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Show THERE WAS THAT POSSIBILITY And Virginia Lad Might Have Seen Something of the Sort Happen Occasionally. A Virginian, recently elected judge and feeling keenly the responsibilities of his exalted position, was coming on horseback along a road in a remote section of his district. He saw a smoke on a hillside. "Boy " he said to a lad who was loafing alongside the road, "is that smoke up there from a still?" "Yes, sir, I reckon it is," the boy replied. "What are they making up there?" "Might be makin' some apple brandy." The judge jumped from bis horse. "Here, boy," he said, "hold this horse. I'm going up there and stop that. They can't flout the law in 'that manner in my district." The boy took the reins and the judge climbed the fence and started toward the smoke. After he had gone a few steps the boy shouted : "Oh. mister!" "What is it?" asked the judge. "Effen you don't come back, what must I do with the horse?" Saturday Evening Post. |