He Knew the Business.
A Pi-TimnNj-r iooking man, with a nose hko the beak of a hawk, a had eye, and built up all the way fiom the ground like a bank safe, applied for a position on the New York police force. "Do you think that you can make arrests, and guard prisoners so that they will not escape ? " The applicant imiled a smile that made the toughest policeman feel uncomfortable — a sort of a combined " Richard III." and " Othello " smile "If youhadsix prisoners, and one was to escape, would you leave the five and follow up the fugitive' " "Of course not. I'd club the five to death who didn't try to escape, so that I'd know where to look for them when I got back with the remain! of the other one." " You can't fool us. You have been on the police force before," said the Inspector, at he made out a Captain's commission for the applicant. — Texas Siftinys
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1985, 28 March 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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161He Knew the Business. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1985, 28 March 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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