The Washington herald., 1915-01-05

( then thrown the fence down and taken
! t. the field until he was past the spot.
! AS a souvenir of his ire he had left the
Eaps wide open. The owner of the farm
! had discovered the trick and had put
! up NO Trespass" sign.
No trespass, eh?" unused Miss Gladys
as she drove through Il am sure that
trespasc is not among the eight laws.
How could any law know that there was
| to be mudhole at certain spot?''
She about to take the road at the
| far end of the obstruction when a man
stepped from the bushes and held up his
hand and called out: You are under
arrest"
''W-h-a-t."
Il am a constable. and you are under
arrest
But what for?''
"Trespass. miss-the worst kind OF tres
pass, There are the signs right unde-
your nose"
But there is no law about trespass,"
protested the girl.
There amt. Ell? Well. you ccme
home with me to SGuar' Bradford and
We'll see about hat"
1t did no good to argue and protest.
The office of the justice was a mila
| away at his house, and thither the
''Trespass:" solemnlY announced the
constable.
We'll. the law will have to see about
it," was the answer. Young woman. do
you want a lawyer
What for?''
Because you are in peck Of trou-
BILE"
Upon a certain occasion the aunt had
said to Gladys: IF you find yourself
in trouble, don't cry and lose your
temper
This advice came to her now as she
asked so there is a law to punish any
one for not driving through a mudhole?''
Young woman, there is law to pun
ish any one for crossing another's prop
erty after being warned not to do So"
was the reply.
But how was I to get around that
mudhole?"
The law doesn't care whether folks
fly over a mudhole or wade through it.
Constable Bebee, you saw the trespass,
did yOu?"
Bold as brass, your honor"
Young woman, here is a witness that
You trespassed. Have you one that you
didn't?'
At that moment the constable saw
some one driving past, and with a hold
on, Squar' " he went out of the gate.
He was hack in two or three minutes
and said to Miss Gladys: This is Mr.
Whitman. a young lawyer from the VIII
lage. l saw the trespass all right and
arrested you, but if you want to wiggle
out of it you'll have to have help"
rs It some blunder?' smilingly asked
the young man as he introduced himself
Il don't know what to call it." replied
Miss Gladys. rs there is law called
'tTespass'?"
"Oh. yes
is it trespass to cross another mans
land?'
Yes. If he forbids you"
Then must be guilty. had to turn
into a field to avoid a big mudhole
What can they do to me?''
ANY other justice would advise YOU
not to do 1t again and dismiss the case"
why. it's an outrage, and my aunt
will say so,''
Then let's fight it. I will call and
explain the case to your aunt"
1t was agreed, and the case was called
and adjourned. When Miss Gladys
reached home she told her story to her
aunt.
There may be a law about trespass,
but 1 can't believe it till I see it" said
the aunt.
But was arrested under that law.
and they are going to try me under it,
Then we'll get ten lawyers and spend
a thousand dollars to beat them! You
say Mr.. Whitman is young?'
ABOUT twenty-three, / think.
I'm rather sorry he's so young. 1t
seems to me that in a case like this we
ought to have a lawyer Of long expert
ence"
"Oh, I don't know. auntie. Mr.. Whit
man must know all about the law or he
couldn't have been admitted to the bar.
think you'll have confidence in him
after talking tomorrow"
If Miss Gladys blushed a little at the
finish of her speech the aunt did not
notice II, and so all went well.
Mr.. Homer Whitman called next day.
and in such an entertaining manner as
no old lawyer would have thought OF
assuming, he. went into the legal merits ,
of trespass. There were involuntary
trespass - accidental trespass - trespass
with design to Representations tres
pass-trespass by walking on the land
trespass by sitting on line fence, and
several other sorts.
Five columns of the law had been
gone through, but the lawyer had as
yet failed to find what might be called
'mudhole trespass." He was on trial
and meanwhile was sure that
he had the prosecution beaten hands
down. In this he was right The justice
OF the peace became doubtful, the con-
stable fell sick and the farmer decided
that he didn't want any law in his.
Notwithstanding that the suit was dis
Mr.. Whitman kept calling at
brief intervals and looking after mud
hole trespass'' and finally several months
had passed and the aunt said: GLADYS,
aren't you tired Of talking law"
"Of the law about trespass, yes" was
the reply.
why, what else is there?'
Mr.. whitman promises to sue me for
breach Of promise II do not keep my
word
The aunt looked at her a long time
and then said:
"Um. I thought II would end by TAX
ing a lawyer into the family. You both
ought to be sued for trespassing upon
my innocence" ...-