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Show )J A --- tV WAS A OSAf LETTER, - CHy rh Had Good Rrasont'fbr ,it V Not Enforcing It. '"'"T'ned 'lo''tin " laid' over at a fown lithe ai.'.ilfw'il," raid the trar-"iTt'uid trar-"iTt'uid as- ti'wAlkrd about Iho street I noticed dmtcn of tings al' lowligln the mttd or sleeping on the idef alk. Whea l Anally ceeie arross the jehy marshal, I mentioned thl fact knd ,,,,. hy .tho .jailml Were) nit restrained. -Wial. I believe t' ar Is a law to do IV ht mly replied. Aod why Isn't the law enforced'1 If left to me. and I can't ikassly e at ay clear." "but re tho hog, and there I (he law.' . . , "'Tea. but thara something else.' , 1 a about to ask him what It wat)rn a dog cnme along, and pitched Into a hog fresh from a roll In tho and tho porker tittered a loud "Jl'ieal aa the sharp teeth nipped hi yt The squeal had not yot died away when fifty men, each with gun In hi hand, came running out of house, saloons and stores and looked for eoniehotiy to shoot. "'Jou see,' said the marshal, aa th crowd hroko up and scattered, 'thar'i the law and thnr' tho hawga, bu( whon every man In town owns a hawg and la iinn' to fight for him, what you gelt!' t0 do about ltf" |