The Newtown bee., 1896-08-17

any ISilef LudI uu6S ludt1 LdS SoO eO 9SV- tie with me, said Ted.
 Wal, who's father Snow" impaired the new boy.
 ''Does yer see that buildin' 7" asked one of the boys as he pointed to a neat wood en chapel, with a belfry at the top and a bell ini
 "Yes, answered the new boy.
 That's where father Snow hangs out" ."
 "Hc aint no Catholic priest, is hcf Cos I noticed he had short white Whisk- CTS, all priests don't have whiskers."
 No, he aint q priest, but he's just as good as any priest. Father Murphy says he's a good old man."
 "Wal, explained the boy, "he built that buildin' It used to be smaller, an when tws'n't big enough, he built it big ger, an he he's done that twice, an that's where we kids gifts acquainted with him. ''
 'Is ita Sunday school: :" asked the new boy.
 "Yes. But we don't go there cos it's a Sunday school. goes there cos father snows there. Why, fust time l went, | didn't go for the school; went cos the boys had told me about father Snow an when you git in there-course, there's music, an papers, an teachers, but l al- ways look for father Snow. He never talks much on the platform. Says he can't make 8 speech, but he's there, an he's always walkin' round the room, an he sees feIler, an he says; 'Hulloa, Bob, an How are yer, Billy" an he just laughs an looks as though he liked yer, an he does, too."
 "I didn't know be was your pal, the new boy said to Ted. "If l had, 1 shouldn't CT begged him. But he did look funny, fishin' fer his rubber"
 " Guess we'll try yer before the court, anyway" said Ted.
 They went into the vinegar factory. Ted was judge, and sat astride an empty barrel, which he rolled back and forth, to help him in weighing the merits of the case. He proclaimed in a loud voice;
 "There won't be any jury to-day, but Tom Smith may present the case, and Mike Leary may defend the prisoner"
 But Mike refused, and they all refused. So the judge told him he might defend himself. Tom Smith stepped forth.
 May it please yer honor an felIers."
 Clipping by the audience.
 "silence," said the judge, pounding on the head of the barrel.
 May it please yer honor."
 "YOu said that before, put in Ted,
 Yer all know father Snow"
 "Yes, yes" from the crowd.
 "Hes brick"
 There was a murmur of approval.
 "When the Italians had smallpox down here, who got two nurses an brought 'em down here to take care of 'en? Yer know. When Tommy Garrity's brother died, who paid fer the coffin an funeral?o
 "Yes," yelled Ted. ''An' when our house burned down, who put us in a house an helped us start againP Father Snow.''
 "An'," broke in another boy, shaking his fist at the new boy, ''an' he can go in these bottoms, day or night, without a policeman, an he can carry his gold watch in his pocket an take it out an look at it, if he wants to, an his poeketbook, too, an he'll be all right, an yer was snowballin' him. That don't go here"
 Tom continued:
 "Father Snow set me up in business oootblackin', an lots CT fellers in buyin' papers, an there's the Christmas tree an he excursionevery year. An yer honor, s'pose mebbe the prisoner didn't know bout him, an if be says he'll do better, ,'raps yer better be light on him." Ted hemmed.
 Prisoner, stand up"
 As the prisoner was already standing, his was only form.
 The sentence Of this court is that