Arizona republican., 1906-04-02

shamefacedly. his blushes amountir 2
 to an admission that the debt ought
 to nave been discharged long before
 After MT. Bark's statement of the
 manner in which he had become in
 volved in this wash bill had been made, a self-appointed committee was organized to investigate and ascertain
 if it could be confirmed. l. was dis
 covered that MT Bark had told the
 truth.
 The matter came about in this way As has been stated. Mary C. BuIIocks
 who might have come immediately from a Georgia plantation or from the comic stage, is engaged in washing for a living. Her prices are considerably higher than those of the regular laun- dries. a fact in which she takes con siderable pride and which she thinks should be source of pride 10 her pat rons. She announces that she does not care to wash for anybody outside of the quality
 Sae had performed job of washing for q family. and when she had ,.re-
 sented the bill for & the head of tHo household said il was outrageous aad that he would not pay il. He would however pay $3. which. ne said. was toe much.
 That was several weeks ago. and ever since she has been infestins jhe court of Justice Burnett, always reIat- ing the details of the transaction aI.i eXpatiating upon her laundry meth ods She said. describing her inte-- view with the debtor. He done sprung a steam Iandry list on me an An tole him An wasn't no steam Tandry an dat Ah don't have no list. An don't want to wash fer no trash. If fokes wants cheep washin' done let 'em go to de steam Tandry or to de Chinese. If dey wants de results of Mary C. Bullock's muscle dey must expect to pay fer bit" This is the substance Of a great deal more she had to say about the laundry business aid which she said every few days Always after telling her story she would start away turning at the door to inquire. "Jege. N hen shall An call agin2''
 On one of her visits MT. Bark hap pened. to be in court He heard the conversation. and when the justice told her that he knew of no way in which he could make the debtor pay. NIT. Bark manifested righteous indignation at the inactivity of the court Said he: "ThereH be another justice of the peace in here as soon as your term is out. We elected you to attend tD just such cases as tllS- Here is this poor woman who has been washing for this scalawag and now she can't get her money l expect he's seen you and bought you off That's tae reason you won't try to collect it The longer MT. Bark in weighed against the court the hotter he grew. and when he had finished. Miss Bullock turned to him gratefully and said: Now. honey. yO's talkin' d whole mouthful; dats some sense.
 She went away after asking the "jedge'' when she should come back after the money. She returned the next day. and when she learned that . the bill was still uncollected she in {. quired --Wnar's dat Remmen wot was f taIkin' dat sensfbIeness yisterday?"
 This gave the court a happy thought. ! He replied that that was MT. Bark, I and that the court had deputiZed him 1 to go and make the collection forth with an take no excuse or. pleas for . delay. He had no doubt got the money by this time and at the present mo- ment could be found at the Arizona club. The justice gave her note the intent of which was to secure her admission past the steward into the presence of MT. Bark. where she was discovered at the opening of this mar rative.