Freddy and the Bean Home News by Walter R. Brooks

Author:Walter R. Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Overlook Press

Freddy knelt down and pretended to be playing with some pebbles.

“Evening, Mr. Bean,” he said. “We got a warrant for that pig of yours. I’m sorry, but we’ve got to do our duty and arrest him.”

“You ought to be ashamed of yourselves!” said Mrs. Bean, her eyes snapping.

“Now, Mrs. B.,” said Mr. Bean; “never argue with the law.”

“Do you know where he is?” asked the trooper.

“Wouldn’t tell you if I did,” said Mr. Bean. “It’s against the law to hinder ye, but I ain’t going to help ye.”

“We’ll just have to search, then,” said the trooper, and he went back to the car and he and the other trooper started towards the pigpen.

“Supper’s on the table,” said Mrs. Bean. “Sheriff, you and your nephew had better come in and have a bite. You can get back in time for your party. We haven’t got much—just fried chicken and cold ham and Lyonnaise potatoes and grilled tomatoes and gingerbread and mince pie and pickles and coffee—but you’re welcome to what there is.”

“Why, thank you kindly, ma’am,” said the sheriff, “but I wouldn’t want you to stint yourself on my account. I guess we ought to be getting along. Mustn’t disappoint Bloody Mike.”

“Well, goodbye, then,” said Mrs. Bean. “Goodbye, little boy. What’s your nephew’s name, sheriff?”

The sheriff looked at Freddy a minute, then he grinned. “Longfellow,” he said. “After the poet. Longfellow Higgins.”

“Well, goodbye, Longfellow,” said Mrs. Bean, as they drove off.

“What did you have to give me a name like that for?” said Freddy. “This suit is bad enough, without that.”

“Well, you are a poet, aren’t you?” said the sheriff. “And besides, with a name like that, nobody’ll guess who you really are. Who ever heard of a pig named Longfellow?”

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