Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-05-18
MADE
RESPECTABLE
By r. w. KEENAN,
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

another who was covering him with
his revolver. They were in the dining
room Of the former, and the latter had
taken the family silver from the side
board.
81 am about to remove your silver"
care you a married man."
81 am"
"Children?"
"a boy and girl"
Suppose 1 should break into your
house at night and rob you of your
children"
Il would kill you"
But suppose you were in my pres
ent position and | in yours?"
81 would afterward hunt you down
and kill you"
THAT is what society will surely do
to you; it will get you at last and will
punish you"
The burglar looked surprised. He
was not used to having his victims
thus argue with him.
81 am not doing this for my own
benefit. l am doing it for my children.
If 1 didn't they would starve. Indeed,
they were starving when l commenced
it, and that is the reason why l COM
menced it. Having started in, 1 must
keep it up
81 would advise you to drop it,
81 would be glad to take your advice,
for 1 know well that what you say is
true. But when | drop il the wolf
comes back TO the door and he will not
be driven away; he will have all 1
| love. l can't bear to see them die,
and when they are dead what is the
world to me? The evil day comes, but
by taking your property I may put
it off for some time"
Suppose" said the householder,
you could get work and keep it."
You might as well suppose you could
shoot me without getting hurt your
SELF
You have terse way Of putting
things. You should have been a law
| yer"
Il am as honest as many of them,
especially those who make fortunes by
telling financial kings how they may
rob the public and keep out of jail.
| And l am as honest as some judges
! | who interpret the law for the benefit
Of these same financial kings"
q The man in the pajamas started.
4 "How," continued the burglar "could
the great robberies of the hundreds OF
q | millions in the wreckage and absorp-
ton of the small concerns by the large
}. | ones have been accomplished except
e by the ruling of these same judges|
s 1t was now the turn of the man in;
t the pajamas to be impressed.
! 81 know a lawyer" he said after
7 | some thought, "whO will take your
! | case and serve you as well as these
t others have served the big financiers."
81 should have to take your silver
e plate to pay his fee, and likely he
: would take the fee and let the case
5 take care Of itself"
} Him I'm not sure but that you
! | would conduct it better than he. How
= ever, may as well pay the fee myself
; in money as in my plate, much Of
, | which consists of heirlooms which
, | can't replace | will see that your
lawyer is paid Permit me to call for
{ the police. Submit to arrest I viii
, furnish ball. and when you are tried l
will see that you go free. Then will
/ provide a way for you to earn living
| without risk"
The burglar gave up his revolver.
The man in the pajamas took it, tele-
| phoning to the polec, and when they
came they found the burglar covered
with his own weapon They took him
to the police station and locked him up
, for the night. The next morning bail
, was furnished by a friend unknown
except to the culprit.
, When the burglar was tried he was
| astonished to see his friend of the pa
, jamas on the bench. An attorney
arose and, beginning. May it please
| your honor" went on to say that he
would prove the prisoner a member
of a church and leader in all good
works; that an alibi would be estab-
lished and it would be apparent that
the accused was a greatly wronged
man"
And he did
'That's exactly the way" said the
burglar, Il should have gone about
} the matter myself had been a lawyer
and conducted my own case"
Il told you" said the judge, "that
you had legal talents. You are dis
charged
AS the burglar passed out a police
man told him that the judge wished
him to call at his house the same aft
ernoon. The burglar called, and the
judge said to him:
81 have kept ny word so far and in
tend to keep it further l can't make
you a lawyer because you are not
highly enough educated. The next
best thing l can do for you is to put
you in office. Pam hand in glove with
| the political boss He viii make ycu
one of his principal heelers. and with
in year you will be appointed to a
| position where you viii have the care
of millions of the peoples money.
"Thank you, judge for making me