The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-10
THE FIRST.

their way down dim trail from the divide to Murderer Bar, three per Son>-two males and female The softer part of the company, who was
 fat, fair and probably forty" was
 piled upon mans saddle, and said saddle almost hid from observation the dimlnutiVe specimen of the donkey /. kingdom about which it Was tightly cirdrd Scarcelv word was spoken by i the interesting two. vet from unmiStak- able indications ot dress features, etc. and an orcaSional Yah and NaS ichn cht (put these quotations in Ger man letters if You have thcml uttered by the malr part of thccompany in any thing but a pleasant tone of voice: it was easily discovered that their taderland was wr>t ot the Rhine. and that they wrrr not ou the most friendly terms
 tpeu their arrival al the Bar they stopped in front al a gambling house, and one ot them inquired for the ShuS- tice ot ter Rcare, CT the Ghudge>
 office Although Murdercr'S Bar was l considerable of place at that time, there was neither ot the above function aries residing there at that tune. and a> our German friends had come n distance ot four or five miles. expecting to hnd ] either one ur the other ut these repre- ] scutativrs of the law. d Young man. l (whos" name l regret that have for i gottcn) >ympathizins with tho distress i which m honest answer might occasion. stepped forward and after passing the l wink to the boys, drew un sober iacc and asked the nature of their business i One of them feeling n little suspicious 1 put the unequivocal intvrragatory as to whether ar no he was regular chudgc." but the answer ot sometimes act in I that capacity accompanied with q pat roniking smile seemed satisfactory and
 taking him aside, one of tho applicants, III very earnest manner mpartrd to the scli-constitutcd limb of the law their errand to the Bar Their business was a little moro important than the judge had expected yet after rejecting mo ment hc told them that he could attend tn their cases. aS the power of solemnik- ing marriages and granting divorccs had ! hy recent act ot congress, he,n vested in officials ot high standing in California and that the cost would be considerably less than operations of that kind author i1ed by legal courts owing ta the sim 1 plicitv ot his method The judge re- i quc~tcd them to call round to his of | flee in one hour (pointing Ia little elaphoard shanty at the upper end of the Bar) when the papers would he in readiness for their signatures after go- 1 ing through the necessary examination
 The hour preceding the examination was spent very diligently hy the judge in collecting into his cabin, for the Iur ] pose of giving 1t as much aS possible the air of Il courtroom all the bibles novels and newspapers for Il mile around and after carrying back ot the cabin his cook ing implements, pulling table into the middle of the room, erecting temporary seats, etc he straddlcd his nose with m old pair of green sprctaclcs and awaited the coming of his Dutch friends, expect | ing to attend to their cases in private. and to privately pocket the proceeds of l his labors
 But h" was doomed to disappoint ment for some of the boys getting wind of what was stirring. started for the court-house. and threatened the judge with exposure, unless jury was regu- larly cmpaneled from among them A | there wus no alternative -ot -cnlirAc- submitted cxacting A promise of bccom- ing gravity from the company, agreeing also, if the affair terminated as he cx. pcctcd. ta stand sam to a consider able extent
 This last promise was enough to make deacons of the cntir" company for th" next six hours andrupon the arrival of the s"archer- after law all the boys looked as though they were engaged in coroners inquest Upon ascertaining the facts in the case. it was found that the point at law stood
 MARGARET f"''"A~ In the matter pending
 JouS YorcuAN diV"H'
 The parties were requested to talk seats on opposite sides of the table and to answer to the jury such questions touching the case as tn" honorable court might propound \ jury was cmpanclcd with due cercmony. after which the lady was called upon to stat" her grievances, and wherein the dcicn. dant had failed in his duty to her a- husband Not being there myself it is ! not expected that can give all the qucs- tions asked and answered pro and 1 con during the trial but 1t was vaguely 1 rumor"d that questions wcr" then and : there propnund"d by the foreman of the jury and the court which were quite as irrelevant to the case as they were embarrassing to the modest plaintiff The lady E complaint, however was that her husband did not provide for her a- h" should that he seldom worked. and when he did work he spent his money for whisky instead of giving his earn ings to his thrifty wife; that h" spent his nights abroad instead of by the side of his loving rroV. and that hc wa- a- jealous as Dutchman could be--al of which she agreed to prove by third party The said third party wa- called upon and. after corroforating th" statement of the plaintiff. for the pur pose of making her case a- strong s- possible (for 1t will be seen that he was considerably interested in the matter and relying upon the sanctity of the L.. l .A .i