We promoted to roundsman a patrolman, with an already excellent record, for gallantry shown in a fray which resulted in the death of his antagonist.
The other man was a patrolman whom we promoted to roundsman for activity in catching a burglar under rather peculiar circumstances.
The devil you did," the roundsman said, as much with irritation as with amazement.
For the greater reality of the impersonation and as a special precaution against curiosity they made friends with the porter of the house and his wife and with the police roundsman of the neighbourhood, often inviting them to a glass of vodka.
This stopping to look round was, according to a printed police circular, one of the symptoms of Nihilism, so the roundsman was ordered to watch until the suspicious man should re-emerge from the cheese shop.
Seeing that he boarded a hackney-sleigh, the roundsman did the same, ordering the driver to follow along as closely as possible, but at this he lost time in persuading the hackman that he was a policeman in disguise.
The roundsman spoke to the agent of the house where Koboseff had rented a basement for his projected shop and dwelling room; whereupon the agent recalled that cheesemonger's handwriting had struck him as being too good for a man of his class.
Roundsman 9999 conveying a party of these derelicts to the station.
The roundsmandid not spare himself in the recital.
To think that he, a smart roundsman of the Broadway squad, should have been bested so thoroughly by a miserable alien chauffeur!
Sacrificing himself, Roundsman McCulloch fell back into his corner, and left the window clear for Curtis.
The roundsman did not try to grasp the inner significance of this rigmarole.
That settles it," said the roundsman emphatically.
The same glance which showed him the gray automobile stealing softly across the network of car-lines of one of the city's main thoroughfares revealed a roundsman crossing the square.
A roundsman was entering headquarters at the moment, and gave the quartette a sharp glance.
Then, at a nod from Evans, the roundsman took the prisoner to a cell.
The roundsman here will tell you how careful one has to be in such matters.
Devar was about to congratulate the roundsman on the prospect of an all-night journey if Brodie's chance phrase were fated to come true, when he glanced at Curtis, and elected to remain silent.
Steingall and Clancy arrived before the roundsman had made an end of his experiences, which he had to recount for their benefit.
The advent of the roundsman with a prisoner and escort created some commotion among his colleagues.
Of course, the roundsman could not grasp the somber thought underlying Curtis's words, but a species of indeterminate suspicion prompted his next question.
My mind went back to the job we have in hand," said the roundsman readily.
Missing his reserves, Sergeant McNally had sent the Roundsman in search of them.
The other told where he belonged and left quickly for his post, while the roundsman made a poor fist of explaining that he was “just admonishing the patrolmen to move around and do their duty” when the commissioner came up.
The roundsman was found gossiping with two patrolmen on another beat.
By the light of a neighboring gas lamp the roundsman recognized the interrogator’s face.
In search of the roundsman the Commissioner started to call him to account for all this laxity in discipline.
Just as we was gettin' the last of the kids loaded in for their ride up to the Home, a roundsman shows up with two cops.
At this Sadie and Mrs. Cubbs tries to butt in, but that roundsman had a head like a choppin' block.
Missing his reserves, Sergeant McNally had sent the roundsman in search of them.
The Governor glared immobile, his stony eyes shifting from the now red and stammering roundsman to Conville's beaming countenance, and back again.
The hell they are," said theroundsman aggressively.
The roundsman on the beat dropped in, the political boss of the ward, named Hendricks, Doctor Smalley, the young physician who lived across the street, and others.
The roundsman dashed off to give the alarm and the sergeant ran up the stoop of the house and commenced to bang on the door with his club, and the two ventriloquists were enjoying the joke.
Then your platoon of men and your roundsman will testify to a falsehood," said the house owner.
The sergeant was discussing the matter with the roundsman when suddenly from a private house before which at the moment they were passing came a series of wild, frantic screams, and the next instant the screams were followed by cries of "fire!
The roundsman was a friend of the two men who had been sent to the station house in disgrace, and he again asked: "How about Jones and O'Brien?
The official workhouse, the farming of the poor to a contractor, the employment of the poor within the workhouse, and the relief of the rates by the Roundsman system of servile labour are described (Nos.
