The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

I jests shuts his eyes and cries like a baby
| as Hank Tugs him out. An hour later his
| collie is gone. but does he shoot? Does
| he make an effort to recover his own? He
! don't. He walks three miles on a mighty
| dark night TO rout me out and demand
| jestce. He shall hcv it He ar fine
/ Nobody but a duffcr would take advan-
/ tage of a man bent double with miner 5
collie. and l shall fine We $40. and further
advise y" 10 spend about the same
/ amount at my saloon today to sorter
: SGuar' yourself | don't say that I'm
aGin claim iumpin' when it's squar'
/" walk in on a sIfrferin' man. What was
yc achin' to say. Pete Holden
Il wanted tn say. Your Honor" began
the LAWYER: Il wanted to say that my
{ "Yc haint got no client interrupted
/ the judge and if thar is any more re-
marks I'll fine We fur contempt of court.
! That ends this case.
The next case on the docket presents
pcCOn!lar circumstances This yeTe
Court, who is a Court when he is out o
/ court and all the time. was a-ridin' out
( to Big Bar the other day on his cayuse.
when he meets up with Chinyman who
had found twenty-ounce nugget. When
this Court had hefted that nugget and
/ was sure all was solid stuff. he suggested
/" the heather his willingness to ex-
change his GayuSc fur it. | don't go fur
/" say that the boss was hardly with II.
tut he was legal boss. so to speak.
! and that heather could hev flung on a
! heap - style IN the saddle He'd he the
. only heather in the saddle fur a hundred
o. mills around. Did il strike him that way
Not any. lie jest drawed his head down
between his shoulders and suddenly lost
Spe"rh. As this we're Court feels that
he knows what's good fur Chinymcn. he
got off his cayuse and Lads hands on
that heather to git the nugget away. Will
century. that the wall-eyed Son-Of-a-gun
1 kicked this Court on the nose and kicked
him on the shin? SIGH was the case and
while this Court was tcmpora rilv dis
ahlcd the heather got away. It's a case
. Of contempt of court. ana a mighty bad
on. 1t has taken us four days to find
/ tn" thinNlran. and what's wusS. he's hid
tn" nugget If a court cant maintain
its dignity then its no court, at all The
NardicI is guilty and tho Chinyman must
pay lin" al $50 and 81 costs. The con-
"tahl" will tie him to the >tovepipe and
keep him thar till he squars up.
'rh" last case shows that what they
calls civilization is knocking the spots
of this kentry. Tom Wharton. he goes
a h"SS. He gifts halfway back when ne
i, oVc!takcn by crowd and hung to a
limit, After the crowd has gone the ropc
away Two DAYS later ne Gums To- me
and whiues fur jestiC". VI" wants the
leader Of tho -@anG arrested. What fur
was regularly hung. lie suffered all the
pains and panCS Of il. ard if that had
been a PROPER rope he feels that he would
hoy been CaVOrtin' around in better land
today instead q sufferin' with SIGH sore
throat that h" cant chaw tobacco. Bill
Ch"ate. who led the gang and furnished
the rome. is we're but this Court feels
that h" did the best he could urder the
circumstances. The rope 'pearel to be
4 stout one. and Tom had got through
kicEiE' when he left. Tom Wharton has
suffered and wants jestice. but | can't
SEQ whar' he is to git it. It's a case of
whar' nobody in Particular is to blame
Hill might offer to take him out and
hang him over again. but that wouldn't
J." allowable under the statoot<. The
int"rt was to hang him. and he was
hung. and he must. tharf0re. consider
himself dead. If he don't. then the owner
of the boss kin bring a civil action aein
him Tho costs in this case ar seven
dollars which will he divided between
the plaintiff and defendant. and If the
par hey got good hoSs sense they'll
shake hands and folier the purcession
across the creek and treat the crowd.
That's all-adiourn the court