Show rp iK11fffihf i OO OO O O O O There are several of the officers on the police force that are famous among their associates for accomplishments accomplish-ments other than in official directions These talents are constantly cropping out and though never heard of outside out-side of the station yet they afford a great deal ot entertainment at times We might standout with Driver Armstrong Arm-strong who is a capital story teller and his yarns are hard to match especially in the line of fiction The other day while sitting behind the stove with his chair tilted back against the gun rack and waiting for a call for the patrol wagon some one came in and began to talk Johnny as he is known among his comrades listened until some one spoke of muddy water Yes remarked Armstrong I have seen water that was pretty muddy myself There is a little stream that runs into the Colorado river down in Arizona It is called the Dirty Devil creek and is well named to In the spring the water in that stream gets so muddy that it gets thick and looks something like very thick chocolate It is so muddy that the water just glides along like oil without a ripple Why I have often written my name on the surface and followed along on horse back to watch it travel Many a time have I watched that name glide softly along down the creek for 1 miles to the Colorado without so much as cracking or blurring blur-ring a letter I has served its purpose pur-pose in its clay too One day l 2 I passing along the bank of the creek looking at the oily mud when I noticed something written on the surface 1 could read it very plainly a it slowly passed me like it was being unrolled from a spool It read Kum quit i got a gal up bear as is dyin and i cant leak cause i got a busted leg Dick Jones at forty mile rok I knew that Forty Mile Rock was about 20 miles further up the stream and that writing had slid all the way down to where I saw it Well I got up there after getting help and saved the girls life and set Dicks leg There were a lot of people living on the Dirty Devil and in the spring they had a hard time to get water until one day a fellow came in and put up a cheese factory While the water was clear the factory was busy making cheese but when the mud came i shutdown shut-down for a more profitable business Then a gang of men were set to work with spades cutting out blocks of mud from the stream and this was carted to the cheese factory Here it was placed in a cheese press and the water squeezed out and Used for drinking and culinary purposes while the mud was sold as pressed brick for building Sergeant Burbidge has a peculiar talent tal-ent that sometimes noticed by those in the station but the sergeant himself is probably not aware of the feat he performs A few evenings ago the sergeant ser-geant came into the station nearly an hour before time for his shift to goon go-on duty I was a cold disagreeable night outside and when he came in and sat down by the fire he became drowsy and was soon in the land of nod There is nothing remarkable abo at that fact as many men have the faculty fac-ulty Sleep is not a talent that ony the genial sergeant possesses But the fact is that Burbidge first pulled out a cigar lighted it and stretched hims f out in a comfortable position to enj y the weed Then he fell asleep with the cigar in his mouth The smoke of the Havana curled up towards the ceiling for awhile but finally fin-ally died down and almost disappear 1 I didnt go out though No That is the trick of which the sergeant only knows the secret Just as the last spark on the end of the cigar was about togo to-go out Burbidge shifted his position puffed the weed to a glow and was in dreamland again Every time that his cigar was about to go out he AouM turn a little and puff it again Finally Fin-ally the desk sergeant called to the sergeant Its a quarter to 1 and tile to take the shift out Burbidge got up threw the small butt of the cigar away and after a good stretch pas = td out for an eight hours tour of duty 000 Joe Busby the ever smiling contented content-ed Joe is another on the list who deserves de-serves special mention Busby is a man that goes by the rule to obey or ders The other night Busby was on his beat when he was met bv Offu er Seigfus who was acting sergeant Seig fus took Joe and put him in a building which had just been entered bv the police and all the occupants taken out Busby was put there to guard against I any danger of thieves entering the J place As Seigfus left Joe he told him to stay there until he returned With this Seigfus went off and attended to some other matters It was nearly tim for the police to change shifts anl Busby expected to be relieved in a few minutes but an hour over the time rf relieving the shift passed but Buyby obeyed orders and stuck to his post Then he thought something was ur > and went over to the hal He wanted to know what was the matter and asked Where is Seigfus Gone home an hour ago replied the desk sergeant What are you doing here at this time of day Busby explained and after the officers offi-cers had laughed at him he joined in the mirth at his own expense and trudged off home When Seigfus was seen the next day he was asked about the occurrence and answered in an abashed way I forgot all about him But he ought to have known that ha didnt have to work two shifts in one day |