The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
A sATIsFAcronY SETTLEMENT.
How the Postum Hollow Court
Finished mp the Job.

rIHiSheu Hp the JOD.
"L see," said the waiter "dey is MAX
in quite effort to git de bankrup law
repealed, on de claim dat people takes
advantage OBJ de law to dodge DER
homes debts"
Il wouldn't be sprised if dey don't
sometimes" said Uncle Mingo, but
mos generally it seem de udder way.
De creditors dey houns an persecutes
a chap wot owe dem ontell it's elder de
hankrup' cote or de lunatic 'sylum.
II know OBJ case out to Postum
Holler not long ago. Dere was a Teller
dere KEEP a sto an little udder bust
ness. an times git bad an he run be-
hin, an de creditors nebber glib him no
res, night or day.
so dey had a meetin an de Teller
say, 'Gentlemens, Use VERY sorry
can't pay YOU he say, but times is
hard an money is mighty scace. How
somebber,' he say, wild little patience,
L feel sho we kin pull troo. De total
mount OBJ my debtedness, he say, is
enc tousan' an foteen dollars; now
you see my stock is wort edible bit OBJ
htteen or sixteen hundred dollars, be-
sides some udder little property, witch
l has got. Jis glib me a chance he
say, to turn it eento cash, an you
shill edible one be paid cen full. ,
But de creditors say, Dat won't do
a-tall, a-tall. For monts you has been
maxim promises an payin' mighty lit
tie money. Now we wants de money.
an dat we must hab'
SO dey pass a resolution, an put de
Teller cen de cote, an de cote pint a
receiber. Den dey all git counsel.
AT las de receiber was ready to
make his repote, so dey all gone to de
cote.
May it please de COTE says de re-
ceiber, / has turned de assets OBJ dis
bankrup eento cash. Cose, he say, &
has had to sell at fo'ce sale an cheap
Tor cash, so dat de net proceeds web
1 now turns ober to de cote is seben
hundred an fifty-siX dollars
Very good say de cote; AN we
will now proceed to de sharn' out
Let's hear de claims
up pop a lawyer.
Z" Wat has you done?' ak de cote.
6 I amt done nothin', say de lawyer;
Use de counsel for de creditors
Zen dat case say de cote, you
gifts a hundred dollars
up bob anudder lawyer.
Wat has you done p" AK de cote.
Not guilty, say de lawyer; is de
counsel for de bankrup.'
Zen dat case, say de cote, you
gifts a hundred dollars
Anudder lawyer jump up.
Wot has you done?' ak de cote
You kin sarch me-" say de lawyer;
I is de counsel for be receiber.'
. En- dat case say de COTE you gifts
a hundred dollars
Den de receiver rise up. 'Wot does
I git? he ak.
Use deeply regretful,' say de cote,
dat l has to make SIGH a onadeuuit
remuneration for your wallyble serv-
ices, but de 'wailable assets don't per-
nit me to low you no mo dan 70
hundred dollars
" An how bout my 'sistant?' say de
receiber; case he say, 1 couldn't vase
my own time on no SIGH petty-cash
business like dis, so 1 had to employ a
'sistant. Don't he git nothin?'
wy, of cose,' say de cote; de Teller
wot done all de work mus not be los
cen de shuttle. You has fifty-six dol
lars lef'; 1 speck fifty dollars will be
'nough for de minor cos OBJ he cote; glib
de udder six dollars to be 'sistant. An
now, gentlemens,' say de cote, ALLOW
me to congratulate you on his VERY
satisfactory settlement; it is a great
pledger to hab things come out so
smood an eben.'
=" An wot, den does we git?' say he
creditors, risin' as one man.
De bankrup' way back by de do
he holler out. You gets lef'!'"
Serve EN- right" exclaimed the
waiter
Il t'ink so, too" said Uncle Mingo;
"but dere amt one o. dem fellers stop
tallIin' yet bout de sin an wickedness
oh de bankrup law"
'One time" resumed Uncle Mingo,
after a little pause, "dere was two
cats fin big piece OBJ cheese. After
dey done quarrel a vile dey take it
to de judge to wide it betwix 'em,
witch de judge was a ole monkey wot
had mo- sense den all de udder ami
mails. So dey lay de case an de cheese
befo' de judge, an de judge haul out
a knife an a pair OBJ scales. We mus
be quite impartial he says.
de judge cut de cheese cen two, an
nut it. cen de scales. One en- fly up, de
udder en- stay down
wy say de judge, dat will neb-
Der do; dat amt chen a Bit So he take
de bigges' piece, an eat some off it.
Den ne put it back cen de -eales, an
try again. Dis time de udder piece was
mo- hebbier.
Dear me" say de Judge. if didn't
go an take OFF little too much!' SO
ne proceed TO eat some on dat piece
too, an wen he try again, it was mo-
lighter dan de udder.
Wen. l declare!' say de Judge it's
mighty hard to git desc scales to ball
ance to-day. Wat kin be de matter
So he KEEP on eaten fuss off one piece
an den de udder ontell de cheese was
mo- dan half gone. Den de two cats
say,
'Nummine bout sharin it any mo-
ebener, your honor, we'll jis take de
balance as it is, an much oolige to
you
you'll take de balance" say de
judge, wy, you mus be crazy! Dere
aint hardly 'nough lef now to pay de
cos o. de cote. an by he time ! gifts
troo decidin' de case, maybe dere won't
be none
"'Aint we goin' to git a tase?" AK
de cats.
''De judge roll up his eyes. Did you
ebber. hear he like O. de impidence,'
he say. Git away wild you he say, AN
if you glib me any mo- OBJ your sass,
I'll SEN all two OBJ you TO Jail for con-
temp O. de cote
The Josef HOFFMAN, Recital.
In order to avoid any misunderstood