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Uncle wants the good old days of the night-stick and the hurry-up wagon back. He's even willing to spend a little money on the good cause." Io, seated on Banneker's left, turned to him. "Is that true, Ban?" "I've heard rumors to that effect," he replied evasively. "Won't it put The Patriot in a queer position, to be making common cause with an enemy of labor?"
Hello, Mike," as another officer came running up in answer to the shots and the raps of the night-stick. "Couple of strong-arm-men tackled this young fellow just now. I saw something going on as I turned the corner, and I rapped and ran up. They went down that way. I fired at 'em. You take after 'em, Mike, and I'll stay here. Don't believe you can land 'em, but try!
And when you hurt a Wop's vanity it's time to get a half-nelson on your night-stick!" They separated, Dolan starting down the garbage-strewn side street to chase a few noisy push-cart merchants who, having no other customers in view, had congregated to barter over their respective wares. "Beat it, you!" ordered Dolan. "This ain't no Chamber of Commerce. Git!"
The sports were of the sort characteristic of such a gathering wrestling and foot-races, target-shooting and bouts at cudgel-play and night-stick. Towards the middle of the afternoon, when the athletic prowess of the young men had been fully exploited, came the great spectacle, the bull-fight, and of this it will be necessary to speak somewhat particularly.
"Oh, you don't have to hit the soles of my feet with a night-stick to keep me awake," he said. After I had been a week at sea, I found that either I had to believe that in all things Schnitzel was a liar, or that the men of the Nitrate Trust were in all things evil.
We walked past it once, as an officer was making his rounds in leisurely fashion, swinging his night-stick in circles. But on our return the street was empty, and we turned in at the side entry. I led the way with comparative familiarity. It was, you will remember, my third similar excursion. With Sperry behind me I felt confident.
She clawed at the bluecoat's face and cursed him with volubility. "I'll git you broke fer this!" groaned Jimmie, as 4434 held him to his knees, while Annie tried to get her hold on the officer's neck. It was a temptation to swing the night-stick, according to the laws of war, and then protect himself against the fury of the frenzied woman.
Somewhere it might be near or far a policeman had heard the shots, and was signalling for help to other policemen along the line by beating on the flag-stones with his night-stick, the New York constable's substitute for the London police-whistle. The noise grew, filling the still air. From somewhere down the road sounded the ring of running feet. "De cops!" cried a voice. "Beat it!"
With augmented contempt the officer requested the latest quotations on clover seed. "He's the editor of The Patriot," he vouchsafed. "A millionaire, too, they say. And a good sport." "Givin' a party, huh?" "Every Saturday night," answered he of the uniform and night-stick, who, having participated below-stairs in the reflections of the entertainment, was condescending enough to be informative.
"Oh, I see." The Man-Who-Makes-Faces spoke with some concern. "Then he's flown?" Gwendolyn, puzzled, glanced from one to the other. "Who is 'he'?" she asked. The Policeman bumped his head against his night-stick. "The Bird!" he mourned. At that, Jane hopped up and down in evident delight. But Gwendolyn fell back, taking up a position beside the little old gentleman. That Bird again!
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