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Show A CAPITALIST. "1 came to this town to buy a bouse and lot,'' said Charlei Gnhu. as he came before the deak. "What with?" asked the court. "With cash money roeka greenbacks wealth!" exclaimed the prisoner, as be pulled out a wallet as Dig as a pound loat of bread. "Weill did yon bu?'' "No, sir, 1 didn't," growled tbe (linuner, ua he replaced bis wallet. "1 had only takuu abjut tour drinks when " "You look four drinka, eh?" "Yea, sir. That was in the forenoon." fore-noon." "And what did you do in tbe after-I after-I noon?" "I bad only taken about five drinks iu tbealternoon when " "That's nine drinka," interrupted the court, looking up from a blotting pad. "You must have been stepping pretty high up by that time." "I was over here somewhere in this directiou looking at a beautiful house. It had lourleeu hay windows on it, and there were four duor-iooba on the doors 'two pairs of front steps, and more windows than I ever aaw in a I bouse before. 1 waa buying thai house for $18,000, when along came a policeman and drew medown here." es, wu teach drawing lessons," mused tlie ceurt. "Ami now I want to see threu of the best lawyers iu this town," con tiuued tbe man, hauling out his big wallet again. "And I want to seea$5 bill to settle this case," replied his honor. "You were druuk, quarrelsome, ugly, and mean, and i'ou have buen Jymg to me about your wanting to buy a bourse and lot. You are a petrified vag trom Chicago, and you haven't cash enough to buy a base-bull club. Come duwu or tano thirty days." "isn't there any one here who will go out and get me a lew lawyers?" asked Charles as bu looked around. There wasn't. "Rob me imprison mo take my hfel" exclaumd the prisoner, as be flung his big wallet on the fi'Xir and entered the corridor. Bijab picked up the receptacle. It contained four lumps oIcoj! and a 'newspaper. It hadn't cot over the ! Jay L'ooke failure yet. Detroit Free PresB. |