The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-21
A MAN OF NERVE.
TheOsophfst Judges with
q Big Englishman.

q Big Engltshman.
New York Sun.
1.-The mahatmas seemed to take delight in
putting up jobs on Judge" said a man who
is not a Theosophist. They must have lain
awake nights thinking how they could get
him into an embarrassing position. A thing 1
liked about Judge was the way he stood II
all. He showed the spirit of a hero. He never
hinched even when the mahatmas put on the
screws till you or l would have squeaIed. He
would simply pretend that he didn't know
what was going on. an6 so the joke would
be on the mahatmas.
1T was about twenty years ago when !
first ran across Judge. Theosophy hadn't be-
gun to boom then. / was just in from the
country and went over to Brooklyn to a
cheap boarding house. rhe night 1 got there
another new boarder arrived, too. He started
to entertain the other boarders. He had been
staying down in North Carolina, he said.
and he described the way the natives have
OF training rattlesnakes to let babies shake
their rattles just for fun. The boarders didn't
seem a bit interested in the story. and mere
ly said:
Have you ever met Mr.. Judge?
THE new boarder said he hadn't, and went
on to tell how the local society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children dow 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 a clay-eater. too, and had
accidentally swallowed some wheat grains
The wheat had sprouted. and the father
for fear of spelling, the crop OF wheat. and
the new boarder described the discussion
which, he said, was going on over the Ques-
ton whether IL was cruelty to children to
keep a little boy AIDED while you raised a
crop Of wheat in his stomach. He seemed to
feel interest in the question himself, and was.
manifestly, chagrined when the other board
ers only yawned and said:
You'll find Mr.. Judge interesting
mss hae a neT o SSssdaf seR Ris an lnay PSssi aa best ns
he could, made another attempt to be agree
able to the other boarders and his time tried
what a shrewd fellow he was, how he had
ssaiq supply tips fcss ali q then. and how
was his uncle. But the other boarders kept
on eating corned beef and cabbage. and only
stopped long enough to ask;
And what relation Is Mr.. Judge to your
That broke him up. and he didn't talk any
more. The repeated mentions of Mr.. Judges
name made me think that he must be a very
SO the next morning at breakfast 1 said to the
!landlady as she was giving me my liver and
bacon:
in to-dayr
THE landlady flung down the liver and
bacon burst into tears and bounced out into
&C should think you would be too much OF
a gentleman to speak like that to a poor
Then she poured a lot Of cold water in my
coffee. rubbed my buckwheat cakes in the
cinders. and said the syrup was all out. and
the servant said 1t served me right for insult
ing her. The boarders sympathized with her.
Say. it amt right to act like that they
said Don't fTv so hard RI no funny
There was evidently a mystery about
Judge. but, under the circumstances, 1 didn't
like to ask about it. That evening we were
about half through dinner when a meek
looking little man sided in while the land
lady wasn't looking, and slid into a vacant
and as good as a prize Sunday school boy.
The landlady caught sight of him and giared,
and the servant girl chucked up her nose
i there ~ he sat. e gaSs a and s sm,1;nr . TO eat al ,I but
till the iandlady felt ashamed and gave him
some of the beef stew. He thanked her with
the air of a Chesterfield, and fell to eating
with the gusto of an epicure discussing ter
rapin. The other boarders gazed at him ad.
miringly.:
nerve.' :
He had a nerve, and 1t was about that ]
set out. to tell. 1t seems that at this period
and had neglected to forward his remit
tances, so that he was several weeks in ar
rears with the landlady. What made his po-
cte1c1 AAC AAiOiC HI dSciLs a II lac
that somebody, probably one of the mahat.
mas. had circulated a rurnor that he had
formerly been a high official in the civil serv-
list with a pension of $4,000 a year. Thi.
respect tin he ceased paying his board bill
and'then made his fall the greater. Well. a.
l subsequently came to know Judge, i actu
ally continued to believe that he might have
had some kind Of connection with the Indian
civil service. until / read in his obituary tina
he had been brought up and had always
lived I'm this country. Untir then l didn'
know what colossal lying an able-bodied ma,
Wei, here was Judge despised and mis-.
trusted by reason Of the jobs put up by tn,
mahatmas. He looked so meek and forbear
ing that 1t seemed as IL anybody could kicl
him with impunity. The boarders liked him
he had aroused their wonder and admira
ton by his marvellous tales of things rhai
people he knew and the vast sums of none,
at his command. They were proud of hin
and liked TO get up matches between hin
the other boarding houses. That is. the,
all liked him except one. a big. lordly En-
glishman. six feet tall. with offensivenes
as his checked clothing. He said that Judg'
was an impostor. and. somebody repeatins
the remark. JUDGE replied that the English
Erglishman, and the EngI.shman said n
would have blood. So he sat down and wrot
a nice. kindly note to Judge. just such a not
as a nu.klnS DIG EnSI1snmdn, WITH DAD man
ners and checked clothes. would be apt (,
write to a man he thought he could kicl
with IMMUNITY. He asked Judge why he lies
so and why he didn't pay his board bill
and why he was a swindler. and wound "a,
by saying that IL Judge didn't offer the rep
aration due a gentleman who had been
spob. he would take the proper course him
self. He read this production to us at din
ner one night when Judge wasn't there. an,
then said:
Come into the parior after dinner ant
see me have fun with Judge. That Is. n h,
comes. ! don't believe he has spirit to come.
w al went into the parlor after dinner
to see the fun. We all felt sorry for Judy
and really wished he mightn't dare to com,
to make the apology. for We knew that tn
\ Engiishman meant to trample all over hin
mercilessly. The Eng,ishman staiked up an,
down the room, twisting his moustache ans
swearing.
THE fellow won't dare come he said
contemptuously.
Then the door opened. You know TT
not. a theosophist, and don't believe tina
mahatmas take any active part in the AT
fairs of this world besides putting up job
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