The Washington herald., 1918-03-07

Sanl you Hldhc udg
stead of sixty. Jedge," pleaded Jim
Wolf. "spring is almost here and
the fish will soon be runnin' up the
river" ? a- H..
'I don't think So" replied the
court. you are such an incorrigi-
BILE drunkard. Besides. 1t is not
crowded at occoquan these days and
you won't be pinched for room.
Anyhow" continued the court, ct
don't see how you can afford to
drink whisky when 1t cost 81 pint.
II you can get drunk under those
conditions 1 don't see why you can't
serve sixty days as well as thirty.
But, Jedge." interposed Jim, II
amt been here for four months.
1t has been long time since saw
you last. II you take off that thirty
days I will never come here again :"
What are you talking about, man."
said the court. you have been COM
ing here for the last fifteen years
and every time you are here you
always say 1t is going TO, be the last
time.
I'm take of thirty days this time. :"
said the court reluctantly. and II
ever sc you here again-you had
better look out
Poor Bill.
"Jedge, dat man sent note aroun'
to NAH house. 1t said in It dat All
had things on me-meanin' bugs, or
somefin LAX dat.
DE next time / seed him he had a
knife. He said he was gwine silver
nah haid right of and put 1t in
nah hand"
"Oh. nah goodness. ledge" piped
up Bill Peyton, when he heard Edith
De Vaughn tell these things about
him. Dat gal en- four odders was
after me wild knives en- razors.'
Bill Is nothing but youngster. But
from the looks OF things in court
1t seems that the girls must all be
crazy over him.
He told the court that Edith was
sore at him because he refused to
take her to the theater. She in
| tended to get even with him, he said
So she trumped up a case of threats
against him, Bill told the court.
Edith hated to see him make love
to another girl, 1T seemed.
Bills aunt was a witness to the
affair and her story threw an en-
tirely different light on things.
She said that Edith and her gang
came after Bill with a load of bricks
and were going to put out his lights.
The court must have believed il.
because Bill was allowed to go free.
-Four of a Kind.
DO you want to say anything ito
the court?" a bailiff asked Maggie
Brown. charged with being picked,
after she pleaded guilty.
Nav sah." answered Maggie. "Ah
has done had nah say, en- All has
done had nah jag-let me go down
! and git through wild nah thirty days
as soon as All kim"
81 gotta wife and four children.
Judge" said Bill Brown. Bn is no
relation to Maggie and is also of a
different 'color) e..
IT was jus passin' through" went
on BpI, "and 1 stopped at the Union
Station and this officer person nab
bed me-"
You had a wife and four children
before you got drunk" said the
court. "and it is not my fault that
you didn't think of them at first Pay
fine Of s25 or go down for thirty
days"
81 was more sick than drunk
Judge" squeaked Frank Lewis
II know" said the. court, that Is
what they all say. Getting drunk is
what makes you sick. Thirty days,
Next case"
''I am drafted. Judge" said John
Mccormick" and il l am not there
when they send for mel will get
| court martialed."
We'll" asked the court. who's s
fault will that be? You will-have to
| go. down for thirty days. When the
i army wants you let me know and
! will see that they get you. In the
meantime you can get yourself into
physical trim by course of labor al
| the workhouse."
George-He wouldn't Do It.
You are not only vagrant," said
| the court to George Marks, but you
! are also a Stacker. Any man who
| can't find something useful to dc
! these days, is not At to be at large.
But why should work, Judge?" in.
| quired George, IT has plenty to eat, ]
has place to sleep. does every.
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