Bulldog

Bulldog

When Zinn came home from prison, no one was at the station to meet him except the constable, Tom Frejus, who laid a hand on his shoulder and said: Now, Zinn, let this here be a lesson to you. Give me a chance to treat you white. I aint going to hound you. Just remember that because youre stronger than other folks you aint got any reason to beat them up. Zinn looked down upon him from a height. Every day of the year during which he had swung his sledge hammer to break rocks for the State roads, he had told himself that one good purpose was served: his muscles grew harder, the fat dropped from his waist and shoulders, the iron square of his chin thrust out as in his youth, and when he came back to town he would use that strength to wreak upon the constable his old hate. For manifestly Tom Frejus was his archenemy. When he first came to Sioux Crossing and fought the three men in Joe Rileys saloonoh, famous and happy night!Constable Frejus gave him a warning. When he fought the Gandil brothers and beat them both senseless, Frejus arrested him. When his old horse, Fidgety, balked in the back lot and Zinn tore a rail from the fence in lieu of a club, Tom Frejus arrested him for cruelty to dumb beasts. This was a crowning torment, for, as Zinn told the judge, hed bought that old skate with good money and he had a right to do what he wanted with it. But the judge, as always, agreed with Tom Frejus. These incidents were only items in a long list which culminated when Zinn drank deep of bootleg whisky and then beat up the constable himself. The constable, at the trial, pleaded for clemency on account, he said, of Zinns wife and three children; but Zinn knew, of course, that Frejus wanted him back only that the old persecution might begin. On this day, therefore the ex-convict, in pure excess of rage, smiled down on the constable. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 68868
Author: Brand, Max
Release Date: Aug 30, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son Company
Publication Date: 1924
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Foster, Will, 1882-1953