The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08

andth part OF the dividends that would
have come his way if he had planked down
$40 instead of one cent, Since the sum in
volved was around 1000. he is entitled to
81, which is awarded him. The defender
will pay the costs
is that the law?' asks the Senator in a
rancid voice.
THAT is the law answers the Bench
with sinister dignity.
"Then the Senator gets up on his hind
legs an bowls like a wolf.
az appeal he bellers in ringin' accents.
L appeal to the aboriginal jestice Of man.
kind an the Judgment of posterityI
"'Order!' hollers the Jedge. This court
don't recognize the jurisdiction of them
tribunals
AJest then a voice emanates from some-
whar back of us-a sort of thin voice, like
a man with the quinsy talkin' through a
gimlet hole.
'Jedge,' says this gent with the i'm
paired tones; I am not intimate with the
legal forms of this Territory, but il it kin he
done without indeoency | would desire to
testify touchin' a pint that appears to be
OF vital Importance in thisc case.
Its o%nreg'lar,' says the Jedge, but
as you are a stranger the Court will oensure
comm for'ard, an allow you, in limits,
to roll your game
81 understand squeaks the gent, 'havin'
been present at the transactions an doin's
at the Bella Union, that the date Of the
coin placed in evidence here is 1904. That
bein' the case l must inform you that it is a
very rare issue, an has a current value
not of one cent, but Of $780,
sThe Senator was first to corral his pres
enoe Of mind in the face of this yindication.
"'Jedge,' he emits, 'accordin' to your
W fggers. which far be it from me to
impeach, the sum owed me is $1,000 instead
of 81, an l demand it freely
1The faro dealer was on his feet, too, an
plenty more. For a secont it shore looked
like thar would bo a haulacaust, but the ledge
hollers for order with vindictiveness, an
everybody subsidies but the gent with the
wire drawn accents. Still, you could hear
growlin', an thar was the makin's of a
toomultoos IN seethin' controversy right
thar.
Can you prove your allegation'' asks
the jedge.
7 kin prove that an 1904 copper cent is
-orth $780, answers the witness. L am a
collector Of rare coins myself, an / know.
Also I've got a book givin' the valuation Of
SIGH, an you kin read it for yourself
II this is so, says the Bench, it merely
ing the others. Before evidence is produced
to show that an 1904 cent is worth $50 an
the plaintive is consequently entitled to
5000 instead q 81, I will ask the plaintive
II he kin swear that the coin bore the date
involved in this gents testimonial
Right thar was whar the Senator lost his
rectitude. Admittin' that with what was
at stake his ~deviousness was human, it was
not what would have appealed to a gent of
fore knowledge an onwarped Judgement.
Il kin, says the Senator very pronto. 4
examined the date partic'lar, an 80 did
Sufferin' Smith, us two bein' struck with
the singular circumstance that my pop was
born that identical year.
Il looked at the Senator %sorrowful, but
hadn't no time for reflections, bein' called
on a minute later to indore his perjury,
which l did.
= Tt wasn't 1904, it was 1874 shouts the
dealer. The lookout he saw it toov
Il shore did, says the onveracious
lookout, II was 1914
That's easy settled says the ledge,
reaohin' into the drawer an resurrectin'