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Show r . . - . . . r I 1 ( . ' I ' J.-: X" I .'.1 J e: I f. r. r.-owr., Q.arry: : .1 e:..;:c'jel l.i a I . r-: r-: .-'j c t . r,.. -rry, vc:s t - ; tte jer.f'.-r.ts wi f'.cel J:-" . Du : 1 i 1 Ci rc'-lce court Tuesday afternoon ar.l to whom Justice was metel out accord-lrg accord-lrg to the ee Cat they had offendc-I tie t:::.j r . a Alien v.as the first of the trio called to the bar. Ashe attempted to. lean agamit the ee t behind which the Judge eat, tee cleik said to Mm: ' "Here, Allen, this Is a bar of Justice, not a r Joon bar. Stand up and plead." Allen gave his shoulders a twist and stood as nearly erect as a man coul-i who had carried so heavy a load bo recently. re-cently. Allen r'eaded guilty to having been drunk, lie appeared contrite and broken bro-ken In spirit as well as in purse. The performance was repeated with the others. Each pleaded guilty. As all of them stood In a row, with heads downward bent, and with eyes glued to the floor, the court sail: "Allen, Johnson and Brown, you have each of you pleaded guilty to drunkenness. drunken-ness. This, you say Is your first appearance ap-pearance In court If such Is the case, I will give you all a chance to do better. "Tou had better go back to the quarry and break rock as honest and Industrious Indus-trious men should do. If you come bac ' here you will be given a chance to work at your usual avocation for the benefit of the city roads. There is an unlimited amount of rock In City Creek canyon that must be broken for the repair of the city streets. As It is, I have a good mind to give you a short term1' The Judge did not finish the sentence, as there was a scurrying of feet on the stairway, and a moment later a cloud of dust could be seen between the court-bouse court-bouse and the mouth of Parley's canyon. can-yon. The men had gone back to the Quarry, |