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—~ YTYEHAPPY DAYS eo
HAL HORTON’S GRIT.
By ROBERT LENNOX,
CHAPTER Iv.
HAL AND TIGE CATCH A PICKPOCKET.
Tne sarcastic youth who sent Hal into
the bank to borrow ten dollars stood on
the corner and gazed after him with 2 con-
temprvous sneer on his face. But when he
w him cross the street and enter the
bank building he gave a chuckle and ex-
cae iese if he hasn’t goneinthere! I'll
go and see ’em fire ’im out |” and he wend-
ed his way down the street and stopped in
front of the bank, Ie anticipated no end
of fun in seefrg the boy from the country
ay fo the do oor and told to clear out and
kee and patiently waited during
the Rime way, and vemmained in the building,
Suddenly he saw him run out and clutch
a man’s arm op the steps of the bank and
speak to him. “Then he saw the man pull
loose from him and dart down the steps,
The dog dashed after him and jumped on
his back.
‘The next moment the man and the dog
were rolling over on the pavement, the
former yelling for b:
course a crowd Pastantly ran to the
spot to assist a man attacked by a savage
dog. Hal was among the first to reach
hir
“ Le} Tige!” he called out, and Tige
let go his Sold and stood close bs, ready to
renew the fight at any moment.
A man assisted the pickpocket to his
feet and aske
re you hu rt, sir?”
The Peet started off through the
crowd, an an
er
A panic dog tantly seized upon the crowd,
and men ran in every direction,
“Catch him, Tige!” cried Hal, and again
the dog sprang forward and "seized the
villain before he had gone fifty feet. Hal
was up with him in a moment,
“Stand off, Tige !” and Tige obeyed,
“Now you ‘stand still, sir and he won't
hart you
e Lord, won *t somebody kill ’im!” the
fellow groan
Just then On officer came running up,
revolver in hand, and sung out:
“Stand back till I kill him!”
ry stooped and raised Nee! in his arms,
a Dow't shoot my dog,
“flere! Where is the Thiet ? cried the
tall, gray: -haired man, rushing up to Hal.
“Phere he is, sir,” and he pointed to the
pickpocket as he spo:
he old man Polibed him and said,
hoarse with rag ei
“You villain, you!”
“What's the "tdouble, sir?” the policeman
sked.
“This man picked my pocket of a thou-
sand dollars | That boy saw him, and set
his dog to catch him I
The officer looked at Hal, the thief and
the dog, with a puzzled expression on his
‘ace.
“Are you going to arrest him?” the old
man deman
guess you had all better go to the
station with me,” said the knight of the
ab.
“Well, see that he doesn’ t drop the
money or pass it to another.’
“It's in nis right hand trouser pocket,
sir,” said
The old gna thrust nis hand into the
thiet's pocket, and pulled out a roll of
ills.
.* Do you Jet a man rob another that wa:
here in the street ?” the thief asked the of-
Se No-I guess I'll take that money,” and
the officer grabbed the old man by the col-
an Well, bring | him along too,” said the} g
gray-haired mai
“Yes, and t! y and dog,” and he
caught hold of the vaeicboekete The latter
was so afrai dog he went along
without protest,
“ me on, my lad,” said the man who
had been robbed. “Til see you through,”
By this time the street was blocked by a| m
crowd of at Jeast a thousand
was difficult for the officer to c
ople, It
ear @ pas-
sage, but two other Officers came to his as- lar:
sistance,
“ Bring thi that boy and his dog along,” he
“All right,” and Hal was collared by
one’ of them. Tige immediately showe
his teeth, and was about’ to spring upon
the officer, when Hal said :
“*Let him alone, Tige !’ and he quieted
down instantly.
“Good dog that,”
* Where did you Be vhim
“ Raised him, sir.”
They started ‘tor ‘the station, an immense
crowd following them, At the station the
arresting officer told of the disturbance oa
the stre The sergeant looked search-
ingly at ‘the pickpocket, and said: .
sald the officer,
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PERSONS
“T know you, my fine fellow, It’s the
same old game.”
“T have not been up to any game,” pro-
tested the prisoner, “You take me for
some other
“We'll wee, ovock him up, Hogan,” and
he did so. Then the sergeant heard the old
man’ s story, His name was Wolff, a very
wealthy citizen, He asked that the judge
of that district be sent for at_once, saying
he was well-known to him. The sergeant
sent round to the court-room for the judge,
who had just adjourned court for the day,
and he came round at on:
He knew Wolff well, and when he heard
his story told him he could go without bail
on condition that. he appear against the
pick ocket the next day,
f course I will, But how about my
v
The officer had laid the roll of bills on the
sergeant’s 's des
“The soe wil produce if in court
o-morrow morn
“ Then count it ‘and see how much it is.
I drew one thousand dollars from the
nk.”
The Sergeant counted the money in the
re sust of tl
on ° thousand dollars, your
rn”
on That’ 's right,” said the old man,
“And now, my lad,” said the judge,
turning to Tial, “you had better sta;
here and come te court to-morrow morning
with the office:
“ Will I be locked up, sir?”
“Oh, no. You ha
we want you for is to tell the court how
you saw the prisoner take the money. You
have no place to sleep, I guess, so you will
be taken care of here, Youcan do that, eh,
sergeant ?
“Yes, sir,
“Treat him well, sergeant,” said the old
man, “and I”} Isee what Lcan do for him
to-morrow.
Hal was i at ease, for he was never ina
coure, room in his life save when Justice of
he Peace Emmons, back in Buford, held
tis little court. He Jooked at the sergeant
and the other officers and wondered what
they would do with him, One of the offi-
cers asked him how old the dog was and
he told him, after which they got to talk-
ing.
Of course he told his story, and the offi-
cer told him that while there was an im-
mense amount of work going on in the
city, there were plenty of people on hand
to attend to it—that it was hard, very
hard, for an inexperienced man or boy to
find a situation.
“T've, got to find work of some kind,”
said Hal.
doz “What are you going to do with your
e “Nothing. He goes with me wherever I
% But he'll give you a deal of trouble, If
ou find work you'll have to board some-
where, and boarding: houses in the city
won "t take dog:
“Tige and I rill stick together,’ he said.
“‘Tie’s the best friend I have in the world
Even, she can’t love
. * was offered one handred and fifty dol
lars two days n't take one
thousand dollars tor him. Why, e just
saved one thousand dollars for’ that old
man by, catching the thief who stole his
m0}
for that purpose "here in the city. You
seem to have him under good control.”
was by putting him through a number of
tricks he had taught him, He Jaid down
at the word of command, rolled over and
over, closed his eyes, pretending to be
asleep, walked on his two fore feet, then
a
yedone no wrong, All
ney.”
“Yes, so he did, but we don’t use dogs | fe
on_his hind feet, growled and barked to
order, played leap-frog with Hal, and did
other things that won the admiration of
all the men in the station.
-“ Say, Horton,” said the sergeant, ‘* when
you go upon the stand to tell peur story
io. morrow, you'll have to hold up_your
hand and swear to tell the truth. Make
your dog stand up by you and hold up his
right paw at the same time, I’li just
tickle the judge to death,”
CHAPTER V.
HAL AND TIGE IN COURT—A FUNNY SCENE,
Hau spent the night at the station
house, where they gave him a good bed
and plenty to eat. He was virtually a
risoner, but was not made to feel so,
Tige was permitted to olay in the same
room with him all night.
The next morning he ‘Went to the police
court, with the pickpocket, as a witness
against him, Tige was right at his heels,
Mr, Wolff, the old gentleman who was
robbed, was there also, aud shook hands
with him
When the case was called the old man,
after the policeman told the story of the
arrest, gave his version of the robbery and
ve had the boy from the country and his
dog had played i in the capture of the thief.
ng man,” "said the judge, | 1.
taming rh Tal, Tet 's hear what you know
bout it, You must swear to tell the truth
and nothing ‘else but the tru
“Hold up your right hand, ” said the
clerk of the c
* Hold up Sour hand, too, Tige,”
Ilal, as he held up his hand.
‘Tige stood up on his hind feet and held
his right paw above his head at the same
said
was a tremendous explosion of
laughter—everybody laughed. ‘The judge
looked over his glasses at the dog and ex-
claime
“ Bless my soul |”
¢ looked as solemn as an owl through
iv val, the pproarious laughter havin.
m. He simply stood there
‘raiting till Hal should lower his han
* Don’t swear the dog,” said the e judge.
“ oe guess he doesn’t understand the nature
oN al ¢ awore to tell the truth and then took
down his hand, Tige lowered his paw and
got down on his four feet, wagged his tail
and seemed to {hink he pad done the right
Then the boy from the country
told his story ef the Fobbery i n the bank,
and how he made Tige catch the thief. It
was interesting, ani verybody in the
court-room listened in silence to the end,
The judge remanded the prisoner to the
Tombs to await the action of the Grand
at , and then told Hal he would have to
etained as a witness unless he could
ive bailin the sum of five hundred dol-
ars to insure his attendance at courtasa
witn
Hal w was staggered. Bat he was clear
grit all t the way thro
ough ined, judge?” he
“How am I to be
aske a
“In the House of Detention—as a wit-
+ | ness,” said the judge, “unless you can
give security or bond in the sum of five
hundred dollars for your appearance as a
witness against the prisoner.”
“That means I ami to be locked up as a
prisoner, till the trial comes off, does it?”
é
“And I have done no wrong—broken no
law,” and he looked the astonishment he
“Tt is the law,” said the judge, in a tone
hat ts heed his full sympathy for the
ot ‘Well, if 1am to be locked up when I
have done no wrong—really for catching a
thief who had robbed a man, I'll swear to
leave such acountry as soon as I ‘can get
out of
“Ttis Sao ne in the interest of justice,”
explained the judge,
“But how about. the injustice to me?
I've Gone no wrong.
shall not give any evidence against the
prisoner.”
“Do you defy the law? Officer, take wit-
ness awa)
A policeman started toward him.
est f any man touches me chaw
AP ey every hair on Tige bristled up
and his white fangs gleamed, eyes flashed
and growls issued from his terrible mouth,
The office back in a state of ter-
ror, and every body near the dog got ont of
the way, The judge Sprang ( io his feet and
leaned over to look at the
you mean to resist, The law?” he
aske a
“To the death—hang such a law! Down
with any country that makes such laws!”
and Hal’s eyes flashed, his face Hushed and
his entire frame trembled with indignation,
“T am a poor boy from the country in
search of work by which to help support a
widowed mother. You can't lock me e up—
you may kill me and my dog, bu!
* Your honor,” called out Ar. Wolff, the
man who had been robbed, * I'll go on the
boy's bond. He is right about it. It isa
outrage to deprive a man of his liberty
without cause, I never thought of such a
thing until this case came up.”
**Very well,” said the judge. “Tet the
bond be given. Iam here to enforce the
laws, though I cannot approve some of
oA hile the bail bond was being arranged
the udge turned to Hal and remarked:
oung man, we livein the best country
on earth, and have the most free and en-
lightened government in the world; but
we are far from being perfect, In the
course of time this law that enforces the
detention of witnesses may give way to
some other that is less onerous. Let me
advise you never to attempt to resist the
law of the land as you attempted todoa
few moments ago, You can always find
in the courts redress for any wrong you
may suffer, Resistance of the law is a
crime, It places men behind prison bars.
ion't ever attempt it again. I tell v
this for your guidance in the future, with
the hope ‘you fall may succeed in finding
work, If you fail to do so come back here
and report to me,
“Thank you, ju udge, I didn’t know the
Tonly knew I had done nothing to
be locked up, for,” said Hal as he stood
aside waiting for the bail bond to be ar-
ranged and signe was soon settled
and then he was told he could 80.
**Come with me, young man,” said Mr,
Wo Mf. “TI may be able to find a place for
you,” and.Hal followed him out of he
aout: -room, passing. through a pac
crowd which had been drawn’ hither by ‘the
og’s actions,
Out on the street a crowd surrounded
them—the crowd that instantly surrounds
an accident or novelty in the streets of the
great city. The old gentleman was an-
poyeds. He had no use for tke rabble, so
es
“Come on,” and started for a street car.
The crowd "Pollan ed.: When they hailed a
ear the conductor refused ‘to permit the
doz to ride,
oy 1 pay for him,” said the old man,
“It's against the rules, sir,” said the
conductor,
“Here, my lad,” said Wolff, handing Hal
his card and a five dollar bill. ‘Take
your time and come to my place | of busi-
ness. I can't lose any more time.”
ank you, sir—f il gall there,”
Hal left the. car with T
‘There was the crowd. eeain, and he was
once more surrounded by a mob of over @
hundred people who had nothing else to
do at the time. Of course the police had
to disperse it, and Lal had to move on
down the street,
and
CHAPTER VI.
DOWN ON THE DOCKS—HAL. RESCUES A
BOY FROM A BRUTE,
ON looking at the card Mr, Wolff had
given him Hal saw that he was areal es- |
tate dealer, with an office over a dozen
blocks farther down in the city. Of course
he didn’t know how far off the office was,
for he was never inthe city before. But
he put the card in his pocket alongside the
five dollar bill he had received with it, and
went on his way down the street, quite a
number of small boys following him and
Tige. Ile saw a policeman on the corner
on the opposite side of the street, and went
over to him Aaa ask how he could find Mr.
Wolff's pla
The boys “thought he had gone to him
for protection from themselves, and at
once dispersed.
The Ofticer told him how to find the
place, and, when done so, moved
away, swinging his elnb inthe lazy way
so easily acquired by the bluecoats.
Hal went on as directed, and half an
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