The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1875-11-20
In the Detroit Police Court.
A YOUNG LAWYER.

A YOUNG LAWYER.
"Your cognomen, my SOM" ask
ed the court of a boy of eleven,
who came out wiping his nose
with as much vigor and rapidity
as if he were being paid ten cents
a wipe.
"Hes dead!" sobbed the boy.
"You don't understand mel
mean your name."
"Bill."
"Bill what?"
"Bill Dawson"
"Well, bub, have heard a very
bad report concerning you. I am
told that you broke a window and
called a woman bad names. How
is it?"
"I'll tell you, and I won't lie,
nuther. / was goin' 'long Con-
gress street, and a woman aXed
me: Boy, will yeu bring in some
coal? And 1 said 1 would for
twenty five cents. And she said:
You little lazy brat, you ought to
be in the poor-hOuse!' And said
was much obliged, and she set
her dog on me. | never called
her no names, and | broke the
window throwin' at the dog"
SIS Mrs. Skidmore here?' ask
ed the court.
She wasn't and after a look
around the boy continued:
Folks has no business to call
boys names, nor set dogs on 'em."
"Have you been telling me the
truth, boy?"
eyes, | have. aIn willing to
be struck dead as a herring if Pve
lied! Where is the woman? Why
don't she come here and swear
agin me! Here's where the dog
bit me on the leg, and l'll face
her any timew
civilian, you may go, but keep
ont of trouble hereafter. It's pref
ty hard for free American citi-
Zen to run away from a Skirmish,
but you had better dodge around
the corner than to get into wran-
gle with a woman. Go in and
find your hat, quit wiping your
nose, go to bed early, and you will
some day be able to deliver an
agricultural address before a coun-
try fair"
TOO MUCH TALK.
"YOur name is Dagger, is it?"
asked his homer of a very robust
woman with very big mouth.
."Yes, sir, my name is Dagger,
and is as good a name as any
ones, and Pd like to know why
the police should arrest an innO-I
cent woman and bring her down
here when she isn't guilty of
anything?"
Hold on madam wait for
breathr'
II won't hold on for any one.
and l think it's burning shame
that 1 should be dragged down
here for nothing at all, when I |
know of plenty who ought to be
hung by the neck, and"
MADAM, pause for one brief |
moment, | entreat you. [ want |
to ask you few questions"
81 can't help your questions, |
nor [ would care to, for when | |
think of a great big policeman,
with red whiskers, hauling me
off down here to lock me me up,
it makes me so mad that-that-"
She gasped and chOked, and he |
had chance 20 saw:
Hush. now, or 1 will have to
send you up"
"YOu won't have to send me up,
either, and il, you did l wouldn't
care much, for I would sue the
city and get damages, for am a
woman of a good family, and Pve
got a brother who won't stand |
by and see any one abuse me,
and all l want is to get out of
hereW
His Honor had picked up dali
ly paper and was reading the
news, and when she found that
her talk didn't interest him she
quit talking.
"Are you through" he asked
as she closed.
mo, | amt through, and [ new
er will be through. and | want
the newspapers to know just how
a poor innocent woman, who new
er harmed a fly in her life, had |
been dragged down here and
locked up, for was never locked
up before in my life, and | pro
pose to"
Thirty days!" he said at this
point, and as Bijah led her away
her tongue Was going like a
water. wheel.