A curious case of ' justice's justice' has been brought up to the prefect here for adjustment. A beg: L from a little village in this coun companions in a neighbouring county on a begging expedition. Begging is of course an ine'usive term and means an occupation of various phases, of which begging is but the ostensible one. In the course of operations the begs a. farmhouse 3 objected to ensued which would require of dashes and ex clan perly describe, ending in a seve ion for the would-be thief. "Oh ho" said the narrator, next morning they found the lad dead in a lane near the riner's house! What that do you suppos More dash and points! The bes: crowd at once trooped off to the yamé to lay the case before the n Runners were sent to apprehend the farmer; a lot of hard swearing was done in ti sence of the "father-mother official" and the farmer was ultimately released upon a payment of forty thousand cash. OF this sum the yamen runners took thirty thou. sind, leaving the odd ten thousand to be used in burying the boy and divided up among his cronies. The division was considered to be unfair and resulted in a mouth war, but it did not induce the to put out any more cash. Seeing father A man his killed your son—now's your chance "—too yeo a chance indeed to be lost. The stricken (!) parent hurried off to the scene murder and set up a howl tes presence. What's the matter with you?" inquired the parental olticial, "My son is murdered—justice, your excellency, justice; avenge & poor man," was the demand.
When he understood how matters stood the magistrate became furious and indulged ina copious flow of burning Ianguage.
gave you forty thousand cash in you want "Please you, great man, it, was to the other folks you gave that's I'm the boy's own father And he is the only son in all are all dependent on him shouted the enraged voice of the lay; you are humbugying me.""
"No, nod, open the eoflia and loc behind' the boy's left ear, there's n_ mark by which to recognise hint " So the corpse Gisinterred and examined by the of-ined obdurate. A final test was The claiman''s finger wa and some of his Dlood was plied on the dead boy's teeth; if the blood were absorbed by the teeth, it would be taken as irrefutable evidence that the man's claim was. just—the dead boy is child, Als! for the father, the blood was not obs: remained moist upon the teeth—evidenee indeed against him. Thereupon the mastrate had the father beaten with four thousand strokes and. put a cangue about his neck, thrusting him into prison, the morning he also was dend and the magistrate was thus placed in a tight position. The municated with and set upon the oft chain of evidence, and st him a charge of judicial mur The cise was carried 10 the prote ho has ordered the arrest, of the magis.
te, and everybody predicts a lively time for the magistrate and a good, for the people, who hugely enjoy any trouble in which' they themselves are not involved. The magistrate is _especiilly execrated for putting the bland upo dead boy's teeth; it should have been put upon his wrist—a dreadful blunder. Everyone takes it as a personal in-ult to so break in upon sacred custom. Tt looks now as if the magistrate might find to his cost that a deal Chinese is indeed a jewel to the necessitous members of his fotuily. who in a very substantial sense grow rich upon his corpse.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.