SLIPPERY DICK.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 8

SLIPPERY DICK.

'AND THE ARM OF THE LAW.

It all happened so aptly. - The ranger was sitting beside the stream eating his midday snack, when a sudden "Boom!" struck hisiea-. Knowing at once that dynamiters ivere at work, ho skirmished quietly through'tho scrub, just in time to see twoyoungmen ladling doid trout out of the stream with a landing net. "Names and addresses, please!", Having got them, he then seized the net, trout, and a dozen dynamite cartridges'. Had ever such luck como the a ranger!_ •• -- ■ • •. But it was not all over. Informations were laid against the two mon, and the summonses 'wcre ; duly, issued, : ; but when the .police-endeavoured,to. serve them they'found one address to be a iong-empty house, and at the othor they lad never heard the name that was written on tho little bit of blue paper. Checkmate >

Tlio police do not always succeed in rinding "wanteds," and the days passed without-result.' But it befell one-day/ that it reached tho ea'r'bf tlie ch'aßrined/ ranger' that a young'' than' Wad' 1 ' been' heard to boast how the ranger." He proceeded i this; time with the greatest care —advanced -upon his quarry, recognised him by his points, and' securing his correct address by a little bit of detective work, waited for tho lcaky-torigue'd dynamiter. At last ho came:' know what I want trout: Yon had better-come along with me!" Hardly had the p-ords left his . than the poacher hurled himself at the Tanger, and gave him a prptty bad time, being no mean' expert # at "straight rights," "dirty lefts," and "upper cuts!" But the man of law held on. and with assistance at length ■marched his man off to the police station, and there charced liim with—(l) Dynamiting': tront, (2) aiving a false name and address, and (3) assault and lattery.' ■ ' Tho police clerk took a proper Bote, and the/mari was released. Then fhe law went along in due bourse with a summons, and to its. immense surprise found the :bird .flown. He is stilt flying! . .-:-.-..