| Show jol JOE DOWERS dowens heddi BT BF OSE ONE WHO WAS tie the county of away up in the mountains boasts of one of the best judges budges in california on the bench he is firm decided and prompt not caring the lie snap of his finger for either the applause of friends or the mutterings rings of enemies enemies ile he is perhaps the most devoted doted man to the law in in all creation and IMS as his bis head so full of what be terms judicial iudici al talk that he not finds himself making learned charges r Q and passing sentence outside of the court room i on a recent occasion occasion tai the e judge u as called on to exercise exercise the power and rity in him vested in in the case cas of a young couple who desired to have hae their air hearts un ted led in n the holy hand band of pi edlock of course he consented to perform arm the pla pleasing duty and on the ahe ip pointed evening vas as promptly on oil land and at the bosq houbolt at u aich the affair as to come coine olf off the room roon vas iwas crowd d by the beauty and fashion of the jonii wn and none looked more dignified or lappy appy than the judge himself who was vas reed within an ail inch of his bis life it is is customary ms tomary oil occasions of the md referred to for the good folks of 6 ie mountain towns ton to pabs around the me quite freely mj and to their ev erlest iii ng crl credit 1 il ve vi ill add they consider i n no harm r 11 fo for r one e to manifest his inter st in the joyous event by getting gettin 9 lne live r the judge jude is is an ardent admirer of ie e fair fa ir sex baring in in the course of ills fe led the third one to 10 the altar to se e his own onn lang language aage he is is a great beg v edd eddings ings and that he should acome ca a little J t fl mellow amid the gloni us icae of the evening was not to he be rendered von dered at by those who knew him nii matel lately ile he had ad the w weakness balnes of all d judges 11 es he e would mould take his tod 11 T the b e me ine had passed round and round I 1 he music music had ceased the time for aking joseph bowers bon ers and nancy harens us one had arrived armed every heart abbed with the most delightful emo ons ils the young gentleman desired to how joe would stand it and pe e loun voicing ladies were anxious to see nancel kance w would uld suffer the awful fiock ock others again who had closely absen erred eil the turn of affairs aurim during the ing fixed their attention upon upon the ie ge io 10 see how he ac would come out of B e scrape at length the trying moment was an bounced the ju judge ge arose very cauti from the chair which he be had occult 4 ia one corner of the room and s his eye over the company be ayed d the sheriff of the county who P present resent as an invited guest the e had imbibed just bust enough to make a farget arget the nature of his b business u sue Ss as full of Judicial talk land and r required ining g but the presence of the sheriff 7 him looking oo 00 lag sternly at the r he e phoui shouted 1 er i S er open the court and call err general n eral twitter followed this com in ia the midst of which the sheriff ue e court gently by the arm I 1 and hinl n to his seat in the corner at the ine lne time informing g the august person y ef his mistake ever 1 l thing now naw bid fair for a plea flea sant and sudden termination of the affair until another annoyance which was nothing less than the absence of the bridegroom was ob observed servel it turned out that he had just stepped across the street to join his friends in a parting drink but before his return some cold blooded wag had whispered into the ear adelof of Q our r foggy judge the cause of delay ay in in proceedings instantly the chair corner moved and in that direction all eyes were fixed amr mr sheriff slowly drawled th the e jud judge jude e bring joe into court on an a su penar the judge had his own way wax of pronouncing the word then addre addressing asing the bride who stood in the fore foreground grouns and hung her head in confusion he n added dd 1 I spose youre the plaintiff well dont take on oil innocence and virtue will be protected by this here court this was the saddest blunder of all the judge judg e was vas again made to see his mistake and would have been consider ble set back had bad it not been for a corrective in the shape of forty drops of the critter which he instantly ap plied in a few moments all was ready in right down earnest the bridegroom had arrived full of joy the bride in gorgeous array stood at his side the company pressed forward the excitement was intense the judge never looked so dignified in his life re he evidently felt every inch a judge jjoe J jo e B B B o w e r s commenced the man of law in that distressing style of speech with which he was invariably troubled when under the influence of liquor jjoe J J o e B B B o w ers e r s stand up have y y you anything tu s s say w ww w why s s sen t tence 11 11 stop stop stop judge shouted the S sheriff from the back part of the room you are not going to hang the man but marry him 11 the judge drew a long breath and blinked rapidly but stood his ground well recovering Reco verino himself he proceeded J J J o e B B B o w e r s d do ayo y you t t ta take ke nancy II 11 11 harkens for your wife V ife so h h h elp you bodill god tb this is was a tolerable effort and joe nodded assent IN N N nancy harkens it now r remains e I 1 for this here C C court to here the sheriff again interrupted the judge reminding him of the real business of the evening miss N nancy resumed the judge after being set aright id d d do y y you t t take J J joe bbowers B B bowers for a hus bus band t tt t to io the best of your knowledge and b b belief or d d do you not hotl you bet softly answered the lighthearted nancy the judge then took the hands of th the e happy couple and joining them wound up the business as follows it now r r remains for this here C C court to pronounce you J J joe bowers and y y you nancy harkens man and wife and here the J judge u e paused to wipe the perspiration from his face lm m may G G god or mity hh h h have mercy on y y y our souls sheri sheriff rem remove ovetie the culprits the company roared Joeand joe and nancy weakened the sheriff was taken with a leaving the judge let himself out loose in a glass of apple jack taken by and large it was the greatest wedding ever witnessed |
