The evening times., 1896-04-20

We're defendants IN street obstruction cases.
Baby took all sorts OF liberties with his
| father, pulling his mu>tac,e ana lingering
the thin gold earrings in his ears.
The mother, whose soft eyes We're re
Elected IN her chlld's face, was very proud
OF him. and became greatly ediiicd and
pleased when good-natured Policeman
Flynn, taking Il survey Of the spectators,
reached over the bench and submitted his
big gold watch Ia the critical examination
of the little Italians fat fingers.
kcndig joined the group and assumed In
air iroffatherlvin interest anda Il cntiOn. Flynn
remarked that Il man with no love for chill
| dren was not fit to exist.
Costigan broke in on The conversation and
patted the policeman approringly on his
! broad back. "Roight ag in. MiSthcr Flynn"
said Cos, AN ] niver see Il habby but
what t'iEE of til" great Masters worruds
about sulfcrin little children to come unto
Him.
HIS LITTLE ONE.
Poor old CoStiran cleared his throat
several times as he spoke of his one child,
girl, dead and buried across the water,
i'll a County Clare churchyard.
Hogg philosophical over the situation Gym
ically.
Pm glad never had any" he said. LAS
babies they are tramplng on your feet,
an when they grow older. on your heart"
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tramp in the dock.
Think, gentleman. that poor devil there
was once like this child here. Would it not
have been better had lie died them
Costigan said no, and he argued that
reformation was always possible. He
mentioned brother who drank inces-
sanity for thirty years. spent the best part
of his time in the station house, IAN yit
on. mawuin' he woke up. trowed his
m II, " "
another drop to the day Of his death. 1t
was his temperance that laii him out, fer
he caught cold drinkiu' ice cream sOdyS."
Kcndig drew a long breath at Costigans
story, presented the baby With a dyspep
tic apple and told Cos that he ought to
write pieces for the newspapers.
The little party dispersed aS the bailirf
opened court. His honor hurried the pro-
ceediucs, as he had to officiate in the tri-
bunaI above because OF Judge Mlller's alb
sence in New York.
ONCE A BRAVE SOLDIER.
Hosg's object lesson in the dock was
James Ryan. once a brave soldier in Meag-
hers famous Irish fighting brigade, now u
drunkard and tramp. Not so long ago Ryan
received u tidy sum pf back pension money,
and lie has been drunk ever since.
Officer Auidrich arrested him yesterday,
ON complaint of a citizen Oh Ninth street,
WHO iOullu Ryan Ill MS >ldit
Il have warned him away from the
neighborhood several times said Aui-
drich, and of late he has been loafing
around Freeman's alley"
Ryan is 4 North of Ireland man, tall
and CadaverouS looking. His high check
bones and aquiiinc nose covered with
network of black and red veins showed
only too plainly the handiwork of rum.
He was in a state OF excessive pcrSpira-
pf liunDr n
soiled handkerchief, he attempted to clean
his face, but only succeeded in making
black smudges across his countcnance.
His knoited. dirty hands Went shaking and
quivering a hundred times to the matted
hair falling In confusion over his reccdinS
forehead.
He seemed to find inspiration in trying
to arrange his locks, strcakcd here and
there with gray. His voice. shrill and high
pitched seemed 10 come through his pnclIad
nostriis. rather than the puffed lips aud
trembling mouth. crowded with blacEened
teeth. \
Ryan's clothes cried of dehauchery. The
front of his coat nd vest bore the dribblng
marks of hundred dead nd gone drinks.
buried by Ryan. who has Il Sahara thirst
for whisky. hut can't get a drink to his
lips without spilling half oft. his nervous
ness is so intense. or late the bartenderS
in the low groggeries he has patroaized
have been in the habit OF holding the glass
for him.
Let me sphake. yer amer he cried
sharply when Auldrich finished tcstif.inG.
Come around said the court.
CROPPED HIS WAY.
Ryan staggered from the pen to the
stand, cropping his way like man in the
dark, with his hands thrust out as If ex-
pecting TO meet some obstacle. He ran
against the rail and stood there shivering
as If with great cold. He was the most
abject specimen of vitiated appetite that
has faced Judge Kimball in months.
Now tell me your story, Ryan," said
the court gently. You heard what the
officer said. He charged you with being
Il confirmed drunkard and a vagrant.'
Its not so, sur answered Ryan,
clutching at the collar of his ragged fIan-
mel shirt with an air of suffocaton. I've
been II brave soldier. ! fort wild Giner;il
MarlheS."
Ryan did not look il, with his features
working convulsively and his blood-shot
eyes YEARLY blinking at the light.
AN TUX me drinks under orders,' he
continued.
Whose orders" inquired Judge KIM
ball wonderingly.
by command av the dipity surgin general,
sur. He tould me to do it for me in
digisthun.''
The court looked incredulous.
Its so, sur; indade it is said Ryan,
quickly catching the glance. Whisky af-
ficts me differently from most men,
Il don't think So" rctorted Judge kim
ball. Il see no difference 1t preys on you
just the same as on your fellows"
Ryan tried hard to brace up the indiges
ton theory. He said he had been con-
firmed invalid for ten years.
Il spint that tonne i'll the 'ospital at
he n a : Ii
cine to me-
court; very bad, for any man, sick or
well. You must give bonds, or go down
for fifteen days"
but thin orders fer me to dhrink from
the dipty surgin general" prote sted
Ryan.
Judge Kimball had no respect for such
commands from the deputy, and waved
Ryan back. Ryan can get drink at the
workhouse If he wants one. 1t is q liquid
hot tomalle," composed OF red pepper,
molasses and potassium. A combination
that causes the toughest of drunkards to
gag aud cough. II is kno wn as the bum
cocktail"
A HOT WORD.
The lie passed in court this morning be-
tween Lawyer Kicks and Policeman Car
son.
Kicks was defending Dora Fisher and
Edna Smith, colored girls, charged with
profanity by Officers Carson aud Evans.
Before the case proceeded Kicks asked
that the witnesses be separated. Carson
said he was not a witness to the occurrence
and consequently did not step out. When
the others had finished testifying Carson
took the stand and began to tell OF the
girls conduct at the box.
Kicks objected vigorously, intimatiDg that