The San Francisco call., 1905-03-18

toms delay in paying him for recanlng
the seats of three of her sitting-room
chairs. She declared thatsshe was not
unduly tardy in settling his demand,
which was only rs cents, while he
swore that the account had been rum
ring for three months and that his
bill called for 50. 1t was his contra
dictjon of her fiscal statement that
provoked Mrs. Morton to abusive ut
terance.
wy, yo' po' mis'ble chink.'' she ex-
claimed, towering over him with up
raised hand, wa fo' yo' sit dab en- roll
out dem lies? How dayah try teh
make me out liah? Fo two pins
Ah'd-"
The accompanying swing of her arm
impelled All You to shrink and glance
beseechingly al the Judge, but the
glance went unheeded.
Didn't All pay you noah den dem
mis'hle chains wuZ wuff?" she con-
tinued; zen in yo' mean dispersition
didn't yo' fix nail in wun OBJ dem
so dat All wud huht mahse'f wen All
sat down? Didn't yo' do dat, yo' yal-
Ter trash, eh 20
Dam ole foolee," muttered All You
Did you heah dat yah remahk,
Jedge?" shouted Mrs. Morton, in in
jureG tone. Am dis yah mis'ble chink
gwine teh be lowed to sit heah en- use
insultery ter A 'speck BILE pusson?"
This contention must cease, grave
ly responded his Honor. You would
better address your protests to the de-
fendsnt's attorney, Mr.. Scott"
'Mistah Scott-huh!' was the con-
temptuous rejoinder. "Ah wants no
truck wifi him or any oddah cullud
man wat'd pehsecute cullud lady fo'
nasty chink. Does All know Mistah
Scott? Well, All guess yep. All knows
him en- All hez no use fo' him. He
stan's in de Bethel Church en- tanks
de good Lawd 10 givin' him new lease
oh life, en- den he kims down heah Ell
fights a po' ole niggah wumman lax
me fo' heather coolie. All doan want
teh do any talkin' teh Mistah Scott.
Nc. sab. Ah'll dress nah langwidge
teh de po' mis'ble chink what hiahed
him."
And she did, despite the protest of
an indignant defense. All You
sauirmed under the tongue lashing,
and each time he attempted to speak
she shouted "Shet upn SO vociferously
as to make him jump. Finally the
Judge continued the case till this
morning, remarking that he did not
consider ST. Patrick's day a proper
time for him to decide a racial dispute.
Whereupon the clerk Of the court, one
Patrick Gray, hummed the air of a once
popular song, the title of which is ''St.
Patrick's Day Is a Bad Day for Coons. >
Pedro Gonzales walked into All Sam
pawnshop at Washington street and
Waverly place and drew from one of
his pockets a razor. All Sam no SOON
er caught sight of the implement than
he uttered yell of alright, bounded
over his counter and to the street,
where he blew a shrill alarm on the
whistle, which all prudent Chinese
carry Pedro Gonzales thereupon
dashed out of the shop and ran until
he was overtaken and arrested by Pa
trolman Hobi.
These Chinese" said Pedro to Judge
Fritz, ARE queer characters-so sus-
picious, you know. Now when I went
into this chink's store and pulled the
razor / had no intention of doing any
as could get. But this timid heather
evidently thought / was going to carve
him. How ridiculous"
All Sam, however, declared that 1t
was not so much the appearance of
the razor as the demeanor of the man
who possessed it that impelled him to
run His impression then-and 1t had
remained unshaken-was that rob-
berry, attended with violence If neces-
sary, was Mr.. Gonzales purpose, al
though no intimidatory word was ut
! tered.
The court gave Mr. Gonzales TWEEN
( ty-four hours Imprisonment for hav-
ing fed when the policeman pursued.
Nine women charged with having
visited a. place where pools on horse
races were sold smiled in unison when
/ their attorney succeeded in convincing
/ Judge Conlan that they could not
( legally be convicted inasmuch as they
were jointly accused in the formal
+, complaint. Joseph Tuch, in a rear
room of whose cigar store on Geary
street the women were found and ar
/ rested, was pronounced guilty of pool-
! selling and will be sentenced Monday.
Mrs. Mary Berlin, who said she lived
at the Hotel Roslyn, escaped capture
during the raid. but was afterward
arrested on warrant and will be tried
next Thursday.
I. A Zavala, who swooned on the
spot when Judge Mogan pronounced
him guilty of annoying women and girls
on O'Farrell street by ''mashing.'' trem-