PATROLMAN
FERGUSON'S
NEW YEAR'S EVE
By ROBERT R. FAXON.
ATKOLMAX KKKCCSOS
whistled nierrily aa htf
talked fllonj, his beat (hat
night,
happy.
lle was unusually
And nht shouldn't
he have been? In two
iiuuia ue
with his work and he could thnj
p., home to Ins family at,d stay many
hours for .hvnex. Jaj naahi. .ray off.
But there ere other tineas hiea f
served to put H-rson ,n aa,r,abl(
frame of numl. 1 ,s super.or oil,.-, r.
,xl,e he reported for ork after sup-
per that eening, had compi.mented
mm on nis- wurn,
"Three arrest in one day isn't so
uao. ,,..,, . ... ..,...
reasaunngiy. am! al of them j-ood
ciu's, too. tiettnijr coli'er, he a tided,
as he hutumed his coat; "thankful I
don't have to work to-morrow. It'll !
the first New Year's I've spent with
my wife iu many moons, (in ess I'll
step in and pet warmed up a bit."
There wre several men congregat
ed in the corner cipar store when Fer
gus. n entered, and they were earnett
ly disiMisTsinp some niatttr of general
interest about that time.
"Here's Ferguson now," said one of
them. "Was it you who arretted Mc
Carthy?" "Yes. Why?"
"'Cause it was a low shanty trick,
that's whv. You had no ripht to do
it in the first place. 11 waaiTi doing
anything, was he?" j
"Wlni paB I haven't a ripht to pinch ,
anybudy I want to?" the policeman r- '
torted. ar.prily. "Haven't 1 inslruc
lions to lam! any crook I find?" j
"Yes, if y. m catch them ilnirgsum
thinp. which McCarthy wasn't." j
".No fault of his, pr babiy. Lying .
around waiting for a chance, 1 taka
"That's just where you're wren.!
McCarthy. I admit, isn't just exactly '
the best $rt (if a person to have in th
iVelphborhood, but at that he's nt t the
kind of a man he used t be. He's re
formed. Is p' "d to his family m vv and
was goirg to start 'n v i k to-morn w.
Hut you come along and grab him up
He'll be in for two da s at least, and
his jtib'U be pone."
"You iren make me tired," the po
liceman muttered, as he turned to
ward the door. "McCarthy's a crook
and is; safe to have around only when
he's behfnd the bars. 1 know my busi
ness and (tan attend to it; you keep
your noss out of it."
With that he wat gona.
"Put a suit of blue clotbea on an
Irishman, sew on fume brass buttons,
place a club in his hand and a pun in
his pocket and call him a policeman
and it's all up wnh him," continued
the man who was talking after the
policeman had pore out.
"Who is this man McCarthy?" one
f the others asked-.
"Oh, he doesn't amount to much,"
answered the other. "He's a laborer
by trade, but too iay to work. Lives
in a shanty around tr.t corner with his
wife and a lot of half-starved kids.
Hung around with a tomh crowd for
a long time and was as bad as any of
them, I puess. Keen locked up any
number vi times, and once, 1 believe.
was sent up for two tars for n-l.hery.
Hut that's not what I'm kickn.g about.
hs the blan td hal.it the cops have pt t
into of nabbing him every time they
catch him standirp still. Alj wife went
vcr there thi afn-rnoon to take the
I'.uz Xrmethirg to eat. and Mrs. Mc
Carthy Knid Pat would be all right if
t!i police w:,iil(! itt him alone. he's
more worried about him hrii:g the
job offered him than anything else,
ahe says."
"I wonder if I did do wrong in lock
ing McCarthy up," Ferguson eaid to
h'lm.-e.f afier he had walked several
blocks, thinking of the matter all the
time. "Dor't rtiilly believe I did. I've
had orders' to bring in all the supi
cious characters I find during the hol
idays, and if McCarthy isn't one I don't
know who is. tineas I'll go a round and
ice the family anyway. Maybe they're
in hard lines aud need help," he con
tinued, aftfr a moment's reflection.
"Funny that man should spring the
same gag on me that McCarthy did
about that job."
Mrs. McCarthy wasn't wry deeply
grieved that afternoon when one of
her many children came running into
the hcue and mid her that a police
man had taken the father away in the
patrol. It had happened so often be
fore that the nowlfy of it all had worn
off. Hut she couldn't understand what
he had been doing, for only half an.
hour earlier he had left her as cheer
ful as could be over the prospect of
getting permanent work the next day.
He was only poing over to the corner
to get some tobacco, he told her, and
would be btck.toon. Perhaps he got
into a fight, she thought, and let it go
at that,
Mr. McCarthy had so much to do
lhat she was kept up very kite that
Bight Three of the children had the
croup, which called for much dfjing
and rubbing after they had been put
to bed; another of them hadn't, a
whole piece of clothing to his back,
and the patient liwle mother vat
forced to spend considerable time
paU-hing and darning. In addition to
thia she wasmaking adresa for a wom
an which had to be delivered the first
thing in the morning. It was close
on to midnight when sh finished it.
Just as she was-putting away her work
there cam a rap on the door.
M0h, it' you, is it?" she said when
I
he ww the policeman. "Well, you're
too lat. Some of your punts- (rot
.head of you this time. He' gone.
Thv$ pot him (hit afleruoon. Fur
what I don't know."
"I didn't com to pet yourhiwband,"
Fcrpuson mid. "1 know whore h ii.
I cnuie to sve if you nt('ild hvtn,"
"We wouldn't need help If u1 let
V:irk nJnnp. Yuii imiiri worrv the life
ou of llim ,mt ,r, ,. Ho aiu't so
bad as you think lie ia. .lust 'cuuiv he
was tun'' tlot'tn't mean he's ftJvnTiro-
i,,,, to be the same, doef il?"
...... .,iv..rinff with 4h
M .... ,Vll ...j Kiririixin no.
tieed it,
I)i() Mack ,t T0U ,nv,nng boul
t0 work toorro.r alJiel.
.. c M j
h b(t , ,..
Aj the eveJ Brt j,,
thoai rwm lh
retieil fnra'8ci,on(lon pf
fl bUnkeU ,n ,,,. whk.h
served for a IhmI, hiuI they discovered
thiit the Are in th"tittle coal stove
was lnirtst ou( lld thM Ul(:0(ll b,x
n r Th4ir oWi
. , . ,
heart wat touched
I "l)o yuu suppn!. it would do any
pood if I broitpht Mack baok to
night?" he asked of the bravu little
vvuinnn near him. '
i "Could you do it?" she exclaimed,
anxiously, layinp her thin, wiihr0
hand on the policeman's arm.
"I think so," was the answer. 'Ue
hasn't been booked yet."
"Then, for Clod's sake do to!" she
: cried, breaking down and sobbing. "1
; can't do without him now," she con
, tinued Inter. "I'm almost sick. ISe
I sides, it'll encourage Mack.- He means
t to do ripht now, 1 know, for he prom
ised me he would, and I'm iure. ho'll
keep his word if h's given a fair
show."
'I'll do it " said tht polictman, rush
ing from th room.
Half an hour latr McCarthy was
back In his home, and there was a
bucket of coal and a basket of food
there, too.- Ferguson had hurried to
the patrol box, called up 'the desk ser-
f',an,t- P'ind "" Ul hil"
" thn' Pr',on"' b 0"'
"Put in a scuttle of coal, and a bas
ket of grub, too," he added; 'tJiy
need' h. And to-morrow have some
body go around to see if any tiling
else can bt done. 1 won't be in to
night, bill. Happy New Year. Cood
niplit." "What kept you so late, Fred?" Fer
giKon's wif asked him when he
reached home. "You said you would
be here to watch the Old Y'ear out
with me, so I sat up for you. But it's
after one o'clock now."
"1 know it." he answered, "but I was
unavoidably dt-tnined. Sorry, though.
But you'll forgive me, 1 know," he ad
ded, "when I tell yu that hy stay ire
I hrlieve I have helped to give a man a
frvsh start on life It't a pond way to
lepin the New Year," ht said as he
put his arms around the little woman
and pave her a vl-nt hug. Chicago
Evening Post
THE ART OF LETTING GO.
To Lr4srn to D Abiolate Muter of
Oa't Own Mind ! One of Flret
Leaiom im Life.
We held on to a great many things
last year which we should have let go
shaken off entirely. In the first
place we shouki expel from our minds
compk.ely the things which cannot
be he.pcii our past mi.sfc.-rt unes, the
trivial occurrence which have morti
fied or humiliated us. Thinking of
them not only does no good, but it
rolis us of peace and eou.f rt. Ti:e art
of hiigeitiiig it thn:p is a great
line, it iid we should learn it at any cut.
It is ju't as important, jysys uc
ceso, to learn to let go as to Ik Id on.
Anything that cannot help us t'o pet
ou ami up in the world; any'thinp that
is a drag, a stumbling bh-ck. or a hin
drance, should be e.xjjunrd from our
mi- nt'Ty. Many people seem to take a
p-i-iiivf picture in recallinp Ki.-t ntis-
f"i't uini.-, suflVrinp? dud failures. They
dwell upon wich experiences, and re
paint the dark pictures until the mind
la-comea melancholy and sad. If they
would only learn to drive them out,
and banish their attempts to return,
as they would lanih a thief from the
hoiir-e, those painful thoughts would
cease to demand entrance. We want
all we can p;t of sunshine, encourage
ment and inspiration. Life is too
short to dwell upon things which only
hinder our growth. If we keep the
mind filled with bright, hopeful pic
tures, and whfdefcome thoughts1 the
thii.'ps only which can help us on and
up in the world we shall make in
finitely greater progress than by
burying ourselves in glowing retro
fpeetion. One of the first tenons in life Is to
learn to be absolute matter of one's
own mind, to clear it of its enemies-,
and to keep it clear. A well-trained
mind will never harbor thoughts In
imical to success or happiness. You
have the ability to choosy your mind's
company; you can call up at will any
guest you pleas. Then why cot
choose the noblest and best?
Tat Scotch mil. Trat.
On New Ytar'a Day a hard-headed
Scotchman will take a llilileaml place
it Uji,n a falilc, let li lijr it all (.pi n ol
its own ju-i'xnl. Then, withr.ut i,oJ,itjp.
lie will jilace liis fiup-T Uxm llie pne
wliere it hns ojiened and read the
verse nn which it ret. This is fui-pic-i
to imiicate his fortune for the
coming twelvemonth. tincionati En
quirer.
fame or Story, ,
"Some people," snid t nele Ehen,
turns ovuh a new leaf on ile f us' o' de
year, lint befo' Fehrairy dey's writin'
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