned to the wife of the former 
 employee, and asked: «F'r why sh'u'd I arrist 
 ye. Fr because ye thried f'r to help ye-er 
 ma-an? I msorry fryean' I 'mpr-roud ivye." 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 She looked surprised ; then, as Flynn turned 
 to leave with his prisoner, she began to weep. 
 He looked at her, at the modestly-furnished 
 flat, at the man who had caused the arrest, 
 shook his head solemnly and marched his man 
 down stairs. 
 
 "I'll not ride back with you," announced 
 Mr. Baxter when the street was reached. 
 
 " 'T is betther so," said Policeman Flynn in 
 a tone that made the other flush, although it 
 gave no chance for a protest. 
 
 The ride was made in silence until the station 
 
 was almost reached. Then the prisoner remarked, 
 " Some men would have taken my wife along." 
 " Mebbe so," admitted Policeman Flynn, 
 "but, ye sec, IcVd n't help thinkin' what 
 w u'd happen to th' la-ad that come to Barney 
 Flynn's house an' thried f 'r to put th' brace- 
 hts on him with Mrs. Flynn lukkin' on. I got 
 no more than was comin' to me f 'r the wor-rk 
 I was doin'." 
 
 When his prisoner was safely locked up 
 Flynn retired to the squad-room, and for a long 
 ttme remained buried in thought, after which 
 he treated some of his brother officers to this 
 thoughtful commentary : 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " An edjicated mi-«n. with a business thrain- 
 •n. .n , wife. .«• , ba^by, an' docthor's bills, 
 •n manny year, iv faithful wor-rk, an' slathers 
 .V money passin- through his hands, an' him 
 gettm eight hunderd a year. Accordin' to the 
 a-.w t.. th- r-right thing I've done, but, 
 iayin th la-aw to wan side, th' idea do be r-run- 
 nin m me head that I put th' bracelits on the 
 wr-rong ma-an." 
 
xiy 
 
 HE DISCUSSES 
 MARRIAGE 
 
CHAPTER XIV 
 
 HE DISCUSSES MARRIAGE 
 
 POLICEMAN pZYNN'Sdaughter Mag- 
 gie was ,11 at ease, and this was SO u„- 
 usual for her that he could not foil 
 to nooce it. ^' 
 
 " What ye been doin'? " he asked. « Ha-ave 
 ye ammed wan iv th' kids too har-rd an' got hil 
 pannts afther ye ? " ^ 
 
 « I never inflict corporal punishment on the 
 children ,„ „y school, fkther." answered the g^rl! 
 
 Flvnn^'^n.fl P^n^hment/'n^peated Policeman 
 Flynn. reflectively. "J ^h'u'd n't think ye 
 w u d I niver hear-rd iv it before, but I suL 
 pose t >s th' kind iv punishment th;y ha-ave C 
 th ar-rmy. Annyhow. I „iver hir-rd iv a 
 corp'nl annywherc ilse." 
 
 "I mean that I never chastise them," re- 
 markeo the jrirl. "I ,.vr.i,;„„j .•. 
 once before." ^ "''^ '^^ *" >«" 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 "Ye did that," admitted Policeman Flynn, 
 but I was thmkin- that mebbe ye 'd I'arned 
 some smse.v late. What 's throublin' ye. anny- 
 way ? Ha-ave some iv ye-er gir.rl fri'nds been 
 saym ye ha-ave no taste in dhress or that ve 
 have a nose that 's out iv shtyle ? " 
 
 "I wsh you would n't be foolish, father," 
 returned the g,rl. « I want to speak to you 
 "T !k. }r l^'"^'"^ °^g«^"g '"-ried " 
 « Yel " ^"^ "^ °"' '^ ^^' ^'""^y ■ " 
 
 "He's a good ma-an," commented Police- 
 man Flynn. « I like him." 
 J You said he could have me, too." suggested 
 
 " R-right ye are," assented Policeman Flynn. 
 
 but I signed no tin-da-ay note. I give him 
 
 th opdon, but th' time iv day-liv'r>- was not 
 
 fixed, as me fn-nds iv th' Shtock Exchahge 
 
 sa-ay. Can he sup-port ye ? " 
 
 fulon ^'' ^"'^'^'''^ ""* '^"''^'^ "*""" ™"- 
 " You know I could keep right along with 
 my schoo,'. 3he said at last. '"and in thft way 
 we could hve more comfortably together than 
 we can now separately. " 
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 •' ' r» ih' filly that put me «/ n ,/,• -windy f" 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Policeman Fly„„ looked at her reproachfully. 
 
 I thought betther iv ye than that, Maggie " 
 
 he remarked. « F'r why ha-ave ye been Si 
 
 cated.fyedon't,-arnsinseP Here 's 1" 
 
 _sa ay m th books, an' he finds it har-rd work 
 
 r.s monotnous,' he says, 'an' 't w'u'd be 
 
 betther an more inj'yable if I c'u'd ha-ave a 
 
 cha-^ng.' Sohetiesashtoner-roundhisneck 
 fr^to ray-heve th' monofny iv shwimmln' 
 
 « r" ^n V'^°"u' T" ^' ^'"«=''" "led the rirl 
 
 Flyn^-trX-'t; .""V'.-P'-d Policeman 
 lynn, but th the ry ,v ,t is all wrong. Yc 
 
 r r ,"' ^"\" "°S^" «"' C^«dy in th' 
 
 s^ Ho"' ° T' " •^"'^- '"^ " « "•>' -me,- 
 says Hogan f r us to be usin' four legs be- 
 
 chune us whin 't is not nicissary. I„T' in- 
 
 h ns^.v economy,' he says. «,2.s divide h' 
 
 abor bechune us an' save our shtrength.' So 
 
 hey ma-ade u a three-legged r-race. an' wht 
 
 th nst ^ th' la-ads finished, owin' to ke^pin" 
 
 sep-nt Hogan an' Cassidy was r-rollin' on' th' 
 
 heldh.mba-ack. 'Tis th's,-.ne with mari^. 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 If th' la-ad wants f'r ye to tie up to him he 
 sh'u'd ha-ve a wagon r-ready to carry ye over 
 th' coorse, so 's ye won't be callin' names be- 
 fore ye 're feirly sta-arted." 
 
 " I wish you would n't talk in parables," said 
 the girl. 
 
 "Go shiow, there!" cautioned Policeman 
 
 Flynn. "Don't ye get to callin' names whin 
 
 I 'm thryin' f'r to ma-ake it plain to ye. 'T is 
 
 this wa-ay : ye 're each pushin' ye-er little ca-art, 
 
 an' ye think 't w'u'd not be so ha-ard f'r th' 
 
 two iv ye to push wan big ca-art; but ye 
 
 f 'tgit that 't is likely wan iv ye will ha^ve to 
 
 get in an' r-ride afther a bit, an' th' other will 
 
 ha-ave to do th' wo-ork f r th' three iv ye." 
 
 "You mean two, don't you ?" asked the girl. 
 
 " 'T was three I said," answered Policeman 
 
 Flynn. And she hastily changed the subject. 
 
 " Then you think a married woman ought 
 never to work," she suggested, with a litde of 
 bitterness and rebellion in her tone. 
 
 « Wr-rong," returned Policeman Flynn, with 
 emphasis. " There 's wor-rk in th' house f'r 
 her to do, an' if throuble comes 't is r-right that 
 she sh'u'd get outside an' help, too, if there 's 
 annything she can do ; but 't is a mista-ake to 
 
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 8^-«t in on that idee. I ha-ave ivery rayspict 
 f r th- married woman tliat helps to ma-aki th" 
 1— whin 't is nicissary. but 't is diff^^nt ^hfn 
 
 " How w„ it i„ y„„^ ^ , „ ^^^ 
 
 What ', that?" demanded Policeman 
 Flynn, with some perturbation. ' 
 
 " How was it in your case ? " 
 "Yc-er mother," answered Policeman Flynn, 
 evasively, « was a sooper-yer woman." 
 
 "How was it in your case?" persisted the 
 8"^'; q™ck to see her advantage. 
 «fvT " T""8'" "««ed Policeman Flynn, 
 tolly. Th wor-rld 's improvin'." 
 
 "How was it in your case?" repeated the 
 girl, determined to drive him into a corner 
 
 T is no jury thrial we 're havin' here." 
 answered Policeman Flynn. « Th' coort 's 
 adjourned an' we 'II ha-ave no practisin' iv 
 
 wiridl"""^- ' ""''' ""' ''' ^'-^^ - 
 
 de:a^dT"'''''^°"'"''»-'"««^-^«=«iH 
 " Well, -t was only f'r a little whUe." said 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Policeman Flynn, apologetically. « I had th" 
 promise iv a job on th' po-lis foorce with pay 
 enough Vr to keep a wife, or I niver w'u'd 
 have done it" 
 " But she did continue working? " 
 "Only ft a bit," explained Policeman 
 Flynn ; " but "t is diff'rint now." 
 " How is it different ? " 
 Policeman Flynn T|iras so uncomfortable by 
 this time that he began walking nervously back 
 and forth. 
 
 " Little did I think," he said, " that anny wan 
 but ye^r mother w'u'd iver ha-ave me wa..alk- 
 in' th' carpit in me own home like th' capt'in 
 has th' la-ads goin' at th' station whin things is 
 wr-rong. But ha^ve ye-er own wa-ay, only I 
 tell ye this: if he marries ye before he can sup- 
 port ye, I '11 call him Peter— I will that." 
 
 "Why Peter.?" asked the girl, somewhat 
 womed by this veiled threat. 
 
 "Because," replied Policeman Flynn, im- 
 pressively, " Peter was th' ma-an iv th' nurs'ry 
 r-rhyine that «had i wife an' c'u'd n't keep 
 her.' " "^ 
 
XV 
 
 HE STOPS A 
 RUNAWAY 
 
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 CHAPTER XV 
 
 HE STOPS A RUNAWAY 
 
 THEY had been discussing the vari- 
 ous duties of a policeman at the 
 station, and the subject of runa- 
 ways had come up for incidental consideration. 
 The way to stop a runaway," the captain 
 had said «.s to catch the ho«e by the bit 
 Never yell at him. for that only frightens him 
 the more, and of course the worst thing a man 
 can do IS to get out in the street and jump 
 around and wave his arms. Just keep your 
 head take thmgs cool and easy, and catch him 
 by the bit. You might as well try to stop a 
 locomotive by catching hold of the tender as to 
 stop a horse by grabbing any of the harness 
 back of the bridle." 
 
 " Is thim to be ta-aken as ordhers I " Police- 
 man Barney Flynn had asked at this point 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 "Certainly," the captain had replied. 
 Thin 't ,s mc that hopea they 'll put cur-rb- 
 b.taw,th handles to thin, on ivery hor-rse in me 
 d.sthnct."h.dbeenPoIicen,anFly„„-,con,me"t 
 
 iokilT" "' '^"f ''""™^"««. given half 
 jokingly ,„ a general conversation some time 
 previous to the events here to be recorded, be- 
 came firmly impressed on the policeman's mind. 
 He referred to them repeatedly in his conversa- 
 tions with his wife, and on one occasion, when 
 she was end«voring to lay her hands on their 
 elusive boy Terry he suddenly called to her, 
 Ca-atch him be th' bit I " The subject seemed 
 to worry him not a little. 
 
 "I wondher," he remarked on another oc- 
 casion «« if 't was in his mind I 'd thry fV to 
 ca-atch him be th' leg." 
 
 J^'''-^^\!^ii^^^^ Mrs. Flynn,«he had 
 
 t -A l\tV^ ''''" ^ "" tail or that 
 ye d grab th' back iv th' wagon an' pull " 
 
 "Oho! 't is likely so," returned Policeman 
 Flynn. But it luks to me like a mattherthat 
 day-pinds on circumsthances. Ye ray-mimber 
 Tim Dolan, Mary, him that weighed two hun- 
 derd an ninety-siven pounds in his shtockin'- 
 
 lie 
 
P O L I C E M A N F L T N N 
 
 "Ye'rethinkin-ivhow tail he iva,." inter- 
 rupted Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " I am not," retorted the pou.T.iia. ■ : ■•„ 
 thinkin'iv th" size iv his fur ,, , ?s' . ,i.ui,„ 
 weight IV his boots. Nov. WW yc nd ve-.r 
 clapper shrill an' let me ma- ike m^ tVi.r .,, ,..• 
 shtoppin- iv runaways? T w.s ..arr ray 
 soorcefiilness with him. Th' ca-a.^-'vas om- 
 
 •n down th'shtreet with, little p--..,„ it, a,,' 
 th dog was r-runnin' away." 
 
 "Th* dog? " cried Mrs. Flynn, in astonish- 
 ment. 
 
 J'F'r sure" replied Policeman Flynn. 
 I was a dog-ca-art made out iv a soap- 
 box, an th' dog all iv a sudden wint afther 
 a cat Ivery ma-an an' bye in th' block 
 thned f r to shtop it, an' not a wan c'u'd do 
 "t, an thm it come to Dolan. If he 'd 
 hear-rd th' capt'in's talk 't is like as not he 'd 
 thned to ca-atch him be th' bit. but not bein' 
 poshted, he used his br-rai„, an' whin th' doR 
 was passm' he fell on him. 'T was th' only 
 thing f r a ma-an like him to do, an' th' 
 P int I make is that ye must use a bit iv jude- 
 mint now an' thin an' not do iverythingls 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " What happened to th' gir-rl ? " asked Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
 " A felly in th' nixt block caught her in his 
 ar-rms before she shtruck th' gr-round " 
 
 "Barney Flynn, ye 're lyin' to me!" ex- 
 claimed Mn,. Flynn. and she was so indignant 
 that she refosed to continue the converslrion. 
 But Policeman Flynn brought the subject up 
 «g«n and again, always holding that the course 
 to be pursued ought to depend entirely on die 
 circumstances, but that it was. nevertheless, the 
 orders * P"''""*" *° o»'ey his superior's 
 
 It was a month or so later that his trial came, 
 bhouts and cnes attracted his attention one day 
 and before he folly realized what was happen- 
 ing, a runaway horse attached to a light wagon 
 was_ almost upon him. "Ca-atch him be th' 
 bit. he muttered to himself, but he could n't 
 get into the street in time even to try that. 
 Policeman Flynn. however, is a man of nerve 
 and danng, as has been demonstrated on many 
 occasions. He believes in doing things the 
 right way, which is the way provided for in ver- 
 bal or written police instructions ; but when that 
 IS impossible, any way is good enough for him. 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " "T is wr-rong," he thought, as he caught 
 the tail-board of the wagon as it went past, 
 " but 't is betther than not thryin' at all." 
 
 It required both strength and activity, but 
 Policeman Flynn succeeded in swinging himself 
 over the tail-board, and worked his way along 
 the wagon-box to the seat. Here he found 
 that the reins had fallen over the dash-board, 
 and he had to climb over the seat to get 
 them. He was just reaching for them, and 
 the watching pedestrians were starting a cheer 
 for his pluck, when the horse stumbled and 
 fell. 
 
 " An' d' ye know," he said in telling about it 
 afterward, " th' very fir-rst thing I knew I was 
 sittin' ashtride th' hor-rse's neck, an' I had th' 
 dash-board with me — I had that same." 
 
 At the time, however, he had no leisure to 
 think of that feature of his trip. He merely 
 knew that he was astride the neck of a strug- 
 gling horse, and that a lot of men were giving 
 him advice from a safe distance. 
 
 " Sit on his head ! " roared two or three. 
 "Why, ye divils," sputtered Policeman 
 Flynn, in the midst of his wrestling-match, 
 " d' ye think I wa-ant f 'r to sit on his hoofs ? '' 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 was another cry from 
 up ! " advised some 
 
 " Hold him down I " 
 the crowd. 
 
 "Don't let him get 
 others. 
 
 " He '11 get away ! " shouted the doubtful 
 ones. 
 
 " If ye think so, why don't some of ye 
 sma-art lads put salt on his tail ? " demanded 
 Policeman Flynn, as. he finally got settled on 
 the horse's head, and thus was able to hold him 
 comparatively quiet. " Ye 're a bra-ave cr-rowd, 
 ye are, f'r sure," he went on sarcastically, 
 "shtandin' there, afraid to give me a ha-and 
 whin I have him down. If anny iv ye ha-ave 
 hor-rses iv ye^er own ye 'd betther sell thim an' 
 buy sheep f'r to dhrive." 
 
 Just at this moment the captain pushed his 
 way through the crowd, and a few minutes later 
 they had the horse on his feet, still nervous, but 
 reasonably quiet. 
 
 As a result of his experience Policeman Flynn 
 was a sight to see, especially as he had n't even 
 had time to brush off his uniform. The cap- 
 tain looked him over and laughed. 
 
 "What were you doing out there on his 
 neck, Barney ? " he asked. 
 
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 The glance that Policeman Flynn gave his 
 superior was reproachful, but the tone of his 
 answer, at least, was respectful. 
 
 " I was in th' wagon fir-rst," he said, " but I 
 ray-mimbered ye-er wor-rds, an' I come out 
 here ft to ca-atch him be th' bit." 
 

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 HE ATTENDS A BALL 
 
 POLICEMAN ""barney FLYNN 
 stood befo. the c.p.i„.„dX7 
 >■ a like, he saiH « f •. » t 
 
 «bu.> -n r^^ '"""'*'•" he said at I„t 
 but I U tell ye th' wa-ay iv it. Ye see Th' 
 good woman i, . ^j^J, iv-iv_we * tJ' 
 name s shiipped me mind, an' what^t i, li 
 about I ve give up g„e,si„- butlhe do be 
 
 Z 'b office ,v Gran' Sicritary. T w'uTn . 
 be worry.n' me. iv co.rse. but f 'r th' ball tC^ 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 to come off nixt Chuesday, whin the wants me 
 fr to do a bit iv campaignin'. ' 'T is fr you,' 
 she says to me, • to prove ye 're a pop'lar ma-an 
 with th* ladies. Ye must da-ance with thim 
 an' be po-Iite an' nice so 's they '11 all be fidlin* 
 over thimsilves fr to vote fr th' wife iv that 
 fine gintleman, Barney Flynn.' Oho ! 't is a 
 gr-reat show I 'd ma-ake iv mesilf doin' th' 
 s'ciety act at a ball." 
 
 " Well, if you don't want to go, why don't 
 you say so ? " asked the Captain. '* You can 
 say ' No ' to her, can't you ? " 
 
 "F'r sure," answered Policeman Flynn. 
 " 'T is no throuble at all to say ' No,' but 't is 
 th' divil's own job to ma-«ke it shdck. Ye may 
 be fir-rm in ye-er tone, but if ye think that inds 
 th' matther 't is Fr you to guess wanst more. 
 ' I 'm sorry about th' ball, Maggie,' says ye-er 
 wife to ye-er gir-rl, lukkin' har-rd at you ; 
 ' 't w'u'd be a gr-reat chanst Ft ye, but ye-er 
 father 's that siin-^h he won't go.' An' th' nixt 
 da-ay she says, ' Ye might as well give awa-ay 
 th' new dhress I made ye, f'r ye-er fiither will 
 give ye no opporchunity fr to wear it' Thin 
 at night she sighs an' rayma-arks, ' 'T is too 
 bad Maggie has no chanst fr to go in s'ciety 
 

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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 had planned a sharp trick for her lord and 
 master must ever remain a matter of conjecture, 
 but certain it is that she smiled grimly as she 
 replied, " Thin 't is all r-right, f 'r th' ball 's 
 been cha-anged to Wi'n'sday night." 
 
 Policeman Flynn tried to look happy, but it 
 was a hard task. 
 
 " 'T is a fort'nit thing," he said, " f r it I'aves 
 me free to go with you and Maggie." But the 
 next night he came home with a long face and 
 announced that he had made a mistake in the 
 orders. It was Wednesday that he was to go 
 on night duty. 
 
 Mrs. Flynn smiled even more grimly than 
 before as she said, " Oh, shtrange is th* wa-ays 
 iv th' wor-rld that both iv us sh'u'd be wr-rong. 
 I made th' mista-ake iv thinkin' they 'd 
 cha-anged th' ball night." 
 
 Then Policeman Flynn surrendered uncon- 
 ditionally. He realized that he was in a trap 
 from which there was no escape. 
 
 " I '11 go," was all he said. 
 
 Of course it was necessary to give him in- 
 struction as to his duties in the premises. He 
 was to be present as a sort of political lieuten- 
 ant to help her in her campaign for office, and 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 it was importani that he should do his work in 
 the most effective manner. '" 
 
 «Iv coorse. Barney," she explained "ve 
 mus g,,e ye-erattintion to thim that L Vot^ 
 and^t^notth'mininthisca-ase. Yert' 
 
 cvddaJe^Vo,T;ht?"r^-- 
 
 whir-riin' r-round L twt Ues'fi """' 
 used f'r f« k«.. !- ^ Barnum 
 
 «4na. ih only wa-ay ye 'IJ pg* ' . 
 da-ance is th' wa-av th' u 1-^^ ™* *" 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 was th' akel iv that wan iv Regan's. He 'd be 
 shpinnin' yet if he had n't gone through a windy 
 iv th' pay-vilion." 
 
 " 'T is easy da-ancin'," urged Mrs. Flynn. 
 " All ye ha-ave to do is to gr-rab ye-er gir-rl 
 an' go r-round an' r-round uil ye fall or th' 
 music shtops." 
 
 " Will ye wind me up ? " demanded Police- 
 man Flynn. 
 
 " Don't be ma-akin' a fool iv ye-ersilf," re- 
 torted Mrs. Flynn, indignantly. " Ye '11 ha-ave 
 to da-ance, an' ye '11 ha-ave to talk to thim iv 
 parli'mint'ry la-aw. Ye must luk it up so 's ye 
 can luk wise an' use th' wor-rds like ye knew 
 all there was to it. 'T is a gr-reat p'int ye '11 
 ma-ake f 'r me in that, f'r ivery wan iv thim 
 knows that th' wife iv a ma-an that 's poshted 
 on parli'mint'ry la-aw is a val'able officer f'r to 
 ha-ave. Ye sh'u'd hear Mrs. Bur-rke's good 
 ma-an talk ivr-rules iv ordher an* minutes an' 
 th' com-ity iv th' whole." 
 
 " 'T is little I know iv th' com-ity iv th' 
 whole or th' com-ity iv th' half or anny ol' 
 com-ity," protested Policeman Flynn. 
 
 " Thin 't is time ye I'arned," answered Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Of course it is unnecessary to say that Po- 
 liceman Flynn followed the course his wife 
 had outlined for him. That was essential to 
 domestic peace. He mastered a few parlia- 
 mentary terms, and he went to the ball, and 
 he danced. He « gr-rabbed the gir-rl " and he 
 grabbed her tight, and then in solemn manner 
 they described various uneven circles on the 
 floor of the hall. But Policeman Flynn was 
 not happy. «Th' grabbin' th' gir-rl is ,11 
 r-"ght, if ye c'u'd shtop there," he said, but 
 he seriously objected to the rest of the pro- 
 gramme. He tried to beg off, but his wife 
 would not permit it. Instead, she kept pickine 
 out new partners for him, and it really Teemed 
 as If the most influential members of the lodge 
 were the homeliest. She began with girls, prt 
 gressed to women, and the end came when he 
 saw her approaching with a dumpy and awkward 
 little woman who must have weighed in the 
 neighborhood of 250 pounds. « How can I 
 ta-alk parli'mint'ry la-aw whin that 's shtanding 
 on me toes ?" he muttered to himself, meanwhile 
 looking about for some means of escape. His 
 eye fell on an open window that seemed to have 
 been placed there for his sole benefit. 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 When Policeman Flynn struck the grou id 
 he found himself in a light-shaft, walled in on 
 all sides. There was no escape except by means 
 of a rope or a ladder. Meanwhile, the sounds 
 that came from above told him there was ex- 
 citement in the dance-hall, and he waited pa- 
 tiently to see what would happen next. When 
 things had quieted down somewhat several 
 heads were thrust out of the window, and his 
 wife s voice floated down to him with the query 
 " Barney, are ye there ? " 
 " I am," he replied. 
 " Don't ye know 't is not the wa-ay out ? " 
 
 was the next question, and there was a world 
 
 of sarcasm in the to-ie. 
 
 "I 'm not lukkin' fr th' wa-ay out," he 
 answered surlily. 
 
 "Thin what are ye doin' there ? " 
 
 His answer to this was cold and pointed 
 and there was something of both bitterness and 
 reproach in the tone when, after a pause, he 
 trusted himself to speak. 
 
 "I 'm shtudyin' parli'mint'ry la-aw," he 
 said. " 'T is a meetin' iv th' com-ity iv th' 
 hole." 
 
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 XVII 
 
 HE RESISTS 
 TEMPTATION 
 
CHAPTER XVII 
 
 HE RESISTS TEMPTATION 
 
 THE man with the high sUk hat and the ht 
 cigar was the one who put temptation 
 m the way of Policeman Barney Flynn. 
 This man had been successful as a polirici.n in 
 a mmor way. and he realized that there were 
 elements of strength in the resourcefol. con- 
 ^ent.ous httle policeman who was well and 
 favorably known to virtually every one in the 
 ward. Furthermore, he was looking for some 
 one to run against an old political enemy. 
 
 Why don t you enter the aldermanic race ?" 
 ne asked one day. 
 
 P„r °° "'™^'. """^ ' «" '"^^"^ fr°™ «>=." "turned 
 Pohccman Flynn. waving his arms to keep the 
 
 mn at a distance. » Ye ha-ave th' ilimints iv 
 
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 III 
 
I'OLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 JWhat contagion?" demanded the polid- 
 
 fVto a-atch/n" eh. °ut >•"'•'"''"""''"« 
 found this side iv th' lave 'T "°rJ° '* 
 opyum habit, only 't is^o ''e ul """ '^' 
 down an- down tifl ye thTnTtU.' J "^ '' 
 
 ^hy, thin 't is k „ * *^.°" 8'^"' " '° Y^' 
 
 sint" '"'P''^"'' ^"'^^ -kin- their col 
 
 "Nonsense! "returned the politician «<Anv 
 
 s«rri:e''^'"T-''^'°'--'^''«Ai 
 agorrdoi;^-d5oti,?j;.^n 
 
 at me now." ^" ' ""^ Jook 
 
 Flynn.'''F'iveyear;" "'"'"? ^''«"-'> 
 iv iobs. an'!:: ?e «'Z'^,'rH"" ''"''' 
 I ray-mimber ye'in Th' oTdat t " "'"• 
 
 shabbysuitivcIo'esan'asoJw!^" 
 hustlin' all th' time ; an' now luk a Vl'^^ 
 see a shtovepipe hat on th' ba-ack iv ye^r' hi 
 an' a suit iv clo'es that •. i j '^ "**d, 
 hear-rd a block an' ! A ""^ '"°"8h to be 
 wock, an a fat see-gar. an' a watch- 
 
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''''•"' yor, age Ina, Join' oM job, fir a 
 limn', and hok at menoixi.- " 
 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 chain that ye might loan to th' capt'in iv a boat 
 f r to hold his anchor. Oho ! 't is a gr-reat 
 objec -lesson ye are. If ye go over to Long 
 Island wh.n a prize-fight 's comin' off, they '11 
 take wan luk at ye-cr r-rig an' let ye i.. as th' 
 manager iv th' show. Ye luk like a hot spoort. 
 ye do f r a fee'; but if I had to wear thirn clo'es, 
 I d think th- pinalty iv gettin' office was 
 gr-reater than th' ray-ward. Besides, they 's 
 no chanst f 'r me to get through th' door iv 
 war-rd politics." 
 
 " What door do vou mean ? " asked the 
 politician. Ignoring the criHcism of his personal 
 appearance. 
 
 «Th' say-loon door, .v coorse," replied 
 Policeman Flynn. «'T w'u'd be f'r me to 
 open a say-loon be wa^y iv startin' on me 
 career." 
 
 "Oh, that's not necessary," protested the 
 politician. 
 
 " R-right ye are ; 't is not," admitted Police- 
 man Flynn; "but 'tis cheaper an' surer that 
 wa-ay. Th' cost iv settin' up th' dhrinks is not 
 so gr-reat if ye 're behind th' ba-ar as it is if 
 ye 're on' th' other side iv it, an' ye ha-ave more 
 chanst f'r to conthrol th' vote. But 't is not 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
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 I! ii.'- 
 liil 
 
 Ft me wan wa-ay or th' other. 'T w'u'd be 
 har-rd f 'r me to br-reak mesilf iv th' habit iv 
 wor-rkin' f r me livin', an' thin I can't f rget 
 Clancy. Do ye ray-mimber Clancy? Oho! 
 he was a fine lad if he 'd only been imperv-yus 
 to th' contagion." He was a hard-wor-rkin' 
 ma-an, an' he br-rought his sal'ry home to th' 
 good woman iv'ry Saturday night till he begun 
 thryin' f 'r office. Thin he had to be a good 
 felly, an' th' money wint over th' ba-ar. ' Me 
 eliction ixpinses is eatin' up me sal'ry,' he told 
 his wife, ' but 't will be all r-right whin th' 
 votes is counted.' But 't was not. A felly that 
 kep' a say-loon beat him out, an' he had a 
 har-rd time shtandin' off th' grocer till he c'u'd 
 r-raisc a bit iv th' ca-ash. Thin th' pa-arty give 
 him a job f'r th' wor-rk he 'd done in th' cam- 
 pMgn, an' 't was all up with him. He c'u'd n't 
 br-reak himsilf if th' bad habit he 'd conthracted, 
 an' he 's r-run f'r some office in iv'ry eliction 
 since. He dhraws sal'ry whin th' fellies he 
 knows is on top, an' whin they 're not, he gets 
 a bit be kitin' r-round th' war-rd an' keepin' 
 th' min in line f'r th' nixt eliction. Oho ! he 
 has it ba-ad, f'r sure, an' 't is th' same with 
 most iv th' r-rest iv thim that gets sta-arted that 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 microbe that mSd iv" ' sLf "''^ '^ ' 
 diligate to a la X, • ^ . "*"" » wa^Ikin' 
 
 "in Ohio?" 
 
 was dieted prisidint Jv R„™ *"" ''* 
 
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 'na-an, 'fr toL^' '^"'^ ^^^^ *° '»^ hired 
 
 to»c. I hSvi no ^ ''-""gth" office out 
 "^^ve no time Tr to go chasin' 
 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N. 
 
 afther it.' That 's th* kind iv a ma-an Cindn- 
 nati was; No settin' thim up f 'r th' byes f r 
 him, no hangin' on th' tiliphonc-wires, no iog- 
 roUin' and thrickery, no manipulatin' convin- 
 tions. ' If ye want me f r to ha-ave th' goods,' 
 says he, ' sind them to me, an* I '11 luk thim 
 over an' tell ye what I think iv thim when I 
 ha-ave time.' " 
 
 " But what 's^all this got to do with the alder- 
 manic election ? " inquired the politician. 
 
 « 'T is this wa-ay," replied Policeman Flynn. 
 "I 'm goin' out f'r to do a litde plowin' 
 along me beat, an' whin ye ha-ave any political 
 goods Ft me, ye can bring thim to me there." 
 « You '11 never get office that way in these 
 days," asserted the politician. 
 
 « I sup-pose not," swd Policeman Flynn. 
 " You have to go after it," persisted the poli- 
 tician. 
 
 " R-right ye are," admitted Policeman Flynn ; 
 " but there 's wan thing ye '11 notice about ol' 
 Cincinnati that 's missin' in th' fellies that r-runs 
 f r office now." 
 « What *s that ? " 
 
 " Th' politicians iv that da-ay," said Police- 
 man Flynn, slowly, " th' practical an' profiss- 
 
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POLICEMA^N FLTNN 
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 ^^^^^'" «id the captain to the police- 
 •nan of that name, "I m going to 
 give you the • cripple beat ' and see 
 what you can do with it." 
 
 the^iTH!'^!!" '''^^'^ gravely. He knew 
 Ae cnpp^e beat by reputation, and he realized 
 ^at to be assigned to it was a compliment to 
 h.s prowess. It lay i„ a district in which there 
 we« two nval factions of rowdies, who had -oth 
 ing m common except an inborn hatred of the 
 pohce. and it derived its name from the fact that 
 more pohcemen had been temporarily crippled 
 on It than on any other one beat in the dty. 
 The rowdies clashed at frequent intervals, and. 
 tn the general fight that invariably ensued, win- 
 dows were smashed and the lives of all in the 
 immediate viamty were put in jeopardy by the 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 flying missiles. Arrests were frequent, and the 
 patrol-wagon had made so many trips to that 
 neighborhood that the horses just naturally 
 turned in that direction when they left the barn. 
 If a single policeman endeavored to interfere 
 when a battle was in progress, he went to the 
 hospital in an ambulance; if a squad arrived 
 on the scene, the warring factions scattered, 
 and the fact that a few participants might be 
 gathered in had no lasting effect on existing 
 conditions. 
 
 " I 'm to ha-ave a thrial on th' cripple beat," 
 said Policeman Flynn somewhat dejectedly 
 when he made his daily report to his wife. 
 
 " I '11 lay in a sup-ply iv arniky an' shplints 
 an' pla-asters this very da-ay," was her far from 
 consoling reply. « Bad luck to thim, why do 
 they put a little felly like you to doin' a big 
 ma-an's work ? " 
 
 "F'r because," answered Policeman Flynn, 
 with some pride, " pluck an' raysoorce is not 
 decided be a fiit-rule or a pair iv shcales. Th' 
 capt'in says to me, he says, ' I 've thried th' big 
 min an' they 've not been akel to th' job, an' 
 't is nicissary fr to take th' sta-arch out iv thim 
 ri'tous fellies some wa-ay.' So 't is fr me to 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 take th- ,t.-arch out iv thim. but I wisht he 'd 
 tol me how to do it" 
 
 til J- '* '"'""j"^'"' '° »"« ye have n't tin iv 
 th.m «tur„ed Pol.ceman Flynn, sarcastically. 
 Oive me ye-er collar," commanded M«. 
 Flynnby way of reply. 
 
 The policeman looked surprised, but he took 
 off h.s nicely starched collar and handed it to 
 her. She promptly dipped it in a basin of 
 water and then held it up for his inspection. 
 1 IS done, ' she announced. 
 Policeman Flynn scratched his head and de- 
 parted m a thoughtful mood. "She has a 
 gr-r«t head on her, Pr sure," he soliloquized. 
 If I .ver r-run short iv ca-ash I '11 rint her out 
 to a com-ity iv wa-ays an' means." 
 
 The first few days passed uneventfully on his 
 new beat. The clash that had resulted in tem- 
 porarily mcapacitating his predecessor for work 
 had been followed by the arrest of some of the 
 rowdies, and the others were disposed to be 
 quiet. Policeman Flynn put in the time mak- 
 ing a study of the situation. He knew that 
 they were watching him, and, like a good gen- 
 
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POLICEMAN F LT N N 
 
 «r^ he dMired to familiarize himself thoroughly 
 with d,e locality m which his battle or ba^el 
 were to be fought. It was perhaps a week after 
 he had begun patrolling the beat that the first 
 conflict came, and he announced the result when 
 done " "^^'^ simple statement, « 'T is 
 
 " What 's done ? " asked Mrs. Flynn 
 '« Me fir-rst job," .eplied Policeman Flynn. 
 re see, t was this wa-ay," he went on. ««Th' 
 k-ads have been sizin- me up an' waitin'. 
 
 Jn H1I \r u^ " *'''" "" «'^Po-J«n.an shows 
 up till they ha-ave a thry at him, an' they tuk 
 a chanst at me this da-ay. Oho ! 't was a big 
 felly that sta-arted it all be ta-alkin' har-rd to 
 me. 'D ye think ye '11 r-run this beat?' 
 he says. ' I '11 thry.' says I. ' Ye ha-ave ye-er 
 wor-rk cut out fr ye,' he says, « ye little bit iv 
 asawed-offmatch.' ' If ye touch th' match.' 
 I says to him, «ye '11 find ye ha-ave hold iv the 
 sulphur md.' .Shall I ha-and him wan ? ' he 
 says to th- others. ' Sure,' says they to him 
 but twa^ too late. While we was ta-alkin' I 'd 
 wor-rked h.m r-round till I had his ba-ack to 
 th horse-trough m front iv th' say-loon where 
 tney d shtopped me." 
 
 196 
 
♦ # WuJ^' 
 
 '•Patrolman fljnn ^a,fiund ..anjing like , 
 '"•luering htro." 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 "An- what did ye do thin?" asked Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
 "With wnn push," answered Policeman 
 I'lynn, " I tuk th' sta-arch out iv him." 
 
 "they '11 murder ye fr that," said Mrs. 
 Flynn. "Bad luck to thlm all, I wisht ye 'd 
 niver been put on th' beat." 
 
 However, by keeping his eyes open Flynn 
 was able to guard against any sudden attack, and 
 they showed no disposition to go at him openly. 
 " But you 'd better watch out for them when 
 the two gangs have their next scrimmage," cau- 
 tioned the sergeant. « If they can get a police- 
 man in It they '11 quit fighting each other to do 
 him up. Just remember to call the wagon the 
 first thing." 
 
 "If I ha-ave nme," answered Policeman 
 Flynn, carelessly. «'T ,s not f'r spoort that 
 I ve been shtudyin' th' lay iv th' la-and an' 
 makin' fri'nds iv th' la-ads in th' injine-house." 
 
 " What do you intend to do ? " asked the 
 sergeant. 
 
 I' L'ave that to me," replied Policeman Flynn. 
 
 The real conflict came two days later, and it 
 was not Policeman Flynn who sent in the call 
 for the patrol wagon. He was too busy 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 Something had h»ppen«d *. i«i« «,« «f ^^ 
 
 Z^' ""*' '*^^'""' *^y™ »•«% «ade 
 preparations in a »de Mr«t that t»K.mob\wmld 
 hm to pass, but where he wu «)«ealed from 
 
 «U1 the wagon, howewr, wd it o«ne «n the 
 
 Polioemtn Flysn was fowKi staadme like » 
 <^qu«,j^h««,leanmg^^,yg^ 
 
 ^of k«e that h. hMl fco„owed fro« his 
 THTJ* **»*«»« »«» almost deserted. 
 
 Pul!?** ft«-ange idees ye get!" mmmd 
 
 a^t^^l«kk,„.f.r,,,o„We. but they've gone 
 « r?^ *"..'*''' ? " WW the ne« question. 
 
 Flynn, 'but t is me mrprisBion they W been 
 hung out on th' line f r ,o dhry «, •, Aey a.„ 
 be sta-arched up ag'in ! " 
 
XIX 
 
 HE PUNISHES 
 THE DUDES 
 
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 HE PUNISHES THE DUDES 
 
 |H, thim judes!" sighed Policeman 
 Barney Flynn with the air of one 
 utterly discouraged. " They "11 
 drive me cra-azy, they will sure." 
 ^^ " If ye 're a ma-an," replied Mrs. Flynn, 
 "ye '11 not let anny jude that iver wa-alked 
 come over ye. 'T is you that 's lackin' in- 
 jmoo-ity, or ye 'd not "be sittin' there sighin* 
 like a bla-ast at th' r-rollin' mill. Tell me, 
 now, where ha-ave ye been fernii.st th' judes.? " 
 "At th' the-ayter," answered Policeman 
 Flynn. « 'T is on me beat, an' thim pa-aper 
 see-gar judes is in th" alley ivery night thicker 
 than flies r-round Hogan's ba-ar." 
 
 " is there anny ha-arm in thim ?" demanded 
 Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " In thim fellies ? Ha-arm ! " exclaimed Po- 
 
^OLICEMAJ, FLTNN 
 
 liceman Flynn scornfully. «Nive. u- . 
 '\ « a nuisance they are to th' hi . ' "' ''"' 
 gir-ris that carries Iw \ '^'-'"■d-wor-rkin- 
 
 S"- show. !;• Tt afthfr "' "'' ''""^" '■" 
 
 thim awa-ay -■ '' ^""^ '"''^d ^ drive 
 
 " Why don't ye ? " 
 " Why don't I ? Oho I •<■ • 
 
 . * 's me goes down th' al „ i- 
 tlwntin times a nieht an' ch I • ° '' ' 
 
 "•ifbmes'i/irtrLfn;^'^^^'^'^'^^-' 
 
 -^thin shquint iv me eye wC I T \ "'"^ 
 *'«'eet. 'Tis a m, ^ , "'" ^ '•-reaches th' 
 't is done but it. '° '"^' "° ««''. how 
 
 floor. ^"'**'*"'^™PP«dhispipeo„the 
 
 exit^^d'id^irin^r'^rtr^^'^-'"^ 
 
 °f«nin' on th' afleyP 9 I '""^ ?'«« 
 
 ■T is all plain as th' no e on aV k"' " ^''''*- 
 
 6-ace. In at th' I^Ta ^""^^ "«-»«'« 
 
 ««th front door,v Casey's say-loon 
 
POLICEMAN F L T NN 
 they goes an' out iv th' back door ferninst th' 
 theaytcr. Oho ! I ha-ave thim now ! " 
 \Vhat '11 ye do? "inquired Mrs. Flynn. 
 I II dnve them th' other wa-ay out." an- 
 swered the policeman. 
 
 Mrs. Flynn regarded him for a moment with 
 
 are times when Patrolman Flynn has to be 
 prompted as well as sarcastically criticized in 
 order that the best results may bisecured 
 
 Barney, she said at last, « ye ha-ave no 
 head on ye at all. 'Tis a block iv wood ye 're 
 
 Sir rr.^!'-''l-«. -• ye might dhrop 
 offwuhout osm' anything but a hk iv ':ind- 
 
 ve^il noT h' .■■ T *° ""''"'* *'''™ J"des an' 
 ye 11 not do it that wa-ay." 
 
 " No-o," admitted Policeman Flynn reluc 
 ?"'i;'"^^'r':"g''^'here. I 'm n'o match 
 r r thim at shprintin'." 
 
 «iTLT.' T""'"^''"' °" Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 Id ca-atch thim. 'T is th' only wa-ay 
 
 R-run thim into a thmp an' ma-ake thim sor^ 
 
 they iverthroubled ye." ^ 
 
 was very thoughtfol as he left home. He 
 wanted to ask for details, but he deemed it "se 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 not to do so. Mrs. Flynn is exceptionally 
 sarcastic when she gets the idea that she is 
 doing the thinking for the family, which has a 
 tendency to induce the patrolman to solve 
 problems m his own original way. However 
 there was the light of victory in his eyes when 
 he went on duty that night, and almost the first 
 thing he did was to interview Casey. 
 
 "*T is mesilf," said Casey, "that's been 
 wondhenn* why th' la-ads come trapsin' in th' 
 wan door an' thin go pilin' out th' other. 
 There 's no money in it f'r me, an' they '11 not 
 get through this night." 
 
 Matters being thus satisfactorily arranged 
 Policeman Flynn bided his time. Never be- 
 fore had he left the dudes who congregated 
 about the stage entrance so entirely alone, for 
 he desired to gather them all in at one swoop 
 They were harmless fellows of the class who 
 like to hover about, making eyes at the chorus 
 girls and pretending to have a standing with them 
 that they do not possess; but, as Policeman 
 Flynn had said, they were nuisances— although 
 
 of a kind numerous in every large city and in 
 
 this instance the stage entrance was so arranged 
 that it was difficult to keep it clear of them. 
 
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 PO Lie EM ^ 
 
 ^N FLTNN 
 Finally, when the assembled crowd w„ i 
 
 c,-„^,.^.H v™:;L;«:=;';^•• 
 •t...on f, ,„ p„, i, ,^ »' « d, 
 
 »„.„,y, ,, P...P,, .e^gi^JJi'-jr, 
 
 kep' him chasin' 
 
 ye up an' down 
 
 th' 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 alley. I '11— I '11— Now, what Ml I do?" 
 Then, just as he seemed at his wit's end for a 
 suitable punishment, an inspiration came to him. 
 " Ha-and over ye-er pa-per see-gars ! " he cried 
 triumphantly. " Ivery wan ha-and thim over ! 
 Not a pa-aper see-gar goes out iv th' r-room 
 this night, an' if annywan thries f 'r to hold out 
 on me I '11 la-and him behind th' ba-ars, I will 
 so. Oho ! 't is long ye '11 ray-mimber Barney 
 Flynn ! Hurry on, now, an' if I think ye 're 
 holdin' out I '11 go through ye-er clo'es." 
 
 It was a great picture that Policeman Flynn 
 made collecting the c!^ .rettes, but he got them 
 all, and fifteen minutes later he was alone with 
 Casey, counting the results of the raid. 
 
 " Twinty-sivin boxes!" he exclaimed. 
 " W'u'd ye think there was that much deprav- 
 ity in th' whole city, if ye did n't see it with 
 ye-er own eyes ? Twinty-sivin boxes, an' they 're 
 all yours, Casey. Me job on th' foorce w'u'd be 
 gone if they was found on me at r-roll-call." 
 
 " What '11 I do with thim ? " asked Casey. 
 
 " Divil a bit do I care," answered Policeman 
 Flynn, " only I say this to ye : If ye I'ave thim 
 where th' cat can get thim, I 'II ha-ave ye ar- 
 risted f'r croolty to animals, I will that." 
 
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 XX 
 
 PREACHING AND 
 PRACTICE 
 
CHAPTER XX 
 
 PREACHING AND PRACTICE 
 
 POLICEMAN BARNEY FLYNN had 
 just settled himself for a quiet and 
 thoughtfol smoke when his wife in- 
 terrupted his meditations. 
 
 "Barney," she said, and there was reproach 
 •n her tone, « have n't ye frgot something ?" 
 
 Ha-ave I ? ' he asked, with an assumption 
 fer^fr"^"''' ""'" ''"** '" '"'^" "''^ «> 
 
 she answered with asperit/. 
 
 «M-m-m now, what can it be?" muttered 
 Policeman Flynn, thoughtfUUy knitting his 
 
 "Did n't ye dhrawye-ersal'ry to-day ? " de- 
 manded Mrs. Flynn. It may be said'here by 
 way of explanation that Mrs. Flynn is the 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 CMhier of 'he fiimily, and always has pav-day 
 marked on the calendar with red ink. 
 
 ;'Oho ! 't is th' money ye 're aftherl " ex- 
 claimed Policen.an Flynn. " Ye 're like all th' 
 r-rest iv th' women. If ye-er good ma-an do be 
 ha-aym' a bit iv th' coin in his clo'es ye 're 
 worried till ye ha-ave ye-er ha-ands on it. Ye 
 wa-ant to be shpendin* iv it all ye-ersilf. Ye 're 
 like th' confidince ma-an, ye are that. ' Give 
 me ye-er cash,' says you to me, ' an' I '11 give 
 ye something that 's worth more,' fr all the 
 wor-rld like th' ma-an that 's sellin' th' gold 
 br-ncfc, I give it to ye, bein' innocint an' un- 
 suspectin', an' what do I get f"r it ? I ask ye 
 that, Mary— what do I -.- fr it ? Why, hash 
 Pr breakfast." 
 
 This impressed Policeman Flynn as being so 
 good a joke that he laughed over it himself, 
 but his wife replied, rather warmly, that if he 
 did not give it to her to care for they would be 
 begging for things to eat witli'n a week after 
 pay-day, and Policeman Flynn knew that this 
 reflection on his financial management was just- 
 ified. However, he was in a facetious mood, 
 and did not intend to surrender his temporary 
 advantage at once. 
 
POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 " An* what '11 ye do with it if ye lay ye-er 
 ha-ands on it ? " he asked. "Ye tell me I 'm no 
 ma-an f'r to be handlin' iv money, but what 'II 
 ye be afther doin" with it ye-ersilf ? Oho ! I 
 know ye. 'T is like as not ye '11 be shpendin' 
 It on Mrs. Flaherty over be th' mill." 
 
 "She 's a deser-rvin' woman!" asserted 
 Mrs. Flynn with an emphasis that showed her 
 chanty in that direction had been the object of 
 criticism before. 
 
 " 'T is so," admitted Policeman Flynn, "but 
 ye can't be sup-portin' ivery fool iv a deser-r- 
 vm' woman ye come acrost. Ye 'd go br-roke 
 an- shtarve. ye w'u'd that. Ye see, Mary, 't is 
 this wa-ay: marri'ge is a lotth'ry, an'—" 
 
 "I 've hear- d ye sa-ay that befoor," inter- 
 rupted Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " R-right," said Policeman Flynn, « but 't is 
 th' thruth. and th' thruth niver grows old. So 
 I tell ye wanst more marri'ge is a loth'ry, an' 
 ye can't do much f'r th' gambler that loses 
 iverything an' shtill won't dhraw out iv th' 
 ga-ame. ^ Mrs. Flaherty shrieks to her ma-an." 
 " He 's a brute iv a ma-an," asserted Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
 "'T is so," assented the patrolit. », "but 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 while she shrieks to him 't is like throwin' wather 
 into a sieve fr to give to her. He 's th' la-ad 
 that gets th' most iv it. Ye must put up with 
 manny thmgs in marri'd life, but there do be a 
 limit, an' 't is no ixcuse ft kapin' ba-ad comp'ny 
 that ye 're marri'd to th' ma-an." 
 
 « Accordin' to that," said Mrs. Flynn, with 
 bittng sarcasm, « I sh'u'd I'ave ye, Barney." 
 
 " Th' ma-an sh'u'd be over on th' Island," 
 said the patrolman, ignoring this thrust. 
 
 " Ye '11 not I'ave me do annything f 'r her ? " 
 said Mrs. Flynn, inquiringly. 
 "I will not." 
 
 ^" Ye 're a ha-ard-hear-rted ma-an, Barney ! " 
 " I ha-ave sinse," retorted Policeman Flynn. 
 Now, as has been demonstrated before, Mrs. 
 Flynn has a mind of her own, an4 she is not a 
 woman with whom it is safe to be dictatorial 
 In consequence, she was just on the point of 
 issuing a declaration of independence, with inci- 
 dental remarks on autonomy, when a neighbor 
 suddenly put his head in the door and called 
 out, "You 're wanted, Flynn!" Policeman 
 i-lynn hastily caught up his helmet and de- 
 parted. 
 
 As they hurried along it was explained to the 
 

 ^''i^' i;:,.JS "'I 
 
 ! A'i* 
 
 " ' rhey 's tin dollari misjin',' ,he announced.' 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 policeman that things were in a bad way at 
 Flaherty's. The oldest boy had hurt himself, 
 and the neighborhood doctor who had been 
 called in wanted him sent to the hospital. It 
 was clearly the proper thing to do, but Mrs. 
 Flaherty would not hear of it. She was going 
 to have her boy with her at all hazards. 
 
 "When Bill sees how things are now," 
 she said pathetically in answer to Policeman 
 Flynn's arguments, " I know he '11 be good to 
 us. He used to be a good man before— be- 
 fore — " 
 
 "I know," broke in Policeman Flynn. 
 " He '11 be good— maybe," and then he added 
 under his breath, « whin he 's in his gr-rave or 
 th' po-lis station. I know him." 
 
 But the woman won her point. Even rea- 
 son and sense must give way before the assaults 
 of a mother pleading for her child, and the doc- 
 tor eased his conscience with the thought that 
 it was not a very serious case, and the boy 
 probably would come out all right anyway. He 
 knew that she was unwise, but love and wisdom 
 do not often go hand in hand. 
 
 "But she must have assistance," he said. 
 " There is practically nothing in the house, and 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 she has no money. l" report the case to the 
 relief authorities at once." 
 
 Others who had gathered expressed approval 
 of this decision, and then left, feeling that the 
 fac that the matter was to be put in the hands 
 of the proper officers relieved them of responsi- 
 bihty. But Policeman Flynn was not satisfied. 
 His was a practical mind, and he wanted to do 
 something. 
 
 « I'll r-run ye-er ma-an in Pr ye, so 's to keep 
 him out IV th wa-ay," he suggested in the good- 
 ness of his heart. ^ 
 
 "If you do," she returned, «I '11 scratch 
 your eyes out." 
 
 Jf ^"t ". '^T,' '"°"' ■ " ^' ~"""^nted to him- 
 self, as he finally started for home. " She do 
 be anonthankfol woman, an' wan without sinse. 
 bhesh u dbe ma-ade to i'avethatgood-fr-noth- 
 m ma-an an' sind th' bye to th' hospittle, she 
 shud that. Th' only wa-ay with thim kind 
 •V people IS to be firm an' ha-ard; but," he 
 added, with a shake of his head, "howca-an 
 
 He was still soliloquizing in this strain when 
 he reached home and was called upon to tell his 
 wife all that had happened. When he had fin- 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 ished she suddenly asked, "Where "s ye-er 
 sal'ry, Barney ? " 
 
 He passed her some money, which she care- 
 folly counted. 
 
 " They 's tin dollars missin'," she announced, 
 but Policeman Flynn was apparently deep in a 
 reverie. 
 
 " That fool iv a woman," he muttered half to 
 himself. 
 
 " I 'm not ta-alkin w th* woman, but th' tin 
 dollars," said Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 " 'T is all th' sa-ame," returned Policeman 
 
 Flynn. " She do be a fool 'iv a woman, Mary 
 
 I '11 not go back on that, not wan bit ; but " — 
 again thoughtfully—" we like thim that wa-ay, 
 an' ray-lief officers is shlow. Ye 've no idee, 
 Mary, how shlow thim fellies — " 
 
 " Th' tin dollars," insisted Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 "I lift it with th' fool iv a woman," said 
 Policeman Flynn, in desperation. " G'wan, 
 now, an' don't be ta-alkin' to me." 
 
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 XXI 
 
 HE GUARDS A 
 CROSSING 
 
55# 
 
 CHAPTER XXI 
 
 HE GUARDS A CROSSING 
 
 HOW Policeman Barney Flynn hap- 
 pened to be put on « crossing duty " 
 was a mystery to every man on the 
 force but why he was taken off was well known 
 to all of them. The « crossing men " are usu- 
 ally large and of imposing presence, while Flynn 
 s small and would not attract the attention' of 
 any one who did not know of his prowess. But 
 h. was given the work nevertheless. 
 
 nZ" ^ u n^ "'"*" '" " «"<= thing on 
 para-ade. but fr wor-rk give me th' little felly 
 ■very time. Th' big ma-a„ can hold up hil 
 th' rtr.f f"''^ ""''^ '^' '^'•"^^"' but -t is 
 
 hiM ^ ?" '^°'^^'' '■" ''"' P«"^ th' lost 
 
 ch.ldher out of har-rm's wa-ay. Ye '11 always 
 find ,t so. Did ye niver hear that th' Z^ 
 
POLICEMAN FLYNN 
 
 val'able goods comes in th' shmallest packages ? 
 T is a he'. What ye get at th' ninety-nine 
 cint bay-zaar has to go home in a dhray, an' 
 what is ray-presinted be th' five hunderd dollars 
 ye spind in a jew-lry-shtore ye can carry awa-ay 
 in ye-er vist pocket." 
 
 Whatever of truth th.re may be in his asser- 
 tion, the fact remains that he was put on cross- 
 ing duty, and he went about his work with the 
 same energy that characterized him in all that 
 he had previously undertaken. He was the 
 supreme ruler of that crossing, and he did not 
 intend to have any mistake about it. He was 
 exceptionally jealous of his authority, because 
 his size tended to induce some of the more 
 thoughtless of the drivers to treat him with 
 condescension, if not with contempt, and noth- 
 ing is so galling as that. 
 
 " Th' guardeen iv th* la-aw," he said to a 
 burly driver one day, « sh'u'd be threated with 
 ray-spict." 
 
 " Don't get foolish, little man," returned the 
 driver, patronizingly, at the same time showing 
 a disposition to ignore the policeman's uplifted 
 club. 
 
 " Oho ! ye 'd get ga-ay with me, w'u'd ye ? " 
 
 2^4 
 

^^mmmKMdm-z: 
 
^^LICEMAN 
 
 ±J^ FLrNN 
 
 ' Come down out iv 
 
 cried Policeman Flynn" 
 that high-chair seat ' " 
 
 --H.:^l-,t^ria'i;--'"-"' 
 
 'nar's^me::r;;f;uV/'" '"^'' " "'«^P°«- 
 P-pcrrespIc^rth^tir'^'^'-''"-^' 
 
 'dignity '; rupToii" 'r ^' '" "^ p-'^ 
 
 terward. "Yeca'v' f y"" «plained af- 
 
 y-nsistupon^Xu:;!'-;;"--^ 
 
 -a^an that -s th' bos, i'v thin '" """-""'-y"' 
 
 ^c'tThedlr;r^T>nio..a„d 
 corner in subject" TJ" ^^^'^^'X Passed his 
 
 sourcefolness and the ''P"''''''*" ^°^ «" 
 
 would do Text wh "TT"'y '" *° -''« he 
 contactor Z .1^^' t^'fl """"'^'^ '''^ 
 <n and out of the line oT. "y- '"'^ «=« 
 
 "'^o-.ay. hi:i:i;Tev:\r^^ 
 
 questioned. Another „«r '^'" *as 
 
 -ught the horse btthebridr" T'' "^'^'^ 
 ^-Bac^onhisUStrclStr 
 
 »»7 
 
 rtiJ^ 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 rested the driver ; but Policeman Flynn never 
 does things as others would do them. He 
 bided his time, and finally, when the contractor 
 was caught in a pocket and had to draw up, 
 the policeman promptly stuck his club between 
 the spokes of his buggy-wheel. 
 
 " I wa-ant Pr to ta-alk to ye," said Policeman 
 Flynn. 
 
 " Take that out of there or I '11 break it ! " 
 exclaimed the contractor. 
 
 " Ye '11 br-reak th' shpoke iv ye-er wheel if 
 ye-erhor-rse moves," retorted Policeman Flynn. 
 "An* I wa-ant Pr to give ye warnin' that th' 
 nixt time ye go scootin' over th' crossin' I may 
 damage me club, but ye-er buggy '11 go to the 
 ray-pair-shop. Now g'wan an' don't be block- 
 in' up th' r-road." 
 
 That settled the contractor, and thereafter 
 Policeman Flynn was the autocrat of his cross- 
 ing. But he had other troubles, and his meth- 
 ods were not always those that would be ap- 
 proved at headquarters. The advice that he 
 gave on Various occasions, while undoubtedly 
 good, was too sharp and pointed. A man from 
 the country secured his attention one day and 
 told him he had been asked to cash a check for 
 
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 POLJCEM^K FLTNN 
 
 » km, ■ If I w«, you,. , ' , ;, .,7 ' »)" 
 
 he wint awa-ay ma-ad. ^ ^'^ 
 
 Wan iv thim shteps out a fot Ir ^ ' 'T 
 «n 't .s up to me f 'r to iscoort h rlZt TM 
 
 ^--gsan'maSe'lstgrtre^'T'! 
 -^vtha„.i„.me3hewi„t^::::;'„,^- 
 
 Of coun«. in time the fame of Policeman 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Flynn's methods and comments reached head- 
 quarters, owing to some complaints that were 
 made, and he was given a quiet reprimand. 
 "Above all things you must be courteous," he 
 was told, and, with his customary desire to 
 master completely anything that he undertook, 
 he went out to buy a book on etiquette. This 
 was his undoing, for it is indeed a wise man 
 who knows how to utilize the information in 
 such a volume. He followed the instructions 
 implicitly, and many a woman wondered at the 
 elaborateness of his bow and the tactful nature 
 of his reply when he was asked to do some ab- 
 surd thing entirely out of the line of his duty; 
 for women arc occasionally unreasonable in their 
 requests of the guardians of the law. He even 
 kept his temper and acted with creditable dis- 
 cretion when he was asked to run back a block 
 or two and see if he could find the lap-dog a 
 woman had dropped out of her victoria. But 
 the etiquette book was responsible for his Wa- 
 terloo, nevertheless, and the night he was sent 
 back to .patrol duty he threw it in the fire be- 
 fore even explaining the matter to his wife. 
 
 " 'T was all along iv thryin' to be po-lite an' 
 tac'fal," he finally explained. « What "s po-lite 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 ^i»ty-got mixed up befhVi 1 "'""•='" "' 
 was like to be r-ru„ ^^^^'"'''^° '^^s, an' 
 
 'TwasnotimetlZknh' "'"*''^'- 
 out. Anny wa av ,711 '"''5' *" g« »>" 
 
 igr-.Bbe/Hrrur.r:.Ta:'r^^^^ 
 
 to wan side. ' Oh ,;, • u ''''™'' '»«'• 
 
 her breath back" how af 5 ""^^ T'''" ^''^ ^"^ 
 ' Ma'am.' says I iS T u?' "^'"''"'^ y«?' 
 - th' book In ;L„e« . th. r ''"' .'''"^''' 
 'is alJ mine.- «Sir"she' '^^^'?'"''*'' ' ""y"' 
 
 ^t^iukan'shpeat^'tiri^wrrt^a^- 
 are ray-warded.' ' Ma',m • 7 "** ^^ 
 
 ivth'n.y-wardl'vfSdyTdC;''"'"'''! 
 me to me gra-ave ' " ^ " 2° with 
 
 qu;;e?c£;^'^''^'^^'''^'^'«-y?"in- 
 
 "An what did ye sa-ay to her?" 
 i says to her. ' Ma a™ • i 
 
 «ke th- pictures b th^et J^boZf' '°""' '"" 
 "•ore than th' r-r^l 7 ' ° r' ' '" ^'"-«'' 
 ^avehadsichabea"i?brd?;i„^m7:;.;m'l- 
 
 »3« 
 
^.*n£i 
 
HE TRIES A BIT OF 
 STRATEGr 
 
 
'■ ■^'- '• jSf'*Ju.'-*'^^Mm. 
 
 
 CHAPTER XXII 
 
 HE TRIES A BIT OF STRATEGY 
 
 WHEN Policeman Barney Flynn ap- 
 proached the door of the modest lit- 
 
 th. hardest jobs of his life ahead of him. The 
 Cap^n wished to see Mr.. Miller. His reasons 
 
 tor not gomg m person to her house instead of 
 sendmg for her. Many a« the stn.nge th.nl 
 
 ^athappenma police station, and many ;S 
 the strange motives that lie behind the strange 
 actions. It might be a matter of pride TZ 
 
 mstanceorit might bea matter of judgment 
 There ,s sometimes an advantage not to be de- 
 spised m being able to selectTe place for an 
 •nterview; the surroundings count^or much 
 and the one unfamiliar with them is handicapped! 
 
 »3S 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 So the Captain, presumably desiring to get cer- 
 tain information supposed to be in the posses- 
 sion of this woman, had sent for her— and she 
 had refused to come. This in itself was sur- 
 prising, for it is not customary to send regrets 
 under such circumstances. For a moment the 
 Captain seemed on the point of going to the 
 house himself, but he thought better of it, and 
 sent a more imperative message. The reply 
 was the same as before : She had done nothing 
 that put her at the beck and call of the police, 
 she did n't care to see the Captain, and she 
 would not come. Then he had sent for 
 Flynn. 
 
 " I want to see that woman, and I want to 
 see her here," he said. " Never mind why. 
 I have a few things here that I think will make 
 the interview more effective here than it would 
 be there. If she knows what I think she 
 knows I intend to get it out of her, but — well, 
 all you "ve got to do is to get her to come with 
 you." 
 
 " M-m-m, now, is that all ? " asked Police- 
 man Flynn, who had heard of the fruitless 
 efforts of two others in that direction. 
 
 " That 's all," said the Captain. 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 "She ray-fases to come, an' all I ha-ave f V 
 
 todoistomakehercha-angehermind?" 
 That 's It exactly." 
 
 r^r ''* * 'named ma-an, Capt'in ?" 
 
 "Ofcoureelam." 
 
 "I niver w'u'd ha-ave thought it," com- 
 
 :n;h:r'"''^""-^--p-^^^^«p^ 
 
 felZ°Pi''^ '"'t *" '■"g^"'°« ""d resourceful 
 fellow, Flynn, he said, « that I believe you can 
 do .t. The very fact that she refUses to come 
 makes me more confident that she can put me 
 
 on the track of certain people I am afte:,bu 
 t s a mighty tickhsh afiair as matters are now. 
 l^haye- But never mind that. You just get 
 
 "Ivcoorse," returned Policeman Flynn, as 
 he retired, scratching his head thoughtfolly. 
 1 IS easy said." •' 
 
 TWs is all that Flynn knew when he rang the 
 door-be 1, but he had been doing a lot of think! 
 >ng on his way from the station. He had pre- 
 pared a nice little speech, which he had no 
 chance to deliver. 
 
 "So you Ve come to get me. have you ?" 
 she exclaimed the moment she saw his uniform. 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " I ha-»ve," he replied, making an elaborate 
 bow. 
 
 " Well, I '11 not go with you," she asserted. 
 
 " I knew ye w'u'd n't," returned Policeman 
 Flynn promptly. 
 
 " Oh, you did! " retorted the woman sarcas- 
 tically. " You knew it ! Then why did you 
 come ? " 
 
 " 'T is a bet," said Policeman Flynn with 
 unblushing effrontery. " L'ave me in an' I '11 
 tell ye about it. Oho ! 't is a shtrange thing— 
 ye '11 shplit ye-er sides laughin', ye will so. 
 Don't ye be afraid iv me," he went on, as he 
 gently forced his way into the house, the 
 woman being too astonished to interpose any 
 objection. « I don't wa-ant ye ; I w'u'd n't 
 take ye annyhow, f 'r 't w'u'd ma-ake me lose 
 me bet." 
 
 The woman made a stand in the hall, and 
 Policeman Flynn naturally had to stop there 
 also, but he was satisfied. He merely desired 
 to get far enough in, so that she could not shut 
 the door in his face. 
 
 " Well, you 're the most extraordinary police- 
 man that I ever saw ! " she exclaimed. " The 
 idea of coming here to settle a bet ! I don't 
 
%Mm. 
 
 POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 You 've come to get 
 
 believe a word of it 
 me," 
 
 FIyn!r 'TvJ '""7:" '"''"'"'*' ^°««"""" 
 Decti„'.„ Tf '^ ' '° set ye. but not ix- 
 
 pectm togetye D' ye ,ee th' p'int ? « She '11 
 not ccme/ ,ays I whin th' C.pfin tells me f ■ 
 to dhrop up here an' tell ye he wants to see ye. 
 Ivcoorse she won't.' .ays the Capt'in. 'but 
 t IS only fair to thry wan.t more.' Ye sU th' 
 Capt m an' me knows women." 
 
 " Oh. you do. do you ?" was the sarcastic 
 comment of the woman. «rawnc 
 
 Pohceman Flynn. "Ivery ma-a„ knows wo- 
 man ;t .s only women that does n't. So we got to 
 ta-alkm .v t m th' station, an' ivery ma-a„ there 
 
 fr to smd afther her ag'in whin there 's fif- 
 teen or twmty iv us here that knows women 
 
 '•^!;,'r°'^'f,rt'''>«»he won't come."' 
 
 WeU. ofall the conceit!" broke in the 
 woman hotly. "Know woman 
 
 you ? Why, you don't know 
 about her." 
 
 1 book, do 
 anything at all 
 
 dently, 
 
 Sure we do." said Policeman Flynn confi- 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " The absurdity of it ! " exdun^ed the wp- 
 nuui. 
 
 " Ye 're not comin', are ye ? " demanded Po- 
 liceman Flynn. 
 " No, I "m not." 
 
 " There ye ha-ave th' proof iv it," asserted 
 Policeman Flynn, triumphantly. " 'T is what 
 we said. Oho ! we 're a wise lot iv la-ads." 
 
 " I 'm not afraid to come," insisted the wo- 
 man. " I know what your Captain wants, and 
 it does n't bother me a bit, only I don't want 
 to come." 
 
 "Iv coorse not," acquiesced Policeman 
 Flynn, " but ye 're not comin'. I knew ye 
 w'u'd n't." 
 
 " Then why did you come for me ? " asked 
 the woman. 
 
 " Oho ! I did n't tell ye iv it, did I ? " re- 
 turned Policeman Flynn, leaning comfortably 
 against the post at the foot of the stairs. " 'T was 
 all along iv me wife. At th' station we 'd give 
 up sindin' f 'r ye ag'in, an' I was laughin' at th' 
 idee iv annywan thinkin' ye 'd come whin she 
 up an' says, ' Barney,' she says, ' how d' ye 
 know she '11 not come ? ' 'I know women,* 
 says I. ' Ye 're a fool,' says she — " 
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POLICEMA^N FLTNN 
 
 ••She ■, right." interrupted the woman 
 now can ye sav thaf " a ""'■"• 
 
 wr-rong?" '^^ " P^^i"' "he '. 
 
 women-,he think, she know _i„'T '" "*' 
 ">« f'r thinkin- I know " •t^,^'''" '■""*» 
 she says. «fr to T' ,, J " ''^e « ma-.n,' 
 
 woman^ do an' to ^ S '''>"» ^''« « 
 J'-r-righ,'l"?^Y'':;?88'":-«' 'But 
 
 yc 're po Jit; to h ; an^ ac r*' T '"" ' ' '' 
 «ys. ' she -11 come.' Wi'h tht ^T"^"' '^' 
 wor-rds. the fooli,h » . "" ha-avesome 
 
 t"- sex i?: ::zt m"^"' t '"*'-' 
 
 *«mple iv it. an' in 7h' -a u """"^ ^°''^''' 
 new shawl «^r„ ' -^ '"'' ''''' '"y^ « »>«* iv a 
 ye'iIc;me?f"X'^,7"'erg,ove,that 
 
 thry fr to bluff ytsoTr'" ^' ""' ^^"""^ 
 
 "Oh.youdo.Syofp-'^irdth"'''^"*' 
 " Iv coorse I do "said P„N 'J?"= «'o«"«n. 
 
 H-veth.gWesailSedtrS"?;."^ 
 gr-reat joke I ha-ave «„ I, l *"" 
 
 <i;cin■tLwann^,^^S^:J^«n■I 
 a lesson f 'r her." ^oniea T will be 
 
 il 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 The woman looked at the policeman search- 
 ingly. 
 
 " I don't believe you," she sud at last 
 
 " 'T is all th' sa-ame to me," returned Po- 
 liceman Flynn, " so long as ye don't come with 
 me." 
 
 " I believe you think I 'm afraid to hot the 
 Captain and answer his questions." 
 
 " Niver," insisted Policeman Flynn. " *T ia 
 only th' woman nixt door thinks that. Ye see, I 
 wint there be mista-ake," he went on, as he saw 
 her flush angrily, " an' whin I told her what I 
 was afther she di-ricts me here, an' says, ' But 
 she won't go with ye, though, f 'r she 's afraid iv 
 the po-lis.' " 
 
 " Did she say that ? " demanded the woman. 
 
 " She seemed to know ye," said Policeman 
 Flynn blandly. " 'T is a shtrange thing, too, 
 whin ye think iv wan woman knowin' another. 
 If me wife had as much sinse she 'd be havin' a 
 new shawl instid iv buyin' me a pair iv gloves 
 with fur, on thim. That woman nixt door do 
 be havin' th' sinse iv a ma-an." 
 
 " Just about as much," returned the woman. 
 " I 'm afraid, am I ? And I 'm read like a 
 book by a lot of lazy men loafing about a police 
 
4 •Jk *ar. PL i> i^"^jy 
 
 W'% 
 
 station, am I ? WelT" 
 
 minute." "' ^""^ J"« wait hc« > 
 
 ^ always did despise fh,. * "'"*«='■• 
 
 anyway." ^ " """ '^"•nan next door 
 
 " "T is what I thouaK* ■• l . , 
 -an Flynn to himseTf ^^Ve ■ f "''^ ^''""- 
 figurin' on tJj,t witJ, tW ^ -"^^ *^« '« 
 
 The aston«h:;«VrLr ''"''' 
 d"ty at the station when p!^ " ''" ''^'^« 
 escorted he woman to^h r •"""" ^^y"" 
 '-ply beyond exjrell? ''"P'""'' °«- -» 
 
 ^^'^Howdidyoudoi,Ba™ey..",3kedo„e 
 Nevertheless, to ease U:. 
 

 .^P»r^:-M3Li/ 
 
JUL 
 
 ifljii^.f 
 
 11 
 
CHAPTER XXIII 
 
 TERRY TRIES DIPLOMACY 
 
 L.ke Other boys, he get, into JuWe 
 occasionally, but when he i, eood he 
 
 who are disposed to ' ''""P*' '"» 
 
 his period of tntShT'^' '"* '"^"''''=''' 
 duration and icur oX T'T "' °^*''''« 
 vaJs If fh; 5^ " infrequent inter- 
 
 si. "^"'""'^" -^-. his popularity would 
 
 oftSrttt? " "r'°""''y-vere attack 
 f. 1 fiT^V- *"^ " 'dertook to lead a vouth 
 
 fulfhend.nto the straight and nar^wpXalfd 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 when he experienced some difficulty in leading, 
 he got behind and pushed. The friend— Tim 
 Delaney by name— betrayed a desire to play 
 hooky. He never did think much of school, 
 anyway, and on this particular day he held it in 
 greater contempt than ever. So he decided that 
 he would absent himself for the day. Now, the 
 joys of playing hooky were far from being un- 
 known to Terry, but just at this time he hap- 
 pened to be on his good behavior. He scorned 
 the very thought of deceiving his teacher, dodg- 
 ing the truant officer, and spending the day 
 in thoughtless and unprofitable amusement. 
 Ambition was stirring within his breast; he 
 purposed to be a great and good man, and con- 
 scientious work at school was a first requisite. 
 As usual, he wanted to bring every one else up 
 to his high standard, too, so he not only refused 
 to join Tim, but suggested that Tim ought to 
 join him. 
 
 " Naw," said Tim ; " I ain't goin' to school 
 to-day." 
 
 " Aw, come on," urged Terry. 
 
 " Naw," said Tim again. 
 
 " You better," insisted Terry. 
 
 " S'm'other day," answered Tim. 
 
-TU.:im 
 
 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 lerry as he slammed his hat down on the 
 ground and started after the recalcitrant ylfh 
 It was all over m a very few minutes. The 
 prmcpal who had been attracted by the crie 
 of he other scholar, (for the disagreement I 
 curred almost m front of the s^ool). found 
 Terry sitting astride of Tin., and earne tly de 
 
 wh,ch T,m surhly replied in the affirmative 
 
 Of course the object that Terry had in view 
 was worthy of all commendation, but the pr^T 
 
 T kT'^"^ "'P''''"''^ '« Wm after hearing 
 the whole story, that his methods were nTS 
 accordance with modern ideas. 
 
 « I am glad to see that you desired to bring 
 
 the wayward boy to school." said the principaf 
 
 but you should have uwH m;^i *^'"'"P*'' 
 
 than fon-,. w diplomacy rather 
 
 tnan force We cannot permit fighting." 
 
 anHK'T M^I!?^* " "^^ "^^ =" ^e Walked home 
 and he told himself that he would just as soon 
 
 , , , " '**«• "W desire was to make thp 
 
 ^ " '" '°"S « ^h^ moults were clearly defined 
 «d munediatdy noticeable. Consequently he 
 
 H» 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 wisely went to his fitther to secure the desited 
 information. 
 
 " Oho ! " exclaimed Policeman Barney Flynn, 
 when the case was stated to him, " ye 'd like f 'r 
 to be a day-plomatic la-ad, w'u'd ye ? 'T is a 
 good thing, it is that." 
 
 " But what is a diplomat ? " insisted Terry. 
 
 " M-m-m, well," replied Policeman Flynn, 
 thoughtfully, « ye might sa-ay 't is a Chiny- 
 man, an' thin ye might sa-ay 't is an Injun 
 ma-an, an' thin ye might sa-ay 't is both iv 
 thim r-roUed into wan an' also 't is neither iv 
 thim. They do be fine samples iv r-rough day- 
 plomacy, which is wan wa-ay iv sayin' they "re 
 cheerfiil liars ; but ye sh'u'd n't folly thim, 
 Terry: ye sh'u'd have more polish. Th' 
 Chinyman is willin' f 'r to be called a liar afther 
 he gets what he wa-ants ; 't is nothin' to him 
 that ye find him out. Th' Injun ma-an '11 talk 
 feir to ye till he gets ye where he can lick ye, 
 an' thin he '11 give ye th' laugh an' sail in. In 
 wan wa-ay this thing ye 're talkin* about is th* 
 art iv kcepin' th' other felly quiet while ye 're 
 gettin' r-ready f 'r th' scra-ap, but th' la-ad 
 that 's up to all th' thricks '11 do betther than 
 that. He '11 get what he wa-ants an' niver 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 go to fighdn about .t. That 's where th' art iv 
 macy IS 80 dose to stratheirv 't ;. t. j 
 
 What s.t good for? "asked Terry. 
 
 ansJnS S- '"f.,""-" ffve in to him," 
 answered Pohceman Flynn, promptly. « 'T s 
 th« wa-ay, Terry: I ha-ave a big hulk iv a 
 
 o yank h.m to th' box. he bein' bii'L' 
 htrongerthan^e. That 's foolishnisrBut 
 
 h ep r d to th' station f'r to haive a Vh 
 
 ^1 in an' 'ir'""^^ '** *'"*' «"' ^e takes it 
 »il in, an goes with me. that 's day-plomacy. 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Ye see how it is, don't ye, Terry ? 'T is th" 
 trt iv havin' ye-er own wa-ay without makin' 
 throuble f 'r ye-ersilf." 
 
 " Who was the greatest diplomat you ever 
 heard of? " inquired Terry. 
 
 " M-m-m, well, 't is ha-ard to sa-ay," re- 
 turned Policeman Flynn. « Sometimes I think 
 •t is Li Hung Chang, even if he do be a Chiny- 
 man; but there was another felly who c'u'd 
 have beat thim *11, if he 'd iver gone in Tr to 
 use his talints th' r-right wa-ay. He had th' 
 idee iv it, but 't was only spoort an' not jutv 
 with him." •' ' 
 
 " Who was it ? " 
 
 "A felly be th' na-ame iv Baron Moon- 
 chowsen." 
 
 Terry was duly impressed, and for a time he 
 sat silent, watching his mother's preparations for 
 a feast of pancakes. 
 
 "Ye-er fethcr likes thim," she said as she 
 noted his attention. 
 
 " He does," he replied, and then suddenly 
 he bestirred himself and began to help her in 
 various little ways. 
 
 " I '11 give ye an exthra wan f 'r that," she 
 said. 
 
 »s» 
 
' ^TAi' 
 
^^: 
 
 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 " I '11 get that shawl you left at Mrs. Casey's 
 after dinner." .,„ , ,.ted the boy. casually. 
 
 11 give yt r.-o «th .. w,„8 fr thinkin' iv 
 goin rrit."»,uj \,r3. i,vu.. 
 
 " Luk «• ^1,- d y.;.i.>,r.acy - h' la-ad," com- 
 mented Polirtn .-.n Fly::ti. 
 
 " Did \m se. " • ,nu.- ..vaitin' for you at the 
 corner as you ca , ,■ „- -' •■ ^sk^^ Terry. 
 "Who was her ' askr 1 Policeman Flynn. 
 "Give it up,' ;.KdTci-ry. 
 " Why did n't ye tell me iv it befoor ? " de- 
 manded Policeman Flynn. « I hear-rd Cassidy 
 wa-anted Ft to see me." 
 
 ^^ "Maybe it was Cassidy." returned the boy. 
 an maybe he 's waitin' there yet." 
 Policeman Flynn caught up his hat and bolted 
 out of the door. He was back in about twenty 
 minutes, sadly out of temper. 
 
 " Divil a soul was there." he exclaimed, "an' 
 so I wint on to Kelly's pla-ace to see if he was 
 waitin'. Whin did ye see him there, Terry?" 
 " ^ f "1 n't see him at all," answered the boy 
 I only asked if you saw him." 
 Policeman Flynn took a step in the boy's 
 direction, but restrained himself from making 
 any further demonstration. 
 
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 ill 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 m.1%''''"'! u'* '^'p^'^"' J"''" «" *• or 
 
 rn-an Terry." he «ud. « Where ', th' cakes ' " 
 
 I thought from the way you hurried out 
 
 tliat maybe you would n't be back," Terry 
 
 oUmly replied, as he disposed of the last pan- 
 
 " Luk at th" day-plomacy iv th' la-ad," com- 
 mented Mrs. Flynn, proudly. 
 
wmm . 
 
 XXIF 
 
 HE TALKS OF POLICE 
 METHODS 
 
CHAPTER XXIV 
 
 HE TALKS OF POLICE METHODS 
 
 POLICEMAN ""barney FLYNN 
 was grievously troubled by a youth of 
 the name of Horatio Mann H T 
 
 was a well-meaning young fe,';^:^""^ 
 
 unt. he had become imbued with the idea tfut 
 a detective ., the greatest of created bei^ „d 
 « was h,s ambition to be one. Hence Ts.H 
 m.rat.on for Flynn. He had heard stories "f the" 
 pohceman's prowess, and he haunted hi^ He 
 -anted to know all about his methodsTnd Ws 
 exploits, and more than all else he wan ed the 
 pohceman to get him a posidoa on thlforce 
 or w.th some detective agency. 
 
 JL ^/"°* ^, "^ J"" '^'"^*' '«'• " detective " he 
 said frequent V "All .«, ■ .- . "'^'=> "e 
 fha^ ^- ^ ^' "^y inclinations lie in 
 
 that direction, and I revel in mystery." 
 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 It will be seen from this that Horatio spoke 
 reasonably correct English. Indeed, he had 
 had a fair education, the only trouble being that 
 it had not " worked in." However, as Police- 
 man Flynn once remarked, " a ma-an can get 
 book-l'arnin' anny time iv his life, but 't is not 
 so with sinse, fr sinse do be a nach'ral gift." 
 Horatio had the book-learning, but he lacked 
 the sense, and this it was that made him so an- 
 noying to the policeman. He could not be 
 persuaded that the life of a detective was not 
 one long romance, filled with disguises, thrilling 
 adventures and fabulous rewards. He would 
 make himself up in the most wonderful and 
 outlandish way, and then drop in on Flynn to 
 ask if that would not fool the cleverest " crook." 
 Later he amused himself by shadowing people 
 in the neighborhood, and writing out reports 
 of his " work," which he submitted to Flynn 
 for approval or criticism. 
 
 " Ye wa-ant me fr to help ye to be a day- 
 dctive .' " said Policeman Flynn to him one day. 
 " M-m-m, well " — drawing his hand over his 
 chin in the old familiar way — « I '11 tell ye 
 what I '11 do f r ye. I '11 give ye th* po-lis 
 ixamination an' see how ye come out 'T is not 
 
it 
 
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POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 ye-er pl.-,„ f, to su-art in as a pathrolman, iv 
 coorse ? ' 
 
 " Oh, no," answered the youth. « I feel that 
 my talents are above that." 
 
 "•Tis what I sup-posed." said Policeman 
 Hynn. « Th' woods is foil iv la-ads like you 
 Some iv thim wa-ants to be prisidint iv a r-rail- 
 road, some iv thim wa-ants to be editor iv a 
 newspa-aper, some iv thim wa-ants to be pn'ral 
 manager iv anny ol' business that 's big enough 
 b.U most .V them wa-ants to be day-tictiv« 
 Anny way ye put it. they can do betther than 
 th fellies that 's doin' th' wor-ric now. But 
 t IS a shtrange thing to me that th' min that 's 
 makm n.-ames f'r thimsilves at th' top is niver 
 th wans that sta-arted in up there. Did yeivcr 
 tmnk IV that ? " 
 
 " Iv coorse not," said Policeman Flynn. ««an' 
 ycwu;dn'tthinktn'r-rulewasrryeifye 
 cud. T IS not mcissary in ye-er ca-ase. Ye 're 
 toosma-art. Well, mebbe so. We'Uthryit 
 on. Ivery la-ad that wants to be a day-derive 
 h" - ^' .xammed, an' I '11 out a few quisrions 
 
 to 
 
 ye. bup-pose ye was in cha-arge iv th' day- 
 
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 POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 tictive wor-rk «n' a big burglary was committed, 
 what w'u'd ye do ? " 
 
 " I 'd look for a clue," answered Horatio, 
 promptly and confidently. 
 
 " I can see ye doin' it," asserted Policeman 
 Flynn with a chuckle. " I can sec ye goin' 
 through th' pla-ace, an' lookin' wise, an' gettin' 
 down on ye-er knees f r to ixamine a bit iv 
 mud through a magnifyin'-glass, an' thin goin' 
 out an' measurtn' th' thracks in th' mud with 
 a fut-rule. 1 can hear ye sayin, ' This gr-reat 
 crime was committed be a ma-an with a large 
 fijt an' a nail shtickin' out iv wan shoe. 'T is 
 only nicissary now f'r to find th' shoe an' arrist 
 th' ma-an.' Oho ! ye 'd ma-ake a gr-reat day- 
 tictive, f'r sure." 
 
 " Is not that what you 'd do ? " asked Ho- 
 ratio. 
 
 " I 'm not ta-alkin' iv what I 'd do," re- 
 turned Policeman Flynn. " I 'm te-alkin' iv 
 what th' gr-reat day-tictives does. If ye was a 
 r-real day-tictive an' had this wor-rk f'r to do, 
 ye 'd go to th' pla-ace an' luk wise, an' thin 
 ye 'd go back an' ordher th* dhrag-net put out. 
 Ivery ma-an that c'u'd ha-ave done it an' lots 
 that c'u'd n't w'u'd be brought in an' — " 
 
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 « Arreted?" interrupted Horatio. 
 Frsure. replied Policeman FIy„„. 
 But wliat nght would you have to arrest 
 
 Who s ta-aikin' v richts ? " r.f«- j n 
 .ccmanFlynn. ..I.„^.ti„.^^^^^^^^^^ 
 "^ PO-1.S day-t,ct,ves. an' I don't want ye Pr to 
 be botherin' me with ye-er fool quistTonl Y 'J 
 
 tnim an ma-ake thim prove thev was n'f tW 
 
 rew IV thim. Thm mebbe ye 'd la-and v,.V, 
 
 e?CSV''T^" '"'""• -^^-' 
 
 on t?„ ;"f r.'^ y*' " '"^''bc some felly 
 on th outs.de w'u'd tip it off to ye so 's ve 'd 
 g've h,m a little more shwing. Oho" hey t 
 ^ts^.vw..,y3ivgett,VatVfac':\i 
 t^ aan a „-nme up That used to be th' ol' 
 way. but t IS out iv date. ' First find out who 
 d.d .t an thin arrist him,' was th' ol' ruL b„^ 
 
 yew -anf r """■ "' f ^' '^"°*'' "« -»» 
 
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 tressed by having his ideals thus ruthlessly 
 shattered. 
 
 " Ye sh'u'd throw out ye-er chist, puff on a 
 big see-gar, an' say, • "T was a ha-ard job, but 
 I done it.' " 
 " Is that all ? " asked Horatio. 
 " Oho ! is that all > " repeated Policeman 
 Flynn. " If ye c'u'd see th" time some iv th' 
 day-ticdves puts in doin' it, ye 'd sa-ay 't is 
 enough." 
 
 Policeman Flynn, it is hardly necessary to 
 say, looks with some contempt on the average 
 police detective, believing that he is a man who 
 gets most of the glory, while the patrolman 
 does most of the work, but that perhaps is 
 natural in a man who is a patrolman from 
 choice. 
 
 " Still, a man may do work in his own way, 
 I suppose," suggested Horatio, after a mo- 
 ment of thought. 
 
 "F'r sure," answered Policeman Flynn, 
 " but 't is a ha-arder wa-ay." 
 
 " An' if he does a really good piece of work 
 he gets his reward ? " 
 " R-right ye are." 
 "What is it usually?" 
 
POLICEMAN FLrNN 
 
 .u " ^uT^' "'!''" '''"™«' Policeman Fly„„, 
 Aoughtfolly "th.t«ll d.y-pi„d,. Sometime, 
 t w wan thing, ,n' wmetimes 't i, another. 
 ^»metmle» t is promotion, an' sometimes 't is 
 not. D ye ray-mimber th* time I wint down 
 th diute an arristed a gang in th' cellar > " 
 ^^Jes, mdeed. Did you get a reward for 
 
 "Idid." 
 
 " What was it ? " 
 
 « I was docked th' price iv th' coat I rooned 
 gom' down th' chute." 
 
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 XXV 
 
 HE ^CTS AS PEACE- 
 MAKER 
 
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CHAPTER XXV 
 
 HE ACTS AS PEACEMAKER 
 
 IN meditative mood Policeman Barney 
 Flynn was smoking his pipe in front of 
 _ his little home when the cry of "Fight! 
 Fight ! ^ nused down the street and ev!l 
 body started running in that direction-that is 
 everybody but Flynn. Hecontinued to pufFat' 
 h.s p.pe as .f there was nothing unusual go- 
 mg on. o 
 
 « Barney ! " exclaimed Mrs. Flynn, suddenly 
 appc^nng .n the doorway, "why don't yl 
 wa-alce up .' ' 
 
 "Divil ta-ake th' pipe," commented Police- 
 man Flynn. « -T is no betther than th' flu2 
 th^k«che„shtove that's always gettin'shtop- 
 
 «D' yc hear, Barney, that two fellies is 
 poundm' th msilves up over ferninst th' co 
 ner? 'persisted Mrs. Flynn. 
 
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 "Ha-ave ye seen Terry foolin" with th' 
 pipe ? " asked Policeman Flynn, ignoring his 
 wife's quesrion. " 'T is all wr-rong an' I can't 
 make it dr-raw at all." 
 
 Mrs. Flynn's indignation at being thus ig- 
 nored was so great that she promptly snatched 
 the offending pipe away from him. 
 
 " Barney," she said impressively, " are ye th' 
 guardeen iv th' peace or are ye not ? " 
 
 " I am," he replied, " but I 'm not th' guar- 
 d 1 iv th' fights. Are ye tired iv me that ye 
 wa-«nt me f r to mix it up with two la-ads that 's 
 havin' a bit iv throuble bechune thimsilves.? " 
 
 " I wa-ant ye to show that ye 're a man an' 
 a po-lisman," asserted Mrs. Flynn. « Thev do 
 be fightin'." ' 
 
 „ "/.'™ °''^J"'y'" protested Policeman Flynn, 
 " an' 't is not on me beat annyway. Sind in th' 
 riot-call if ye think 't is r-right f r to interfere. 
 L'ave me have me pipe now, an' don't be afther 
 botherin' me. D' ye think I 'm lukkin' fr a 
 black eye ? " 
 
 "I think ye 're lukkin' Pr a chanst to 
 show that ye 're a cow'rd," said Mrs. Flynn, 
 scorn full •. 
 
 Now, ordinarily Mrs. Flynn's aspersions on 
 
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 P Lie EM AN F L T N N 
 
 her husband's prowess are sufficient to rouse 
 h'm to action, as has been demonstrated on 
 mny occasions, but this time the method 
 
 "D'ye ray-mimber th' da-ay I come home 
 with me coat tore an' me knuckles bleedin' an' 
 a big lump over me lift ear ? " he asked. 
 " I do," answered Mrs. Flynn. 
 " I shtopped a fight that da-ay/' said Police- 
 t7e"nab r."' "v "'^"' '^'^^ ^ P^^ -^cient 
 added, D ye ray-m.mber th' time Moloney 
 wint to th' hospittle Pr to be shtitched up ? "^ 
 „ rj ^?"'^ ^ '^''•" admitted Mrs. Flynn 
 He shtopped a fight that da-ay," remarked 
 Pohceman Flynn. " I tell ye, Mary, whin a 
 
 hruri:;:-'^'^''^^^-^^^" 
 
 c"7 '*. ""'J"'^." insisted Mrs. Flynn. 
 ' ^"' '' '« «nse," said the policeman. « Ye 
 see, Mary, 't is all in knowin' how. Whin a 
 
 Wr\" K*^'!,'^"' f "'^ '' '^ ' ^"'^" "'''"her to 
 h.m who he does his shcrappin' with. He '11 
 sta-art^ ,n fightin' wan ma-an an' ind up be 
 fighdn another, an' 't is more satisfyin' to him 
 t r to take a welt at th' peacemaker than at 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 anny wan ilse. If ye was on th' foorce, Mary, 
 ye "d lam that ye niversh'u'd interfere in a fight 
 ontil ye can lick both iv th' parties to it, ft 't is 
 tin to wan that 's what ye '11 have fr to do." 
 " Thin ye won't shtop th' fight ? " sugBested 
 Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 ^^ "I told ye, Mary," returned the policeman, 
 " 't is all in knowin' how. Iv coorse I '11 shtop 
 It whin 't is time. I ha-ave me eye on thim, 
 an' I 'm w.itin'." 
 
 He glanced down the street again and slowly 
 rose to his feet. 
 
 " Whin two fellies is fightin'," he said, "an' 
 wan iv thim is gettin' th' wor-rst iv it, 't is all 
 r-right f 'r to shtep in, f 'r th' la-ad that 's bein' 
 done up will be gla-ad to have ye; but whin 
 't IS an even thing ye betther keep out ontil th' 
 both iv thim ha-ave all they want iv it. 'T is 
 not so ha-ard to handle a licked ma-an." 
 
 Just then Terry came racing back from the 
 corner where he had been watching the fight. 
 
 " O, it 's a bully fight ! " cried the boy. 
 
 "An' fair?" asked Policeman Flynn. 
 
 "Sure," answered the boy. 
 
 " Nobody usin' br-rass knuckles or br-ricks 
 or knives?" 
 
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POLICEMAN FLYNN 
 
 ;;Oh,„o. Reg., ^^^g^^^^^^i^i^.. 
 
 An neuher ,v thim picked on th' other?" 
 ^-"o. It san even thing. They've h,*„ 
 thr«te„.ng to get together L a .on'th" "" 
 Policeman Flynn nodded solemnly. 
 There do be times," he said, « whir fcht 
 '" 's in th- inth'rests iv ocace r Z • u 
 whin ft,-.- 1 P«ce. 1 ray-mimber 
 
 whin there was throuble bechune Whalen an' 
 Duffy ; they had no liss than tin little fights that 
 was shtopped an' thev <;„'! '"""«"" "at 
 
 T IS not f 'r you to pa-ass on th' la-aws but 
 «an'^•^"T''i .*"''""''*^ Policeman Flynn 
 
 vet'^rT'" f"''",''^ "^""y doubtfully; «„ot 
 Polifp^r-^'^'^"^^''^'' -Jested 
 ^J^Yes; they 're getting winded," admitted 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Policeman Flynn took his boy to one side 
 and whispered to him. Terry nodded and 
 started back to the corner, where the men were 
 still sparring and occasionally clinching. Po- 
 liceman Flynn took out his watch and looked 
 at it. 
 
 " In wan minute," he said to his wife, " I '11 
 give ye an illusthration iv th' majesty iv th' 
 la-aw; I '11 show ye how th' wise po-lisman 
 shtops a fight without gettin' his head br-roke 
 or makin* throuble f 'r himsilf be sindin' thim 
 to th' station an' havin' to appear ag'in thim in 
 th' po-lis coort. Wa-atch me." 
 
 " I 'm wa-atchin' ye," returned Mrs. Flynn, 
 somewhat contemptuously. 
 
 " As I tol' ye befoor," continued Policeman 
 Flynn, " 't is all in knowin' how an' choosin' 
 ye-er time r-right. Ye undhershtand th' thing 
 is to shtop th' fight without th' nuisance iv 
 havin' to arrist anny wan, an' the reppytation iv 
 a ma-an f 'r doin* things an' permittin' no non- 
 sinse counts f 'r a lot. Th' fact is, Mary, ye 
 don't know th' kind iv a ma-an I am an' th' 
 wa-ay th' vi'lators iv th' la-aw luk on me. 'T is 
 betther than tin to wan they 've been watchin' 
 me iver since th' r-row begun, an' whin I 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 ta-ake wan shtep that wa a^ '► -n i 
 
 an knowin' th' rieht wa-av iv A ■ ." *"* 
 Mrs FUn„ .° ^f:*}' "^ ao'n' a thing." 
 
 "= told me," answered Terrv "th,. .u 
 moment he started in .u . j- ^' "*' *''« 
 start the cry.. pXr h"^"^^°" ^ ''hould 
 -agon.'aZdlcjiT" "^" ^"-^ ^^ patn,! 
 
XXVI 
 
 HE CELEBRATES 
 CHRISTMAS 
 
CHAPTER XXVI 
 
 ME CtLtBRATlES CHRISTMAS 
 
 AS PoLceman Barney Flyim differs little— 
 »t least, in one respect— from the aver- 
 ^ rtan of limited means, the ap- 
 V^\ of Chnsttaas found him troubled, not 
 
 Z^^^^"- «« *«^d the cBstomary 
 t^k .bout Chnstmas; he saw the Chrisfmw 
 advertisements m the papera and the Christmas 
 goods « the shop^indows; he read the ac- 
 cou«t» of Christmas plans for feeding or other- 
 wise remembering the poor^ and theonly eflect 
 
 "lucky half-dollar" he carried in his ^ket. 
 and shake his head dolefully. 
 
 self ^''V^' ''tf^''^ *' "'•''" ''^ '^'^ t" "•»- 
 
 Saris' ^^.;' *° '^^ "•■ '-"g''* ^''ing ^ 
 all th ,good p«^ ye fc«ow, •Ti.th',k*y 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 iv give an' ta-ake, an' if ye can't give ye 're 
 ashamed f 'r to ta-ake, an' there ye are. 'T was 
 diff'rint in th' ol' days whin I was a la-ad, but 
 now ivery wan who ha-ands ye out a two-bit 
 sca-arf ixpects f'r to ha-ave as good or betther 
 ba-ack from ye, an' th' ray-suit is we all go 
 br-roke givin' things that 's iv no gr-reat use 
 to anny wan but th' shtorekeepers that sells 
 thim. 'T is f'r me to shtall th' good woman 
 be a little ta-alk iv har-rd times befoor she 
 spinds th' rint money buyin' r-red ties an' six- 
 f 'r-a-nickel see-gars be th' box." 
 
 With this object in view Policeman Flynn 
 entered upon a systematic campaign to discour- 
 age Christmas shopping, and he did it with his 
 usual diplomatic ability. 
 
 " Ye can't impriss a thing on th' mind iv a 
 woman be sayin' it wanst an' lettin' it go at 
 that," he told himself. "Ye must ding-dang 
 It into her head without lettin' her know what 
 ye 're doin'." 
 
 So he began to drop incidental remarks 
 about poverty and hard times, with a casual 
 suggestion from time to time to the effect that 
 there would be no Christmas in that house. 
 Later, whenevei the moment seemed propitious, 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 he aired hi, Christmas views more at length, 
 and even illustrated them with occasional stories. 
 AH in aU, he congratulated himself that he was 
 accomphshmg his purpose with exceptional 
 cleverness and strategy. 
 
 ChriJ'''"^.^.*' '"^'" ^y' *•>« fi''«es 
 
 Chns mus ! he remarked one^day at breakfast. 
 
 1 IS th wa-ay iv th' wor-rid. Whin ye 
 
 ha-ave no money th' lads in th' shtores is 
 
 than ha-alf th' cost to ma-ake thim. Oho' 
 they re sma-artmin, those fellies. AUth'yea^ 
 ye re sayin' to thim that they niver thruly sell 
 annythm at liss than cost, an' th' day afther 
 Chns mus they come back at ye an' say. « We '11 
 prove to ye now that we can do that very thing 
 be oflenn th' goods at liss than cost whiS 
 ye re not m sha-ape f'r to buy thim.' I tell 
 ye, Mary, th' wise wan is th' felly that plans f'r 
 to ta-ake thim up whin they ma-ake th' bluff" 
 Ihe logic of this seemed unanswerable to 
 Policeman Flynn. and a few days later he sup- 
 plemented It by reminding her that the year 
 before she was "near dead Pr thinkin' iv th' 
 
 u. things ye did ha-ave. all bec-,se iv th' ba-ad 
 
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POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 h»bit iv goin' br-roke wanst a year." Next 
 after a reasonable interval, he told about Cul- 
 len, one of the men at the station. 
 
 " Th' only throuble with Cullen," he said 
 "was that his hear-rt was so big an' ray-spon- 
 8ive that he c'u'd n't button his vist oveTit 
 wWniver anny wan or annythin' appealed to it 
 He had a good head, too, but "t was nawthin' 
 beside IV his hear-rt His head was always 
 givm him th' r-right tip, but his hear-rt 
 wu d n t I'ave him listen to it That 's why 
 th byes at th' station has Pr to dodge him 
 reg'lar afther Chris'mus. H* come to me on 
 th twmty-sivinth da-ay iv last Day-cimber— I 
 ducked him on th' t^vinty-sixth, knowin'' th' 
 fand IV a la-ad he was, but he cornered me on 
 th twmty-sivinth,_an' he says to me, he says, 
 Barney,' he says, ' I ha-ave up to th' house,' 
 he says, ' a br-right-green nicktie, an' a red 
 Hfcktie, an' a polky-dot nicktie, an' two pipes 
 an' a box iy see-gars, an' a ol'-gold pair iv sus- 
 pmders, an some shlippers, an' a fot-rist,' he 
 says ; ' an' the good woman do be havin' a sort 
 !y a doily thing, an' a silk pitticoat, an' some 
 shtockm's with pale-blue clocks on thim, an' a 
 pmk shir-rt-waist, an' a little statoo iv Vanus 
 
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POLICEMAN FL r N IV 
 
 f-f to put on th- kitchen shelf, «,' a wather- 
 
 Sl*I! • "^ *^^'' ^ '•5^; ''»"' th' 
 
 chiWher hw a r-red sca-arf, an' a shied, an' a 
 p«r .y ,ka-ates. an' a toy gun. «n' a little 
 ^ hrol-wagon. an" some blocks, an' a shteam- 
 mjine Thin he s.ghs an' says. 'Barney, I 
 n.ver mended f r to do it. but ^ know hi^ i^ 
 
 irK-n'- .W'"y-«»dmeth'loaniv.tw<; 
 dollar bill so 's we can ate till th' m« pay-day ? ' 
 That s th' wa-ay iv th' mft-an with th' bk 
 
 o'sXl""*^' •"' ''''^^'^ - '^-* 
 
 „ J,*!'" "'^""y '''«' 'ts effect on Mrs. Flyn». 
 Ih poor ma-an." she said to herself; «he 
 do be ha-avin' a ha-ard time iv it over th' 
 money an' 't is fr me to help him out." So 
 she gladdened his heart by proposing that they 
 Ignore Christmas entirely. As that was the 
 very Idea that he had in mind all along, he 
 readily acquiesced. And yet, even in the hour 
 
 thus deliberately disproving his previous pes- 
 ™c assertions about the expected return 
 
 "A bit iv something fr Maggie an* Terry." 
 he said, « but nawthin' ilse." 
 
POLICEMAN F L r N N 
 
 Here, however, Maggie objected. If there 
 was to be any such arrangement she wished to 
 be included in it. There was no reason why 
 she should receive any presents if she was ex- 
 pected to give none ; indeed, as she was receiv- 
 ing an independent salary for her work as a 
 teacher, she told herself that there was all the 
 less reason why her parents should incur any 
 Christmas expenses on her account. As for 
 her own money, she could do with that as she 
 saw fit. It was right that they should be re- 
 lieved of a burden that was rather hard to bear 
 in the existing circumstances, but that was no 
 reason why she should be deprived of the pleas- 
 ure of giving. Here, it will be noticed, was 
 another blow to Policeman Flynn's views of the 
 selfishness that marks the modern Christmas, 
 but of course he did n't know it. Miggie kept 
 her opinions to herself, and merely insisted 
 that she should be included in the compact. 
 
 Now this is an agreement that many people 
 of limited means have entered into at various 
 times, and they will appreciate the difficulties 
 that confronted the parties to it. The Christ- 
 mas spirit is contagious, and more than once 
 Policeman Flynn regretted that he had been so 
 
POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 far-sighted. When he saw anything that he 
 wanted to buy k Mrs. Flynn or Maggie, he 
 tried to console himself with the reflection 
 "Niver mind! 'T will be ma-arked down 
 afther Chris'mus." But with this came the 
 haunting fear that the stock might be exhausted 
 before the day of bargain sales arrived. The 
 occasional queries at the station, " What are ye 
 goin" to buy th' good woman ? " also worried 
 him, for he feared a truthful answer would be 
 misconstrued, and he would be put down as a 
 miserly wretch with little affection for his femi- 
 ly. He had one consolation, however. By 
 tacit agreement Terry had been left out 6f the 
 arrangement, as being too young rightfiilly to 
 appreciate it, and so there was an opportunity 
 to make some family purchases. Thus it hap- 
 pened that Christmas eve Policeman Flynn told 
 his wife that he must get something more for 
 Terry. 
 
 " But ye ha-ave a plinty f 'r him," argued 
 Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 '^ Are you th' wan that 's doin' this, or am 
 I ? " he demanded, with some asperity. 
 
 " Oh, g'wan, if ye wa-ant to," she returned, 
 "but ray-mimber wan thing." 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 "What'sthtt?' 
 
 " iUy-mimbcr Cullen, th' h^ W th' big 
 near-rt that mver meant ft to <lo it " 
 
 Policeman Flynn departed wi«h the uncom- 
 fortable feehng of a criminal who fears he has 
 been found oat, and Mrs. Flynn chuckled. 
 Then she retired to her room and made an in- 
 vestigation of one of the bureausirawers. 
 
 T will mver do," she commented, as she 
 held Aip one of Policeman Flynn's socks and 
 •^ded It critically. «'T is a sha-ame th' 
 min don t wear shtockin's. Now what '11 I 
 tMke f r to ma-ake it seem r-right an' proper? " 
 Terry noted his mother's mysterious move- 
 ments that night, but he was absolutely barred 
 from the kitchen until morning, and Mrs. 
 *lynn kept a close watch of him. Maeeie 
 was superintending or assisting to superinTend 
 « waife Christmas celebration, and did not 
 get home until late. When she did come she 
 made a mysterious trip to the kitchen in the 
 dark and deposited some packages on the table. 
 With the stealtLiness of a thief Policeman Flynn 
 came still later, and his movements were the 
 most extraordinary of all. He removed his 
 boots ,efore going to the room where Mrs. 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 Flynn vnu peacefiilly dreaming of the surprise 
 she had in store for him, and after leaving that 
 room he crept into his daughter's. Then he 
 went to the kitchen, aiidf felt along the wallun- 
 ai he found two pan-hoolas to which he carefully 
 fastened certain things that he was caKyi.g. 
 
 He was awakened the next moraing by a» 
 outcry from Mrs. Flynn. 
 
 "Barney! "she cried. « Wake up!. They's 
 been a burglar here." 
 
 Policeman Fiyn« rolled out of bed aod hast- 
 ily reached for his Sunday boots, his only other 
 pair having been left near the outer doo» when 
 he took them off the night before. Tha feel- 
 ing that he had only to put on his boots t» b« 
 folly dressed was the result of sleepily at the 
 staoon on reserve duty in times of great publio 
 excitement. But now, he received a sh«ck. 
 
 " Oh, th' murtherin' divil ! " he cried. « He '» 
 shtde wan iv me boots ! " 
 ^^ " Niver mind th* boot," retorted Mrs. Flynn. 
 « He 's shtofc me only pair iv silk shtockin's 
 that I had last Chris'raus I An' I hear him now " 
 she added excitedly. «He 's in th« kitchen, 
 th thief h Hear him laughin' at what he 's 
 done. f.tl»'lo!»«ivHiveB,Ba«ney,godo,wn 
 
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POLICEMAN FLTNN 
 
 an' gr-rab him quick, an' I '11 folly ye with a 
 broom. Bad luk to him I He 's afther r-rob- 
 bm' Santy Claus ! " 
 
 By this dme Policeman Flynn had got part 
 of his uniform on over his usual night attire 
 and was half-way down the stairs with his re- 
 volver in his hand. Mrs. Flynn, somewhat 
 more nearly dressed than he, followed, and 
 Maggie, who boasted of a really pretty house- 
 robe, joined them. 
 
 "Did he get annything from you?" Mrs. 
 rlynn found time to ask. 
 
 "I don't know," answered Maggie. "He 
 mussed up everything in one of my bureau- 
 drawers, anyway." 
 
 •"T is Terry ! " broke in Policeman Flynn, 
 from the foot of the stairs. 
 
 The next moment he pushed open the door 
 of the kitchen, and the three entered. Terry 
 ««s actually rolling on the floor in a paroxysm 
 of laughter, 
 
 with ye?" roared 
 
 'What's th' matther 
 Policeman Flynn. 
 
 For answer Terry simply pointed to a row 
 of pan-hooks on the wall, and laughed some 
 more. From the first hung the sUk stock- 
 
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 ings that Mrs. Flynn had missed, stretched all 
 out of shape by the statuette that protruded 
 from one and the patent egg-beater that looked 
 over the top of the other, with incidental lumps 
 of large size to indicate where a little china 
 clock, some candy, and various other things 
 had been crowded in. Next to this was a 
 stocking that Maggie promptly recognized, al- 
 though she blushed to note the knobby si. j 
 it had assumed in its efforts to provide room 
 for the regulation box of candy, a bottle of per- 
 fumery, a glove-box, a fantastic little pincushion 
 and a ready-made light-blue shirt waist rolled 
 up and simply jammed in. But it was the last 
 thing in the row that tickled Terry the most. 
 This was Policeman Flynn's missing boot, and 
 loose cigars filled it to th-j top, with one pipe 
 and two neckties, held in place by the cigars, 
 nodding over the edge. There were also vari- 
 ous packages on the table and on the floor. 
 
 "Oho!" exclaimed Policeman Flynn, "I 
 see ye 're not a woman iv ye-er wor-rd." 
 
 "An' ye f'rgot about Cullen," retorted Mrs. 
 Flynn. 
 
 " Niver a bit," answered the policeman, " but 
 wan might as well spind th' money himsilf as 
 
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 lind k to thun tlut does spindr it. An' annyhow, 
 't it no use thryin Pr \.o Trget whin 't is Ciuis*- 
 inua." 
 
 « I 'm ghd," sud Mrs, Flynn, " f 'r to see ye 
 ha-wve » bit iv ainse ia ye-«r head now an' 
 thi»." 
 
 A moment later she and Maggie were hur- 
 rying buck up-stairs, and' Policeman Flynn was 
 looking about him in a bewildered sort of way. 
 
 •^ Terry," he rcnaarked, " I ha-ave a sort iv 
 an idee that some wan kissed me. Was it 
 Maggie or ye>-er mother ^ " 
 
 « 'T w«» both," said Terry. 
 
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