Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1902 — SAMMY THREW CURVES. [ARTICLE]

SAMMY THREW CURVES.

That Was Why He Missed the Bird and Hit an Arc Light Globe. Sammy Blakely Is a boy, one of the kind who believes In having a good time in Devil’s Dip when the holidays come. He had no chicken funds to buy an airgun with and nothing to spend for firecrackers. So he did the next best thing and picked up a pocket full of rocks. With these he undertook to celebrate New Year’s by breaking out the arc lights. “Things look dark for yon, Sammy,” the recorder said. “The officer says you shied a rock at an arc llfht in the Dip and smashed It Into smithereens.” “Does yer wanter h’ar de truf erbout dis?” asked Sammy. “Yes; turn on the light,” -eplled the recorder. “I wus chunkin’ at er bird, Jedge Brlles,” Sammy went on to state, “and I missed de bird an’ hit de lite.” “Did the light bird light on the light?” the recorder asked. “Yer kin make lite ob er pore nigger lak me, Jedge Brlles, es yer wants ter,” the prisoner said, “but de Ute am de truf. I sho did *row dat rock at de bird.” “Where was the bird?” he was asked. “In de tree.” “And where was the tree?” “On de sidewalk.” “And yet you missed the bird in the tree and hit the light In the middle of the street?” Sammy stopped short, blinked his eyes for a moment and then exclaimed: “Dat rock curved, Jedge Brlles.” “Yes and I am onto your curves,” said the recorder. “I guess that bird must have been a bat/’ Sammy blinked bis eyes again. “There’s no use to bat your eyes,” the recorder told him, says the Atlanta Constitution, “for I am going to let you light at the stockade for two weeks, where you won’t have light work.”