Skipping by the Light of the Moon. Skipping by the Light of the Moon.

Observer, Volume XXI, Issue 1196, 30 November 1901, Page 27 (Supplement)

Skipping by the Light of the Moon. Skipping by the Light of the Moon.

flffisj WHIS, our guide explained, was. the last WI S(| jaunt. He proposed that we should have nfc a little flutter around town, seeing that '-yjE f it was Christmas Kve, and observe how <ri c our friends, were enjoying themselves. Ifc was a good idea, and we acted upon it. Sain Jackson hailed us before we had gone far, and suggested that we should accompany him to the Supreme Court and see the legal festivities. '■ There is a <ilea.ii calendar this cir- <■ Li i t,"' lie

sa i il •-■" n o prisoners to try - .iiid we arc #oir)g to celebrate the o c c as i o n. T)i i s is a. •jreat event, swell a tiling never having happened hefore, and the •Iml^e ;i nil lawyers alike are ititentiip--oii making in v. v v y. I suppose' you thinklawyeis c a iinot null en (I an (1 make merry, 1 hi t tliey ciiii. Xv c n the ■I v il can. ii o t w i t. listamhng his

SO years. Atthedooi of tlift Court Hugh Campbell joined us, ami added, the joyful news Unit, in honour of tin; occasion all le<;al advice would be free for a month.

We wanted some advice on the, spot, but he reminded us that " holidays was not the time for shop." '„.', It was a great time the lawyers had in the shadows of the Court, " skipping by the light of

the moon. ' Iho skipping rope was manipulated by the 'Sheriff ami the Hailiff, Avhile His Honour the Judge furnished the iiierry . music from his little pipe. Of course, by his little pipe we do not mean the short clay dhudeeii with whioli lie wooes "My Lady Nicotine " in the in terv al s lie t wee 11 wearisome cases. This was a more m iis ie al pip c, though possibly a less soothing one. And how the lawyers did skip to the strains, each one anxious to lind favour in the Judge's eyes by skipping higher and wi t h ii i ore agility tlian his neighbour. " (Jreat sight, is it uot ':" said our f■ri end Lamer. ■ " It is iv the order of things, too, that the lawyers should skip to the' Judge's in us i c, thougli usually it is the public who have to skip to the 'music of tin- 1 lawyers, the while they have to pay the piper. ' !

" (Sood evening, yourself." It was Mr Warden llnsli, who had also come up to see the fun. Ho had just provided for the complete protection of Coroinandel, lie said, ami was now on his way hack

to the Thames to enjoy a rest "all amongst the roses." In public life he is Warden Bush; in - private life, Rose Bush, and the best authority on roses in the Peninsula.

Returning, we met Colonel JJurton on the .steps of the Northern Club. . "It's a great Christmas," he said, " country nourishing, industries booming, and everybody happy. Do yon know, I've half a mind to stand for a seat a t th c next elections myself, us a suyipoiterof Hi c h aril t h c Second t o

None. He's a veritable c. onjuror. This export duty of his on timber lias set nil the mills booming, an d now he has given t h (i ltiverhead Paper Mills an order for a hundred tons of 1 1 an k notes ! Marvellous !" The ii M r W i Hie Wilson joined us,, and agreed with the ( -olonel. " See t hat article in t lie Hr.ndd this in o r ning ?" he said. " It's a recantation. We Ii ;i v c thrown over {he Opposition as obso

lete, and ar now liot and strong supporters of King Kichard's. 6

We congratulated the Herald. Long live the King! "Aye, and more than that, seeing that it is Christinas, we have conferred a boon on our readers by suppressing ' Dr. Bdlkewell,' ' Pro Bono Publico,'' Constant Reader,' and all the other correspondence bores till the holidays are over, besides whii'li we arc going to give our employees double wages this week." We gasped. Surely the Millenium had come in the Herald office.