Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-15
with which Carter strove vainly tt

with which Carter strove vainly to
fathom
You are also accused OF 'mooching'
here In the Information" the inexor-
able voice of the Judge continued, re-
CARELESS of the Interruption
1t was too much. With all the dig
nifty he could master. he opened fire
on Judge Kirby, speaking slow and dis
tinctly and with what was intended to
be biting sarcasm.
sub, you endeavah to insult me"
he started out Immediately, .'ah would
have you know, sub, that no membah
befoan of any misdemeanoah of any
Character, much less Of the odious
task of working. Why bah jove sub,
Aim Cater; in nah state the
Caters need no Introduction but theiah
name. sub.
you say your beastly officah ac-
cuses me Of vagrancy, sub; why,
blawst 1t, ah'm gentleman of
leisuah, ah repeat 1t sun, all never
wo'k And you apply the appellation
Of 'mooching' to my conduct. It's
wo'd sub, Of which All am wholly ig-
norant. 1t maybe that the officah Is
referring in his heathenish mannah to
nah treatment of a-aw creatuan down
in restaurant on Main street, sub.
Why sub, the whole proceedings
are an outrage All arrived in this-aw-i
municipality lawst evening from the
south, sub. All missed the passengah
train at st. Louis and the blawsted
| conductor saw me waving at him and
10 c,%S tf<,r,c
sub. All couldn't walk. you know sub,
and All was fo'ced to travel in one of
the filthy box cas- AS | have said
sub, arrived here lawst evening, ut
| tally famished and repaihed to a low
petite.
Would you believe it sub, not drop
of wine was there In the miserable es-
tablishment. was fo'ced to drink
milk. Think Of 1t sub, me, southern
gentleman, fo'ced to quench NAH thi'st
with the blue milk OF the-aw-kine.
It's an outrage, sub, and numbah of
young ragged vagabonds had the tenn
Gritty to mock me, sub, think of 1t.
All never was so grossly insulted sub,
in nah life.
"You say was 'n.ooching' suh-if
bah the vulgah wo'd you would imply
that All refused to pay the wretch In
the restaurant, you ah right, sub. All
drank the milk, his watch, sub, was
too filthy for gentleman to touch.
All, drank the milk, sun, and If you
can comprehend me, theah was a fly
In the bottom of the mug-a dead fly
sub, and the watch expected me to
pay for nah meal. All refused and
the-aw-beast cursed me sub cu'sed
me, a gentlemen Of the south for not
i paying for meal contaminated with
i purifying animal matten, subj And
sub that is not all-theah was hath In
nah potatoes-haih, All say, in the po
tatoes set befoah me, southern gen
tlemen.
"Ah left the place sub, and was
hunting a ba'ber shop-a tonsoial
Artist IL you'd rather, sub, when YOU
officah apprehended me and brought
me UP heah. Brought me up heah, AL
say, and cast me in your foul prison
cell with lot of-aw--althy cawttle
Me, southern gentlemen Of leisuah
sub, actually placed in one Of you
no. them Jails with lot Of"
But the slamming of the door as thu
: Judge made a hasty exit cut short AL
gernon Carter in the midst Of his dis
course. He made hasty glance arount
the court room discovered that thu
, officers too had beat retreat and NJ
one remained but the Courier reporter
, He nervously felt in his vest poke
with crooked f1nger-brought forth ,
cigarette paper-produced tobacco
sack and hastily rolled cigarette
Tenderly ne placed his worn headgea
; In place, cautiously opened the from
, door and the last seen of Algernon, HI
, was stalking down Market street, heat
erect and eyes earnestly seeking thu
thoroughfare for some scion of hi
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