. Small boys in big boots : a story for children of all ages . says, stifling a sobinto a sigh, and shadowed Wild Mike last night. Hed been atthat little saloon near the landing ; he has the reputation of beingvery hot-headed, but I hardly thought hed have the audacity to runagainst the law. As he was getting into his boat, I saw somethingin the craft that looked suspicious. I said, What have you there,my man ? Eggs, he answered ; Im taken em to my mother atJoness Point, where she keeps a boarding-house for the section-hands on the West Shore road. Do you want a row, sonny ?Take you over and b
. Small boys in big boots : a story for children of all ages . says, stifling a sobinto a sigh, and shadowed Wild Mike last night. Hed been atthat little saloon near the landing ; he has the reputation of beingvery hot-headed, but I hardly thought hed have the audacity to runagainst the law. As he was getting into his boat, I saw somethingin the craft that looked suspicious. I said, What have you there,my man ? Eggs, he answered ; Im taken em to my mother atJoness Point, where she keeps a boarding-house for the section-hands on the West Shore road. Do you want a row, sonny ?Take you over and back with me for a quarter. Thats too thin, said I ; hand out your basket till I exam-ine it. What are you giving me, you brat ? Ill show you what Im giving you, cried I. Do you knowyoure talking to a Government detective officer? OFFICER JOXESS ADVENTURES. I25 Whirrah ! yoii—a Government detective ? he screamed, drop-ping his oars, and falling on to a seat as if overcome; he seemedweak and convulsed. I thought the word detective had scared him, and jumped. LITTLF, OFFICER SWFKTZER, OF THE RIVER-POLICE, HAS A BAD TIME ARRESTING WILD MIKE. into his boat. Hold up your hands! I cried, very stern ; Illtake you in and lock you up ! Then, for the first time, I was near enough to see that he waslaughing. By the infant Moses ! he giggled, what are wecoming to ? Youre coming to prison, I hissed in his ear, and, stepping I26 SMALL BOYS IN BIG BOOTS, forward to seize him, I plumped into his basket. As they crunchedunder my feet, I discovered they were eggs. Then he got crazy—hed been drinking, and that made himsavage and desperate, but I never thought hed have the cheek totackle a detective- But he did, though ? chuckles Footlights, whose own mis-fortunes have made him unsympathetic. Didnt he ? Yeve smashed my mothers eggs. Bad cess toyou ! he yelled. Hold up your hands, I commanded, and he did hold up hishands ; and, after tossing me all over the boat, he tossed me intothe water, and
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