Honesty The Best Policy

Slim Nick, May? the Arkansas (razettc Wii-i arraigned beture a justioe ot' peace un a charge of stcaling a cali'. "Are you guilty ?" askcd the jusri-.' Several witoe.t, were cxauiio.sd, and the cvideiia: wa so conclusivo tliat the .iiidgo csclaiim'd . "That will do. The prisouor is aKuilty a.i Jadas." " Jedgo, I JoMn't like that 'tprawioB. I docsn' wind bfin' called guilty, hut doan' saydatl'se puilty as Judas Scariut, case I'se allers been a church ïuember. Dat word Judas grinds on my stomick, bo, M jedge it' yer ïileases. 1 allers .iteer.t olear of dit word. Hut now ityer wants tue to splain di. üitlMtion, I ken do it. MJ I splain '.'" " Goalicad. ' " Sonie time igo Mr. Jacküun, d man what cuses me wroogful, borrowed a bridle froni tue. 'futher day I uxed hiiu lor hit an' when I Bd a bridle hangin' on de ff nee. I tmk Imld nt'de bridle rcins, flung deia over mv shoulder and started off. I thought Jat somethiu' pulled a little hard at t'u-t. au' I tfaooght dat de brid'e had coteh on a nail, but bein' f ostrong I didn't take umoh notico ob it. When I got houie and went inter the hou:e my wife aked, Nicle, what ver doin' wid dat cali".'' I looked roun' an dar shooh ouff was a calf hangio' onter do end ot' de bridle. Dar wus a pieee of pap-pw bark tied onto de hoad atall an' de oalf had A.itujWcJ ''t' . '. . 'ti iw ,avv Imrk.' IV tllP i-M' t'illM'l .-ut li .' " ;i k I'.ii'.-i wlut l'n Rwina terielljer. De tbing Mifiercd 80 d;it ter tiii bit OUtM hit'l lutaer) I killi'd bit, tendin' Mietl nioroio' (er r:ury it HMTten Md lii'lr l'T (ie ownlr I diilii WHiilcr b " i ¦¦ -tel tor i'iuelty t.-r ¦ni- U. [t ;i!l da ia u plin jedge '" Vyu ca m.L. t. '¦'1'haiiK !o li'Miic I "V„ „M,il."