Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1885 — A Sociable Policeman. [ARTICLE]

A Sociable Policeman.

A gentleman who rented a country house near New York City experienced much annoyance from thieves who robbed the apple trees, but was never able to catch any of them. Coming out unexpectedly one afternoon, he discovered a man hidden among the foliage of an apple tree, presumably with larcenous intent. “You had better come down from there or I’ll send for one of the mounted police and have you arrested,” said the man who was trying to raise apples. The offender cooned it backward down the tree, when, to the amazement of the amateur horticulturist, who should the guilty party be but the mounted policeman. “I thought I heard you say you wanted a policeman,” said the uniformed protector of prpperty, as he picked up some fruit and concealed it in his bulging pockets. “Well, vou are a cool one. Don’t you want to borrow a basket, to carry some more home ?” The policeman mounted his horse, whieh wks tied outside of the lence, and, as he rode off with his booty, he said: “We mounted police in the suburbs >don’t ?ut on as much style as them New ork City cops. We are more sociable, we aye.”—Texas Siftings.