The evening times., 1896-03-25

whom he did not know, and demanded their
business. To the attorneys he gave the
original Flynn salute, short, jerky mo-
ton of the right forearm. with a heart
breaking bend OF the head. accompanied by
two fat forefingers resting for the millionth
mart of q second against the stiff rim OF
his helmet. To all others, only word,
chillier than Alaskan winters, was &C.
corded.
1t was before the court opened, and
Kendig at a distance gazed admiringiy on
his companion and associate in preserving
a rather fictitious dignity of the law. ken-
dig, always romantic, becaIEe quite dra
matte as Flynn, with the girth and voice
OF Parthos, opposed the passage OF seedy
individual carrying around with him naked
odors of whisky and cloves.
Watch him. said Kendig TO Attorney
Albert Sillers, resplendent and glisten :
ing i'm n new spring silk hat and a maJes-
tic satin faced English frock coat. "Watch
Michael depose him and thrust the villain
from the sacred, although uninviting, halls
OF justice"
bravo, Kenr' said sillers. You d
make a great actor"
ALL WERE TRAGEDIANS.
"Yes, so I've been told" remarked the
halliff. giving his hair Hyperion curl with
a careless gesture of his hand, showing Off
at the same time the opaque sparkles- or an
amethyst ring. Il come from dramatic
family; all the Kendigs have been actors
for generations past"
AN what's that about achtors?" asked
Flynn, coming up after ejecting the seedy
man with wonderfuldispatch.
.'Kendig tells me he comes from family
Of actors" explained sillers.
.'Indade, indade," said Flynn, looking
down ON tue bailiff twisting his mustache
and struttiDg like a tragedian. But,
Misther Sillers, did ye iver hear OF Roscius
Flynn, the crate trageegian? He played
in Dublin before Gawgc the fort an the
r'yal familee, before the Kendigses was
heard Of"
This statement led to a genoa logical dis
cussion, in which Flynn placed one OF his
ancestors astride OF the Ark ON Mount
Ararat, while the bailifr asserted that
Kendig helped to discover America and an
other one fought in the War OF Roses.
"Niver moind. sur concluded Flynn,
ending the conversation, "a mon is what he
makes OF himself Go insoide an open ye
coort and burrun incinse to high hiyin thot
Michael Baliyrack Flynn is on the out
soide prouctin' yez."
Flynn had very little protecting to do.
for it was one of the periodically slow days
that the court experiences tri-weekly. The
prisoners in the dock were few, and the ma
jority of them chara ctcrless, and duh lent
but little picturesque coloring to the pro
ceedings-
A POLICY RUM Err.
Policy playing is on the increase in
Washington; for Il long while 1T locked
Is If the police had stamped out the vice,
but two cases in the police court today
prove the contrary. The first was that Of
Charles Walker arrested yesterday by
Policeman Herbert, on suspicion OF being
I runner. When Walker was searched the
police found on him number of dra wings
and lot OF small change in canvass bag.
There was S2.0T OF it in nickels and
pennies. Herbert told the court that the
defendant had been making periodical
trips across the river, and the Officers had
been watching him for u long while.
The officer handed Judge Kimball a num-
Der of lists, on which different rows were
indicated. The eyes of every colored man
in the courtroom glistened as his honor
fingered over the figures.
"Four-22-29," he said. What is the
name of that row, Walker?'' he asked the
defendant.
Walker. shifty-eycd and nervous, said,
Deed. he didn't know"
"Weil. you played some of these rows,
didn't you?''
Walker. suffering and III at ease, con-
fessed to going across the river twice. but
as to being runner he vigorously den led.
What row did you play" persisted the
court. las long as you say you played?''
Waeher, fdgeting his hat, replied, with
his eyes blinking and his big white teeth
showing:
"I plays onlIest Wun row"
whats the NUMBER
six, seben, an eight"
Judge Kimball fingered over the slips and
asked the defendant what was the sOlu-
iion of the figures 1929.
II tells yo' honah doan' know" said
Waeher. II played dat hat row., an
deed dat's all / knows"
Never heard of four-eieven-forty-four?
queried Mr.. Pugh.
"Yaas, sir; 1 forgits dat" replied Walk
er, grnning.
Yes, and you forget Some other things"
said the court. What were you doing
with all that chicken-feed?'
Walker could not explain very well the
situation, and on the charge of vagrancy
the court gave him thirty days.
AN HISTORICAL NAME.
Marie Annette Thomas possesses at least
a distinguished name, If not a prepossessing
personality. She Is q colored girl, whose
age is still in dispute between Annette and
her mother. Annette for long time has
foraged for coal in the yards OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, where the big
dumps are located,
She. with a number OF her compa mons,
have been driven out countless times by
the watchmen there, but invariably re-
turn. Yesterday evening she, with a
gang of girls, was chased by one
of the special officers there, w. T.
Walker, who claimed that they all
used profane language, expressing in
many versatile oaths their contempt for
Walker and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road. Marie Annette was not SO neet of
foot as the others and was caught. She
was arraigned this evening and was
charged with using profanity, which charge
she Indignantly and tearfully denied. Her
mother stood near, a tall, lank mulatto
woman, and cast bitter glance sat Walker.
How old are you, girI?" asked the court
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