The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-14
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TOUCH: ONE n JOHN
Thomas Bell Tried the Concord
Of Secret Sounds
to#No Avail,
"DlXIE' FAILED TO REACH HIM
This Was the Last Card and Bell
Willingly Went to
Jail

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4 Either Justice John Jeter Crutchfield
3 has no sava sc breast or that old adage
about music having such n soothing effect
upon bosoms OF this kind Is at fault.
There has been an exception. A time
has come when tha sweetest music fail
ed to Stir within tho soul OF tho Ono
John any single germ OF forge,fulness. OF
forgiveness. II IA
For was not the case demonstrated
yesterday morning? From the pen where
hundreds OF unfortunntcs have been kept
away from liberty, there came the sweet
CIT strains OF music-music that came
from tho violin OF one Thomas Bell. wfI
tho night before had gone on tho war.
path and snas he'd things In a saloon.
''rhe Holy City, 'lE' Nearer, Ny God. "a
Thee Upon the scwanec River."s'Idomt /
\ Sweet Home. jS"My Mothers Prayer"
Dixie ,,rhe Virginia Breakdown I'LL i
failed TO move the Justice. There wa.
no altering OF his decision ana when
Buster Brown pleaded with him and held
the door open that tho notes from the
violin could be waited through upon tho
gentle Winds, the One John took himself
from the uitlce-went out and talked to
q lawyer.
Thomas Boil was fined IS and the costs
i In default OF tho payment he was oracr-
ed 10 tall for twenty days. Back TO the
pen he went and with him went the
Violin. y
Take your fiddle along said the court.
.and Thomas thanked him for the privl-
5iegc # q. 4 ne
The session was soon over. for there
was nothing much doing. The man wao
rules the meetings of&the Atmospheric
Association for Reformed = Politicians
went BAG TO his coy corner Ia tho
sanctum adjoining the chamber where
knowledge and other things IRE degcner-
4ated.
Went Over One Johns Head.
Scarcely had he taken n seat when the
music came TO his ears. Thomas was play
ing Nearer My God to Thee Z; Went
over the head OF the One John. ID ixie'
failed to reach the soft spot and then
Buster Brown and u few other attaches
got busy with their conversation lines
But like jackson, who stood when the
foe was IN front. sat the One John Ha
was as lmmoyablc rs the rock OF Gibral-
ter. ta;
Thomas went to tho cage and waa
taken to the Jail.
Dick Marie,a cullud pusson from tho
Ward, was charged with sn,acking May
Richardson. one OF the dcbutantes OF
1878. Mary Richardson was none the
worse for the smacking. and iDlckic Marie
departed with his coin. S
Gussie Drew, drew SO package be-
cause heSdrew the whip too often across
tho back of a mule. IA
Richardson washington couldl lie
about stealing the bicycle and got four
months In the villa, where q lawn party
Is to be held for the next year or So
Andrew Pride slipped up to the bar
with vanity sticking out Of his mug.
pride went before a tumble" s'ld Mr..
Robins, who is an authority on Dickens,
Shakespeare and Diamond Dick lltera-
ture s
"PrIde has taken a fall" said the One
John, and Andrew stepped back to tho
pen with the nney-day echo ringing in
| his Christy cars,
| Ton RcIley--he's Irlsh-went down to
| keen company with another son Of Erin
! for thirty days. Tom had looked at the
bowl when twas red, and again when
twas as changeable rs the rainbow
colors. 5f,
Tho DRINKS passed in review,
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