New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

StFfll1InB foEHE
Misther Hops, an me that lame OF couldn't walk
wIdout me cruich IIidnt name ter be bad, sor'
an he didn't know that It were vaiybleD
Never mind, ma'ar,s says the brown-eycd judge,
Wen get at the facts Call DIR. Hops snd enter plea
OF mot guilty.'s
Mr.. Hops up with rcsornding step END
heavy frowp. 8" WHATS the use calling me- be says
when she owns up that the young scamp took u"
The brogn-eyed Judge looked sharply at Hops ana
said quietly, Answer the questions put 10 you ana
be careful not 10 offer any unsskrd ADVICE to tbs
Court whercupoa Mr.. Hops bltnkcd faster than
before.
when did you miss this perpendicular
at was stolen on May o That young rascal was
my Office boy and he took 1t and want him made an
example Off.
How did you learn II was stolenlr
His mother brought It back the next day
Was that the first you knew Of IL having been
taken ?,
Yes. and then she had the check to ask me TO
keep the young thief o, MOI Hump! Did yca
ever hear the lihcI' and Mr. Hops looked about him
as much as to say that It quite past believing.
What did you say 70 that1-
az told her she must take me for fool; and then
called all the other boys and told them what tho
him arrested
You did, hey ~ said the brown-eyed judge putting
his glasses and looking at Mr. Hops over the top
of them. That's the way you answered her. was ~
What business are you ~
81 keep brewery, and hire great many boys
can't have any thieves about my place and I'm
going 10 mako example OF this one'
40. you arc, are youf" said the brown-eycd Judge
Step down, srs
@An boys are thieves when they get the chance.
and -"
step down, sirr
The court officer laid hold of sr. Hops. How'd
yer jswrs he whispered, an go set down. Tho
iedgc Is done wild yes
Mr.. Hops startled and indignant, but he obeyed,
and his place taken by Mrs. Bryan. She needed
urging to tell her story.
~Tcddy is good bye, sor, an names no barren.
The thing he brought home wild him. savfn' yer prs-
ence, was spcrit avL Misther ECps sez It's
japanese. Ye'd have known # were scmethin bay
flemish, fer II were a doubled-up mummy wild harms
an rs hid, an arms all crooked an unchrissan claws,
an legs like as II he dhrunk, an big horseny.
ser Amer, were btin' away his back fist where
he Couldn't rache him wild HIS hans. 1t alyin'
about in the offs and Teddy fetched home, not know
IN It were japanese an vallybo div at ALL at all.
but thInln IL I'D be divarshun fer the chdhrc an
whin towled him It nd be shtahn' fer 10 take 50
much a wisp Of shtraw from MIsther Hors's oils
broom he that scart, yer Amer that he begun ter
cry, an said he darscnt go back. So OF tuck tho
japanese divil an shprinked I'm w!d howly waiter,
bcthoken that he shouldn't do me avil, and OF
tuck the bye, too, and whit to Mr. Hops. an SCI,
Or
That will do, Mrs Bryan, said the brown-eyed
Judge, 81 think we understand IT, Perhaps you'd Ike
to withdraw this complaint Mr.. Hops''
DO whatl' cried Mr. Hops Withdraw the COM
plaintl Wen, guess not. He's young tbief and
want an example,
You're discharged, Teddy said the Judge.
Mr. Hops sprang up excitedly but before he could
open his mouth the watchful court officer amabIy OBJ
served, Now, don't be shootin' aft no Mise yerc or
the iedse II lock ye up, dye MINI
Hcinrich Brodei Assault and battery called
the clerk, Guilty not guilty?s
Out from the prisoners pen comes lttle fat Ger
man. HIS blue eyes flashing angily ard his round body
shaking with cholcr. 81 vas no more guilty a. your
he cried, In shrll tenor tones an madt vatI
CANT shpeak alreatty. Here vas do holdings oxcep
der ears pox Of Won tam leedle rascal boke hoes
hedt mine store into ind say shoot der sheeny ?
vich he vas sheeny l. und der boleecemans he
arrest me und lock der shashun haus in all nghd.
Mine families away und yust fer holdings 1t Won
oudtrage und-s
During this address, delivered with intense vocal
energy, the Judge had been vanly pounding his desk
Tor order, the court officers vainly appealing tho
prisoner 70 desist, and the audience
screaming with laughter 1t only stopped by tho
resolute action OF officer who cIapped his hand
over the irate Gormans mouth and sat him down In Q
chair
Where is the complainant ?" asked the court
The complainant the father OF the Won tam
leedle rascal and he alleged that Mr.. Brode who
kept cigar store in Thlrd-ayc had aulted his boy
Thomas Tubbs Thomas put the witness stand
He said he went into the TO buy cigarette and
the man wanted him to take a kind he didn't. like.
Thomas offered objection expressive OF his fastid
lous tastes, whereupon Mr.. Brode struck him with his
fist and pitched him out into the street
Mine Colt IN hmmel7 cried Mr. Erode @vot
pig lies to gone sooch shmau poy ondt of Yust
Walt shudge, till dells you vot ldt vas apoudt.'
"Wel. go ahead.'
Dot poy vas Won leedle tuyvil und dey vas some
more yust like him in dot shtreet arount mine shtore
Dey comes podderin me all dimes ind says Gimme
Won cent? or dwo cent, dree, MAYBE, sometimes
fife. Ven, gives der poys der change yust ket
ridt Of dem alretty, und dt dakes dwo, drce toars
efery week dem Ieedle shcamps ter keep quiet
tey Won't mine customers FODDER ind hurt mine drade
Dis poy vas der worse, und yesterday he comes
more dimes as gan goundt ind bulls mine coat ind
shbeahs to mine wife saucy. ind ven hafe give him
feefteen cents he Won't 10 away but wants more.
Den say, Il kick you off you tondt Eet oudt und he
koes. But ven peoples comes in ter puy mine goods
he shtlck py der door hts hcadt YELL Shoot der
Sheeny Eli VI ket ter der nose NV him, alrettyy
Dot yust mine ploOd mako poll right Offer, vich der
vas sheeny apoudt but all shermans, und ven
he COON AIKEN vas behindt der toor hidt ind crabs
him py der coat und pox his vid mine handt ind
ondt uf der toor puts him. Den, shudge, vot you
dnksl Vot you dinks? Won bolsmans comes up
vd der poy's ader und he dakcs by DER shtashnn-
haus und loehs cop! Ne. shudgr, yust dInk OF
dot Like criminals all uighdt Idt vas
tam shame, shudge, now, spheak righdt oop und
say SOP
Tho Judge did not precisely those words In
declaring his judicial opinion, but he told Mr. Brods
he might go home and bade the clerk to notify the
police afford him proper protection against rsscay
street urchins.
Thus every day in everlasting procession the woes
and humors Of a society which has NOT yet wholly
issled harharism and revI.,x