He was blear-eyed, dirty, unkempt,
ragged, with tallow in his hair and
whiskers and altogether an unlovely
thing to look at. He was haled be
fore Justice Harris, who. without
any preliminary questioning re
marked :
"You are the bummest looking ho
bo that ever struck this town. Ten
dollars fine or ten days in jail and
get out of town anyway.”
The miner leaned against a table
and began unbuttoning until he had
opened the way to his pocket
through four pairs of overalls, where
upon he pulled out a roll of bills big
enough to choke the bull of Bashan.
When the justice saw the wad of
money his eyes stuck out far enough
to hang a hat on as he shouted an
amendment to his sentence:
"And $100 for contempt of court.”
BRYAN WON THE ARGUMENT
(From the Kansas City Star.l
After William Jennings Bryan had
courted the beautiful Mary Baird for
what he considered a sufficient
length of time, the Commoner, then a
struggling young lawyer, concluded
to put the vital question to the father
of the future Mrs. Bryan. William,
after finally downing the lump in his
throat, sought refuge in the Scrip
tures.
"Mr. Baird. 1 have been reading
Proverbs a good deal lately,” said
Mr. Bryan, “and I find that Solomon
says: 'Whoso findeth a wife, findeth
a good thing and obtaineth favor of
the Lord!’"
Father Baird, being somewhat of a
Bible scholar himself, replied: “Yes.
