The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-07

what you think he done to er seIg-re-
spectin lady. like me?'
We'll. what did he do, Miranda 20
Deed, yer honor, he done pick up er
/ piece cr de fence and he done froWed il
wild all his might at my pore oil head
lodged. Deed ! lodged right smart But
I de hand Of de Lord WIZ plum agin' me,
boss; an de gate pcs she struck me plum
in de eye, yer honor, an l fell to de
1 groun' in er sWoon
ANY witnesses fer this case?" asked
/ Judge Daingerfeld
tan. angular, Virginia farmer arose.
Il saw this here bust-up he said.
Go on; tell your story"
Il was comm down the Rapidan road
in my cart, yer honor. when / saw. this
heah woman walkin' by III house uy
1 Sam Johnson. What she says about tn
/ remark Of til coloreG man IS ali right,
/ yer honor. but she hain't told yer the
whole facts. When Sam Johnson said
| that she looked like IN last rose of sum
mer which she did''-Miranda squirmed-
Ssh, turned around and not only let fly
/ that language at him, but she took a big
pail OF water which she was 'a-carryin,
an she emptied il on Sans head"
J
/ gate pOst?' asked the Judge
Yes, yer honor; he hit her with
piece of the gate post and then she
/ picked up cobbiest0ne ON that ar road
and pretty nearly lambasted the life
/ outer him
so he really got the worst Of It, eh?"
Yes. yer honor"
Well, Miranda. I guess you ought to
/ be the defendant instead Of the plaintiff
! You so home an stop throwin cobble-
stones around sam Johnson. you stop
/ calm people names on tn public high
WAYS. Dismissed Next case Sam.
/ Tom Burns versus Sam Sleeper Lar
/ ceny.' drawled the clerk.
fat little man stepped upon the plat
! form just vacated by Miranda Jones,
! Squire Daingertield looked at him quizzi-
/ cally
Give me tn facts in the case. Mister
Burns
/ ''The facts air these, yer honor / own
a farm d3own by tn lower end Nv town.
/ en- / hev' been missin' nay chickens fer
/ tn las six months. / Wuz alters sue-
/ pectin' thet some one wuz er talIin' uv
/ um, ~ / knew tibet with Jim Jumpers
/ hounds around, thar warnt many foxes
/ ia dis heah deestrict Well. yer honor.
/ put er little red paint Nv er particular
&
I III expectation w havin' il show on m
/ clothes NV whomsoever busted inter my
place An. yer honor. ] missed six chick
/ ems two nights after that Coin down
1 the street, heah. two days later. I see
/ dis heah niger goin' down ahead NV me.
and sir. th red paint wuz al over de seat
NV his breeches, an on tn side NV his
coat"
Got tn breeches heah?" asked the
/ judge
Yes, yer honor. III defendants got EN-
on"
stand uD. thar, sam Sleeper" thun-
dered Judge Daingerheld
4 tall ebony-colored negro arose very
sheepishIy and looked faIteringly d, the
direction Of the bench Tie had on a
I tattered suit OF clothes. out of which his
/ elbows and knees protruded.
rs that tn only suit of clothes you
own Sam Sleeper?"
Yes. yer honor"
What 90 you mean by taking this heah
gentleman's Chickens2"
sam Sleeper was overcome His eyes
! rolled up 10 the ceiling and his knees
knocked together with fright
What did YOU do with those ehickens?"
sc done ct UNI. yer honor
Two weeks in ia peuitentiary, hard
I
"FauquieT Stables versus Thomas Trus-
colt again drawled the clerk.
The court had filed with people. Slow
ly and with little noise they had come in
| to hear the case Lord Hope Greville
was there, monOcle in one eye; his sister.
TOO. well dressed, ana as charming as
ever Sam Scarlet. Miss Scarlet. Ryder.
Fanshawe, Miss Fanshawe, and Trus-
colt had all entered the room. Dan Tor
rington, the county lawyer his face wear
ing moss serious expression. was scan
ming some papers The happiest looking
man in the chamber was Tom Truscott
He smiled g0Od-humoredly upon every
one. Jim Jumper came in in riding
clothes. His wife bounced cheerfuIIy att
er him. The great case was a magnet Of
attraction.
Squire Daingerfield beamed down upon
them from the bench and took another
copius swallow of water. Clearing his
throat, he began TO speak:
We'll, as both tn defendant of this
heah suit, and tn plaintiff seem to be in
tn cont room, ! think that we might
as well proceed with this heah interest
ing case. Sam. call tn PLAINTIFF coun-
sell sub.
Torrinston arose, smiled good-natured-
ly upon the assembly. and walked for
WstTu 70 the ran. lie was a long thin
angular man. His face was thin ana
peaked
State tn facts Of the case. Mr.. Tor
rington, said Judge Daingerheld. bat
ting at buzzing blue-bottle. with his
palm.le fan
he facts of the case are these. your
honor, Richard Ryder of Hard-Ip Farm.
and John Fanshawe. of Cliveden. this
county. sir, formed a partnership. sub,
for racing. sub. They capitalized il. sub.
themselves, sub, for no great amount
TO be sure. They subsequently admitted
sun, to this heah conjunction. Mister
Thomas Truscott. sun, living in Warning
ton, but OF New York City. That ar great
metropolis of this heah country. Well.
your honor, it seems that they went to
Benning. sub, TO race. and was mighty
successful, as they had one of the hest
strings that ever left this heah country
They had already made some money. sub.
and had put a mare into race on the
fiat But she lost because said Trus-
cOtt suh had her pulled sub. One of
the partners, sub. put up all tn money
they had made, sub, on this heah race
and they We're consequently wiped ont
sub. by tn horse not winning. In order
40 clear themselves of debt, sub. thew
had to sell out their stables. sub. and
come home. because said Truscott dis
appeared and did not help them ont
financially. sub, as he had verbally prom