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Show Tliero wm a sccno ono day last week in the Tcrro Hauto court In which jurors and spectators wero moved to tears Jjmos Doditv was on trial for forging his fathers naine'.o an order for two hnts. Ho dcei'ned counsel nnd spoke for himself. him-self. "My father raised mo among tlifevos, gamblers nnd blacklegs, Beforo I could sco over the topofn pool table he put ine on n lo nnd (aught me how to plaj-. Tho only man who taught me howtochc.it at cards was my father. Now thnt lie goes bzck on mo I stand hero without :t friend on enrth. You mny send mo to the penitentiary, but I am not w holly rcsnonsiblo for whnt nm." |