Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-02-09


mcs, bur., bic diaphragm. % onward the
digni6-d Judge and solemn bsrristsr came
splsshing through knee-dsep water. mo-
msn,a,ily expecting TO plunge into = ten
foo, abyss. There VAS no POSITION OF the
water over a foot and . half deep AZ
they reared the farther shore. Fitzpatrick
mounted his horse and rode on TO We.
tamphs. leaving ''The Court and his
cOmr.de TO srjoy the discovery OF his
~ieked sell.
The keisl q, ~hieh the Judge and VS.
i,ins attorneys %sl~sys s'oppsd ~ss Kept
by = very prim and 'ome-hsi prudi'h old
lady. ~bo VAS well sequsint'd With
Col Fi'eh." Judge Cannon. and most
Of The Montgomery lawyers, but she bad
never seen Jones. The old lady had mum.
srOu. questions TO ash ''Col Fitch about
himself and some Of biz brother attorneys
~ho had no, ye, arrived. With = lu-
gubrioas expression 81 coun,snanee "Col.
Fitch" told her ihs, be bad passed Judge
Cannon some miles back. ''bst ~ls very
sorry 10 hsd ihs, he wss bringing the
old woman sloBg ~iih him"
"whst old ~omsnl Ill. wife asked
the lsndlsdy.
mo. indeed :" replied Fitch. "'fhe
Juds. hs. no ~if,. It.s kres, pity he
hasn't. II he bad = good wife psrhsi'
her irhoeree might restrain him IRON
travelling over HI. judicial dis,rie, in CON-
p.ny With a female dressed In male az
tine"
The old hotel mistress Was thoroughly
shocked that ".ueh . nice. modest. veil.
bshswd old gentleman 80 Judge Cannon
should thus di'grsoe himself" ard she
suggested the possibility Of Fitzpatrick
bting mistaken about IL.
ut. |. fact. madam" be ,olemnly as
suvd bet. ''No ore would su'Pset her
81, ., hri sight. 90 sell disguised 10 she.
bot II you notice c rvfally -hsn 'he re-
move. her bat. she h.. her hair done up
10 little 0reisn hboi. and fastened BE-.
hind ~i,h . regular ladies ,ueking comb.
II l. really . siyirg shame the ~sy the
old hypoenie be. been setirg lately. and
Il ,ou DO no, van, the reputation 81 your
hotel ruined. you bad batter rot LET them
pa, up here"
The Old LADY vas ablas, al h iidisrs.
ton, ard she ,sid she vas "j'', s,ehins
TO zee the old ul,sn. ard tell him ~h.,
,hs thought Of him"
Aboa, dusk Juds, C.nnoa aud hi'
bald h,sdsd companion drove up The
evening w.. rather oool. .ni the liuls
oshe. Of the hotel -ss neatly fol- Of rswly
arrived lawyers TO -tom f'IP.irSk hsd
ja.ily rel. 81 ,h. ''d,,p -sisr J,ss.' s'
~ .iy led it. and also that be hsd told
The l.ndl.dy about hi, hono' AMI female
travelling oOmpsnlon.
They -sf- jssi sisiag the Jads, q
ketry welcome. ~hsn IN sailed the old
lsndl.dy. ~i,h the hsa,sur Of . duchess.
waking boldly up TO the Judge. the
sood.nsiai,d dianiisry. With hs FACE
~iealhsd IN smiles. held out hi' hand
18th. ''Ho- do you DO. my dear madam {;
am rally Glad
"Doa'il oa com, round here a'd,sr
m.d.ming me-. YOU Old ~~hiie~s.h'd
%sr.,.,.dl' she fairly .hussed "ios
and ,h., lantern ,-ed old ~.neh ('hss.
ing her fns,r m,n.cinsly IN jOas.' fac
can '.i get on you ded. aud 'kip; jos
oui.d.eioa. old h,.lhsnl
10 ..y ,ha, Jsds- Cannon ~s' dumb
founded would be- pg,iing IL too ismsly
he "a. q ~hole dumb asylum A. 'oon
q. b.. bs~ild,rrd mental f.eul,is. cosld
rally = htile. be b.-led out:
"Ben Fitch hs. been telling 'one Ia.
fsrn.l lie on u.. and III foe hin $50 for
oonismp, Of court Il be dOesn', take II
back A. onee."
'Col. Fitch ia gentleman. cir. aud
doa'l toll he. on nobody" ho,ly rs,otied
the old lady. ~hile Col. Fitch bad isno-
miniou.ly retired b,hisd q group Of ls--
Yer, oa, Of range Of III. hsry slanee' Of
the indisnan, Judge.
Every o present, eteep' Sshhon'
Jone. and the rate lsndlsdy. wsre row
~nthias 10 eonsul.ion. q laughter.
"Do you dare stand here. and tell me
and ih,.e gentlemen (-i,h small cap I'm
ph..i. on gentlemen ths, this thing
here is . man, Hey" screamed the
angry hostess. li,ii With rage. and s'ill
shaking her long hug,r In concentrated
corn =, the pale md trembling Ions'.
She then made one bound fofwsrJ. Lac
a ca, poaneing on q e~rOuehing rabbit. and
.sirins hi, glossy silk hat. and pointing
10 the innoeen, little ,uekins comb. ,r-
claimed:
Look ., that. g,n,lemsn. aud tell
me What oush, to be don. With . dee
.,riek JIdge who would have such an
ugly female .earrero~ as she, around the
eireui, with him. aud then have the in
,ar.nee TO Try TO pass her Oh fofs man
an in a respectable hotel a, that! lisa
regular Outrage on society. and ] 'ay they
bad ough, 10 be tarr,d aud fea,h,rtd and
then rid On a rail out Of iowa"
The bilsriou. lawyer. then and there
assembled did no: ride ''the guilty par.
ties" GA q rail. bat somebody paid for
several s~sliOas Of pure, Old',ims fluid