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Show A Time For All Tliliijfa. It became the solemn duty of a Texas Tex-as judge to puss sentence on tin aged nimi nmned (ieorgo Bliss for stealing a hog. 'It is a shame that a man of your age should bo giving up his mind to hog stealing. Do you know any reason rea-son why sentence should not be pro-nouneod pro-nouneod on you according to law?" "Now, Judge," was the reply of the aged sinner, bliss, "this is getting to bo a trille monotonous. I would like to know how a follow can manage to please you judges. When I waa only seventeen years old I got three yours, and tho judge said I ought to be ashamed of mysolf to be stealing at my age. When I waa forty I got five years, nnd that judge said it was a shame that man in his very best years should steal. And now, when I am seventy years of ago, here you come and chew over the same old story. Now, I would like to know what year of a mnn's life is tho best one, according to your notion, no-tion, to begin a crime of life." Tho judge told Bliss that if ho wanted legal advice he had better consult with some lawyer, and then passed the usual sentence of live years. Sittings. |