Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-29
Bull Became an Honored Guest.

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ton OF the Sunday law, under COM
plant Of the so-called Law and Or
der League OF that little city, which
Is under the leadership Of a preacher
who IS SAID to have once paused long
enough during the delivery of fune-
raj sermon to pass the plate for his
pay, somewhat after the fashion of the
&c. o. d." form Of express companies.
The defense was conducted by George
{. Israel, OF Olympia, assisted by Y.
W. Bush OF Aberdeen, and the result
was, as might have been expected, an
acquittal.
But the funny" part of the bust.
ness relates especially to the attorney
from thi, city, and is here related sub.
staniially as it came to us.
Mr.. Israel labored under the disad
vantage of being literally a stranger to
the people Of Hoquiam. He was re-
tanned solely upon the reputation he
enjoys OF being bright and success
full lawyer. As he has been for some
time past afflicted with serious
throat trouble. his wife accompanies
HIM on protracted engagements, to
care for him should he suffer a re-
lapse. Closing the family home, tenn
porarily, necessitated some provision
to be made for the pet dog, Bull"
(whose affection is fully returned by
his mastery, and the safest plan
seemed to be to make Bull one of the
party-and thereby hangs the tale, in
which it is shown that the dog served
as a barometer to indicate the exact
condition OF social surroundings.
On arrival at Hoquiam, about the
first frigid wave that swept over the
sensitive nature of the lawyer, was the
RELOCATION OF Bull" to quarters at the
barn at night, and, as a special con-
cession, a place at the end OF chain
on the porch by day. 1t is more than
probable that this would have been
his lot had it not been for the demurrer
Immediately filed by his owner and a
motion that he might be permitted to
occupy quarters as at home, at the
foot of his masters bed at night, and
be permitted to accompany him, under
certain limitations, by day. The
petition coming from a man whose
face was covered by beard of q
weeks growth, a cigarette in his
mouth and vest unbottoned, did not
serve to remove, but rather deepen,
the scowl that had overspread the
landlords face ever since "Bull" had
caught his eye as an adjunct of the
guests from the capital. It was plain
to see that he disliked dogs and was
crank on maintenance of his rules.
But Mr.. I. has tackled successfully
much more difficult conditions than
an irate and implacable landlord.
First he exhausted law and logic in an
effort to convince this Cerberus that
dogs have some rights which even a |
landlord has to respect. He then be-
gan his pleadings and the triple
headed guardian of the gateway i'm.
mediately capitulated, ON condition of
good behavior of the dog and respon-
sibility for damage BY its owner.
So the matter rested, with "Bull"
under perpetual surveillance, until
court met. Then the trial began with
the landlord languid spectator. 1t
drew its weary length along through
its routine stages. with the prosecution
elated over what he considered clear
proof of the offense charged, and he
leaned back and smiled sardonically |
at the attorney for the defense. That
was probably the worst thing he could
have done under the circumstances,
for it was just the ingredient to develop
the 'tobasco sauce in his opponents
nature.
When Mr.. Israel arose to address
the jury, there was an apathetic as.
semblage of about all the people in
town, awaiting impatiently to hear the
result-nothing more. The complain
ing witness, the sky pilot who passed
the plate at the funeral was the only
spectator who appeared 10 be bubbling
over with giee. But it was of short
duration; when Mr.. Israel warmed up
to his work, listlessness was supplanted
by closest attention as the attorney
analysed in q mastery manner the
evidence submitted by the prosecution,
and demonstrated how frail were the
grounds it might rest upon, under
certain plausible and not improbable
conditions. He then led on to the in
justice of class legislation, unless the
innocent be guarded from the demands
OF fanaticism to construe enactments
so as to embody the blue.lsw spirit of
the age which murdered people in the
name of sanctity. He then alluded to
the originator of the prosecution, al
man of the same name as his client,
but Oh how different in natural i'm
pulses! The auditory now became
palpably interested. "My CLIENT
said Mr.. Israel, "may be a bad man,
but he does not lay claim to all the
virtues. He may sometimes drink of
those beverages the temperance crank
delights to call "liquid damnation,"
but he does not 60 behind a door nor
beneath the sacramental altar to do it.
He may engage in an occasional game
of chance, but he does not enter "a a