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Show MRS. DICK DIDN'T WANT POLICE COURT DISCHARGE Judge Tanner was on tbe bench of the Police court Monday afternoon. Judge Dlenl bad been excused for tbe session, and Judge Tanner had volunteered to take his place. "Where are all of our old-tlm friends?" asked the Court as be looked In vain for tbe face of an old offender among tbe group of penitent lined up at the bar of Justice. "All off on vacation, I guess." said Clerk Leary. Then the first case on the docket wa called. "Jane Doe." cried the clerk. "Me name'a not Jane Doe, berorry." said a large woman who arose Indignantly Indig-nantly from tbe seat reserved for prisoners. pris-oners. "Whaft is your name, my good woman?" wo-man?" asked the clerk. "Sure an' me name is Kitty Dick, an' O'lm guilty of bain' dr-r-unk." "Is this your first offence. Miss, or Is it Mrs. Dick?" akel th Court. "Me name' Mrs. Dick, an' Ol was niver arrested befure, yer anner. If the flr-rsrt toime Ol waa iver arrested in this town. Ol comes fr-rom Par-rk CUy, yer anner, an' It is the flr-rst toime I was in town fer nigh onto two years. An', yer anner, yes knows jrerself how it is when yes get up town on a Satterd'y night, when yez has bin out av town fer two long years." "Mrs. Richard, ah I mean Mra Dick. I forgot the contraction," apologized the Court, "If you were never before the Court before, I will discharge you." "Oh, yer anner," sobbed the woman. "Ol hov wor-rksd in manny places, an' On wos niver befure discharged. Plaze, yer anner, let me go wldout th' disgrace ov a tfchar-rge." "You may go," said the Court, and she went. |