Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — Improving on Shakespeare. [ARTICLE]

Improving on Shakespeare.

“In a Jacksonville court” said a Florldf congressman, “a lawyer quoted Shakespeare—‘Who steals my purse steals trash*—to a deaf judge. “ ’What’s that?* tbe judge demanded. “ ■ “Who steals my purse steals trash,"' the lawyer repeated. * “ Twas something, nothing; ’twas mine, 'tis his and has been slave" ’— ‘“Louder! 1 can’t hear you!* said the judge irritably. “ • «Who steals my purse,” ’ repeated the unfortunate lawyer, * “steals trash. ’Twas" ’— “ ‘Can’t you speak upT growled the deaf judge. “At this point the crier thought it time to Interfere. He bent over the judge and shouted in his ear: “'He just says, sir, that anybody what steals his pocketbook won’t get nothing.'"