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Show Duty Called Constable To Go the Utter Limit . The 'special constable was being shown his first night beat. "See that red light in the distance?" dis-tance?" said the sergeant. "That's the limit of your beat in that direction. di-rection. Now go on with it." The new constable started off. When three o'clock rolled around, he did not come in to report, nor did he show up for duty the following fol-lowing night. Then, along about 4:30 that next morning, he turned up again, weary and limping. "Where in thunder have you been," demanded the sergeant. A feeble response : "That red light was a long-distance moving van. I came upon it 43 miles put when it stopped because of a flat tire." |