Half way up ho dropped a littlo
twiwrf ho hold in his hand and
stooped to pick it up. As ho did fo
tho iron ferrule of his cane struck
tho chin of a charming society lello
of Oakland, who was directly behind
him. Thero was a feminine shriek
and a momentary backward movement
of the crowd which caused tho
man with tho cano to turn and look
behind him, tho cano traversing a
semicircle about his rotuud form us
ho moved. It caught a well known
politician from tho Bay City directly
in tho car, administered a gentlo tap
on tho cheek of a leading divine and
captured tho hat from tho head of
nu indit mnt woman, whoso vociferous
protest reached tho oars of tho
unconscious offender, who, anxious
to learn if tho whole crowd had
gone mad, mado another turn.
Tho cano took a downward course
this time, planting its iron point
gently but firmly just above tho hmt
vest button of a rising young attorney
who had been juit about to
servo an injunction on the offending
rod. Instead ho executed an involuntary
obeisance, and the wand of
subjection pacing over his head, describing
a parabola that cut clean
through the cloud of semilegal profanity
that was beginning to impai t
n bluish tingo to tho atmosphere,
prodded tho eye of ono passenger,
filliped playfully the 11010 of another
and flnibhed up its work by
catching in the back hair of its original
victim. Thero is no knowing
what developments might havo followed
tho next turn had not a quick
witted passenger reached and with
his hand struck down tho projecting
point, with a forciblo injunction to
tho bearer to keep it down.
