The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-09

aass am standing. LOOK ahere,
- Don't you 80 20 call me
bill, neither," admonishcd tic court. "lf
,you cas n that way ag'in, Dave, I'll :"
~Hui look snere, Judge
"Yoare facd twenty dollars, Dave
6ixx~rstaf TIE costs'ii make it twenty
issvsn serenity" the court pronounced.
i The coal. made passionate gesture of
protest
Why, 1i,..,n be pleaded, "why, Judge,
you know ] amt got a cent left They
done took It ali oft'n me. You won eleven
Ioi it yourself, Ell, playing pitch.
" TIE cont considered this reminder an
evidence os Il mean spirit, and preceded to
khs soluam decree that unlcsG tic amount of
tsenty seven seventy be forthcoming in
sxx>od currency, the said .s.-c biggerstaff
Fzc.ld be nsicd to the Lookup. .hsre to abide
hr rSarsy 6ays. This wes 100 much for
nave s.c poir1sd out tha. he must be
back at the ranch in the morning without
fa:l, as Uncle Tienry neeGci him and would
rske no excuse. Furthermore, did Bill
forget that Dave had voted for him solidly
on oil, occasions? Niaat was the use in
supporting a candidate for Office, if his
allegiance were rewardcti III this fashion,
These appeals to his finer feelings and sense
OF Justice did not bulge the judge the
fraction Of an inch.
e Mac ART hid 4 prisoner in the lookup
siTice he R;.; Ioctel sheriff he urged 1T
ai1't fais 10 Mac, s-4.' i, Gays he'll resign if
cHe don't turn a. soon. m here you're
kicking. Why, Lave I'm surprised at
YOU. W. slways though you had some
pru,i- spirit. me " Mac, al that you'd
stand BY friend
aMaa re damned" funnel the cook,
ssse. some n.e el,e fill his Jail. He ran me
in j1st fsr IL JOKE like that | done
played"
ssTwcnty-sevcn seventy or thirty days"
the court repeated, unmwed-
It really looked as if the cook would be
sscortcG to durcss among the aeas. In
TACT, the judge had just threatened to
asld th3sly-three years to the sentence Tor
contempt OF court, after hearing Dawes
suuarr.aE. up Of the case, when | entered
III room. The cook perceived me in
ssahtiy and his choler subsided. He grinned
shenpf5fly and reached for his hat, which
rcp8sed on the counter; the judge being
also postmaster and proprietor Of the gen
eral store.
"Now," I said to him when we were
rambling back to headquarters, tell me
why they ran you in.
n aThat Mac, he's got to arrest somebody,
tor he's afraid they won't elect him sheriff
Iagfn,' spoke up the cook with heat. II was
k0nM playinp Joke sort OF, F."
As the cooks ideas Of humor sometimes
tveered into peculiar channels, | pressed for
an explanation.
II "Why, all done was to can dawg
tmongrel dawg
4 "They wouldn't arrest man out here
flor that, Dave"
4 oNo-oo. This dawg done run into
Bills store an under the counter where
shere was some crockery. Joe Fleming
was tending store for Bill, an him an me
had words"
N II didn't see Joe in court.
aNo-oo,' said Dave. Joe, he's in bed F"
II Great was the CONSERVATION Of the Lazy
L outfit on learning of the strange attitude
of the sheriff and judge Of Blackwater.
They were for taking a couple Of days off
that they might ride into town, holding that
thirty Of them could provide test case
which must inevitably convince the officials
NtLaf their actions were based on false pre-
raises in law. But the boss and Icounselled
against this step end Dave stood by me
iovally; besides, better way to get even
would be to withhold payment OF what they
owed Bill.
Ii was the sixth day of July, and the out
fits were still discussing the impromptu
bronc-busting contest Of the Fourth and
twhether Reb had crowded Dick unduly,
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