The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-28
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!. ACCORDING 70 Law
a.
sy SAMUEL BtNKs.


"N0u Katherine COLLIER. You have
got heFe mud sou hafe e4i io nlike
90 lnar mind noi 10 nlay any harm-
searim There ore siail folk around
here hat WON'T npt Hp With it'
The above brief bur vgor0us lec-
iufe uas delivered 10 Mis. Katherine
Collier hv her sister who bad @ coau-
~ house ana who Bad inyiipl her
down from the city to pass ihr SUM
mrr. on d previous visit she had ere
atpd considerable gossip by driving
arDunl fhr country a. furious pace.
smiling and howlng 70 the young farm
ers
"Yes. sister. dear. ] have reformed
ny WAYS. and shalt be very good this
year. ras the reply
For two ~ three days She kept her
career tn check. and then ii broke oHi.
THE sister had a runabout and Miss
katherine could operate one. They
bad intended 10 90 ont together on
this day. but the sister had @ caller
who kept her az home Miss Kath-
rrine therefore. went alone hut she
lad 10 make abOHf 20 promises before
She took the machine OUT.
There are farmers up the road who
Just hate a machine as they Do poi
SON" warned the sister sand n amy Of
their chickens or pigs are run over,
they rush rlgtIt m and get a warrant
ana have a lawsuit There IS JUS
fice Of the peace about three miles
away. and he dearly loves TO impose a
Big fine on an autoist who gives him
an opportunity"
"Oh. you needn't be a BIT afraid"
laughed Miss Katherine.
The machine. OF course. started out
az gait or IS RIFLES an hour. and lt
had not gone a mile before the pace
was increased TO 20.
Katherine got 10 thinking OF so1ne-
thing else beside her machine and.
when she approached one Of the ugly
farmers estates q black hog emerged
from the barnyard and laid down IN
the middle Of the road Miss Kath-
crimes runabout ran an over that hog
Every wheel seemed TO catch him.
The owner Of the hog was drawing
water at the wei at the first squeal
He dropped the bucket aud hastened
down the road and ran out 70 the girl
exclaiming:
SAY, you Do you know what you've
doneYr
II think I've run over one Of your
hogs" was the reply. 1T is funny that
YOU allow YOUR live stock TO run in
the highway."
"Be careful. miss. You have IN
iured that hog for life and he VIII be
q dead animal before sundowR. Have
yop any idea what that hog IS worth"
Il nave not bought any pork lately"
was the saucy reply.
"Well. there's a Judge up here who
win tell You all about the pork mar
ket. ] am going 70 get right into that
machine with you and Wen go up
md see him"
Miss Katherine put on a defiant air
but she was partly cowed. She madc
no objection, and they were soon in
fhe presence Of the dreaded Judge.
There was also n young man there.
"Sam. what's she been dolng7" said
the judge to the hog owner.
IRAN her machine over my best hog
ana crippled him for life !" was the
reply
"That viii mean fine Of fifty dol
lars solemnly continued the judge.
Miss Katherine began to cry, and the
young man rose up and said 70 the old
nogherry:
"Your honor can you impose a fine
without q trialT
"Mr, Graham YOU are only a young
lawyer. ana YOU don't want to be heard
OF 10 much and too often"
"But I shall be heard Of in this case
do not know this young lady but
II she takes me for her attorney.
shall appear for her I viii now talk
with her a bit, and be ready for
our case"
Miss Katherine told the young man
how 1t WAS. and the farmer told his
story aud old Dogberry, after four or
five minutes consideration. made the
fine s. and assessed the costs at Sc.
Miss Katherine had no money with
her. Her lawyer paid the charges and
rode home with her, and on the way
solcmnly pledged his sacred word not
TO ten tho sister or her husband any
thing about ID and he hasn't told them
to this day. Miss Katherine just over
took him on the road and gave him
lift. they said. and as he knew all (
about Aofany as wen as law. he WIS I
invited to call and talk about sun 4
flowers and eatnip and such things He /
called and he talked. and after that
he was frequent caller. There We're I
no more hogs run over and no more
calls foi law until he called HIM
SELF. which was a year later when he
said to her:
"Katherine This has an been accord
ing to law and must be to the end. If
you do not say yes to me You'll be
fined az least one thousand dollars 4
for the time I have wasted" And
Katherine didn't have TO pay any flne.
1917 by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndcate)