A Safe Passage.

Lake County Press, Issue 903, 22 March 1900, Page 7

A Safe Passage.

An Irish paper describes an amusing scene in the streets of Dublin :—A very self-important little man, of the kind who paze at the puhlic buildings with the keen glance of one who has money invested In them, and who regard puhlic officials with the piercing glance which counsels them to earn their money or account for themselves, approached a tall policeman the other day with indignation glistening In his eyes. " I demand to know." he said, in a firm voice. " I am forced to remain on this side of the street when my business calls me to the other ?" The policeman looked a trifle startled for a second or so, but recovering himself, he replied—- " Well, who's keeping you from ■roiuc ?" "The traffic, sir: the traffic of vehicles ; yet pedestrians are supposed to have the right of way." " Well," gruffly responded the officer, "what are you going to do about it ?" " I am going to insist on my rights, sir." said the responsible citizen. "That's easy." said the officer. "And see that I get them." " That will be harder." " You are a public servant, in the public pay. and at the call of the public. I therefore demand a safe passage for my person across this thoroughfare. It Is your duty to see that my demands are complied with." The big policeman looked at him for moment in a quandary ; then, seeming to solve the problem, he said, with a wink in his eye—"A cafe passage you want, is It? Well, you shall have It." And, lurforc the resrxmsible citizen could divine his intention, he picked hkn up. tucked him under his arm, and was dodging between the horses' heads across the street. The little man had not recovered his breath before the blueeoat dropped him on the opposite pavement, and started back again.