The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-01-05

ga happy new yoar!" he shouted,
springing up out Of his chair and waving
his pipe. ''Ah, l got you there, gentle
rlen-I got you therer'
Gradually the real facts of the situation
were impressed upon his sleep clogged
brain When the last one had told his
story, the justice cleared his throat for &C.
ton and brought his big fist down on tho
table with bang.
"Oyez, oycz!" he roared. This court
is now in session, and" (stliding over to
the door, he locked it and put the key in
his pocket sit is the order Of the court,
he resumed, taking his scat behind the ia
bic, "that-by the way, gentlemen, all
arms must be deposited here before me be-
fore the court can proceed. There must be
no intimidation of the law
Simultaneously four revolvers and three
knives clattercd on tho table.
"It is the opinion of the court, - the jus
tice proceeded, THAT this Canadian police
man was on the wrong side of the fence
There must be DO poaching in cur game
preserves He is fined $50; remitted if he
leaves the country. Next, the court is
unable to determine which of these two
agents captured MintOn, for both Of them
would perjuro their everlasting souls Tor
the sake of that reward. Justice must
come from above. Strip off to the waist,
both Of you, and fight it out" " There was
no hanging back, for it was not the first
time these men had ciashed, and there was
bad blood between them. Your weap-
ons, announced the Justice, handing each
Of them a three foot rawhide, NOW fall
tor
For moment the men made no move
ment Then Willard heard a swish through
the air, and something like a redhot iron
scared his side. Again it came, and this
time the blood spurted from his check.
Then he woke up.
1t was a terrible fight while it lasted.
Both men were welted and gashed across
every inch of exposed flesh
Suddenly Wizards opponent sprang
back and threw away his whip.
My God!" he cried. I've got enoughl
Bill did take Minton 1 was after the
opium.
''There's nothing like whip for the
back of a fool,' observed the justice.
bill Willard, according to the evidence
in hand, captured Minton. The opium is
con1iscated by the court in lieu of its fees.
This fellow" pointing to the prostrate
smuggl2r, ''is remanded to Jail to await
the action of the federal court, in case he's
not dead, and NIinton viii keep him COM
pany.'
There was a convulsod groan from the
smuggler, and he sprang to his feet with
surprising alacrity.
"Ah, no. he Kissed, ''eet ecs not opee-
um-no. Get ces Chineeman-two Chinee-
man have zey heed cen re barrels-zat ees
ect!'
a gasp of nstonishment expressed the
feelings Of ali present.
Your former sentence stands, the JUS
tcc said, with dignity. Tho court, how
ever, refuses to accept the oontraband goods
III lieu Of its fees In conclusion the court
desires TO wish you all very happy new
year and, furthermore, pleads with you to
turn over new LEAF and henceforward lead
better and purcr lives. Go and sin no
more, but before going you must all come
and have something with the court. "
\ moment later from the Justice:
"Genol>lncn, III bet you 81 those blank
| Cinnamon are frozen so stiff that they'll ii
never thaw outn'
| And they never did
Before evening closed in upon this
! eventful New Years day 1T Turtle noun
| tains the justice Of Bottncau was missing;
| so was Minton: 50 was the loot They still