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...here and scowl at 'em and the best of 'em go by in silence." Just then he became aware of violent horn tooting, and blowing his whistle released the jam which had developed during the conversation. Amid stately sweeps of the hand the cars sped past leaving the isolated bluecoat marooned on his roost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cantabridgian Bluecoat Marooned on Elevated Roost in Sea of Traffic in Square--"Capsule of Law" is Indifferent | 3/18/1927 | See Source »

...umbrage at the music his sister was playing on the phonograph, tossed the phonograph out of the window, barked his shins on a table, threw the table after the phonograph, went from room to room performing feats. His sister ran for a policeman. Mr. Garcia knocked down the peaked bluecoat. Came another. Mr. Garcia bit him; he hit Mr. Garcia with a blackjack; Mr. Garcia dived from the window into the clutches of two more officers who lugged him, roaring, off to jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Pullman | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

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