The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

mission and the appreciation of these gem
temen. with whom have some business
to do, will occupy this seat until you
shall find the judge. Find the judge,
said she, with emphasis, 60 look for him
yourself, not send me nor my servants.
gave you your breakfast this morning
for chopping little wood, because you
said you had no money; and expected
you would go away quietly and keep
away, and now you must come here TO
disturb gentlemen at dinner. Here the
whole joke burst upon the minds of the
gentlemen present, who fell into loud
fit of laughter. After the tumult had a
little subsidized, says the Judge mildly, did
| chop wood TO pay for my breakfast
Indeed you did, said she, and said you
had no money. told you the whole
truth, says the Judge, but | have beau
,iiul shawl worth more than ten dollars,
which | just now bought, and will leave
it with YOU in pawn, if you will only
me eat dinner with these genlleme
Here the gentlemen were biting their Ii
TO keep from laughter. How did y
buy shawl worth more than ten dollars,
without money bought i; on credit.
said he. And where did you find credit
to that amount! says she. brought 1t
from home, said he. That is a likely
story, and something like your abuse of
Judge Crane this morning, said She
How could | abuse the Judge if he was
not present, SAID he. Why says she,
YOU called him rusty fus,y fudge, an old
codger, and said you did not care rye
straw more for him than you did for
yourself. And here the whole company
were in an uproar of laughter again. But
as soon rs it had little subsidized one Of
the gentlemen asked the landlady how
she knew that the gentleman she was
addressing was not Judge Crane.-iie
Judge Crane! he looks more like Snipe
than q crane!
Here the loud laughter burst forth a
third time. And after a little pause the
Judge said, | must confess am not bird
of very fine feathers, but assure you that
| am a Crane, and crane is very often
a useful instrument; ! saw a very good
one in your kitchen this morning; and
sometimes an instrument called crane
il of incalcuable use, madam. Before
she had time to reply, some of the gentle
men with whom she was acquainted, as
sured her, that she was talking with the
presiding Judge. Astonished and COLI
founded, she attempted some excuse, and
hastily asked his pardon for her rudeness.
The judge had by this time, unobser-
we'd, taken from his pocket the beautiful
shawl and folded it at full length one way,
and in narrow from the other, and it
being Of very fine texture, appeared
more like an elegant sash than like
valuable shawl-when he arose, with
graceful dignity and with half smile, adj
vanced few steps towards the landlady,
saying,"n is not my province to pardon,
but it is my business to judge. and |
lUUSc tllht you anu SIldIl lItiChtti uc
frends-and Judge also that you will
without hesitation, receive this rs pre-
sent, il not as pa'Oa. So saying, he
gently laid it over her shoulders and
across her arms, saying, flake it, ma
dam, do not attempt to return it, for it
was purchased for YOU" She hastily re-
tired in confusion, hardly knowing what
she did, and took with her the shawl
worth twelve dollars instead of ten.
And here were three parties who had
each two good things. The landIady had
a good shawl and good lesson to medi-
tate upon--the gentlemen had good din.
ner and good Joke to talk overland the
Judge had good intentions in the Joke,
and good will and ability 10 follow up the
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