CHEAP ENOUGH.
“Jacob, the officer found you lying on the sidewalk,” said His Honor to a middle? aged man who came out with a winning smile on his face. ■* . “Yes, Ivhas dere.’ “ And be is sure yon were drunkT” “ Vhell, I’m sure, too.” “ You got drunk, did you ?” “Yes, I vhas stone blind, as der poya call him, an i when I goes to walk home my legs s rake, my head shwhna aroundt, and I fads down like a log” . ’ “Jacob, why did yon get so 1” “ Because it vhas my birt-day, ShudsU, I wanted to liaf a good time ” “Your fine will b- about five dollars”" “ Only five tollar ! Why, Bhudge. dot ish too cheap 1 I belief I shall pay ten tollar ” “ Five is enough ” “ Vhell, it you say so, but it seems like I skould pay. ten, for 1 hadt a grand, big time.” \ “ Don’t oome hero again, Jacob ” “ If I do 1 shall have money to hay dec fine” \ “ But I hope you’ll keep sober *’ “Dot is ail right, Shudge Yon have used me like a shentleman, and some i time if you go py my sa —” “ You can go—go on,” interrupted the court “ Some time, if you go—- “ You are free—go bu—go on ” “ Some time, if you——” But Bijah took him by the arm and walked him out
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Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 13 July 1880, Page 2
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224CHEAP ENOUGH. Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 13 July 1880, Page 2
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