I thought I would see the thing out, so I went to court where one of the men entered the charge of assault against the other.
The whole crowd wanted to explain, but they only succeeded in getting the judge sadly mixed up.
He told them to be quiet and addressed himself to one of the witnesses.
"Now, look here," he says. "As the court understands it, the defendant here began the quarrel, because the plaintiff hurled a vile epithet at him. Was that the way of it?"
"No, your honor," says the man. "Nobody chucked an epithet. Mike called John a bad name and John heaved a brick at him. Nobody hurled nothing else."
After leaving court one of my teeth pained me dreadfully, so I went to the dentist to have it attended to.
He advised me to take gas.