West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-20

INc proClNl-Y To Joking in courts OF
law Is "A homage pald TO deep human
/ instinct. People like Justice best when
/ IL unbcnds a little, aud injustice itself
may be softcucd 10y ingenious Judges
who couCiliate the loser with irresistI-
BILE jest. Even among grave people
like the Turks, this love ol humor often
oVorpowcrS complaint. There Is story
\ in the East of pasha " Whu had rrCoiV-
cd present of two TAT geese. These
succulcnt birds were very scarce at he
time, and the great man called feast
/ OF his tntimatvS, where roast goose,
stuffed with piStachios, was TO form the
central dish. But a rival magnatc, who
greatly wanted goose Tor dinner, had
offered the cook 300 pl0strcs for bird
whcroupon the TOO vcnal officer repaired
to the Cadi, and SAID "lt give your
worship goose, will You see me safe
supposiug auyho ~ complains about the
other ouCY' 'lhe magistrate winkcd
and took his hicd tho other also dIsan-
pcarcd-Hnd at the banquet, when the
eagerly expected dish should have been
produced, there was an aWml aisap-
pomtmcnt. The cook being summoned
protested with many protcstatons that
the geese had Flown away" "Rccov-
cr thcm,' the mturiatcd pasha cried
"or viii have thee before our Cadi
| for the bastiuado.. The guilty cook
rushed madly along the high road.
wondering what to do, when he was
| asked by n donkey driver, Gin the name
of Allah,' TO help him to lit his beast,
which had fallen. lie forthwith pulled
at the doukcy's tail with such thought
less fury that il came of iu his hand.
ana the cook then rushed ON more fran
tically than ever, pursued by the cries
and curses of the driver. A little fur
| thcr he ran i'm his laundering haste
against Christian, and Knocked the
man = pipc-stick into his eye, destroy
ing It.. Yet little further, still wildly
hurrying, he came round the corner
full-tilt upon very ugly Bulgarian
matron, who, being i'm an interesting
condition, was so upset that she then
aud there suffered damage. Being
chased by the husband and some IaD-
tichs, the miserable man ran up the
steps of "A minarct, and when the mucz-
lin would have seized him lcapcd down
to the earth In his desperation, from the
first platform, killing Greek who
chanccd to be sitting with his brother
below. Such "A situation as that pre-
scntcd In the above narrative, IL must
be confessed, was embarrassing, even
TO the humor and resources of A Tur-
kish Judge. TO the original sin of the
goose were now added four separate
misdcmcanors, and the spectacle pre-
sentcd shortly afterward before the
Cadi was one of terrific hubbub, though
the prisoner exhibited strange conf
dcncc. which proved not unfOunded.
First came the Pasha, who told how
the sinful cook had pretended that
geese, plucked ana drawn, could ny
away. "DosJ thou, then, doubt, broth
er," said the Judge, "the power Of AL
lah to call the dead TO life? Let usnot
limit the divine might by our foolish
msbclief-it may have been SO! 90
in peace" Next, the donkcy-man
held up the reft tail of his beast, and
cried for Justice; but the Cadi said
GIVE him the donkey, my sOn, to feed
and use until the tail has grown again /;
then hc shall restore 10 TO thee" The
Christian followed. pointed to the mis-
sing orb, and clamorcd for punishment.
cit is written ~ said the Judge, "that
one eye to a Deliver equals two Of an
iuddcl. DO thou, therefore suffer me
I e., 4 ID,
will be Dut right that ! should order
restitution, by removing one from this
abomiuablc cook" The Christian de-
parted, and was succeeded by the in
jurcd husband, who told his woes. "Bv
The Prophets beard, b" quOth the Cadi,
81 see no way iu this, save that thou
shOuldst divorce the lady, and marry
her TO the cook. Ancrward, IL it be
heavens will that she come again unto
the same state, let him send her back
10 thee, and all will be we'll" This
suitOr also declined to proceed to cxccu-
ton, and there was only left the Greek
who vOciGeratcd for retaliation ON the
slayer Of his brother. 1nshallah 2"
said the Judge, truly hurry Is the de-
vil,' az the wise say; The cook shall
suffer for it; this is but lust. Get
thou. therefore, to the top Of The min
aret, and jump down on the offender
whom I will place below, aud il shall
be that if thou -laycst him none shall
complain" Ilcreupon the Greek also
left the court like the others, amid
acclimatious from tbc bystandcrs, WHO
were loud u the praise OF the CadTs
wonderful DEGREES; but that function
ary was presently heard TO whisper to
the cook, az hc quilted The court.
"Ncvcr you send mc amy more geese,
my friend"
Lost children.
a mother one day lost 0ur of hrr child.