The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-09

wet ashes. lie Is trembling violent
81. Ills lips tee clipping nervously.
lie stands an abJeet wreck before
the court,
Dope ADDICT" says ttio otffsor'
"hgbitua user narcotics"
"IfLIII Tho unfortunate
tries TO explain, His tongue rattiss
uncontrolled and htammers tho per.
tonal pronoun IN soprano protest.
lie tries again. II Amt now judge.
honeStl I'm cured I'm Off the
stuff Honest I am, Judge"
The craving hits him harder lilo
looks slek az heart and stomach.
Ito weakens in his protest
"IIfI-nsariy cured. judge. Want
ono more shot and then I'm thru.
Just ono more shot Please. judgcT
Ills voice pitches into a shrek.
lie sohs IN n heap on bench.
Ninety days In jail for the cure"
says the merciful judge Tho nd,
diet Is better Off In jail than out.
aide, where the 'peddlera" cater 10
HIS craving
THERE arc many. many liquor
l. cases In police court since pro
hlbltlon. and there are many. many
conferences about this case and
that It's worss than football
game for time out We hear a few
words thru the verbal buzz.
Would plead guilty II -. mum
bio humble. Lower fine
mummmm- ummmmm- humble
/. Di6misa easa 49,. bzEzzbzzzz
have 20 appeal. then"
An old lady selling liquor In pint
lots An old man who can't "spilS
Ensliss' selling liquor IN pint lots.
A well-dresssd woman selling liquor
IN pint lots. Three or four men
selling liquor ia pint lots, and may
be quarts az times Only they don't
sell IL These beverage merchants
deal" their wet goods, according 20
police jargon.
Two hundred dollars fine and 30
days in jail" Is what they hear
from the Judge
Tho deduction IL that the small
liquor dealer gets stuck and the in
ference seems 20 be: Don't deal
liquor In pint lots Deal in boat
loads II you would he foolish enough
10 hazard violation Of the law. Bet
ter advice would be Don't deal a
drop.
DuT what's thlH7 A young lady
- appears. dressed after tho pre-
vaiiinE mode, her hcah-tons silk
stockings being part Of tho sttrae-
ton. She IL also liquor case, but
shs plays merely a heavy thinking
part as the prosecutor asks her
how about II. A eapablc-looSinE nj.
torney steps forward.
Agent bought moonshino from
this lady with marked money. I
arrested her." explains tho officer.
Found the money She admits
"Ahl Just a minute. ofticerl %
interrupts the attorney. "Bhe doesn't
admit anything. And about this
marked money? who gayo II 10
Tho hEcnt7 who marked IL? What
kind Of money was TT How was IL
markell What with? Where II
~. whyT And II not. why uot?"
The officer - discomfi,td. He
doesn't quite remember all the
details. The prosecutor makes
numerous objections to the quta
tons 81 the inquisl.iyo attorney.
but Il does no good. The attorney
knows his currency. 30 20 speak.
when II comes TO marked money.
Case continued until some time
later. That attorney has thrown
wrench in tho machinery Of the
skids.
A ND here 10 bi, OF surprise end.
va Ing for fairly lively after.
noon. Another nondescript man
comes from tho hailifrs ungalniy
herd. Hn walks to the railing at
the Judges bench.
Drunk" Yes" Ten doilarn."
"sit down over here
But I desire 20 address the
court"
SIT DOWN.
but I wish to mako a statement
10 His Honor. That Is my consti.
.utional right"
SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP-
let him talk" suggests the
court.
THERE Is ever 30 faint n light
l. IN the nondescript's eyes. He
does not n1umblo his words As he
begins:
Thank you. Your Honor, shall
not be long. Tho great bard once
wrote: There In tide in tho nj.
fairs OF men. which, taken at the
flood, leads on TO fortune; omitted.
and all the voyage of their lives
abounds In shadows and in mlscr.
les
II am in the shadows, having
failed to take advantage OF my OPP
portunitles at the flood tide. do
not complain, but merely state a
fact. II Your Honor will pardon
me. ], too. was educated for the
law. I am not a lawyer, as you
can plainly see. ! am n ne'er.do.
well. crave the indulgence OF the
court.
II do not desire TO serve my fine
in Jail wish TO wander out where
the air Is pure and tho works OF
nature arc inviting, I cannot prom.
lse not 10 drink any more, for
nhnM IInnnr. % NV snlnco But