The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-04-13
ExtenuatiOn

vas q stern Old scotchman for you
ON the bench-ya'es But say ,-out
with the boys be set EN- a pace
san. IN court wen-they used 70 say
that when hs rot bored n%stenlnr 10 q
,ase he'd iusi turn wesfylike IN the
clerk aud humble. SIX mouths" and
thur eud,d that cHse.
ANYHOW z saw him do q thing once :
7 vus hanging around his courtroom
u1u morniuE picking M grace. when
uu buclgut vas stood up for sentence ;
o. druut nud disorderly The Judge
ls,kcd tagged There'd been n poliu.
cub ratification meeting uIeht before,
Do nuiomauCally pui the routine quee
tom ~ TO whether the prisoner had
uuytllng to.oncr IN estenusticn.
The old VOC tipped him a wink nut
of one ri eye leercd around NJ us
reporters 20 make sure We we're %
snd yaukcd 'he throttle wide open.
"Nsu. ie1ss no save "thev's q
r1uy = good sS.ten.u-a.tion fsr o rep
t.rH of o sod time like ! had lasi
rsht hut / hin't lucky enough 20 he
ruylug them around IN my Jeans.
T.cro's the swell clubhouse Thht's
% mighty bis cx.ten-u.nt Hon
Talk about your shocks' A sieen
thousand volfsge % the nth power
1rf s,rruitcl nrounl TINT news a..
bIa lb tua mIlIonth part of a second
ora r-ralv-ai every good reportorial
rrhi arm Gloon down ~ tho -urc
Dough diamond splinter on the %
t.omo tp ~ che r%,poriorial pen point
l.ah OF us lnmpcd or Judge SIX
N1u.hs fom beneath coyly drooping
V,elashss Buf tho iudee turned
o. halr. looked q mir hlcskcr perhaps
but gumr Scotch Enmc Noncommit-
tH' fhar-h Hu second thoughts I
wouldn't u, % uoucommittal was cK
r..'r fUa word
uur-lf Bnf Ger mo mo old yas
,rIIpei on. nope. Not Ter the lkca
81. u.
Nu.H.re Cor him On worry about
BOY Us hadn't any Dob o. lose lie
N.s s1,ug to be- sent IN, anyway
FUIsc-hnltng was N perfectly safe
Ts.f.m,. nnd he went to 49, Question
,.s how Ions would Old siN Months
rl1v up7
Then coca on oll plcar cyc, ~
champagne ings imposed 70 be tho
worst cvcr-bui o. don't lead 10 'he
lurEup. not usually And -thsre's tho
$50 taxi ~ expensive hut u conc.
cheaper IN the long run than the pclic,
-rumu fou b@cha' And-icst fcr
smother little or er.teu-u.a-tion-
there's the cop thnt knows bis star viii
aet Ter good if De- LIQUIDS hls charge a.
tlo police sgouou When be- due ~ a
us Queen Anne bungalow 90 the
rr.elfs Vow iedgc- s0yse y
r0't rot Nh thcm OK carnations, and
sou have But YOU could 500 he
rIl.u admired on Six Months grit
elton % good sport -amcs YOU aim
I.J,ln' ulr soiin you don't deserve to
CO on You DO. rd gf On myself II
had laIf scr ruIl The pots yourn
don't buck M pair Of deucrs nein %
royal nush The, &c al y"uru-nll
tlym OK teu.u a.tlons amt got nary
Hn aAtou-Riut GOT evrn.n ten in ms
bit5bas pocket 20 my my NM" So
CTS d1 tue Ter yours truly a,ut
nv0rrylug- an I don't hold 10 ncln
sun IaiFu. You hnd o. up.ruarin' time
ul champagne. and ! want 50 fur he
lud 0G hug ihicC So! II bet your
heads hIgger'n mine. this mornin
pui-lurioc'-you can n0orf an 'Rs
'.ruu.1l of huts So-no hard feclin 81,
I.d-. When Z glt ou I'M be glnd a.
tHt. another ON yuh ~ TINT tim"
sauu slitin' IN yer mllk diet yer
saif
The ola vug paused t%cntauvelS M
,terr politely guvb' him time 20 gc'
rI uf anything else ~ might happen
u lHto ou his Chest
WIN. NNN WV H'NNI lNNf"'fN w "~"h''
With % scot OF satisfied grunt. 'gn a
move on, jedrc. I'm IN a hurry Ia he
ru Uurbip Qut that six months, I've
f B date on fer o. regular ripsnorter
come next christmas time wisht you
could nuke n 80 as 10 line rs. irdge'
polite us 1 bHskct'o ~ chips
W.ll say There was a big laugh
coming But not inst then. Not-lurt
tlcu old Six Mouths had n political
drac thnt bridred the bay md roped
iu The countryside worsen nm electric
ilteurban street railway consollda-
rIun We reporters weren't tired Of
our iobs So, We sat light; didn't
work our faces any sharpencd lead
pencils und cleaned our fountain pens
-und waited for something 10 drop
Long Archibald sat serene and In.
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