Show POMPEII TUB THE VALIANT story of tile the hero here of a hundred rad runaways pompeii of the new york mounted police squad anti and ono one of the most intelligent tell igent members ot of tho the force wals wai retired from active dervich der vico tho the other day when the stroke hammer put tho the big bay out of service ho he was wag saved caved from tho the rag mana mans cart and night hawk cal cab by the d devotion of his bla fifteen year friend arid and comrade mounted policeman ll edmond P Ke bereacy reacy of tho the west street station pompeii had spent nearly twenty la tho service and ganv tho the rules ot of tho the department better than many a lie ho was the show borso ot of the force catching runaways was hla his business but ma matheia thema ties was his diversion ile could aida subtract divide and multiply and for years had bad been a source or delight to tho the school children along seventh avenue venue where ho he was on duty between and streets tho the children would gather around pompeii in tho the afternoons and talk to him good at mental arithmetic whoa when a sum in arithmetic was given 1111 him pompeii would listen attentively to tile tha figures ponder over them for a moment and then announce the answer by striking tile tho ground with his left forefoot it if tho the answer was me halt of something pompeii indicated it by bending his foreleg at tile tho im linco and holding it for a moment ills ilia friends insist that he could toll tell time by 17 looking at a watch and announce the tha hour and halt half hour in the ibo same way as ho he did ills sums playing with tile the children was wag by no menns means the best part ot of Pompei pompeius is service the records show allow that he be and his master havo have stopped more than a hundred runaways in the last fifteen years in several instances lives were saved policeman keresey and lave have been almast insuperable ever since tile tho latter joined tho the force again and again the comrades a short time when keresey was transferred from one precinct to another but ench each time the policeman managed to have ills his favorite sent after him hurt while stopping runaway A short time before tho the arrival 0 ot f prince henry in new york pompeii was badly hurt while stopping a runaway at seventh avenue and straat ban ot two lays days later whilo acting as a guide for the prince somo some dirt got la in tho the wound and blood poisoning set la in doresey managed to get placed on reserve duty duly and gave all ills his time to nursing pompeii back to health tho the veterinary condemned tho the hot borso 0 as unfit tor for duty but henesey managed to evade the decision tor for it a few days then pompeii mado made a spectacular run along the avenue and stopped a bad runaway in such style that nothing more was said about retirement tho L LIU latal fatal day was only put off however howl horl and last month the big bay was sold at auction at the stables ot of tho the west street station keresey was on band with all the ready money no ho could scrape together determined not to be separated from hla his old friend tr lenil hurt while Stop stopping pling runaway doresey himself bears zomo some scara gained in tho the rushes lie ho has mado mada with pompeii five years ago ills right leg was broken in two places and two years ago ills neck wi was wrenched and his skull shull nearly smashed in both injuries were received while with Pompei pompeius is aid ho he was stopping dangerous runaways only one man had the heart to bid against keresey so lie ho ransomed rans omed III his old friend tor for 50 about twice what wha t ho he was worth said the veterinary then keresey started on a vacation when last heard from ho be was spending it on a bit ot or a farm ho he has at rye N Y and with him went pompeii happy in his lost last transfer |