me head,' he says. 'I'm surprised,' he says, 'an' considerably startled, an' I'm crouchin' there lookin' where
the doll was when I feel a hell of a pain in the calf of me leg,' he says, 'like I been stabbed. I jump up, an'
there's this doll wit' a big pin in its hand just ready t' jab me again.'
"'Maybe,' says I to the drunk, 'maybe 'twas a midget you seen?' 'Midget hell!' says he, 'it was a doll! An'
it was jabbin' me wit' a hat-pin. It was about two feet high,' he says, 'wit' blue eyes. It was grinnin' at me
in a way that made me blood run cold. An' while I stood there paralyzed, it jabbed me again. I jumped
on the bench,' he says, 'an' it danced around an' around, an' it jumped up an' jabbed me. An' it jumped
down an' up again an' jabbed me. I thought it meant to kill me, an' I yelled like hell,' says the drunk. 'An'
who wouldn't?' he asks me. 'An' then you come,' he says, 'an' the doll ducked into the bushes there. Fer
God's sake, officer, come wit' me till I can get a taxi an' go home,' he says, 'fer I make no bones tellin'