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and uucalled for. The editors of newspapers and a 

 great many other people seem to be iu the position of 

 the character in the play who was in favor of the law, 

 bnt against its enforcement. 



In relation to the men who violate the letter of the 

 law I shall have very little to say. The wardens 

 appointed by the commission have been doing some 

 very good missionary work; their general terms are 

 twenty dollars a lesson, although the price charged 

 varies with the conditions of the occasion. I have 

 known cases where wardens, out of sympathy for some 

 poverty-stricken offender, contributed towards the pay- 

 ment of the fine and costs ; and I have known cases 

 where unusually stupid pupils were "kept in" for 

 ninet}^ da3\s. Peihaps two little stories just recurring 

 to my mind may give you some idea as to the charac- 

 ter of violators of the law in New Jerse}^ A warden 

 had made a complaint against a man for having taken 

 three trout under the legal size ; the accused promptly 

 admitted his guilt and inquired of the Justice hdw. 

 much his experience would cost him. "Sixty dollars 

 and the costs of prosecution," was the reply. "That 

 is rather a high price to pay for three little trout," 

 replied the offender, as he reached down into his pocket 

 for his wallet. " I should say so," chimed in one of 

 those individuals who are so frequenth^ found in courts 

 of justice; " I tell you these fish and game laws are 

 nothing but outrages on the public ; the}^ are made for 

 some brownstone front dudes with silver thingum-ma- 

 jigs to go fishing, and thej^ are nothing but robbery as 

 far as the poor man is concerned." The defendant 

 stopped for just one instant in the exploration of his 

 pocket, apparently astonished at the interference, and 

 then produced the necessarj^ funds and liquidated his 

 indebtedness to the state. Then turning to his would- 

 be-defender, he said: "I think, ni}' friend, you are 

 mistaken. The fish and game laws are all right, and 



