The constable is outside.

Shall I call him in ?" "Uncle Bedny" was the town constable and had been since before the war.
The purely honorary office was given him each year as a joke.

Captain Cy grinned broadly, and even Tad was obliged to smile.
"Don't be inhuman, Heman," urged the captain.

"You wouldn't turn me over to be man-handled by Uncle Bedny, would you ?" "This is not a humorous affair--" began the congressman, with dignity.
But the "bereaved father" had been prospecting on his own hook, and now he peeped into the sitting room.
"Here she is!" he shouted.

"I see her.