Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-18
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The Man Who Got Even
BY CARL JENKINS

| Judge. you hear me when ! say
that I'll get"
But he was hustled of. He went out
on the street raging. He would I'M
peach the magistrate. He would
break the captain. He would have
the patrolman arrested and tried Tor
perjury. In his little world he had
bossed and bluffed and been the law.
1t came hard to put up with the new
order of things. The old man was
headed for the office of a lawyer when
he saw a young woman IN doorway
crying. He forgot himself for mo-
ment and turned aside to ask the
cause.
II was Just In the court down
there!" she whimpered.
"Oh. Then you saw how / was
used?"
"Yes, sir, and my Jim with you. He
was fined $40 and I've only five to
pay. He'll go to the island"
WAS Jim the one arrested with
me?"
He was, sir. We were to be mar
ried a month ago, but he lost his job.
Jim don't drink, sir, and I'm sure he
wasn't fighting. Yes, sir, we were to
be married and now-and now!
She fell to weeping while Old John
paced up and down the walk and did
some thinking. No ones tears had
ever affected him before. No ones
sorrows and griefs had ever been lis
tened to. If one had started in to tell
them he had called them fakes and
liars and turned away.
Come to the house with me." he
said after q while.
In an hour his plans to get even
were laid. The law did not enter into
them. Lawyers were tricky fellows
and the law was uncertain. While the
back TO the police station and stand
ing before the captain he said;
Il am John Singleton. / have been
clubbed, arrested, locked up and
fined"
The captain had heard of John
Singleton and he began to protest and
apologize.
And / am going to get event" con-
tinued the caller. Yes, sir-ges even.
I'll make the whole lot Of you wish
you had never been born. Do5't try
any soft talk on me, for 1t woa't 60
I'm hard man, sir-a hard mail, and
I'll Rave satisfaction for this out
rage!"
And when he had departed thu cap
| tain and cSfriOnQ
faces. Old John would go to a lawyer
to the alderman-to the police COM
missioner-the mayor. He was an
old bulldog and he had been dubbed
and misused and humiliated. The
sword Of Damocles would be sus-
pended for the next month.
Old John was seen on the streets
with young woman. He was seen in
furniture and hardware stares with
her. They were even seen to go into
bank together. Those that knew
him winked at each other and said
that the old boy was going to take
wife.
Three weeks passed away and then
as the magistrate of the night court
was sitting and chatting with the po-
lice captain during an interval Old
John Singleton appeared.
Sir" he said to the captain, Il
vowed TO get even with you. | have
kept my VOW"
Sir" he continued, turning to the
magistrate Il vowed to get even with
you also. l have kept my VOW"
"W-what is this?" asked the mag
istrate as he recovered from his sur
prise.
"A young man was arrested at the
same time l was. He was innocent of
any offense. He was also dubbed and
locked up and you sent him to the
island. l have paid his fine / have
got him out. l have got him job.
have seen him married to the girl he
loves. | have rented and furnished a
fiat for them and put $500 in the bank
in her name. Sir, i am even with
you! / have beaten you! You don't
amount to shucks!"
And II" asked the captain.
"Sir, you will have to pass that fat
every day. You will see the wife's
happy face. You will see a goat at
one window and parrot at the other.
You will see flowers on the stoop and
a poodle dog on the steps. And you
will grit your teeth, sir, and your
heart will throb and ache and your
conscience will accuse and within a
year, sir, you will hang yourself and
be no more! Gentlemen, Old John
Singleton is a hard man to beat-a
very hard mani"
Joke on General Kejfer