The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25
/. THE
MAN
ABOUT
TOWN
By
Harry Tucker.

DAILY CALENDAR-Marcn 3th.
19o3-The Legislature had an idea OF re-
modelling the Capitol building.
19o7-The Legislature thought It a cap
ital idea.
The sky is green, the grass Is blue,
And flowers sing their lay;
Up to this time VIC never knew
The birds to be 30 gay.
Tho buttrecups and daffodlls.
Whatever they may be.
Are lifting up their pretty BEADS,
AS every ono may see.
The pretty snow that didn't como
When we looked for 1t most,
Has melted of into the mist
Has given up the ghost.
Now Tommy Jones. the Office boy.
Is happy with delight;
II any one disputes his word
He's ready for fight
Paul winston Joseph Shelton and Journey
Porter, too, -.55 i3s,ji..5 q =sf {,
Are polishing up their fishing rods to
catch fish or two.
Now that is what we call good spring
poetry, and when the long-hnired ndivid-
ual entered with 1t rolled up under his
arm we felt that, indeed, tho backbone
Of winter had been broken.
He wanted to give US another column
Of the poetry. butawe dissuadcd him,
when We, in the Kindness Of our heart,
helped to lock Professor Brooks the
prestidig,tator, up in box at Bostock,s
before O crowd of people. we didn't think
we were going to bo looked upon with
suspicion and pointed out ns being IN ca
boots with him. !,
We ala the deed with all the sang froid
We had at our command. and we tried TO
ca tch on to the trick, but we are just as
much puzzled about 1t now ms we wore
when we saw Moses May DO the same
thing. ilsf
Wo wish to say that we are not o con-
Tolerate Of Professor Brooks. and because
wo have been promised q live monkey ny
Mr.. Bostock is no reason why we should
stand in with the Professor. He co e'1l
not bride us with an elephant.
We thought It was good trick ana We
still think so. s&
Our little Fulton friend. Mr.. Archibald
Barofr, has asked us to state In our plain
est way that he was not there and that
he does not know anything about It
We take pleasure In doing so. and we
not only repeat what ms says, but .wo i'd
that we do not believe ourselves that he
was there. and we don't think he did It.
IIe failed to state In his note to us where
the place was or what It was no didn't
do. 9'k
But we never cared much for details.
anyway, ana all Archie has to say is that
no was not there and didn't do It, and VIC
take him at his word,
Mr.. Harry Glenn arose impressiyely;
MAY 1t please Your Honor. this client
OF mine Is not In the habit OF carrying q
concealed weapon. He don't have TO-
He's n strong, handsome. able-bodied man
and can look out for himself without re-
sorting to tho use Of firearms, ! never
seen him have pistol before. ana nope
YOU won't DO nothing with him,
Justice Crutchneld took another drink
OF aqua pura.
my. Glenn" no numbered, this man
hns flngrantly broken the laws. as la'd
down in volume o. chapter 8. section 4
which provides that any man caught VIII
n concealed weapon concealed about him
goes to jail for thirty days, no moro nol
no loss. and pays q fine OF !ao, no moro
no less. I. therefore, give this client o.
yourn that penalty, and you may take
n appeal II you wish to-"
Mr., Glenn held a consultation auletlS
With his client.
"see. there" he whispered, 'if It hndn''
ben for me you'd gone to the penltont'ary'
I wouldn't tako no appeal II was you.'
And court adjourned.