The Washington herald., 1918-06-26
That Mug Of Franks.

Inht mug OF FFnnks
ledge. dis woman she cum up to
/ me en- says. How dare you bring
dat ugly mug ov yours in NAH
house. Do youse want ter scare
NAH baby TO deathr
"Ah tells her dat It amt nah
fault dat nah face amt pretty. All
was bawn dat away. She cusses
me en- All slaps her in self-defense." I"
But she says you hit her before
she hit you" the court said TO Frank
Morton. who was charged with an
assault on Mary Gatewood
ledge" explained Frank, you
knows yosen dat de women desc
days will say anything. Wen eber
All has money she doan notice NAH
face. She heps me spend It Wen
All IL broke, she tells me dat All
scares her 10 def win nah face"
OF course Frank would never be
mistaken for an Adonis.. But even
so, he Is not as bad looking as
Mary thinks he is.
But the trouble with Frank was.
he hit the woman Just because she
made fun Of him, when he should
have walked on and got out of her
way. -..-...-.
However, he has q good reputa-
tion. And SO the court suspended q
thirty-day sentence and paroled him
on his good behavior.
Some Sport.
When a man goes on q wild JOY
ride with two women, q bank roll
and too much whisky. he ought not
to blame anyone but himself IL his
bank roll disappears.
Monday evening Bernard Hughes
hired q jitney at the Union station.
He had about so with him and a
burning desire to paint the town a
bright crimson.
He drove out TO where Henrietta
Jenkins and another woman lived and
invited them to go with him. They
went
They stopped in innumerable alleys
and got a few drinks in each place.
When they got down TO the Speed
way, Bernard didn't have anything
but a sl2 bill left.
They drove around the Speedway for
while. Suddenly Bernard missed
his money.
He told the chauffeur to stop the
machine. A cop was called.
Henrietta was arrested and charged
with the theft Of the money.
She volunteered to be searched.
They found only IS on her. all in one
piece. Bernard's money wasn't there
a. all.
Bernard was very much mixed up
in court. He didn't see anyone take
his money, and he certainly couldn't
prove that Henrietta took it
And there was nothing for the court
TO do but to dismiss the charge
against her and let her 60.
Daughty Was Naughty.
ledge. nah husband said dat as
he was gwine to de war en- kill a
whole passei ov Germans. he was
gwine to practice fust on me. He
tole me dat he was gwine kill me"
The Stuarts. Daughty and Eva,
have been separated about q month
which il not go bad when they
have been married four years.
The other day Daughty came
around to get some OF his clothes.
His ma-in-law met him at the door
and the two had some words.
Ma-in-law told the court that
Daughty insinuated that her daugh-
ter was crooked.
She got sore at this and gave the
young man some advice He did
not like IL very much. she said. and
told her that he was going to have
the coroner call on her also.
wifey showed up about this time
Daughty then informed her. she
said, that he was going to the wal
and kill a bunch OF Germans. but
wanted q taste OF blood before ht
went.
Policeman Thompson was sum.
moned and took charge OF Daughty
and put him where he couldn't Kill
anyone.
He was innocent, Daughty told
the court. He never made q threat
in his life, he told Judge Mullow'
ney.
When all the evidence was in 81
Hooked to be a case OF six Of one
and a half dozen OF the other.
And so the court took Daughty'i
personal bonds to keep the peace.
Horace Gets His Twice.
A few nights ago Marie Scott
her husband and Horace Washing
ton went on a jitney ride.
They all came back to Marie'i