The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-21
Upholding the
Courts Dignity

6G6fb4 nau JUST arrived
from Patola and was retailing the
month-old news Of the nitrate camps
along Medicine Sack to the crowd in
Pap Dacey's.
"Hans zeekler's got all the water
pumped out Of the lower level Of the
Great Mistake" he concluded. Hes
going to start the hoist next week and
work a night shift, SOS to give them
stockholders a good impression when
they come. 1 reckon that's about all.
You heard about Judge Quinn cashin' in,
didn't you?"
mol" came in chorus from his audi
tors.
Yes. He's quit the game. Ireckonit
wa pneumonia. Sick about a week!
They give him a great send-on. Cas-
ket over from SocorrO, the Ruby brass
band and a preacher. All the luXuries.
of the season"
Gle was a good blacksmith" OBJ
served the Cherry Ripe amalgamator.
4fToOsbad they couldn't pull him through.
He was a pretty old man, though"
HE wasn't no SLOUGH Of a judge,
either" said Pap Dacey. "What he
didn't know about mimi law wasn't
worth KNOWN. An, Whan-hOazadnp
o. location notice it was fixed to stay"
made a dern good talk, too said
Pete Fenwick, the deputy sherim. Il
never heard anybody could lay over
him, come down to Oratory an dignity.
Well, he was ace high. There amt a
Judge Of the United States district
court has the way he had of impressin'
the majesty Of the law on the keer-
uess."
you're thinkin of Hickson's burro,"
said the Cherry Ripe amalgamator,
smiling.
''You struck it that time" said the
deputy. "You was along, then, wasn't
you? It was in go, 1 reckon" he con-
Gnued, turning to the others. I'VE was
more partickler on some p'ints then
than we are now. There was a county
organization, O. course, but it wasn't or
svani2ed SO you could notice 1t, an the
morals O. the community, dependin' as
they did on public sentiment, was a heap
healthier. There wasn't so blame much
.elaim-iumpin' an hOss-stealin' was es-
rpeshulIy frowned on. It wasn't even
considered eterket to slap q brand on
a maverick by the COW outfits in the
foothills. There wasn't any jail nearer
than SOcoTro, but lariats was plenty
an If trees was scarce there was always
q wagon tongue somewheres around.
"Well, Sam Hickson over at Carbon,
ate lost his burro, Anthony Wayne, ont
day and couldn't find hide nor hair Of it
He had about give up when Jack McLe,
more came to him an told him how he't
seen a burro that looked like Anthem!
grazing at the end of a picket rope in
little park in the low divide on tn,
Limestone range, over so mile away
There was a cabin in the park, but Jacl
didn't inquire none, because he was GU
sOf cartridges.
'Well, Sam Hickson got togethe
about a dozen o. the bOys-Hanl
here. was one O. them-an' started on
for the Limestone. I met 'em and IN
sisted on going along, too, being me-
TO the ONCE and feeling my oats. "
got to the cabin, an there, sur
enough, WaS sam , DuAAOs 6NM va
I'D to the cabin door and knocked o
it with the butt Of his "A, and a Ions
legged ~tenderfoot come out and wan.
ed to know what was the trouble. +
told a straight stOry-how the mu.
had drifted in about a month befol
and ne had kept him there on pick
until he got time to go to Last Cham
and deliver him to the authorize
which he said he was intending to d
It sounded all right, but the boys sa
the evidence was agin aim and thu
allowed they'd vindicate outraged ju
tice with Anthony Wayne's picket TO
right there. I took chips at that sta.
% the game and allowed I'd convey t
prisoner to the nearest justice, viii
was Judge Quinn, and we'd try hi
according to Hoyle. They kicked, b
I had It that way. We tied his e
under Anthony's belly and finally g
sim afore the old judge.