The Washington herald., 1918-07-11

jackson paid a SO fine for his sor
and agreed to see that the two didn'i
get together again.
A Hot One.
Right on his doorstep as he went
to work the other morning Louis
Jacobs saw a fifty-cent piece.
He stopped to pick 1t up. But
he dropped It mighty quick. The
darn thing was as hot as blazes.
Someone had placed it ON a hot
stove and left 1t there until 1t was
too hot to hold.
OF course this was a job put-up
on Louis. Someone had 1t in for
him. to be sure.
While he was nursing his fingers,
Louis heard someone giggling. He
looked up and saw John Partengill
laughing as hard as he could.
Think yo am smaht doncher?'
asked Louis. "whatcha play sich a
lowdown trick on a man fo?"
"Ah knowed All would git yo
nanny sometime" snickered John,
"Ah guess All have cured yo of de
habit Of pickin' up things. ain't
Ah?"
John didn't mind the loss of the
nifty cents. His trick had worked.
He filled out his chest with pride.
But the chest suddenly went in.
A brick, thrown by Louis, hit him
square and took his breath.
Just what John meant when he
accused Louis of having a habit OF
picking up things Is not known.
With a piece of brick wrapped in
a paper sack as evidence, John ask
ed the court to send Louis up for
life.
But there was nothing doing. The
court fined him only $40.
She Fought Work.
"Ah doesn't know what yo all
means wen yo says All orter work"
remarked Sophie Larner. lady
Stacker.
You will know all about work
when we get through with you." re-
marked the court. You are going
to get a first-hand acquaintance
with work"
de law dat says Fight or'work,
doan mean women, Jedge," remark
ed Sophie, hit means men. En- yo
doan see no pants on me. does yo?''
"Ennyhow," continued Sophie, "ef
All kin git along widout workin',
hits nobuddy's bizness but mine, is
it? All amt done nuthin to git
locked up fer"
That Is the trouble with YOU"
said the court. You don't do any
thing. II you had been doing some
thing you wouldn't have been
brought here"
The trouble with Sophie was-she
would never keep of the streets.
She has been a bird OF prey for many
years. SO the cops say.
And, too. IL she ever saw a fob of
work coming down the street. she
would run and hide.
How she has managed to stay out
of jail these many years, is a mys-
terry.
Butt is a cinch she is in now
and for three long months. And
also-she never will get by at Oc-
coquan without working.
Expensive Worldly knowledge.
II Cora stern's parents had
brought her up properly. 1t would
have saved the girl heaps of en-
barrassment.
For nearly a year Cora has beer
supporting a crapshooter named
Clarence Hartwell.
Every payday Cora would hand
over a few dollars, thinking all the
time that Clarence was putting the
money in the bank.
The pair were engaged to be mar
ried. The money was to be used
by Cora after she was married, to
help furnish the home.
She never imagined once that her
money was not only lost in the cral
game, but spent on other women as
well.
The heartless Clarence was do
ing both of these wicked things
with Cora's hard-earned money. The
poor girl trusted him too much.
However. her mother managed to
bring things to a head. She caught
onto Clarence. somehow or other.
On Cora's last payday she gave
Clarence S10-and the girls mother
gumshoed a little and caught Mr.
Clarence in the act of spending IL
on another woman.
You ought to be punished more
severely than I am going to pun
ish you," the court told Clarence
Your offenses cover a long period
but there is only one offense charg-
ed here, Thirty days."