The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-22
Joe WAS ~pEsrEaEo.-
Dida't Know Hoe De Got Ous Of the
Mar lhanaa

Nor ihouse
Joe was a stabieman who supported
a family and thrived on a salary Of s.
a week says an exchange Besides be-
ing good man In his profession. be
was Of immense importance Ia the eyes
Of the small boys In the nelghborhood.
10 the summer evenings. when work
vas finished, he would SIT under the
1tunted peach tree and play on the
accordion and sing His ghost storlea
were marvels Of fiction. and Il was a
constant source OF wonder 10 the boys
how he could whistle The Fatal Mar
riage" In his peculiar way. lie was
black. but they were his friends. The
gentleman who employed Joe sold his
horses and the siableman was conse-
| quontly deprived OF an occupation. Tie
had received warning Of the conten-
plated change and had endeavored 10
secure another place. but without sue
cess. when Saturday evening came
Joe was handed s. and be started to-
ward hts home near th- dump 10 give
the money TO the "ole woman" as was
his custom. But be did not reach home
that night. lie was intercepted by
drunken crowd and In the fight which
ensued several policemen appeared and
arrested half a dozen Of the particle
panta. Joe was among the number.
| did not see him FOR several days. and
when I CHANGED to meet him inquired
as TO the outcome OF the arrest
did yo' know ! was run IN Well,
dats kerrcc'. I suttenly was run In.
Well. twas like dis. ! got my s. on
dat satday night. an was a-gwlne
home. an when got down by Casey's
grocery DAT gang down dore. Red
Leary's gang. dey Jumped on me. an
, dey was a fight I sut,enly did hght
Dere Amt no mistake about dat. but
dey begun H. u STAINS 70 reason dal
J Amt a-gWlno 10 begin a fight agir
, six men at oncet. While We was a.
fghtln' de police como down on rs ans
cotch nearly ev'y one. an was one
Of EN-. Den dey loaded rs into d
hurry-up wagon and took us 10 De sta
= ton house an locked as up toll 'en
% dat Il wasn't right fer me 10 be locke
up, but dey KEEP me all night. an In j
! mornin' an OF Us was took downtown Il
/, De van.
q we was took into &c police cot az
d one Of de policemen tot De judge al
q about Il. an said was a-hghtin'. De
d de Judge asked me 10 was a-aghtin
J. an ! said yes. but dat dey began 4
n Den De jcdgc-he's dat one what ha
n de VIII Bit whlskers-he said Il Wa
n Dc fus time dat had been down der
an dat he would make u only s. q
n Gftcon days. lie asked me n IA
ID s. an | said I did lie Ea.d da; ~
s. all right. 10 pay q an could 70.
r But said: No. sub: wants to 8
IN to de workhousc. Tie seemed TO thin
that was kinder strange. but he said
g. / changed my mind could pay De
~ an CIT cut any time I wanted 10. Y
% see. what I thought was like this.
=, had been lookin' for work for ~
"a weeks an couldn't Git any. an d
.o wasn't any money at home. 20 ! thougl
~ might Jus as well send cat s. 10 n
- ole woman. kaae II got out mig
= not End any work. an she wouldf
have no money.
~ u We'll. went down TO De workhou
}" an cot into my striped clo'es an
put de chain on my laig stay
~ dere half a day an den somebody col
-. an said: Cit outen here. an took
a. chain Oh. Den dey give me back 1
IT, street clo'os an went away. v
81 mighty glad 10 glt out. but was ca