Show WOW NO HOBOS HOLD UP P WHOLE IOE POLICE FORCE LANGDON Kan Nan Aug 17 John John who is city marshal and In fact the whole dad blamed police force and citizenry protective measure here was his beat He was In the alley behind one of the towns town's stores lIe He saw two dark figurea figures figures fig- fig 1 ures urea skulking skulking- in the shadows I Come out of there What are you I doing In there anyhow he commanded commanded com corn mended in his most dignified and stentorian sten sten- torian tone The two men obeyed him They came out but they were behind automatic auto auto- matte matic revolvers leveled at the town marshals marshal's person Stick em up stick em up they ordered prodding the officer in the ribs with their artillery Just two ways were open One was I to play the fool tool and die a hero and the theother theother other was was to suffer the humiliation of ot I being held up making sport for the town jokesters but preserving a whole skin Marshal chose the less heroic heroic he- he he he- but more sensible course He lie held up his hands and the hobos took his gun star flashlight billy club his commission as deputy sheriff of ot Reno county and 9 In money They didn't overlook anything Now git the they commanded with a flourish of ot their weapons And the whole dad burned police force torce embodied in the person of ot Marshal Mar Mar- I did get Mar |