Show Short ry q of tb the Day J I I MALONEY'S 1 LUCK Continued from Saturday The loud voice and splendid raiment of oC William Nichols l-Ichols Maloney had a Q decided decided decided de de- de- de effect in the station house The doorman who had been absorbed in a n sporting C edition of ot an nn evening paper in the back room room left leCt it t to gaze on this splendid Individual Connors and Slattery station house detectives who had been boon flirting with the haired dark Irish girl Irl In the little grocery next door ungallantly ungallantly un un- gallantly deserted to Join the group In tho the police station The Tho sergeant dropped his stern official manner with his pen and antl leaving his lils seat lent behind the desk k leaned affably over the railing In front of oC It Mulligan swinging his club and curling his mustache In respectful silence kept his eyes ces fixed axed in hypnotic stare on Mr Maloney's horseshoe pin while Lawrence Lawren politely drew forward a It chair for Cor the Bridgeport contractor and offered him u a cigar Mr Maloney however waved this aside with one pudgy hand while with theother tho the other he drew forth Corth a 3 leather cigar case decorated with a a. lar large c and complicated monogram In silver sliver Have one fine on me he said Its Hs up to me Ive I've been trimmed William Nichols Maloney has been trimmed Ills His luck has hns left leCt him Everybody took a a. cigar except the doorman who stealthily possessed himsel himself himself him him- self sel of or two while tho the owner of or the case w was s telling the sergeant that the cigars had been sent to him by his son Mn an nn officer In the regular army jn n n Porto Rico Mr Ir Maloney breathing heavily and wiping the perspiration from Crom his mild ruddy face fac with a n. large silk handkerchief continued his discourse amid a n thick cloud of or smoke It In Smiths Smith's saloon he said ald I was aa burin I 1 think thin was drinks drink for the bunch an and l handed out me roll of oC b by accident I had It by Itself and had me mone money for tor expenses In another pocket There was a a. big black coon there I saw aw lookin at allt It and he was wn next to me for tor half halt an hour I think hea hes got the money I If you fellers get It back for me Ill I'll put you next to a horse In the therace therace therace race tomorrow that'll make maka you rich Its It's like gettin money In a registered red let let- ter You cant can't lose f fIts Its only 10 o'clock said the sergeant glancing at nt the clock Lawson and Slattery you ou get a move on and see ee If IC you cant can't get set a trace of or Mr Ir Maloney's mone money Mulligan get back on po post t you needn't stand starin here all night Mulligan who was still under the spell of Mr Ir Maloney's diamonds started violently at nt this remark touched his helmet and marched out Lawson and Slattery after a short conference in whispers with the thc man who had been robbed hurried off oft together In the direction of oC Broadway The doorman withdrew withdrew withdrew with with- drew to his sporting extra In the hack back room Conners returned to the girl In the grocery store Etore and the sergeant and Mr Ir Maloney disposed themselves comfortably comfortably comfort comfort- abl ably In chairs before the wide-open wide station house doors Seated there the sergeant explained to Mr Maloney that even In case the stolen money should be bc recovered ho would not be able to bet on the race tho the next da day I II I If they catch this man with the mone money on him he said It will have to togo togo togo go to the Jefferson Market Police court In the morning with Jih the prisoner The Magistrate wont won't let you OU have It ft most like likely until late In the It'll be too late then for you to bet on the race The contractor after aCter soma om expressions of oC regret seemed disposed to accept this bad news philosophically He had a I. I peculiar wn way of or speaking of oC himself In Inthe Inthe inthe the third person which gave his conversation a picturesque and somewhat Oriental Orl Ori or flavor i J Maloney generally plays plas In good luck he said Once in a while he may maybe maybe mayhe be he trimmed but not often orten I ought to have been more care l with my roll but William lIl Nichols Maloney generally generall has pretty prett good luck Here Mr Maloney branched of oft off Into a series of stories Illustrative not only of ot his good luck but hut of or his skill as ns a builder his honesty his acuteness of In Intellect Intellect intellect In- In and his physical strength and prowess as ns well hell He was Interrupted In one of ot the most thrilling of ot the these e stories by the sergeant who arose and pointed down the street I There come Lawson and Slattery with a coon who has picked a l good man many pockets about here I think hes he's the man all right Mr Maloney Malone after a few minutes spent In carefully scrutinizing a n. tall negro who was approaching between the two detectives s stood up The man the nan the very man he exclaimed seizing the sergeant by the arm armand armand and shaking shaking- him William Nichols Maloney your our luck hasn't left leCt you Theman Tho The Thoman man that touched me Haul him In here and search him Under the guidance of Mr Ir Maloney the detectives hurried the negro Into tho the station house and Jammed him against the railing In front of or the sergeants sergeant's desk L Lawson after aCter a dexterous and scientific search through several of oC his pockets pocket drew forth Corth a a. fat roll of oC bills and handed it to the sergeant Five hundred I gU guess 5 said the sergeant Count them Mr Ir Maloney while I take this mans man's pedigree The contractor counted the bills hills Five Fhe hundred dollars dollar all right he added laying them hack back on the sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's ser ser- geant's nt's desk Then he turned to the negro and addressed him In a n. sarcastic tone I 1 Youre a 11 clever er fellow he said ald you OU thou thought ht you OU could trim Maloney did dk you You Yon thou thought ht Maloney who was settin up the drinks drink was an cas easy thing What do you OU think of oC Maloney now noW What h t do you OU think of oC Maloney's luck rhe The negro ha having answered the questions put to him by hy the sergeant was hustled into a n. c cell ll b by the obsequious doorman before he had a chance chanc to say what he thought of either Maloney or his luck The Thc lucky one himself with n m many slaps on the back was thanking the thc sergeant and the detectives for or the return of his mone money Conners attracted b by the loud talking and laughter appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap at the door and was heartily welcomed b by Mr Ir Maloney I tell you Ou fellers he said I like you You have ha treated me white fellers of ot me own kind kind Gods Gods God's noblemen There was a murmur of or applause e at this modest statement while Mr Maloney Maloney Ma Ma- lone loney bit off oft the end of oC a fresh Cresh cigar Ive b been en treated white here he said when the cigar cisar was vas lit and drawing and you ou may may put William Nichols Maloney of or Bridgeport on record as saying that the New Xe York police are arc the finest that walk Gods God's footstool Youve You've helped Maloney and antI although I cant can't bet on the race tomorrow you rou fellers tellers can Old Tank Tanis Is the horse that goin to win nil Billy me friend owns him H lie Ho told toM Maloney he was goin to win He bets on Maloney hire saw the mone money with his own ee eyes Old Tanks Tank's the horse not horse not a word Maloney As Mr Ir Maloney reached this peroration he smote the sergeant so violently on the breast that that staggered back against the railing and repeated his last phrase Not lot a a. word Maloney 1 several times as ns if IC It were some sort o oa of ofa ofa a magic Incantation r 1 rIm Im of off to bed now no he continued after aCter a short pause Im I m stopping a athe at atthe atthe the Waldorf aldor but before beCore I go so I want all nil you OU fellers Cellers to have a n. drink with me The three detectives promptly accepted Mr Ir Maloney's l Invitation while tho the doorman and sergeant declined explaining that their official duties forbade their leaving the station house Mr Maloney after considerable more handshaking left with the detectives es who returned several hours later flushed with drinking and enthusiastic In th their lr praises of oC him j Anyone Anone who to had taken the l trouble to walk alk along West Thirtieth street the Lawson standing on the station house steps have een seen next da day at noon might attire his wardrobe afforded and wearing clad In the gayest and most sportive shoulder Beside Beside Be Be- from slung dung gracefully one leather case a pair of oC field glasses In a doorman and antl the sergeant side him stood Connor Connors Slattery the Ive I've got sot your our money here all right said Lawson tapping his breast 00 mine It all goes on Old Tank counting in all hot Every cent said kl the sergeant reg a a to 1 shot and a cinch I wish I had more cash handy to put on him Conners That guy what gave us the tl tip knows said Its Ils cas easy money what hes he's about What a fool Mulligan was not to put up any coin on Im the Mulligan harp said th the doorman contemptuously contemptuous He never took tooka In his life a ft chance to get to the track In Well I cant can't stay here about him If It I want down the steps So long well we'll be said time said Bald Lawson Lawson- starting wine tonight How Ilow Fleet Flee Everybody known the events of oC the last Suburban handicap Everybody and all the other favorites raced In vain How Belgrave Bel Bel- Foot Celerity scarcely noticed In the long list ot of starters start start- who whose name was e the unknown grave sreve good two lengths In the lead of the see sec wire Into fame a the ers dashed under another old tan tank has the same way many and ond horse And how Old Tank went and finished last In the race gone but when he threw his accustomed chair In his B sat t That niGht the sergeant studs f glittered in the a rays of oC the B green n lamps mp A Athe blue coat coal open op open n no diamond damond had taken the place of oC his cigar and his clay pl Pipe discolored from Crom long use satisfied self wisdom had been succeeded by a former expression of oC benign and misanthropic glare or of discontent Lawson g gazing moodily nt at the houses on Near r h the tho st stone ne steps sat by on the other side side of or the street In the grocery grocer store next door the tho Irish Jut girl neither wondered won won- appeared to tall talk to toof with her hr but neither dered wh why Y neither Slattery nor the Conner Conners heart henrt flirtation u With deJ dejected mien and of or tho those gentlemen had c yours young house n scarcely exchanging Changing station sloe side in the me downcast e eyes they stood side by word and not daring to speak to the sergeant a acquaintances of oC Patr Patrolman p Mulligan an noa no- no noI I Meanwhile over on Broadway the an expression ot of mirth and ana l that his usual Impassive countenance wore that h he occasionally chuckled softly doorman and nnA detectives medi- medi While Mulligan chuckled and the sergeant of oC the New NewYork a parlor car d in s gloomy gloom silence several of the passengers on deriving c considerable were York Central railroad en route to Bridgeport Conn Cown He lie was as n a red faced man from the behavior of ot a fellow traveler entertainment double breasted waistcoat ot of unusually un- un black color and a J with mustache of ot a purplish evening paper containing contain contain- usually bright colors He lie was alternately staring at an nn J the contents of ot a big purse purtle Ing an account t of or Belgrave's Belgraves victory and examining which he held tightly clasped In one hand utter There Theres the 1500 5 c 00 Maloney's Malones luck his passengers fellow ellow engers heard him Mm m mutter m lost the their r m money ney y on safe sate and sound Id I'd have hae lost It like those cops copo must have luck Ma luck Maloney s 's s 8 luc luck the thc tip I gave them if It It hadn't been for me luck Dumb stolen There Theres s R Id I'd have bet het It on Old Tank sure ure and lost It all If It hadn't been on earth like Maloney's luck Philadelphia Philadelphia Inquirer |