The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-20
A TALE.

Sr,Hs-JhS S,btdk shOsab.r: SrHntsvs, .pti-
zs'rs, guards. hcioTs, sni"s. etc.
Observation-Disclosures i'm the house.
MaGinto-Peacc, no! Rickardo speaks.
Rickarylo- Are We all here to-day:
+ sberius-Thc roll hath thrice been
called and showeth eight of us besides tiny
noble self. IT'S all. my lord. except the.
cursed dogs that in the cleaning skipped
and did light out to foreign parts.
Rickartlo-The miscrcants. what news
Of them: Speak, MaG;into, thou scullion,
thou m~an-9rabber, ere ] hurl this gavcl at
thy swcll-cd head.
MaGinto-Good my lord, no news hath
come save only that they wait beyond the
confines Of the state until this day hath
passed. For tits the last of all the days
the statute bids the senate sit. To-mor-
row they return no doubt and go about
their several ways.
Rickarylo-'Tis true. by all the gods,
tits true; and mighty tough twill he
withal to seq them back within the forum.
An I had power like Lord Sandcrio i'm
former days, I'd string them up. Aye.
each separate one would danglc from u
tree AN apple tree full sour. begosh,and we
would Ipclt the carcasses with brick-bats
long de'ay-ei egg and vegetables p1nc'kd
from out the louscmaid's rccking pals of
swill. oh. blasted luck! the senate sits
no more beyond to-day: for SO the statute
saith. An We did have them here within
our clutch again, forsOoth we still might
change the law and fix things mp SO we
could sit and make new rules and have
| perpetual picnic till we kicked the 9Ecw-
some bucket. We now must stop lind
quit and homeward make our sneak
sans pride. sans power, sans everything,
except the modicum of Doodle earned, for
sooth. by sitting still and doing naught.
IT'S tough; 10y all the gods. tits tough
and caIs, ] not who knows tits tough.
Fishcrius Good my lord, thou art too
quick, too sudden, much too previous,
withal. The day il not vet passed; our
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important pa Il.
iii~ckarlo-Now by Jupiter and Pluto.
speak what mcanest thou and mock
us not. for in our present mood we brook
no ncas!cy joshing by n ~iugfui.
Fisherius-Ihe gods cnabl" thee.
come of. In truth spoke.
and meant what l did say; but thou didst
not catch oh nor tumble. Thou wouldst
fix the absent; thou wouldst do them up
and We would help thee; ont of them the
stufiinR we would knock. Now, bethink
thou not the way to- rise and sock it Ia
them:
Ricardo-Thc gods be- praised! l du
surely silly. Ho, what no, MaGinto
The record! bring forth the record! the
ugust volume whose majestic leaves thu
stamp and impress of our rule show
boldly forth. How much il charged M
/ against the senators that skipped"
MaGinto-As ! live, my lord, full thirty
thousand good scstertii he cItcr'd here i'm
fines and punishments 'gainst each and
every one, except Beclkcrio alone, and he.
tits written, must the sum of fifty thou
sand over fork ere he he out of hook.
FiShcrius-My lord. ! move tina,
tits the sense of ts the record
crrs: end that the sribc doth
note 'gainst each and every one, eek.
ccpt Bcckcrio Alone. one hundred thous-
and as the sum he's got tn ante up; and
that Beckcrio. the dog that bit sucl
chunks from ont the calves of all our royal
legs. he fined three hundred thousand
All their fiocks and herds. their gold and
silver. precious stones, their real estate,
their houses, barns and chicken coops
their bonds and stocks and mortgages
and all they've got aud call their own, We
thus will scoop and confiscatc.
R~ickardo-Thc scribe doth change ths
record as desired. Ills well! the gods bs
praised tits well: for now we have then
where, forsooth. the hair is bitter short
Didst speak, good Brownie"
Brownio-Spake /. my lord"
Rickardo-By all the gods. ~netliought
heard thee utter some such worrl as rats
Deceived was ! no doubt. The senate il
tissolvd.
III nothing else we've done while here,
We've thrown the senate out of gear.