Followed by the local citizenry, who marveled at his deductive
skill, he advanced against Kelly's barn in the outskirts of
Berryville. Here, perceiving evidences of occupation, he demanded
admittance and on being ignored he forced an entrance and
courageously arrested two young fellows who were hiding there
waiting for the night to come.
It is painful to relate that in process of being captured one of
these youthful fugitives delivered a devastating blow upon the long
nose of the constable thereby unconsciously doing a good turn like a
true scout and repaying him in kind for his treatment of Pee-Wee
Thus it will be seen that fate is just for, as Pee-Wee explained to
Pepsy, "He got everything I wanted him to get, a punch in the nose
and two hundred and fifty dollars. And that shows how I got paid back
for doing a good turn, because if I hadn't given up that two hundred
and fifty dollars he wouldn't have got punched, so you see it pays to
be generous and kind like it says in the handbook."
The official pride of Beriah Bungel as he led his captives back
to Everdoze to await transportation to Baxter City was somewhat
chilled by the inglorious appearance of his face. There can be no
pomp and dignity in company with a wounded nose and Beriah Bungel's
nose was the largest thing about him except his official prowess.
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