The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-08-20
Directions



The stranger stopped his car and
nodded politely to the farmer VINO
was driving q COW.
Can you tell me-" he asked, how
to find Judge Dumble's house?"
IF / can't" replied the farmer, \
don't suppose there's anybody III the
country VINO can. phe Judge n 1 are
goUu rriends. whenever he passes MY
place on has way to town he drops Ia,
and we have some great a~Iguinenls.
The Judge is ~hor-tenIpered II usual
ly goes away mad atrer a debate aud
last THE he picked up a milk pitcher
;lnd busted il on my mead, put we've
good 1rienus Just the same. II 1 want
eu TO borrow 50, or even $40, l reckon
-
Eyes. yes" interrupted the stranger.
EXCUSE me, but LIN rather ia u nur-
ny, and iii be Obliged il you1l direct
me to II Judges mouse"
Nothing could be easier. When ]
get taxing about him anu the socla-
Die times we have together, Inn In
clined to forget where l am. The
Judge is a great MAI in his way, and
I've heard ne was counted one VI ne
pest lawyers in the country. / never
near nm mention law. but lat y al
ways telling LIE about his lAvcnIloiis.
he spends most OF his time com
pounuing things that explode without
notice and Ii he doesn't 20 through
tue root ot his laboratory about once
a week he feels that things are get
Ling stagnant.
ABOUT a year ago be told me he
had invented something the Whoie
world had been yearning for. 1t wax
an lndellDle ink that would stay black
Til the crack OF doom. He gave me =
bottle OF it to show that he regard
Ell me as a brother. My wife's SISTER
was visiting US at the time. getting
ready for her marriage to Jake SAM
oyar. She was married at our house,
and when the ceremony was over the
minister asked me for y pen and ink
SO he could fill tut q marriage Ger
tificate. ] handed him the boltie OF
indeIible ink. and he filled out the
forfi, and signed his name, and then
some Of the bystanders signed as wit
nesSes.
well. Jake didn't treat his bride
very well. and she made up her mind
to have a divorce. She consulted a
law J er ami he asked to see her mar'
riu;e certificate and when he unfold
cd IL there was nothing there but d
printed stuff. All the writing had
faded ont so you couldn't find a u
of IL with u telescope. 1t has mad the
bIamedest mix-up you ever saw. Inc
two witnesses are dead and the cler-
gyman had gone to China as a mission
aly and that woman cam prove a
ever was married except by hearsay
evidence, and it seems she has to show
she was married before she can get q
divorce. The Judge
"Yes. my friend. the Judge! Where
does he Liver"
well, it does beat all how I've been
rafting on! The Judge lives a lew
miles up the road. You go to the first
crossroads and take the one to n
right. Follow that road W miles and
you'll come to a big red barn. hen
you turn to the left and travel half a
mile, and then diagonally across a pas
r till you see a yellow brick house.
That's where the Judge lives"
THANK you very much"
you're welcome. but If you want to
see4tne Judge there's no use going to
his house. It's closed up. He's some
East for an indefinite time, lie Wants
to interest Eastern capital in a Liquid
glue he has invented. Let me Tell YOU
about that glue"
But the strange wouldn't wait.