Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-28
HE SOUGHT INFORMATION.
Can Victim of His Own Folly and Love
For Cheese Recover Damages?

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the opening of the elk season stop.
ped one night at the ranch OF man
named Brig Adams, over on the Ho-
back spur. In the course of the
evenings conversation one of the
men was repeatedly addressed as
judge by his companions, and Just
before bedtime Brig Adams, who
had been silently meditating, asked
the jurist if he would mind taking a
little walk outside, as he had very
important matter to communicate
to him. -. ~ ~
/ Like enough" he said, when
they had reached the edge of the ir-
rigation ditch, "frum what yore
people talk, you know about law. y
The other acknowledged a some
what intimate acquaintance.
Eyes, sir. Well, sir, amt spe-
shul interested myself, but I'm one
o. them that believes in livin an
learnin. I'm a great one to pick up
information an saveit. Understand,
as l say, that this here question I'm
goin to asst you amt got a blamed
bit o application, as they call it, to
me. It's just sposen question.
"A hypothetical theory2 Is that
its''
Mister, if that's what you call it,
why, go right on calm it that. It
sounds first rate, but that words a
little too many for me. AS say,
this is jest sposen case Nothin
in it at all. Jest sposen.
Yes; proceed. I understand that
you are interested solely as stu
dent
eyes, sir. AS student an a
white man wantin to be sure O. his
rights. Now, then, here we are.
Sposen yo're a burned, redheaded,
ornery coyote named briggs, an you
keep store down in the Basin.'
Eyes,
"Jest sposen. An sposen gentle
man like me should drop in an ask
you what was in them little round
wooden boxes on the shelf. -
eyes"
"An sposen you, bein a measly,
white livered reptile with Iniun
blood in you, should say it was
new, fancy kind O. cheese
81 see.
Gan sposen I, bein me myself, a
gentleman an a truthful citizen, re-
lyin on you, briggs, tellin the truth,
should kinder bsentmindedlike tote
off one O. them cheeses."
"Steal it, you mean"
''This is jest a case o. sposen.
Don't call hard names. Sposen,
then, that, relyin on them state
ments O. yourn, you bein a mean
hearted hoptoad named briggs,
should privatelike eat that cheese,
attributin its peculiar taste to- it's
bein new kind, an sposen it should
turn my throat into a ragin shaft O.
fire an should tie my inside works
into knots an should uncouple my
backbone an should make my hair
fall out an the skin peel off'n my
back, an, in short, sposen it shouldn't
be no kind O. cheese at all, but Jest
a late make O. axle grease-now
where would I standS"
I'm what respectf I hardly I'M
derstand"-
"Why, as to SUN you, allowin you
to be briggs an low down cuss as
he is, fer damages an closin yore
store an sellin you out at sheriff s
sale an sendin you to the peniten-
tiary fer 40 year"
"Well, I'm afraid it couldn't be
done. -
"Well, couldn't swear you in fer
ten year then-allowin that was
the least bit interested, which, as
told you, ain't2"
"No. Hardly"
Couldn't I by law make you for
felt yore irrigation water rights or
take yore land claim away from
yous"
mo. In fact, you would have no
standing in court whatever. Indeed
they would be liable to convict you
yourself Of petty larceny and fine
you
Brig looked reflective.
WELL" he said at last, eff that's
the law O. course she must be up
held. I'm law abidin citizen my
self an in this here-what you call
hypodermical question: amt got
no prejidis. I was jest seekin fer
information, as told you, bein al
together disinterested. 1t was pure
ly case O. sposen.
"Oh, certainly-of course, said
the judge.-Chicago Record.
Fixed Both Ways.
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