"'Who signed it?' says Harry Evans.
"'Judge Tate signed it,' says the old Jasper.
"'Er,--if that's the case,' says Harry Evans, 'get him out here. He's
receiver for the Park Company and you can make him pay this claim.'
"The whole bunch says that's a good idea. So they tell Orphy to go in
'n' get this Judge Tate.
"'I got to go 'n' tell Butsy there's a judge comin'!' says Peewee.
"'Butsy's sore about somethin',' he says when he gets back.
"This Judge Tate unloads hisself from the car when Orphy brings him,
like he's the most important piece of work fur miles around. He has
little side-whiskers 'n' a bay-window with a big gold chain stretched
across it. He holds a umbrella over hisself with one hand 'n' wiggles
the watch-chain with the other.
"'Ahem--gentlemen, what can I do for you?' he says.
"'Something doing now!' says Peewee to me. 'This is God-a'mighty's
right-hand man!'
"'Er--Judge,' says Harry Evans, 'we are having a dispute concerning
certain buildings on these premises, and--er--it occurred to me you
could settle the matter.'
"'Settle is the word,' says Peewee to me.
"'As receiver for the Park Company, Judge,' says Harry Evans, 'can you
tell us--er--who the buildings on these premises belong to?'
"'Why--ahem--' says the judge, 'it is my understanding that all the
buildings of every sort and description belong to the Park Company,
irrespective of any improvements that the--ahem--lessees may see fit to
make.
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