The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
JUDGE A MAN OF NERVE.
THE THEoSoPHIS1,S ENc0TNTER
nm 4 BIG ENGLISHH IN.


putting up Jobs on Judge. said n man wlic V
not n Theosophist. They must have laid
awake nights thinking now they couId got him
into an embarrassing position. n thing I
liked about Judge was tie way he stnod II ALI
lie showed the spirit uf n hero. He never
hinchcd even when tho mahatmns put on the
screws Til you or | would nave sluealcd. lie
would simply pretend That he didn't Know
Nhat was go'lG on and SO the JOKE would bo ON
tho mnhatinas.
II was about twenty years ago WHOM ] hrN
ran across jude. Thoosophy hndnt bcaun
10 Doom th"h. ] was Just In from tho country
anu went over 10 brooklyn 10 n cheap bonrdinR
house. Thc night | got there another new
huardor arrived, too. lie started To entertain
'ho othcr boarucrs. lie had been staying
down IN North carolina, he said, ana he do
s'rlned inc way the natives nave or training
mathematics tn let babies shake their rattles
lust Tor run The boarders didn't seem n bio
Interested In tho story. ana merely said;
Rave you ever mot MIR. JndgeT
'fhe new bonrucr said ne hadn't. ana went %
To tell how the local society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children down there had been
called upon to prosecute a clay eater up In the
mountains for not allowing his little boy TO
get out of bed. 1t seems that the little boy was
n clay cater too ana had accidentally swal-
lowed some wheat grains The wheat had
boy get out OF bcd Tor fear OF spelling the crop
or wheat, and the new boarder described the
diScuSSioh whlch ne saih was going on over the
question whether IL was cruelty TO children to
Keep ht'le boy n oca whiIc you raised a crop
OF wheat IN MS stomach. lie seemed to feel
interest III the question hlmselt, ana was mant-
testiy chagrincd when the other ooarders only
yawhed ana SAID:
QUIZ ma Mr. Judge interesting
~ no ntw nrG milo Ihnf nnQ6thIv In
might' ana cnhccallhg MS annoyance as oese
he could, made another attempt to be agree
able to the other boarders, and this time tried
10 interest them IN himseir. lie told them
What a shrewd FELLOW ne was now ne had won
sl"3.1o that day on a horse race and could
supply tips for oil OF them. and how Mr.. Van
uercllt was MS cousin ara MT. Astor was his
uncle. Bnt the other ooarders Kept on eating
corheu pec1 ana caDoage ana only stopped long
enough to ask;
Ana what relation Is MI. Judge 10 your
THAT broke him up and he didn't talk any
more. The repeoted mentions of Mr.. Judge.
name made me thihk that ne must be q very
devil of a fellow, and I wanted to know him;
" ~ "eNU Nv = SOU y ~ !.
iahuiauS as she was giving me my liver ana
'" ",no vou thin. Mr. .Judoo ia ,tts,v 70 aro,
:, .oda,g ~
~ hhhth% WIN 1hA
bocon hurst into teors md bounced out into
the Kitchen CRYING: "N 'N' "'
"'I should think you would be too much of Q
,ent,,mon 20 sn.,L I,lo chat to , noor u,do,w
s .., " 'po"A nv .n"S poo. ",uo"t
lheh sue poured n lot OF colo water In my
coffee, rubbed my buckwheat cakes in the cin-
dcrs md soiI tho svrun wos all ont. and Oh.
vs. w '"e n' ""r -
servant said 1t served me right for insulting
her. The b%oarlers sympathized with her. too.
...Sov n MIN, r,ybt 70 ,ct lilo tbat, thov
~ "' -'s"' - '""'' 'NS
said. Don't try so hard TO be funny.'
There was evidently a mystery about judge.
h,, ,,r,.r ,ho c,rcrmst.ncos T dL1,,, M -
'.' '"''t Wv AN" NHo
ask about it. That evening we were about
half through dinner when a meek looking liz.
tlo mon sid,od T., ,vb;,o tho Iord,,dv ,va.n,a
we a"H -. y, """e NV ."nu,"uy ""Shs
looking, and slid into a vacant chair in a dark
corner, where he sat ms quiet and as good as a
pr,,o sunday schooI hoy mo ,andIadv c.r,h.
Pi,H' anna "'"oo' '"S. "u" '"uS"e
sight of him ana glared, and the servant girl
chucked up her nose and wouldn't give him
10 .,t. but ther. h, sot oood ond
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