The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-12-14

It was evident that the judge was a
hospitable man. The coming OF MS
guest was unexpected, the guest him.
self was unknown, and consequently
no preparation had been made, but the
judges greeting was cordial, and the
Judge himself attended to the wants OF
the horse.
The Judge, it should be stated, was
farmer, but it was generally unue'
stood in the country round about tha'
he had at one time been judge IN Inc
city. At any rate, he certainly nau
been a lawyer, for he even now gave
legal advice to his neighbors when re-
quested to do so, and SO he just natur-
ally became known as 1.-The judge, al
though he said little about his city HE
and experiences, and never oDtruoeu
his legal learning upon any one.
No one would have taken him lot
Judge when he came forward TO meet
Ernest Billiard. He wore dilapldated
straw hat, clothes that showed contact
with the soil, heavy boots, and his lace
was tanned to a good imitation OF
leather
"Glad you stopped" he said, pleas
antly. Just had supper, but guess
there's some left"
'Why. thank you," returned Billiard.
II was going to ask If could arrange
for a bite to eat, and then I'll push on
to Gibson"
TOO far" said the judge. It'll be
dark long before you can get there
and you'd stand a good chance of los
ing your way. shall esteem 1t priv
,.ilekt to have you stop with me for the
night"
B. Ballard looked at the farmer In sur
prise He knew nothing Of the judge
BIZ Ills history, and, while he was pre-
pared ~ the hospitable treatment one
usually gets in the country, he was
not prepared to have the invitation ex-
tended in exactly this fashion.
Il am pretty tired" he said at last
nTm not used to long drives, and
lost good deal Of time by getting into
the wrong road. Otherwise, l should
have been at Gibson before this
Ellen" called the judge, and a
pleasant faced but tired looking woman
appeared in the doorway. I'VE have 4
guest tonight Can you scare up lit
tie supper.
"I'll be ready by the time you've
put up the horse" she answered.
So. Billiard, seeing that the judge
took personal charge Of the horse
went him to the barn and assisted SC
far as his inexperience would permit
Il have only one man." explained
the Judge, "and he's so busy with the
chores just now that it's hardly fail
to put anything more on him. l at,
tend to the little odds and ends in the
evening while I'm resting up for the
next day. I've reached point where
q day of from to is about my physi-
cal limit. have to take it reasonably
easy the rest of the time. | even uI
with the man in the morning, when
am fresher."
"A workday of from to is more
than enough for any man." said Bul
lard. Its too bad you can't give some
of the work to the idle city men who
need it,"
Eyes," said the judge, drily, cts toe
bad; but the farm owner finds that he
has to 60 the limit OF his physical en-
durance in order to succeed. If ply
sically able, he must work longer
hours than he can ask or expect any
employe to work. did SO as long as
my strength would permit it,
THAT is equally true of the city,
said Billiard. There is no eight hour
day for the employer who succeeds
at least not while he is gaining sue
cess. He must work hard, of course
but our real sympathy must ever be
lor the man who has no work to do