HIS HONOR'S LEVEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2503, 18 January 1887, Page 2

HIS HONOR'S LEVEE.

■ • "Who is that■ singing -in. the- corridor?" qaestionod his .Honor ■, <as ;=ha. signed tho i warrants. ■■••. ) ..'!A.-, poor, / nnforfuHsto , woman," said . Ste'bbina. • ''.She looks go', esd, ,j tool sorry . tor her." ''■■)f''- " ",* - The voice of .iha prisoner was beard sing- • ing:- • ' v .-v "-■ - 1 "I'm•alone in tho -world—alono with ay I sorrow- ■..' My frionds sleep thoir'last 'neatb the old P • .wjllowtree; ' •.•".. i ' Each day is- the Bame—nj6'-'brighter to< j morrow' f Will coma to this' heart, which was broken I ' for thee." '• "Very, very'sad," softly remfirkad His f Honor. • "Saddest tiling I.over heard," And I'm ft B sad man myself," added Stebbiriß. " Well, bruig .the poftr thing OW." StsbbiasdJßsprJe&vedfof a moment, and 9 when ha returned it was in company with a j woman of4s,'who was ohuokhig biro, under t the ohin, and saying: ' .- ' "Eh!. Stubby lOh I.you dear little stab ,of a Stebbins 1" '."■ . ■'.' •: -.. : 1 -"Ural", growled his Honor, "then it is J you Mary Coyle?" f. "Urn I an' its yon, is it Judge?" "When I heard you singing about broken hearts and willow trees and : sorrows, I sup- ' posed it was some orushed young woman," 1 " Well, it isn't, you Bee, There's nothing . crashed about mo.' I'm the same old Mary , Coyle." " You were drunk last night." ■ - 5 "Sol was. My old man went off ! on a spree, and I. thought I would follow, suit." 3 '" I shall make it sixty days this time," 0. K. Judge. The old nian will.-havo to " do hie own washing and cooking, and in that way I'll pay him off. Good-byo, honey, and i don't forget me when I'm gone." .. i AN EARTHQUAKE-EPISODE/'' "Daniel Williaing, what are yon doing. ) hero ?" was asked of a dilapidated speoimen l of the African race as he Btood "leaning oa his crutch before the bar. "Iwarbrungheah, sah." 1 "Well, I'm not surprised.- AmanwhowM i rush around at midnight'shouting.'Arel' 'murdorl' and * help 1' must oxpeot to . answer to, someone for it. t Danicl, what ' ailed you? 1 "Kinlßpoketo you for about in hour, sah?" ■ ■ ■ i "No, sir. Tell your story, bat don't bo over . five minutes about It." " Well, sah, I was sleeptn' In de back ya'd las'night to avoid tho airthquiko," i "Whatairthquako?" • '■■ [ "Do onewhioh was to shake up de town. I didn't want no house to fall on mo, an' sol flxedupajplaoe in tho baok ya'd. I m asleopin',dar as sound ob a brick when 'long cum somebody an' frowed a pail of water obey mo. I fought datairthquakflhadftrrove, Jedge, an' so Igo up an' hollered like- I wn ■ eent fur." ~ "Had you been .drinking.?'! " Jost a drap, Judga—jeat ennfi*to brace me , np to face dat-airthquake. I'sepowerful sorry if I'm mado you any trouble," " " But I can't let you off with being iI bM have to givo you thirty days." I • . "Shoo!';', „■; , -..',, -o . ''• ,} ■ '/I'll send, you wnere you needn't fear* earthquakos'/'. ...';',;' "'- ...;.■ 1 (> iinpemo'ilß to -ampjiihato 'a 'puirfion to do ,' Work Houso, fur proorastinatin* an eir|h- | ■quake. 1 '- ■-.•- -'. •-'• ■••■•. ■ BE IOOIET/. - • ■••■ "Well Harry Burger?" '.■.•."Jes,Bhudge." ■ - '■...,,:.. :,;i i. ."Youaro ohargod, with' disorderly ooadn'ot.". ■". . ~'-.' '. -'i ■ "IdidWtdoneit,' 1 ' ". '•The officer arretted you.while yon wero . chasing a crowd of boys on the street!" • < i . 'iShudge, I. tolls jouhow he.7h.98,'; j joins myself mit a new prass pand, and Tpuys me - ■■ a horn and learns .to-play. After, supper I 1 ;take oudt dot horn und go/ toot I toot I toot I' I'bual'jfani l-btuul' Somo'poys come artefl) , nhd mbok me all der time. Dot makes 1 me, madt, yon know.-;. last night mora : ash 'six! foys cry Qudt-at-'me:'-'Toqi.ltoott l .tpoO'iin, , d( run oudt and shose 'em avhay.'''BnnJgo,. ) dot vh'as no vhayto use a man who' joihsJrnit« , .-a'praßs-pand."'-. .'t. "_,:'/'. '.'•;•!/" " You should have called' an officer. No • np has. a right to take the law into his ova ' hands'.".'•';■• ';;''.'.' ;■ •-'-"•; •; •" Sut I can't play on dot horn if der boys' i' don't'let me'alone." . ,s ' '," I.know, but you must go .out'in" the country or take a, trip to some island, I shall' fins you fhe'dollars." ,■',■.'•'■ \," Shudge, dot war more toot I toot f toot t ashde,r.poys,gifm'e.".:. ■,>'■ : ..■; •--.-> • :'!Will you pay?" ■'..';:;.':,.■<. ; V Vhell, I pay," bat I shall say if doflapojw, come afojmji some pie h^f, : . >-; - •>, '•■ tin\e it .will be'tendolliaw'A'. ;'r .. V- : "rsha^:;,,': v ;.:,r:,;v: ;; '-'.": : u;.; "'"l M toot IWMMhiool' ; ' 'tßtlQlDg." ■ .'.••' u >-''> : ' ! *-' ; ? : y.^.'fe t ' M - '- : -