The Washington herald., 1918-07-04
Sam Felt Bad

cam Eeh buo
Somebody IL always taking the Joy
out of life
This time it is Sam Goodwin. Sam
raised a fog because some young
people next door were singing and
dancing.
The bunch who were SO happy were
a fairly respectable crowd. They
were doing nothing out Of the
! ordinary.
But Sam came around several times
and demandede that the crowd so
home and cut out the fuss.
One Of the girls, Sue Brown. told
Sam that he was a crouch Just be-
cause he was too mean to have a
good time, she said, was no cause
for him to interfere with other
people.
Sam said something out of the way
to Sue. Her beau. John McMaster.
took it I'D.
| He told Sam to beat II before he
I got hurt But Sam stood his ground
and repeated his remark to Sue.
John Jumped at him and beat him
up. Sam ran for a cop and showed
| his black eye and demanded that
John be locked up. He was.
IF these people were disturbing the
peaoe, why didn't you get a warrant
for them?" the court asked Sam
DE cops wouldn't take nah word
for IT. Jedge." explained Sam.
! We'll. how do you expect me to
take your word for anything" " asked
the court Case dismissed"
Peep-peep.
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was on the ground. Rosie Simmons
complained to her husband that some
one who lived next door to them was
playing Peeping Tom at her bedroom
window.
Morris, the husband. suggested that
she was seeing things and paid no
further attention to the affair.
For several months Rosie remained
quiet She no longer complained
about things.
One cool night last week Morris
was real late getting In. Rosie was
up waiting for him.
She told him that a man next door
was peeping in her room again. She
had pulled down the share, but she
could still see the mans eyes through
a crack In the shade.
Morris took a club and watched.
He saw a mans head peering through
window across from Rosie's room.
He threw the stick.
Joe Bonzell, the man who was lift,
went out for q cop and had Norris
arrested.
Morris admitted throwing the stick.
He swore that Joe was doing some
thing that justified his act
But there was no proof that Joe
w a A
right to look out of his own window.
And 30 the court fined Morris SO.
A little work on his part to get ad-
ditional proof that Joe was the man
would have saved him from being
fined. So it looked.
He Hasn't Found I'm Yet.
ledge. de odder night Ah takes a
bath. All leabs nah clos on nah
bed en- gifts in de tub. Wen All gifts
through. All cain't find NAH clos
lnowhars."
what made you think that your
wife hid your clothesr' the court
asked Melville Thomas.
"WelL it's jes' like dis. Jedge, an
/ swered Melville. "she tho't All was
gwine 'roun' to see anudder woman
en- she hid 'em-"
"Ah neber not, Jedge." spoke up
Martha, the wife, ''Ah didn't eben
know he was In de house. He Gums
runnin down de steps en- buses me
in nah mouf."
/ Somebody hid Melville's clothes.
Because when he got through taking
his bath he couldn't find them
He ran downstairs in his birthday
suit and hauled of and struck Martha
In the mouth. Her teeth cut her lips.
Then he chased upstairs again. He
went into a room occupied py an
other man and borrowed some clothes
from a closet.
BY this time the cops came on the
scene. They looked at Martha's in
Jury and locked Melville up.
"If you will promise me not to hit
your wife again will parole you this
time" said the court.
"Ah woan eben look at her again,
Jedge," answered Melville.
1 "All right" said the court '1et that
be done"
Suspicious Henry.
Tuesday morning as Henry Lewis
| got Of a car on Four-and-a-half
street he heard someone call him.
How aboutcha. Henry?" Fred
How about what?" asked Henry,
ignorant Of what Fred was talking
about.
"Youse knows wot All means" an
swered Fred. 'Doan try to put on
airs wild me. Doan ack uppity."
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