The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-02
DIFFICULTIES OF n W.T.
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"You must get around early in the
morning, my dear" said Mr., Spoopen-
dyke, "because I'm going to be wit
ness in court" f,s,a 80 HI.
"Good gracious!' exclaimed, Mrs.
Spoopendyke, "what have you been do
ings"r7 - eA$s 1-.uasta s4fs 2'.
"What dye s'pose I've been doing !,
I've heard some things in law case, and
I've got to swear to them. You can't
have law case without witnesses, and
I've got to be one tomorrow; so you
hustle out in the morning and get my
breakfast. x,s - ..-
"They can't do anything to you, can
they?" inquired Mrs. Spoopendyke,
nervously.
eff amt there in time they can send
me to jail, responded Mr.. Spoopenayke,
ominously "and you'd better get me
ready in time if you don't want to lose
me-" and Mr.. Spoopendyke hoped into
bed and went to sleep.
Mrs. Spoopendyke turned the clock
ahead two hours, arranged her hair, anu
sat down to speculate ON the chances OF
waking at the proper moment. At first
she concluded to stay up all night, but
she began to get sleepy, and, rejecting
that if she fixed her mind on the hour
she wanted to rise she'd be sure to wake
up, she went to bed and to sleep stimuli.
taneously.
At half-past she reused up with a
terrified start.
"Wake up, my DEAR" she exclaimed
to her husband. "-You've got to go a
witnessing in case this morning. Hur-
ry up, or they'll put you in jail"
"Wah!' responded Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. "What did the heed get mixed
there with-poof-ah !" and Mr.. Spoop-
endyke was sound asleep again
"You must get right up and go to
court" said Mrs. Spoopendyke firmly.
"You know something about a law court
and you must wake up right off.
"What's the matter ?" propounded
Mr.. Spoopendyke, sitting up and glar-
ing around him. "What day of the
month is this? Who called Spoopen-
dyke? I amt slept wink" and Mr..
Spoopendyke fell back on his pillow.
"You know you must go to the case" ;"
continued Mrs. Spoopenayke. You've
been appointed a witness and you must
go and swear about it. Wake up, or
they will arrest YOU"
"What case" demanded Mr.. Spoop-
endyke. "Who's arrested? Can't you
let man alone just as he's getting in o
doze? What's the matter with you,
anyway?"
"You wanted to get up early about
some court. Come, get up. now, or
they'll send you to JAIL" and Mrs.
opoopend!ko got up and lighted the
gas and began dropping on her skirts.
"WLo's going to court?" asked Mr..
Spoopendyke, sitting up in the bed.
Where's tho court? Think any court
| wants me at 5 o'clock in tue morning p
"It's about law case" said Mrs.
Spoopendyke, cheerfully. You know
you are a witness. 70 think that ]
shon.d live to be the wife of a witness r
and Mrs. Spoopendyke, firmly impressed
that it was something ia the nature of q
foreign mission, gazed admiringly upon
her husband. '-'t
| "Dod CAST the law case !" howled Mr..
Spoopendyke, now thoroughly mad.
"D'ye think law case goes prowline
around all night like policeman? Col
an idea that Judge is going tostrap the
Court House on his back and fetch it UP
here at daylight to try law case9"
"But you said you wanted to get up
early" reasoned Mrs. Spoopendyke,
"and it's pretty early now"
"D'ye s'pose I wanted to get up al
midnight to practice?" propounded Mr..
Spoopendyke. "Think a law case is
like a church-sociable, the first man
there gets the best supper? o'-"''" ''"''
were afraid il L dim start early
wouldn't get q seat The measly couls
don't meet ill 10 o'clock, dod gast it
and here you wake me up at 4! Wha
| dye suppose q witness is, anyhow ?
shouted AIr. Spoopendyks, getting mad
der and madder. "Think he's darl
lantern, and goes around with his slid.
turned and the smoke coming out of tht
top? Dye know what court is?'
| "Why, yes" said Mrs. Spoopendyke
"a court is q place where they hang
people. Mrs. Meterhof-"
"That's it You struck it first clip,
sputtered Mr.. Spoopendyke. "Witl
that information, oil you want is plug
hat and an adjournment to be a lawyer
If I had your intelligence and q balt
head, I'd hire out for Judge at boart
wages. Itell ye court is o place where
they try cases about land, and licking
people, and contracts, and-and-di
vorce cases. Yes. indeed" continued
Mr.. Spoopendyke, solemnly, "they tr,
divorce cases about women waking theil
| husbands up in the dead Of night"
"What kind Of law case are you 60
| ing to witness 2" inquired Mrs. Spoopen
4 dyke.
j "a daylight casel You understand
that? At 10 o'clock, and not s. GO
that through your head ? Think yos
lean remember 10 o'clock IL YOU can
can you remember II, or noon r
.Do they have cases every honr z
queried Mrs. Spoopendyke.
/ uOf course they do. They leayl
Ieyery fifteen minutes, like . ferryboat
/ and if Ican't catch one case I'll be wit
ness ii another. Got II nov Onl,
They don't run IS often from midnight 4
rs. Begin to zee into it Z" s'ss
II think I 40, : said Mrs. iSpoopen
1dyke. ruminatina. I. T was thinking tha
4 one started at 8 o'clock. I'd 60 pnt
witness with you. (
Oh, You'd make Z witness /" pro
lclaimed MI Spoopendyke, "Witl
! your capacity for observing and ability