The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER yL
A KEW JUDGE on THE EENc1.
It was the first day of the April
Term of the Sandtown Circuit Court
a day usually given to the scaling OF
the docket and the .'setting" OF
cases for trial. Judge Jim Silkit in
the chair and the ''bar" lolling around
in big yellow wooden arm-chairs, and
lawyers having their feet where
lawyers feet must be or perish-on
the adjacent tables. There are nc
clients, foreign nor domestic. in the
room. The clerk is writing at his
desk and the bar is talking pro
miscuously just after a general laugh
Mt some anccdote told by old Judge
Banks at the expense Of the new Judge
James "Silkit," Esq-mysclf. In the
general hurry of the laugh and the
joke call out:
1.-The State against Tunnycliff! What
case is that Mr. Clerk?" Mr. Clerk.
being young fellow of the name Of
Joe Ellet, doesn't know.
"Why.Judge Jimr exc!aims the old
Judge; ''don't you know what ease
that is? That's the Crasque Tun-
nyclif that had the great race-hoss,
you know. The one that was stole n
brought up hyuh to Ole Bogus
Luthuhwood's, you wemembah?" There
is sudden stir of visibly frightened
interest.
81. yes" muttered. bending over
the docket and dipping my pen into
the ink two or three times. 'What
ought I to do with this case. Judge?
1t oughtn't to stand here in this way
like perpetual threat to Tunnycliif,
ought it?"
''Well." said the Judge. deliberately.
at needn't to stand than now, be-
cause the defendants dead. Died last
week at N-yolluns New Orleans.)
But it stood thah long while because
it had to stan thah." And the judge
leaned over to spit beyond his heavy.
white beard. '.You can stwikc it oil
now, Judge, and l reckon that ends all
them eases that come up thah about
that time"
Judge" said old Major Griggs,
with Il decided quaver i'm his voice. due
10 his great age and not to she slight
est emotion, Il want you to tell us the
truth. now, about yourself Didn't old
Bogus Lcathcrwood spoil a marriage
and cut off the succession to tho Banks
estate by takun his g-yurl Polly Ann
away in such hurry. No evasion
now! Answer fair and square," Judge
Banks darts a keen, inquiring look Vt
me. l nod my head with u smile Of
assent and content.
"No. sub! lie didn't. Polly Ann Lutl,-
uhwOod was thon the moce beautiful and
bwilliant young woman l uvvah saw,
and I admiahcL and wespccted huh.
sub! But l was honestly twyun to
bwing abOtc another mah-igc. was
do-un NV my best foh young fwend
of mine. And l must say that I'm
glad l didn't! I'm glad didn't, sun"
Again l nodded very slightly above
my docket and smiled approving!y.
There was an instant of silence, and
Starr Go-uns, Esq. the youngest MEM
Der Of the Shutdown bar said:
''Did anybody ever hear of the
Leathcrwoods after they went away
from hcrc?' ....
80 ycs"' said the judge and old
Major Gricgs and myself in one voice.
Then the judge went on: You We
membuh Tunnyrlilf's lawyah. don't
You, Judge Silkit? I can't call his
name now. But he was ovuh on Pah-
us on some business fob some Amehi-
KUN I'm Fwench claimants to the
Boneau estate down h-yuh on the
Wabash. Tn one day, sub! he was
walkun down the sweet to his hotel
when a big cah-ige stopped wight at
the pavement and big man called
ont to i'm. in Fwcnch un then in United
States. I'm sub. when he went mp to
the call-igc who should it be but Bogus
Lnthuhwood dressed up as gcn-uhl of
the Fwench ahmy. sub. EN- the finest
style you uvvah saw. sub! Witch!
Why. he was with millions. sub! Mill
ions. Lived Ell big. fine chatew en-
the gwandcst style, un''-
polly Ann had married. I sup
pose?" asked the major, with the
greatest interest.
'.Thah you go. majah. Jest because
You was cwazy bote that young woman
you think cvwybody else was. And l
think myself that most of the impwes-
sible young men of Sandtown wuh en-
love with huh at one time an
anOthuh! Yes sub. she had mal-ied q:
Dutch Count that people said had
killed his fomah wife mcekun huh do
kitchen wuk fob his whole family un
all thuh violations. He tried that on
Polly, sub, un she astonished UNI.
tell yuh she did. She tough up about
uvvuhtheng Ell the Counts palace. un
pulled uvvah hah Outen lns head suh!''
A general applauding laugh interrupt
ed the judge in his narrative. Here
was young Hoosier woman who had
Taught European nobility that it could
not acquire American wealth and .
house-scrvant by marrying one young
woman. Then sub! she med i'm move
to Pah-is whah huh fathuh lived. And
you kin depend that she's haveun NV
good time thah! She keeps that Dutch
Count sk-ycad to death. sub! Sk-yead
clah to death!' Again roar Of APP
plauding laughter on the part of the
bar, that subsidized while Major Griggs
was repeating i question directed to
tho now iuiua