Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-12-27
WALLER JEANS JUSTICE.

was coming up the Mississippi river
on slow but magnificent boat, and was
sitting on the hurricane deck looking
over IL beautiful and seemingly endless
spread of sugar cane land, when some
one standing near me remarked:
You were never along here in the
i sure enough days of stcamboating,
reckon
/ looked up and saw I; tall man, to
! whose appearance coming age had lent
sort of distinction. Iii; clothes set
upon him with an ;:ir of genial dis
arrangement. and his eyes, | noticed
were moist with the dew of recollection
rs ne gazed far away over the fields. l:
took HE but II second thus to estimate
him, and my answer TO his question was
prompt:
Il was never along here in the old
days.
"Oh, well, then. you don't know any
thing about it. You only catch now n
poor shadow of what was once IL glorious
substance HeSseated himself beside
me, relighted his cigar. which had gone
out, and thus continues:
"A man that was never along here be-
fore the war don't know anything about
life. In those days the boats were pal
aces, and man III general was so accom-
modating and polite that he'd fight you
i'll Il minute. Now the boats are tiutter
mills. and lnan. instead of being gentle
manly and accommodating. will curse
YOU, sub. own u plantation up the
river. but it don't amount to anything
now"
is the land Tor1h out:" l asked
''Oh. no: lands just az gool us ever
but the conditions that made life there
enjoyable have all been changed. WIZ,
sub. knocked !. fellow down the other
day. ;lnd hanged il he didn't sue me for
breach of trust. a
Tor what" c::claimeti
''Tur breach uf t-ust..I tell You. Tie
had me arrested and hanlVl up before
wh:t j. known il. orr country a :, yallcr
jeans j'!Hticc of the peace. The fellow
stated that h. llnI trusted me on h,
s.nul,lu't have been lit: said that if Ia
nalu'r trust, Il Er l:r would have dolg,"
in tIliic. and hc therefore thuu.ht that
honli br '.c;ilt with for breach of tras;
Tin. Waller jeans iu.iice .;ii:i he though.
SO. loo. anil hanged ii he didn't fine
me -.
,'Why ',I.n't you ;,;'aal The c:sse:'
as.rd.
''t)i. wrll. you 'rr. I'm not il The
law business. I iuat hnrsrwhippe'l the
ms irr till ,Ar Dust flashed out of the
WALLER jr::n, and then 1t The affair
'irl- I'LL YOU" tie added. after st
1ricf pilIlsp, ivy used Ia have great
times ;,lon., here il, The old gcntlcmauly
lays. rr',icmbcr one evening Il sort of
preacher came aboard ut II landing inst
about here. He WAS Il simple man. with
Il meek smile that seemed to have been
mortiscd into his face | soon got ac-
Quainted with him and learned that,
aside from being Il preacher. he operated
n plantation and had some little money.
Among the passengers was one of
the slrewdest gamblers | had ever
known, and when he foand 0Nt that the
preacher had money he began to lay
plans for catching him. went to the
preacher and told him. That's all
right said he. In this life it is but
natural that the wolves should be after
the sheep OF course you will not play
with him. said l. 'Oh, don't know,
he answered. Il have worked very
hard and am off for rest, and if he can
aid me in getting what seek all right.
Some of the greatest of English clergy
men, .you know, have been quite. expert
ut cards, and although am not n great
clergyman, yet 1 am an Englishman,
and am game for any sort of innocent
amusement that may be flushed up.
But that man Nickerson, said I, refer
ring to the shrewd gambler, will beat
you" oh, possibly the clergyman re-
joined, but he can't beat he out of
much. Perhaps might win from him.
Don't think that L am an easy victim,
my dear sir. l have had IL great deal of
experience, and am not SO very easily
picked up
, well. sir" the planter continued, "he
didn't dodge that gambler at all, hut
actually sat down to II game of poker
with him. Of course the PREACHER lost,
but he was shrewd enough not to bet
very high. The minister came up to
me with his smile mortised in little
} deeper, and said: Well, he is pretty
sharp and have lost about hundred
dollars; but how are we to preach against
an evil unless we know the ways of that
evil?, In trath, aside from any attempt
to peep behind the mask of evil, am
fond of playing cards, and if 1 should
create any other impression should be
hypocrite, and hypocrite is worse
than gambler. Do you wish to play a
gamer played, and away late that
night when the preacher got off at Camp
bells Bend he carried 1000 of my dol
lars with him. I don't know that he
ever saw pulpit, for found out after
ward that he and that fellow Nickerson
) We're part:ieri. Oh, yes, those Were
great days, when people were gentle and