Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-20
rgE CHIEF JUSTICE sNUBBED.
A Great Mans Check Cashed by Gar
rulous Compounder of Cocktails.

Great Mans Check Cashed by UaA-
rulous COmpOunder of Cocktails
Chief Justice Waite, of the Supreme
Court, says a Washington special to the
New York World, had funny expert
ence the other day, and as he has related
il TO anv number of friends, the story mas
had a wide circulation in society. Sew
eral weeks ago he had an imperative en-
gagement in Baltimore. Like all great
men he is proverbially absent-minuea'
He went up to the court and after a lew
moments session adjourned the court anu
came down leisurely to the BaltllnoIe
and Ohio depot, which is only snIIe
distance from the Capitol. AS ne
cot out of the street car he found he nau
ten minutes in which to purchase tlcket
and get seat on the train. AS ne Went
ND to the ticket office he discovered, 10 MS
surprise, that he had only few pennies
in his pocket. He had neglected TO pro.
vide himself with ''scrip for his journey,
| He looked around the waiting room ouI
saw no one he knew. What was 10 pe
done must be done quickly; his engage
ment was an important one. 80 ne Ileu
up in the line to the ticket office, and Wneh
he reached the window the Chief justice
smiled an awful smile across the lull
width of his ample mouth and asked lne
ticket agent if he knew him.
"No, l don't" snarled the agent, ANA
what is more 1 don't want to! what 40
you want?"
81 want a ticket to Baltimore ana re-
| turn. / am the Chief Justice OF Ihe ou-
preme Court, and l have no money Win
| me; it is purely accidental. can give
/ you my personal check"
"Oh, know you. know all the bloods,
but that dodge won't work on me. nave
! just had two members of the CaDluet Iry
/ to blk me out of tickets and no Chlel
Justice dodge gets me. Take your ugly
/ mug out of the window and get out Oh the
! way of people who have money"
The Chief Justice glared. He could not
! fine the young man for contempt OF court:
! He felt cheaper and worse than If he had
! been a real fraud. He blushed and per-
! sDlred so that the agent had his firm be-
| lief strengthened The Chief Justice
! dashed out of the station to see II ne could
not find some one to identify him. lie had
only five minutes left. 1t was TOO snort
! time to run to the capitol. he saw no
one. Across the street there was saloon
and eating house. The Chief Justice
made a rush across the road, but he
stopped at the door. What if he should be
seen going into common gin-mill! What
would people say, and it was bare
! chance if any one in there should know
him? Spying private entrance he iusneu
in and accOsted the proprietor with the
frantic inquiry of do you know meW
Eyes, bet yer head, do, Yer Honor" said
the short-halred, freckled faced man behind
the bar. ''Ye are the boss ay the Shu-
prame Coort. l see We livery day going by
here on the cars
"Will you cash my check? have nc
ime to explain" Here the Justice grab
bed piece Of paper upon a desk near by
and began to write hurriedly.
"Shure / will. Eve seen ould byes of
on tear before get out ofmOney. Trusht
me, sorr. Is it a twenty We want? Here
it is. Will We have drop before We run? p
But before any further explanation
could be made the Chief Justice had
grabbed the money and was running
across the street. In some way the ticket
agent had learned of his blunder during
the Judges absence, and was all polite.
ness when he saw the money. Mr.. Waite
barely made the train, but he has not had
such a shock to his dignity since he went
! VDOn the bench of the Supreme Court.