The Washington herald., 1914-02-08
SANDY BEND JUSTICE
Judge Hoke Hands Out Some More of 1t

This case" said Judge Hoke. a. hi
raped the court to order at Sandy Bend
and motioned for two Cinnamon to take
skate out of the room-"this case In az
plain as jack-rabbit lookin' up hill, and
thar amt any need OF lawyers. wit
nesses, or jury. In the fust place. Joe
White. who isn't much Of a critter among
critters. suddenly decides to hev his shirt
washed. That amt exactly asin the law.
but he knows that it's the custom In these
parts to wear a shirt right along till you
lose IT at poker or strike up q trade with
an Inipp. When the notion gifts fixed
in his head he don't buy soap and 90
down to the creek and waIlop the dirt
out o. that old red shirt hisself. Oh. no.
He plays the high-falutin' dodge, and
walks over to Hop Lees laundry and
engages him to do the rubin"
Had the heather Hop Lee any right
to take in a shirt without namin' his
price fur the wash or bein' secured fur
his pay? None whatever. but he goes
right ahead and does II. When it's done
he wants thirty cents fur the job. and
Joe White sets his limit at fifteen. Joe
rips and swears. and the squint-eyed Ce-
lestial valves his arms and jabbers. Then
WAS tne IlIIlt eltncI 10 6pptdl
to the law. but neither does 1t. Joe starts
out to take the shirt. and the Cinnamon
draws a knife about 'Ieven feet long.
Does Joe bear away that shirt in tri-
umph7 Does that Cinnamon draw one
single drop Of blood with that old grass
cutter? No, Teller citizens-no! I'm busy
in my Red Dog Saloon when Joe White
comes along and yells fur jestice. He was
still breathin' hard when Hop Lee comes
up and wants some O. the same thing.
Gentlemen, thar's Jestice in Sunday
Bend-heaps o. Justice. and I'm here to
laddle 1t out. Tn goin' to see jestice
done here this morning. Jest take look
at Joe White, will ye, II Tiers q mean
er-lookin' critter in this territory I don't
know whar he holds out. He's allus
BLOWN about the number Of men he's
planted and I've knowed men to dodge
him. and yit with two guns and q hearty
appetite he let's . wall-eyed heather blufY
him out. When he finds Hop Lees ng-
gers too high and himself shirtless does
he pull his gun and help hisself to jes-
tice? Not a bit of It! He backs out of
the laundry and gallops around till he
finds me and then appeals to the law TO
settle the difference of fifteen cents. Is
IL any wonder that our graveyard Is
standin' still and our real estate crawlin'
front? The sentence of this ERE court Is
that he take q walk. and II he should 20
far furgit hisself as to return he'll be
took care OF by the vigilance committee.
Hop Lee says he had a three-days job
on that shirt. and that his nggers was
moderate. This court Is inclined to look
at II that way. but IN the fust place he's
! heather without rights. and in the next
his laundry Is the only one fur seven
miles around and he's maxim a trust Of
L. don't say that he wouldn't hev bin
taken out and hung IL he'd stuck 1--WE or
six feet of that knife into Joe White. but
had he any legal right to come gallopin'
around and hollerin' for testice through
he courts? Not q right, Not the shad-
Ter OF a right! Tharfore. the sentence
II this court is that the shirt be turned
,ver to me and Hop Lee pay a fine of s.
md costs. The fine Is fur runnin' a iaun-
Try trust, and the costs Ii put on to him
,ekase Joe hasn't q req and couldn't pay
EN-. II the shirt In a At the Court will
year II As an emblem Of jestice: II it's too
hort IN the jints II will be raffied of at
he Red Dog Saloon at 3 o'clock this
,venin' at 10 cents. a ticket, and the
money will be used in buyin' an Ameri-
an flag TO float over this shebang on
lays when Liberty. Equality. and Law
r. on top"
I'VE now come to our second case. said |
he Judge as he motioned for two China !
men TO take a skate out OF the room. Tt /
; that OF Slippery Tom vs.. the Hoosier
Kid.
I'VE call him Slippery Tom because OF |
is habit OF slipping two other aces into
is hand when he finds himself holding /