Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-09-20

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Nov. Katherine Collier. you have
got hers and you have got to make
up your mind not TO play any hnrum-
scarurn. There are sfaid folk aronnd
here that won't put up with Ia
The above brief but Vigorous lee
tuFs was delivered to Mise Katherine
Collier By her sistsr. who had a coun-
try house and VINO had invited her
down from tho city 70 pass the SUM
mer. On Previous visit ahs had ere
atsd considerable gossip BY driving
around the co1ntrz n 1 faFiane 6ace.
sssI|ia3 - e4H'ns e tns ssusx sassa
era
-Ysu. sister. dear. I have reformed
my ways. aud shall Be yesy good this
year" was the reply.
For two or three days she kept her
career IN check. and then Il broke sst.
The sister had runabous, and Miss
katherine could operate ona. They
had intendad 10 90 out together on
this day. but the sister had ealIes
who kept her at homo. Miss Knsh-
crime. therefore. went alone. but she
had 10 mako about 40 promises before
ahe took the machine out
There are farmers up the road who
Just hate q machine as they do pol
SON." warned the sister. "and II any Of
their chickens or pigs are run over.
fhey rush right on and set > warrant
and have q lawsuit. There 10 q 1na.
tice Of the peace about shrea miIes
away, and be dearly loves to impose
big One on an autoiat who gives him
an opportunity
-Oh, yeu naedn's be q BIZ afraid
laughed Mas Katherine.
The machine, Of course. started out
~ Eait o. l6,rnilea an hour. and n
had not gone mile before the pace
was increased 10 %.
Katherine got 70 thinking Of some
thing else beside her machine. and,
when abe approached one Of the ugly
farmsrs' estates = BLACK hog emerged
from the barnyhrd and laid down IN
the middle Of the road Miss Kath-
crimes runahout ran eli over that heg.
Every wheel seemed to catch him.
The owner Of the hog vas drawing
water nc the wpli at the FIRST sQuaal.
He dropped the bucket aud fastened
down che road and ran out 20 the sirl
eTclaiminK:
"say.yeu 10 you know What you've
GossY'
Il think I've Eun OVsr one of your
hogs,- vas ihs rxpiy. 1T e funny mat
you .allow Jour live stock 80 run IN
the highway"
he careful. misa. Yea have In
iursd fhat hog for life. and hs viii Be
de6d aniinal before sundown. Haw
you auy ldAa what mat hes isworeh r
sNnAve not bdakisi any Do4k itlalY.s
was the saacy f4pay.
swell. there's 4 judge up here who
viii ten ron all about ne pork mar
ksf. I an going 10 set right into that
machine with yau and ven 80 up
and see hlm.r
Miss Rathartns put GA defiant ali.
but she vas partly cowed- She made
20 ohjeetion. ana they we're soon IN
the preseoes Of the dfeassd judge.
There was also a young man there
sSam. what's she been dolngT' SAID
the Judge 20 the hog owner.
@Ran her maghlns over my beat hog
and crippled him for nfsI~ was me
reply.
''rhst win mean 3 nne % afty dol.
lars solennly continued the Judge
Bias Katherine began to cry. end the
young man rose up aud said 20 the old
DogbeFyy:
sYcur honor. can y0u impose q fiae
without 3 triAlr'
-MF, Graham. you are Only . young
lawyer. ssaa you dou't want % be heard
Of 10 nrN. @ld too often
-BGs shall Be hszT1 q L this e=ss.
3 do not know this young lady, bat
II she takes me for her atforney.
shall appear for her. ! win nov talk
with her a BIC. end be ready far
our case
Miss Katherine told the young map
how Il was. and the farmer told bis
story. and ola DogbeFTy, after four or
ave minutes consideration. made the
iine - and assessed ths costs at s2
Mlss Katherine had no monay with
her. Her lawyer paid the charges and
rode home with her. and on the way
solemnIy pledged his sacred word not
TO tell tbs sister or her husband any.
thing about II, and he hasn't told them
70 thia day, Miss Katherine just over
took him on the road and gave him a
lift they said. and az he know all
about botany 40 well as law. he was
invited 70 call and talk about sun,
flowers and catnip and such things. He
called and be talked. and after that
he was = frequent caller. There we're
no more hogs run over and no more
calls for law, until he called him
self. which was year later, when he
said 10 her:
Katherine. this has al been accord.
Ing 70 law. and must be to the end. II
you DO not say yes 70 me you'll be-
aned as least one thousand dollars
for the time l have wasted" And
Katherine didn't have TO pay any fine
gcopyrighf. lsif. hy the Mcclure Newapa,
per byndicate.l