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Show A NICE LITTLE MUDDLE. Springfield, Mass., has an odd tangle tan-gle in its police department. Tho chief detailed an olllcer to go out and collect evidence against some saloon men for Illicit whiskey selling, and instructed in-structed him to enter the suspected places and buy and drink whiskey and beer. Tho officer said ho did not drink, and did not caro to risk acquiring ac-quiring tho habit by doing this sort of work. Tho chief insisted it was the duty of tho policeman to obey orders and would not rescind tho order. The policeman resigned rather than drink. When the resignation came before tho police board there was trouble. Tho chief stood by his position, and tho board divided in its opinions. Tho temperance- peoplo mado quito a row and took tho part of tho olllcer. It seems that tho town has a rule that no officer shall drink whilo on duty, if that isn't a muddle, wo don't know what is. n |