New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

+or,e,,'s ewes and his voice was huSKy Will
,,bon he answered, MY personal
:.,~t;,,at;on vour Honor, would be 10 iiidkc
ING nlea for leniency in the case o! Iiil'
alo,,saf. hut the law is no reSpecter OF per
eons and | cannot allow my personal leeI-
go 20 orter into this matter l am SorIy
,.,,, that the accused only yesterday COM
oIotei sentence of thirty days IN county
FL - Illinois for the violation OF one OF the
ytatites Of that sister State. want 10 say,
bouc,,nr that | have only the ADMISSION Oh
The accused himself that this IS the case aS
foundation for my statement.
= DO won wish to deny it, asked the Judge
of Hopkins. n .. ,t,,,,, :, -
an that case, said his Honor, since you
aonoar 10 be a persistent and lncorrglDle
lawbrcal;er. | feel it incumbent to inillct
unon Won the heaviest sentence that the 1t"
allows. Thirty days in the county jail.
wIELL. that about finished Hopkins. vi
w course it lost him his job. There was
no telling how many times more he'd 90 10
Jail before he succeeded in reaching James
willie or Baraboo, whichever it was, nor WhaI
would happen TO him after he got there. ne
trustees wrote him regrctfully at the jail thaI
they were obliged to cancel his appointment.
HOPKINS served out his sentence and made
his way back furtivcly, fcarsomey, silently
TO Chicago on a night train. Both the
nile in which he had served time were
wrctchcd. draftv affairs, and Hopkins caught
cold and what with that and dsappoint-
ncnt over the loss Of his job and remorSc
over what the Wisconsin Judge had sad
about his being persistent lawbrcaker, II 5
no wonder he came down with pneumonia!
When he got about well, the doctor adj
vised him TO 20 South for better weather un,
I'll he was strong again. and when ne iOund
out that there was no financial obstacle IN
the way Of his doing this ltopEnS had a
little Independent incomc) he was puZzIcd
10 account for the reluctance with which the
invalid greeted the suggestion. Most people.
were clad Of an excuse for getting ont OF
Chicago in March.
The fact was that Hopkins had spent
most Of his COnvalcsccncc at the hoSpitdl
studying up the Illinois laws; so that now ne
felt he could venture about IN toIcraDIc
safety. But, besides his morbid dread Of
travelling. he simply felt TOO weak to scruti-
nizc the entire statutory activity OF anothcr
State. as he would have 20 do before ne could
settle down happily within It's borders.
One Of the nurses had unCOnsclously made
matters worse by telling him that out IN
Arizona. where she had been nursing tubcr-
culous patient, it was against the law TO die
on the front porch, and that in Georgia,
where she came from, il was a miSdcmcanor
10 wear a divided skirt for horseback riding
OF course Hopkins didn't want to die on
front porch in Phoenix nor wear a divided
skirt in Atlanta; but the information wor-
RED him.
He said something about it TO the doctor
al last. and thereby convinced him that his
case was really serious. So he put Hopkins
in charge Of q nurse and packed him of to a
place near Sulphur Springs in Alabama,
where ne could be cared for by another doc
tor who was friend Of his He gave his
friend a hint that Hopkins was subject 10
dclusions about, laws and statute books, ana
warned him 10 be on his guard. OtcourSc he
was mistaken Hopkins was as sane as YOU
or !.
THE trip didn't agree with him very well,
and for several days after he arrived
ne had 10 stay in bed After the hint his new
doctor had received. OF course Hopkins