The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-21
Tersely Told

The Judge" and his wife are spend
Ing the winter in Pensacola and stop
a one of the fashionable boarding
houses in the city. He is a dear. jo-
vial cd chap, from Missouri, and be
II known the distinctive Missourian
is just as distinctive in type as the
kentuckan.
The indge is the.life of the boarding
house and all who live there have
grown very fond of him. He plays with
the children, jokes with the younger
men and women, talks politics or
plays c-ibbage with the older ones,
and has joke and smile for every
body.
Not long ago when the Christmas
spirit was permeating everything and
everybody. a young man went TO this
house 10 board "a week. He was
nice looking fellow, and seemed pref
ty lonesome and to have a good deal
Of trouble. Z, He kept a brave upper lip
though, and finally he and the judge
talked and chatted by the hour Final
~ the Young mans week was up. A
kept hoping for letter from the
firm" 1t didn't come. And he had
TO move; to move in disgrace, too.
About that time the judge heard of
f. He had a talk with the landlady.
Then he had a talk with the young
man. This is what he told the young
fellow:
4 don't know what got you into
this; | don't want to know. | was
Young myself, and / have my own
ideas about it. That's the reason I'm
not asking you any questions. But you
put this in your pocket and catch
train to where you think you can do
little bit better. When you've got 1t,
sent il to me. You know my address
IN Missouri" What he gave the fell
low was a crisp $50 bill that had new
Or been even folded.
Mighty few in the clearinghouse
knew about this bit of kindness, but
even good things leak out sometimes
Il the JUDGES name were mentioned
he'd probably be put out about 1t. but
almost every afternoon you can see
him taking a car for Bayou Texar.
carving a small-bora rifle, with which
ne pegs away at trees and birds. while
rambling through the woods.
Some time ago the School Improve
ment association planned to procure
a vacant lot and carry on gardening
and all those behind the movement
feit confident that the owners of va
cant property would be glad of an OPP
poItnnity 10 help the movement along,
end that there would be little trouble
n procuring the use of a vacant lot
L was planned to get Lot central
located if possible, so that Pen
Sdcollans and visitors to Pensacola
might see what the children OF the
schools had accomplished. Two or
,aree lots were pointed out, and II
IS said that a committee called on
the owners.
One of the owners said that he
.AouSht the proposition was a fine
,4lnS. He would be mighty glad TO
heln it along There should be a
public garden, he said. TO show visit
Ag people what could be grown sue
csSSfully in Escambia county, but
Vel, he had a "merry-go-' round" on
us iot at present that was paying
rent for II. or course
another also agreed that it was a
me thing for the city. He said that
ne personally would be very glad to
SNe the use of the property designated
ths association. but that his part
n.er thought it would be well to keep
.ue property idle. for there might be
snow or something come TO town,
Naiit the lot and. of course. the man
SSI-nent of the show would pay rent
and
! can't understand it" said mem