Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-12-16

c1QeS TO pay a visit to Yaller valley.
sBein too lazy to walk, he looked
around for critter to ride, and may
this court as a court never sit on the
bench ag'in IL he didn't walk up to the
Kids stable and hawk on to bis old
broncho. He did for a fact, though
nobody will ever believe it, and, more
over, the Kid was right thar to see. VI
What ar We a doin' 2 he says as
Terrible brought out the boss. u
IS A-takin' Of this critte replies our
humble citizen. s,5 II
But We can't do it. He's my prop
erty.'s
IN a=jumpin' yer claim 81
By the bones Of Blackstone" ex-
claimed the Judge as he brought his
fist down on the table, "but the idea OF
Terrible Joe Brown jumpin' anything
is enough to make a wolf laugh, but
he did 1.-The did 1t right then and
there. He not only went In to jump
that boss, but he showed a gun under
the Kids nose and bluffed him three
feet into the ground. You'd have
looked to see hot lead flynn, but none
few. He didn't have to shoot, and the
Kid dasn't. The Teller who run this
this town for weeks took a back seat
for the humbIest kuss we ever had
among us. After Terrible has disap-
peared the Kid comes howlin to me
for jestice. He wants warrants and
lawsuits and jestice, and he tells me
about fifteen lies to make out his case.
A constable goes after Terrible and
brings him back, and then I gifts at the.
facts.
Think OF it, teller citizens think Of.
1t! a critter who has been dubbed by
5squaws Frances right up to a despera-
do who has killed seven men and
makes him take water by the bar'l.
He had a gun, but it wasn't loaded.
he did 1t on cheek alone. He did It'll
with ID face as innocent as a baby's.
And now about law and jestice.
Accord to law, this court ought to-
| give Terrible six months in JAIL but /.
am we're to dispense jestice as well as
law. In some cases law and jestice 60
together; in other cases they are fur
apart. This happens to be a case where
law has to take a back seat and jestice
come to the front. In other words, this
we're court rises In Its. dignity and
shakes hands with Terrible Joe and
invites him to free drinks at the Red
Dog saloon for the next six months.
He Is also patted on the back. He Is
also informed that a public subscrip-
ton will be taken up fur him and that
he shall ride ait the head Of the next
Fourth of July parade.
As fur the Kid, he wants to take
his corpus, his reputation and his fight
In dog out of Sandy Bar within an
hour or they'll be shot. His bluff has
been called and his career has ended.
The court further rises to remark
Il object" interrupted the Kids law
yer. Your honor, want
"And this we're court further rises, 4
continued the Judge further rises to.
lsay to all the shyster lawyers present
THAT the case has been trick, the YER
dict announced, and that If any legal
Igaloot talks about an appeal to a high-
Fer court he's got to settle with me IN
about ten minutes from now. Dol
hear any more remarks Bein' as 4
don't and bein' as there Is nuthin' fur.
Ither TO detain us In this shanty dedi-
Gated to jestice and erected that every
body might have fair play. we will
Inow adjourn Till tonnorrer. stable
Watkins will see that the sentence is
dolly carried into effect, and any one.