Show TALES OF THE DAY Reformed the Old Gentleman See here my son you must either retire re-tire from the junior partnership Ive just given you or you must quit football and the old merchant sat very straight in his office chair If its a mere matter of choice I prefer football Of course you do just like any other I featherheaded boy but your decision involves in-volves all your future prospects Once out I of here you must shift for yourself Understand Un-derstand that After much discussion the old gentle i I man consented to let the young man play I ono more game and to be present as a witness much as he disliked the brutal and barbarous sport With his ulster collar about his ears his face enveloped in flowns and his hands in his pockets the stern man of business saw tho kickoff Inside of three minutes his hands were beating the air while he I shouted encouragement to the home eleven i elev-en Gothrough em he yelled excitedly excited-ly l Tear em up Thats It boys pulverize I pul-verize em Dynamite em Go it Charley Char-ley as his own son tore around the end with the ball Get there boy Whoopee Knock that Yellow down If he tries to get lu your way again Keep a humpln llckety spIlt Charley Hooray You threw that fellow a rod Wish I could get hold of him Tried to pull you down I saw him the rascal Good dodge Hip hip tiger You beat em all out Charley Never mind what I said todayy Beats anything I ever saw and the florid faced old gentleman who had been rushing rush-ing albng the ropes like a madman was rIght there at the goal still puffing and shouting f oa r Npw father and son go to the games 1 together f Anything for Freedom A writer in the New York Sun tells the following story of Judge Gary of Chicago Chi-cago who tried the anarchists and is now trying Luetgert A man charged with bigamy bi-gamy was before him The accused had lived two years with the second woman and he concluded to plead guilty on the I understanding Wth Ute states attorney I that his sentence would divorce him from No2 When he stood before Judge Gary the little man looked over his desk and asked in a voice of kindness You fully understand what the plea of guilty means Yes your honor And do you understand ifyou so plead it will be my duty to send you to the penitentiary Do you understand that Yes your honor Anything to get free frerhe judge looked at the man for a moment mo-ment and then said in his inimitable manner I suppose there are some things beside be-side which the prison would be a relief Any relative o rfriend of the defendant in court A WOIr1n in black stood up on a bench and said in a voice which sounded like a rip of cambric I am his second wife judge Judge Gary replied immediately with no change In his voice or face Some things beside which prison would I be a relief You ought to be willing to take three years The prisoner nodded an assent Judge Gary looked over at the woman in black He seemed to read her in a second He turned to the man who had pleaded guilty and said I will give you one year You seem to have had the other two before they arrested you |