The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
GOOD MORNING
JUDGE
ny RUDOLPH PERKINS.
GeoA-Bye. Joe.

Good morning, Judge"
Good morning Joe." said the court
to Joe Hook. why do you keep
coming here? Every time I turn
around I see you here"
well Judge" answered Joe, II
don't exactly come here. them cops
bring me here. tells them that I
don't want to keep coming here but
they don't pay the least bit of at
tention to me-"
well, I do declare" said the
court. what have you done this
time. ! hope you have thought of
something new. Seems like you do
the same things over and over
again.
That man says I hit him, but
indeed Judge, he fell against my
fist as I was defendin' myself an
swered Joe.
He must have fell pretty hard
to get a mark like that on his face"
came back the court.
well. I have known 'em to fall
harder tha1 that Judge" replied
Joe.
'I guess 1 better send you down
until Washington goes dry Joe,"
said the court. because as long
as you can get a drink you are
going to get into trouble" Thirty
days. When you come out you will
have to stay sober and then may
be you'll keep straight"
Another Exposure.
The five-and-ten-cent store has
been missing quite a number of
fnunfafn
spy was stealing them and send
ing them to Germany as It is known
that they are short of rubber.
They sent a squad of detectives
to work. OF course Bill Gadsby
didn't know anything about this
arrangement or he would never
have ventured into the place.
Bill had no spy system of his
own, so how was he to know?
Friday afternoon he walked up
to a pretty salesgirl and asked her
IL she would be so kind as to di-
rect him to the fountain pen
counter.
She did. Bill blinked around for
awhile. He usually saw double, due
to his taking his nourishment in
liquid form.
He swiped one pen, thinking he
had two. One of the detectives ar
rested him. Bill asked the two"
gentlemen not to make a fuss and
he would go along quietly with
them"
1t was done. He was locked up
In two cells after two desk SER
geants wrote his name twice in
two" books.
Judge Pugh gave him one SEN
tence. Thirty days.
Tit for Tat.
One dark night last week somebody
gave Bertha Hughes a great big en-
ergetic bear hug in the hall Of the
house where she roomed.
She didn't holler murder or anything
like that. She just told whoever it
was TO go little easy. She only
weighs 96 pounds gross.
This playful little stunt she said was
the work of Ralph Jackson, a cousin
of the woman who rented the house.
He was fairly acquainted with Bertha.
Bertha didn't find out who it was
until two days after. She said moth
ing. Ralph came around again. She
didn't hunt up that dark corner in
the hall. Oh no.
1t is said she hunted for some cash
Ralph had in his pocket and got it.
S.75 1t was. Anyway Ralph set Up a
howl and Bertha was nabbed.
She was a lady. she said, and ladies
don't steal. But 1t certainly looked
like she did the trick. The evidence
would convince a blind man.
Anyway she was fined SO and order
ed to restore Ralnh's cash
More KuItur.
Judge, 1 was full of dishes"
How can that be-" asked Judge
Push OF George Pusslmu., . hotel
walter who had his head cut at the
hands of porter. Baldwin Gray.
Il mean 1 was carrying a whole lot
of dishes and this colored gentleman
sneaked up behind me and hit me in
the head with a heavy meat fork. :"
what happened next?' asked the
court
Il don't know Judge, I was asleep
then-after was hit"
1t seemed that George and Baldwin
had some harsh words and Baldwin
was afraid to start something while
George was looking.
So he waited until the waiter got
his arms full of dishes and sneaked
up behind him and sent him into the
land Of dreams.
An ambulance came. So did the
patrol. Baldwin went. out almost the
same time as George did. Georges
brains were severely shaken up just
like a milk punch with an egg.
Judge Pugh highly disapproved of
these German tactics of sneaking up