Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-16

Sutu ROW IOFIullt LOT MIN, HOW
ever, Tor When they reached what
IL SEEMED must b- the very centre
Of the NoO,ls, they entered n clear
ed space. which marked the end of
the journey.
Jack knew he stood in the nHi
mails court room, for .lrrr, on n
bank on which moss had been
spread for a carpet, sat n very t-
rW'ioas l"king and very old lion,
wearing an enormous pair of eye
glasses, while just Mhiml him his
wife lookr,l over his shoulder curl
ouslN III the prisoner. just below
the lion n tiger sat on his haunchrs,
as il he WIS the clerk at the cont;
NJ one side stood n giraffe ~ crirr.
and ON n swinging sign overhead
p-rrh,l an old crow, who, as the
shade over his eyes plainly told,
WIN The court reporter.
u WAS Il terrible inouIent for poor
Jack, M III stood there before the
savage looking Judge, aud be re-
"l,ed from that ins'an, thai there
WINS NOT hall So nnch fun in the M
called sport n liuuting AS so.ue p-o
pie SEEMED to think.
"Nhai's Your namr!" asked the
tiger. with growl. aud Jacks teeth
rhattrird 80 that he could larll,
answer
"Jark Jones"
Nv hat Is the charge against the
prisoner, Captain Gorilla!' asked
The Judge, as he strukrd his WINS.
her> and adjusted his eir.glassrs.
"tmrNing dangerous wralmns.r
answered he odd fellow. IN he point
ed I" 'lr pea sh"otei. and then hr
nin'i"nrd one at the rhlnnpanz, rs
Ia tell the story, he staudiIg ready
To co,I"imrarr What his Lieutenant
should SAY IN ease Jack attempted
10 druN his guilt.
The chimpanzrr told The Judge
that he ilad been out with Captain
Gorilla ami his ioui comrades since
six r'cl"ck that morning, louking
inI >nnIr suspicious acting animals
vino had t"rn Irpnitcd AZ being in
that ward; ilrN had ,liSrn cred the
prisoner, who WAS ARMED ~ his hnn
~ rouid So: hr VAS. AZ the time of
his attest. luuking around him IN a
SiugulHfk riiIlunS manner and
waS. 10 the best at his (hr off
rrI'>) belief, Il dangerous PERSON tn
he NJ liberty.
| hr old crow lnukrd down NJ Jack
as II hr WAS ahint t. write a dr.
>rIiptinu at hlm for III" mex, mum
or of the Forest Herald. aud The
Judge wiped his rNr.glassrs with
his tail. rs he asked, "l- his gun
tnatird!'
Captain Gorilla stepped forward,
and Mas almht ~ rNamin- the wra.
pom. whrn ilIrgIrHtfr prt his hoois in
his ears, and Insisted that II il VAS
absolutely necessary Ia go into such
slight "details. the Captain should
go at least uii!r from the court &.
silrr he was very nervous and
afraid ut - noise.
The J"dgr ihought thai perhaps
il made no difference whether the
charge WAS actually in the gun or
not. >iHrr The prisoner had The am
uhitl"n Ia his p"sSrssion, nd Then
ransrti III i! In runsi,lrr What the
X n'rurr shunld he.
Jack. Whr MIS- uorp frightened
than ever m.turr, had had no chance
10 speak since his iilal began, but
now he commenced In cry and plead
his cause III the same time.
"Drar. kind. good Mr.. Lion, il
you'll only let me <" home. I'll bend
the knife all up. an ! won't ever
shoot II single pea, except Ut the
side 81 onr barn, where They can't
hint amy body. Do let me go, cause
I'm afraid didn't get the milk for
lnhhpr before ! came here"
III yoa negl,rtrd to do the pr.
rands tm Your mother, YOUR punish
ment musi he all the more severe,
said the Judge, and his wife nodded
her head as il to SAY she Thought
that drrisiun rxartl, correct.
"Ill never come ont here again.
an I'll always do everything moth
or wants me to" pleaded Jack, hut
/ ali in win.
The Judge considered he ease in
silence tor some moments; The CLERK
1 licked his chops hungrill, M il h.
expected tn liz called ntmn IL IA,
the prisoner; the Captain oi Police
hran.li~h-d his clnh 1vag-ly; th.
crow made preparations for writing
down the prisoners last words; aud
Ju'ks hair would have sioM
striighr up, brcau@ of his fright
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