The San Francisco call., 1904-04-30

aimiessiy at the Townsend-street depot
his Honor glanced sharply at the de-.
fendant and inquired. -. -; Z. =
"How many times have you been ar
rested for :dawiing around that railway
staticn?"
''Tliis is the seventh replied John.
Il wish you'd iet US know why you
confne your loafing 20 that particular
spot, instead OF spreading 1t around
a little. When you were here about
month ago 1 sought enlightenment on
that point. but you declined 20 give it
-'TlI tell you now. because I do not
want you 20 suspect that i hang around
there awaiting a chance to steal some
thing. I'm honest, though poor In
pocket and desolate at heart. The only
woman I ever loved bade be au revoir
one bright June morning two years ago
on the platform Of the Third and Town
send depot. and ere she was whirled
from my sight l had her renewed as
surance that our parting would be brief
that within a month she would re-
turn and be my bride"
The defendant paused. His chin slowly
sank and his tattered form shook con-
vulsively. Bailiff Hickey rapidly winked
both eyes. Clerk Grey's head sought
sepulture amid the papers upon his
desk. The bench maintained its COM
pcsure.
"Ah, WELL" suddenly resumed the
narrator. looking up and dashing a
hand across his brow, you can guess
the rest. 'Tis a repetition OF the old
story. Woman's heartless betrayal of
mans confiding trust. She never came
back to me. But her image haunts my
mind and units me for a mans place
among men. My feet involuntarily
stray TO the spot where 1 last held
her hand while"
You say she left you two years
ago?" interrupted his Honor.
Two years ago-but ii seems GEN.
fury Her winsome smile"
THE record here shows that you
were convicted of vagrancy three years
ago and again two and a half years
ago. I'll give you thirty days to invent
a new fabrication"
Come on, ye box-car bum." shouted
Bailih Hickey. jerking the crestfallen
prisoner cageward Clerk Grey's pen
jabbed so fiercely that his entry of the
conviction looked like an irregular row
Then came TO the bar Of justice
James Mulcahey, a tall. loose-jointed
young fellow, accused of vagrancy by
the management of St. Luke's Hospital,
with Patrolman J. w. Mahoney as
prosecuting witness.
The policeman stated that he had
been sent from the O'FarrellStreet sta
ticn in response TO a summons from
the hospital, and that officers of the
institution requested him to incarcerate
the defendant, who was making him
self a pest by inquiring for a young
lady who had recently been employed
there He had repeatedly been told
that she was not among those present,
but he insistently haunted the hospital
and annoyed the attaches with his
stereotyped query.
Very sad-faced was Mr.. Muicahey as
he explained his conduct TO Judge Mo-
gan. The object of his quest, he said,
had been his steady company for
several months. and their trysts were
held n the cheering atmosphere of the
hospital When they last parted she
showed no symptom of waning affec-
tion, nor did she intimate intention to
leave St. Luke's. So when, with soul
inflamed by loves fond anticipation.
he .hastened to meet her Thursday
evening, as per appointment. and was
informed that she had gone and left
no message for him, il was natural that
he should spurn the information as
false With hope of finding that he
was being fooled, he dallied in the hos
pital until the policeman removed him.
During the recital there were no visi-
bic indications Of sympathy on the part
Of either the bailiff or the clerk, and
the Judges facial expression was
sphinx-like. When il was explained
that the hospital people did not de-
sire to have Mr.. Mulcahey punished,
but simply warned to stay away from
the scene of his late conquest and sub
sequent disappointment, he was dis
missed, after he had informed the
court that he was a professional nurse
and that the girl who had left him be-
hind her was a chambermaid named
Miss Crawford. So badly was his mind
affected that he could not remember
her baptismaI cognomen- At least,
that's what he told the Judge.
"Archdeacon" Jones, deeply colored
of complexion and stunted of stature,
did not deny that he had been drinking
when a policeman arrested him in the
tenderloin district, but he emphatically
denied an allegation of peace disturb
ance.
Am ii possahbel. Jedge," he asked
his Honor Judge Cabaniss, dat I'd try
ter break intah Jail an be dar when de
Walcott-Dix fight kums off ter-night?
No, sah I wouldn't miss dat ah scrap
70 a millyun dollahs."
I'm inclined to believe you," re-
sponded the court, but at the same
time I don't feel inclined to doubt the
officers word"
"Fo' de Lawd's sake, listen ter me.
Jedge, yo' Honnah," implored the
"Archdeacon," with dire apprehension
expressed in every tone and reflected
from every feature. "Hor back yo'
Judgment till yo' heahs me. I'll plead
guilty ter anything dis yah cop says
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