Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-25

"Stop your whistling and stomping!
Don't you know any better than to
whistle and stomp in q court Of JUS
tice?"
but Mr.. s-Lis-Liscomb-'
The judge stared at the lawyer so
sternly he wilted in his chair.
"Shall throw him out, Waff?" asked
Bill Comfort, making a pugilistic ges-
ture with his bunch of waste.
NO." said the judge, withdrawing
his glare from Burberry and bestow-
ing it upon his engineer; "but I'll tell
you what you can do. Bill Comfort.
You can keep still or I'll throw you
out, and no two ways about it. Now,
Barney"
Barney stood up and was about to
! speak when Col. Keever broke in ahead
of him.
"Your. honor, it is customary first
to hear the plaintiff. beg to be al
| lowed to make my statement"
"And beg to be allowed to tell you
to mind your p's and as. Is my au-
thority to be respected or isn't it?
hand into his bosom.
II WILL address this court, sir"
''You will, will you!" exclaimed Waf-
ae, starting up slowly. IF you say
much more, the dignity Of this court
is going to be badly impaired.''
You're a disgrace to the law you
profess to represent.
SSGi1oroo TIL
| tempt of court"
''If my fine was in proportion to my
contempt" scored the Colonel, "a mil
lion dollars wouldn't pay it,
"Now, you're getting personal. Pet
tibone, if that man forgets himself
again, take him down to the end of
the haA and lock him up. While I'm
here this thing is going to be run ac-
cording to Waffle. Come here, Barney,
and III swear you"
Barney laid his hand on the book
| while the oath was administered, then
| he was asked in tone of judicial Sc
verify:
Did you point deadly weapon at
| that gentleman in the white hat? ''
Yes, sir"
"What was ia shotgun?'
'Yes, sir"
'What was it loaded with?"
"No. 5 shot"
How far were you from Col. Keever
at the time?"
about fifty feet.''
'Now, then, answer me square-up.
If your gun had gone off would it have
killed our respected friend?"
II think it would, SIR
The judge leaned forward in his
chair.
Then why in the hend's name didn't
you shoot?"
A painful silence settled over the
| courtroom and then there came tit
ter from someone somewhere in the
crowd. Guy laughed outright. Spring.
| ing erect, the Colonel inflated his
| broad chest, and fastened his eyes on
| Waffle.
''Sir," he cried in voice whose every
information sent a palpitating chill
through Lem Bilkins. you are in
vested with the sacred majesty of law,
and l would rather cut off my right
hand than raise it against one of the
modest of my country's institutions,
THAT will do, Keever," cut in the
Judge. Make any more comments
on my way of doing things and I'll
fine you and levy on your old blanket
sheet for the amount. You're the
kind of a frontier product that
makes an honest man blush for his
race. You're having your day now,
but the time will come when the
people will find you out. Beware of
that time, Keever, that's my advice
to YOU"
Col. keever arose stiffly and strobe
to the door. There he halted to
shake his cane at the judge and ex-
claim wrathfully:
| You shall answer for this, sir!
Egad, I shall see that you answer
for this!''
| He founced out of the room and
the judge laughed and called after
him:
! whenever you're ready for me,
Colonel, you'll find I'm ready for you.
Liscomb, shall have to fine you ten
dollars, not for what you did do, but
for what you didn't do. If you will
promise
He was interrupted by the wild
tolling of a bell. His words died
away on his lips and he sat rigidly
upright, listening to the sound as
though fascinated. Pettibone gave a
startled jump. A deathlike stiffness
was everywhere broken only by the
heavy breathing of those in the
room.
Its the alarm cried Glimmer,
his voice shaking with excitement;
''the Harmony men are coming after
the records! The Harmony men,"
Courts adjourned!" shouted Wat.
fe, leaping on the table. run for
the courthouse, every man of you'll
There followed a scrambling rush
for the door, accompanied by fierce
yells and shouts of defiance. In the
confusion, Guy and Barney were sep
arated from the sheriff and from
each other. Left to his own devices
Guy drew back and then trailed
along in the rear of the crowd