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Show ' s ABOVE THE I Dawdle Dell Chronicle I CONSTABLE STARR BADGETT I told the Chronicle this morning I that he figures the town council, I in its next meeting' in the back I room of SteepbeUy's store, will I okay his budget to increase the I police force. Last night, the coup- I cilmen refused to vote him ar? I money to hire a deputy. "But I I hoodwinked 'em," Starr said. "I I issued each of them ornery coun- I cilmen a badge and deputized them I all on the spot. I got me a force I ! for free. They'll loosen up the I j purse strings next meeting." II : II: Rake Blake wouldn't testify be- I i fore the grand jury the other daj I about his gambling. Says there I 1 were several women on the jury, I and he couldn't trust them to keep I his testimony secret. I I THE TROTTIN' RIDGE CORRE- I SPONDER writes: "If at first yoi I don't succeed, try again. Polly, a I parrot belonging to Miss Drusie I Toadhopper, laid an egg after 2( I years of striving." (Miss Drusie ii I a sister of Dawdle Dell's own Mis! Frenzy Toadhopper, who is as j j proud of the egg as if it was he) I own.) 1 I Fire Chief Ralph Sprinkle is alsi 1 hot under the collar at the citj I council. He wants a new fixe truck I Thursday, when he was racing t I the livery stable fire with his fee I to the floorboards, Rancid Reillj I passed him on a bicycle. The coun I cil offered to buy Ralph a bicyclt I with a siren on it. I j 1 Be sure to look for Bailey Dm? I Co.'s ad in this issue of the Chron II icle. Toothpaste, cornplasters and I abdomen supporters are going ai I half price. Bailey's, whose slogan 1 1 is "the drug store that operates b; 1 1 the grace of God," is holding iti i I going-out-of-business sale. I |