The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09

legged lawyer, dropping in question
now and then. The bulk of the testi-
mony seemed to prove that Jess Hudnell
drove the sheep home and butchered it.
When the witnesses had given in their
testimony, the Squire said Like to
argy the case, gents2" Yes, sir" said
the young lawyer. 'Whar he leads l
will foller," said old Bob. The young
lawyer went at the case from all points,
quoted Blackstone and amazed the
court with his inexplicaDle technical
ities. and az he came down to the fin
ish, he assumed the spread eagle
tone and said jess Hudnell steal q
sheep2 Look at that calm and starlight
forward countensnce, those eyes which
flash forth truth as glorious as the
glirnmer of the sunset sky. All, your
honor, it was nothing but the tender
ness of shepherds heart when Jess
Hudnell found that lost and wandering
sheep upon the highway and tenderly
took it to his fold. The sheep strayed
away next day. and was lost forever
among the cold and barren hills, and to-
day its bones lie bleaching in some dark
recess of natures realm. Steal q Sheep
The wandering wind stops and muir
murs No Steel sheeps The rocks
in yonder glen that have looked down
on generation after generation, throw
back the answer in laundering tones,
No. Steal sheep? Ask the wife and
those sad hearted children who sit in
yonder cottage awaiting the verdict Of
this court and their trembling lips who
know no guile answer No Steal q
Sheep l ask your honor in his wisdom
and judgment to put upon the record
book of this mans life, No. "
The audience seemed to be very'much
impressed and 'the Squire nodded his
approval of the speech through the
mail hole.
Old Bob Biddles took the floor, and
said: Your honor, from the way that
this young man talks sheep, | presume
that he has been to college an got his
sheepskin, the same which | haven't;
but while he wur talkin' / wur wander.
in what sort of fee he wur goin' to git
out of this case, an got to thinkin
Of the time when Joe Hanks and Tim
Jackson wur layin' claim to a mule.
Joe went to town an brought out a
young lawyer to defend his side, an
they had the mule at the cote. house
door the onriest lookin' mule you ever
saw. Well, the young lawyer won the
the mule for Joe, an after the trial he
asked Joe to take him back to town. I
an got time, saysJos. How in the thun-
der am goin' to git back, says the
lawyer. You kin ride the durn mule
an keep him fer your fee, says Joe, an
l reckin if this young Teller gifts jess
out of this he'll give him the hide Of that
sheep he stole / don't know nothin
about the glorious elimmer Of truth, but
| know that when the old thunderbolt of
facts busts in the sky it amt no use to
dodge, an a whole bolt of it has hit Jess
Hudnell. Steal Sheep Want he seen
drivin it homer What fold wur he seen
drivin' it tot The same fold whar he
drove Ike Jones pig. Steal u Sheep
Ask that old niger who saw him skin.
in it. an his voice humps itself an says,
Yes, sab. Steal a sheep, Ask the
breeze that waited mutton smell all
over the neighborhood an it comes
back an says, Yes, sab Steal a Sheep
The bulk of the testimony says yes,
sab, an think your honor is bound to
say the same"
The Squire came from behind the
counter and said: / have listened to
two elerkent speeches, an under one he
would be guilty, an under the other he
wouldn't but Notwithstanding the testi
mony after bein considered is not con
sistent with the equinimity of the law,
an lay the costs on both gents an call
it u compromise; thankin' you fer at
tention. an askin' your support at the
next election, cote's adjourned. Elk.