Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-17
Upholding the Courts Dignity

TERRY BUTLER had just arrived tR from Pato1a and was retailing the 'month-old news of the nitrate camps along Medicine Sack to the crowd in Pap Dacey's.
 Hans Zeck1er's got all the water pumped out of the lower level of the Great Mistake" he concluded. He's going to start the hoist next week and work night shift, sos to give them stockholders good impression when they come. I reckon that's about all. You heard about Judge Quinn cashin' in, didn't you?"
 'sNo!" came in chorus from his audi tors
 "tYes. He's quit the game. Ireckon it was pneumonia Sick about week. They give him 8 great send-off. Cas- ket over from Socorro, the Ruby brass band and preacher. All the luxuries of the season" 11 '
 "He was good blacksmith,' ob- served the Cherry Ripe amalgamator. "Too bad they couldn't pull him through. He was pretty old man, though"
 "He wasn't no slouch of judge, either,' said Pap Dacey. What he didn't know about minin' law wasn't worth knowin' An when he fixed up a location notice 1t was fixed to stay" '.tATade 8 dern good talk, too,"" said Pete Fenwick, the deputy sheriff. ''I never heard anybody could lay over him, come down to oratory an dignity. We'll, he was ace high. There ain't judge of the United States district court has the way he had of impressin' the majesty of the law on the keer- less.''
 You're thinkin of Hickson's burro," said the Cherry Ripe amalgamator, smiling. .s s
 You struck 1t that time," said the deputy. You was along, then, wasn't your It was in 80, reckon he con- tinued, turning to the others. We was more partickler on some p'ints then than we are now. There was county organization, O course, but it wasn't or ganized so you could notice it, an the morals O the community, dependin' as they did on public sentiment, was heap healthier. There wasn't so blame much claim -jumpin' an hoss-stealin' was es- peshully drowned on. It wasn't even considered eterket to slap brand on 9 maverick by the COW outfits in the foothills. There wasn't any Jail nearer than Socorro, but lariats was plenty, an if trees was scarce there was always wagon tongue somewheres around.
 ''Well. Sam Hickson over at Carbon ate lost his burro, Anthony Wayne, one 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'd seen burro that looked like Anthony grazing at the end of picket rope in a little park in the low divide on the Limestone range, over SO mile away. There was a cabin in the park, but Jack didn't inquire none, because he was out of cartridges.
 ''Well, Sam dickson got together about a dozen O the boys-Hank, here, was one O them-an' started out for the Limestone. I met 'em and in- sisted on going along, too, being new to the office and feeling my oats. We got to the cabin, an there, sure enough, was Sam's burro. Sam went up to the cabin. door and knocked on 1t with the butt of his A, and a long legged tenderfoot come out and want ed to know what was the trouble He told straight story-how the mule had drifted in about a month before and he had kept him there on picket until he got time to go to Last Chance and deliver him to the authorities. which he said he was intending to do. It sounded all right, but the boys said the evidence was agin him and they allowed they'd vindtcate outraged jus tice with Anthony Wayne's picket rope right there. I took chips at that stage O the game and allowed I'd convey the prisoner to the nearest justice, which was Judge Quinn, and we'd try him according to Hoy1e. They kicked, but I had it that way. We tied his feet under Anthony's belly and finally got him afore the old judge.
 Well, he was scared up pieca~ that senderfoot. but he'd no sooner got into the blacksmith shop and the court had taken his seat on the edge of the cool ing tub than he give a sigh of relief and smiled like his troubles was an over.
 Stranger says fhe judge, you non't seem to realize the gravity of your position. as near as can make out. If you see anything to laff about, I don't.
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