annything that he thinks is commindable, he goes to a neighborin'
liquor saloon, stands on th' pool table an' confides th' secret
to ivrybody within sound iv his voice. That's why Mulligan is a
betther detictive thin Sherlock Holmes or me. He can't put two
an' two together an' he has no powers iv deduction, but he's a
hard dhrinker an' a fine sleuth. Sherlock Holmes niver wud've
caught that frind iv mine. Whin th' safe iv th' Ninth Rational
Bank was blowed, he wud've put two an' two together an' arristed
me. But me frind wint away lavin' a hat an' a pair iv cuffs marked
with his name in th' safe, an' th' polis combined these discoveries
with th' well-known fact that Muggins was a notoryous safe blower
an' they took him in. They found him down th' sthreet thryin' to
sell a bushel basket full iv Alley L stock. I told ye he was a
simple man. He ralized his ambition f'r an agaracoolchral life.
They give him th' care iv th' cows at Joliet."

"Did he rayform?" asked Mr. Hennessy.

"No," said Mr. Dooley; "he escaped. An' th' way he got out wud
baffle th' injinooty iv a Sherlock Holmes."

"How did he do it?" asked Mr. Hennessy.

"He climbed over th' wall," said Mr. Dooley.




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