Evening star., 1912-09-15
TOWN HALL TONIGHT!
ADMISSION BY CARD
PRICE OF CARD, ONE DOLLAR

Mordecai ayburn's livery barn similarly orna-
mented; SO Judge Dangan's court, and Driscolls
grocery and Lee Ling wahery and the shatthouse OF
the Katie mine.
MAKING his customary morning call at the livery
IVA well across the road, Judge Dangan SHE'D like
rank horse he caught sight of the picture gallery
the barn wall. He deposited his buckets the ground
and drew forth his spectaees which he adjusted s with
supporting his chin, he gave himself up to judicial
animation of the flord Autographs.
Meantime Mrs. Justice Dangan, waiting for water
for her beore-breakfast ablutions and the mornings
Coffee grew suddenly impatient and bounced to the
door, only discover her better half in this attitude
of reflection.
4You Judge!' she shrled at him. @Going to stand
there all day starin at that barn? Fetch that water
you expect me to get your breakfast"
Gently, Ma, gently" the Judge replied softly. Il
scent piece of business here.
you're allus a scentin sornethin but that's about
you get to it." Mrs. Justice Dangan
re0rted @ 4 want that wateT a. and fd want 1t now
and faced his irate Spouse and IN doing discovered
that his houseront was spotted with bills like those on
the barn. Thereupon he wagged his head Sorrowtully
first up and down, agreeing with his eyes that the
pictures really there, and then from side to sde
as one who would say @Be patient, o my soul!'
@Do get that water?" his wife demanded to know
@You may if you will" the Judge replied calmly
ignoring the threat her "There another piece
of business for me here and he pointed to the deco
rated front of the Dangan home @This is contempt of
court, he asserted with great dignity.
Mrs. Justice Dangan had taken half dozen strides
toward him with fire in her eyes and unpleasany
suggestive contraction of the muscles of the forearns
when the sweeping gesture with which he accompanied
his dictum caused her to turn and look back. She
wasted barely glance the posters. Contempt of
COURT! she repeated, and there contempt for
body something in her tone. AS if that any
thing Do | get that water?
"You may if you will. Ma the Judge repeated
calmly. Il must consult my records And he re-
entered the house.
THE front room of the Dangan home the Justices
court. From the drawer of desk its one
window the Judge took bundle of newspaper clippings
of them illustrated, and scanned them carefully
These were his records.
AS Justice of the Peace the emoluments of his office
depended wholly upon the collection of fees and fines
Basin, like many other places, elected its Justice
of FORM but preferred the laws itself
and to punish nractions thereof the spot. Basin
with its court against the world but against it
whenever it sought to apply the corrective prin
cple at home. This policy compelled the de
vote its attention exclusively to transients and chance
visitors and to close its eyes the tansgressons of the
residents Hence the records"
To be prepared for any and all chance coiners Judge
Dangan clipped accounts of crime from the newspapers
and filed the clippings away for future reference Now
and again they assisted materially in providing business