The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-28
MISS NEW SOLOMON.
HOW SHE REACHED A DECISION ON
THE QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP.

HOW SHE REACHED A DECISION ON
THE QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP.
Testing Two Claimants Tor n Beautiful
Bicyolc-Justioo Finally triumphant In
8 Difficult Case Through Knowledge of
the Masculine Nature.
The judge, the renowhed Miss Now
Solomon, sat dignified in her seat of
honor. Her decisions were famed tho
world over for clearness and Justice.
Great nations submitted their disputes
to her for arbitramcnt and were pleased
to learn from her the truth of their po-
sitions. That sho should sit digniiicd
was therefore not to be wondered ut, but
there was perpleHity i'll her countcnanco
now. There was Il case before her tho
like of which never had been known
since her great namesake sat III iudg-
tnent over two women who contouded
FOR Il baby. In all her lawbool,s, in all
her experience, there was no suggestion
OF prccedcnts for such Il cuse as this.
AS the matter stood to Il casual OBJ.
server it was this: Mr.. George Wheel
king, Il beautiful mustached young man,
dressed i'll gray knickerbockers, dark red
sweater, brown and yellow golfing stock
ings and improved wheeling shoes,
claimed that he was the sole and only
owner of Il fine silver and geld plated
bicycle that was i'll tho court for her
honor to look ut.
Eut there was another claimant, q
young man just as beautifully mus
tached as Mr.. Wheelking and quito as
handsome otherwise, who appeared in
brown corduroy knickerbockers, gray
sweater, yellow and red golfing stock
ings and quito as improved shoes. This
claimant was EIr. William Bikking.
Neither had witnesses, and so the
learned judge questioned them and
cross questioned them, but cach seemed
equally truthful, and tho judge paused
nenplused for tho first time since she had
sat i'll that high seat. Finally she arose
from her chair and ordered the court
room seats stacked around tho sides.
Tho audience was sent to tho galleries,
where it waited with breathless in
terest as tho brawny court attendants
carried out tho judges orders. The re-
porters were not disturbed, being inside
the rail. and only tie swish of the pen
ellis broke the silence as the judge turn
cd to hIr. Wheelking and said:
Take that wheel, sir, and ride the
best you know how" And the judge
sat down and busted herself taking the
hairpins out of her hair and then put.
ting them back again.
Mr.. Wheelking blushed very prettily
as he gave his very baggy knickerbock-
ers a twitch and prepared to mount. AS
gracefully as a bird he rose and settled
i'll the saddle and began to ride. There
was not Il wolna there whose hcart.did
not jump. The men, of coarse, tried to
see Il fault, but even they could not help
noticing that Mr.. Wheclking seemed 10
fit tho wheel exactly. A look fitting
across the judges face as of a smile wa
translated by one of the reporters as III
indication that tho decision was going
i'll favor of the rider, and she sent ont
q full report Of Il decision then and there
for the newsgathering organization Of
the. city.
Mir. Whcelking rode in and around
the massive pillars, backward, forward,
turning all the beautiful figures, and in
all tho ways that pretty riders know
INV Liz llltlcr Ou CuUBe NcW SOIO-
mans mouth became Il smile. AS Mr..
Wheclking ~dismounted Mr.. Bikking
came daintily forward, and as airily
as a falling leaf landed III the saddle
and began to ride. Tho applause that
followed Mr.. Wheelking's performance
died away in wonderment.
When the reporter saw MIR. Bikking
riding as gracefully as Mr.. Wheelking,
she gazed into the judges face and saw
there, instead of q decisive smile, a
look of surprise, followed by the same
old look of ~perplezity, whereupon she
reached wildly for tho nearest telegraph
operator, and the recipients of the as
sociation's reports took out several col
umns of interesting matter and nm
nounccd that the case was still under
consideration.
When Mr.. Biikins ~dismountcd, tho
critics could point III no difference be-
tween the riding of tho two graceful
young men, and tho judge looked as if
she would like to have Il good cry, but
he bit her lips and restrained herself.
Hero was Il case that needed n meas
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