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Show WHEN FEENEY GOT EVEN ON HOWELL Bailiff William H. Lowdor of District Dis-trict Judge Arthur E Pratt's court looked askance (somewhat suspicious) at Captain Edmund T. Hulaniski, Reporter Re-porter Harold J. Packer and the court, when ordered, on Captain Hulanlski's suggestion, to call the defendants in the case of the city versus Mullens and Palm, involving a license claim, in which they made no appearance. The law requiring this call dates back to the days of Patrick Henry The bailiff is required to go to the courthouse court-house doors, each in turn, and voclfer-ato voclfer-ato thus. "John Jones, John Jones, John Jones'" and ho on, three calls of each name. In all the old Southern South-ern states this ancient custom still is followed, the names being howled from the four doors of tho court house. Bailiff Lowdor was in a quandary what to do Finally went out and tried to call the persons interested on the telephone. There was much watchful waiting to see what be would do, but he fooled them. Evens Up With Howell. When Thomas S. Fceney, of the Falstaff cafe, was a bailiff in former .Judco .1, A. Howell's court, he was handed a list of twenty names at a nlcht session of court, long past bod-time, bod-time, and was ordered to call them immediately He also was suspicious, for court of. ficials had once worked this joke, on an English-American bailiff. He scrutinized the court's face for indications in-dications of fun, but the court frowned prodigiously and waved him on to duty Instead of bellowing the names from court house door, Mr. Feeney hid himself behind a door and waited. After awhile the court adjourned and he slipped down to the sheriff's office. of-fice. Judge Howell slipped in behind be-hind him and hid behind a door. Feeney espied him out of the corneh of his eye and proceeded to tell the sheriff and others how that blank-oty-blank court tiled to make a monkey mon-key of him. It was great enterlaim ruent for the listeners. Howell lb Alarmed. Sometime later Judge Howell met Feoney on the street and Inquired after af-ter his health. "I'm not feeling good, judge," he replied; "my heart is giving giv-ing me trouble." Howell was at once solicitous and sympathetic. "You can feel it for yourself." said 'Feeney. "It's on the jump all the time, missing a Uck now and then." Judge Howell was startled He laid his palm over Feeney's heart. Sure enough, it throbbed and vibrated with strange and fitful energy. "Tom. my dear old friend," he exclaimed, pulling pull-ing him along, "come with me right now. Get you to a hospital! You must have treatment at once." Feeney held back and they argued for a v.hile and the heart continued to Jump and throb. Having evoned the score to the point of satisfaction, Mr. Feeney grinned grin-ned broadly and pulled out of his pocket pock-et a rubber ball and pneumatic tube "contraption," which had made the startling throbs. Judge Howell growled something under un-der his breath and walked rapidly away from there. no |
