Show MAKING IN IRELAND when a wee derop has been success fully mn public interest in it reaches an acute stage if the still is located on an island in a lake as Is often alic case at a given time the cots long flat bottomed boats will be been shooting out from alie shores of the mainland and making for their destination by circuitous routes the cots are beached at different places and left in position admitting of ready soon the fringe of natives around the detill grows into a well defined circle the runner of the still stands over the keg of liquor with a tin cup in one hand and with alie other keeping a farm grasp on the wooden tap that draws off the in bottles of all shapes and makes the liquor is carried away and the demand tor mugs and cupi far exceeds the supply shillings and sixpences are taken out of the corners of colored handkerchiefs where they have long lain towards a settlement with tho landlord on rent day not a penny piece available in the but will go to the runners pile unless the at homo interferes anich she seldom doeg indeed there would be more chance for trouble were her husband to return to the house without a wee derop handy if one man runs short of money another has a sixpence or two to spare so that before the gathering has been long on the island there are signs of over in fulgence dul gence by and by this ono and dispose themselves on ame grasa to got a much needed nap there is a big do crease in the call for mugs and cups and a decided increase in the amount of noise this even grows sometimes despite many recruits to the ranks of tho sleepers then in mot the cry police po lice police po lice will come echoing over the waters in an instant all la excitement cit ement the wooden tap is pulled out of the keg and a bung inserted such of the sleepers as can be aroused are flung bodily into the boats and when alie still haa been a mad race begins the policemen are in a largo boat patterned after a lifeboat everything seems to favor them in the pursuit and yet they gain but little on their prey it is at once noticed how expertly the countrymen handle their oars compared with the feelers peelers pe elers who lack practice gradually alio unfailing regularity of the cot men begins to boid their pur auers even and when the excitement of the caaso lias to an extent counteracted the effect of t their increased strength of ami sends them ahead when alic gap is ficen to bo widening loud cheers come from alio pursued as are not rowing wave their arrua and hats wildly and shout derisively at the policemen the latter now inov they are on a wild goose chase but at ecat they must bend to the work for a little while longer so aa up to tho duties imposed on them one by one however they rest their oars and soon alicy arc talking it over and laugh ing the while they blame the luck which r gave them such exertion without suits tho pursuit takes place oh jr land und hero the police generally sue aeed in making a haul the drink ers are not half so lively in eca rig ashore as afloat and besides the lob bhea are all active men Over bogs and hills such as are able scatter and run for dear life A coat is thrown away here a waistcoat waist coat there suspenders are t unbuttoned tha hard leather belts tightened a hole and if the pace in a killer the old cloth bat held in hand will follow the rest of tho wardrobe ai the start the police all scatter in order to capture the moat prisoners in this way the pursuers frequently find themselves great distances apart at tho end of long chase the great object 1 is to arrest the owner of the still when this is accomplished the victim seldom escapes a heavy fine or else imprison ment many amusing instanced are recorded of police being led into traps i by tho pursued on one occasion a po haeman found himself in a bog hole alno r feet deep and from which dicapo was well nigh ills comrades had i gone in an opposite direction and no ono heard hia cries aavo a couple of iila intended victims they hauled hartt dub i of tho mire and when ha stood on mhd bank a perfect picture of ono j j of his rescuers th hist in the world for a ducklo it was never known how much tho three before they but dickeys Mic keys pat was always willing to wear thai they wor that bad they toll their own fathers tho bog hole covered tho bins of the policeman and it was rumored afterward that when the sergeant heard of the occurrence he declared och holy smoke 1 I 1 th fool I 1 think of such a |