(A look at some of the stories that made the news “back in the days” with Clifford Stanley.
…Donald oh, so many other demanding interest

GOD made man….Adam. And then he made woman…Eve.  And ever since after man has had his worries.

Of course not that women aren’t lovely creatures. The trouble is that some of them are too lovely and that’s where man’s worries begin.

At least that’s how Robert’s troubles started.

Yvonne, his reputed wife seems to be far too lovely a creature.

And that means she is admired.

Robert found that out when he decided to set up house with Yvonne at Donald’s apartment.

He found out , rather late in the day, that Yvonne was as attractive to him as she was to Donald.

Of course when he found this out he should have called it quits. But man, being the creature of habit, he decided that he will continue living with Yvonne.

But naturally, he had to move her out of arm’s reach of Donald. And so he decided that he would set up house somewhere else in the city.

However, he did not move her far enough,  for Donald owns a car and travelling is quite a simple matter as far as he is concerned.

Robert began to notice Donald driving past his new home quite regularly.

And of course he had put two and two together and had come up with the romantic answer that Donald had not given up Yvonne either.

So one day when Robert noticed Donald driving by in his car, he was all suspicion.

GOING TO MARKET

To make matters worse, Yvonne announced just then that she was going to market.

And again Robert applied his two and two solution and came up with the answer that Yvonne had a date with Donald.

“I going to market with you,” he told Yvonne.

Yvonne of course could not very well refuse his company.

He even offered to tow her on his bicycle to save her the long trek to market!

So Yvonne,  reluctantly it turned out,  accepted the tow to market.

And Robert put her on the bar of his bicycle and pushed off.

He rounded the corner and there was Donald’s  car parked. And Donald puffing a cigarette, patiently idling away the  time.

That did it.

Robert was now convinced that Yvonne had indeed made a date to meet Donald in his car.

And he there and then proceeded to administer the chastisement which he felt the two-timing Yvonne deserved.

All, of course, might have been well had Donald not proved to be a gallant hero.

He just could not stand by and see Robert chastising Yvonne. He had to go to her rescue.

So the following morning both Robert and Donald stood before Magistrate F. L. Brotherson  charged  with fighting each other.

And in addition, Robert was charged with assaulting Yvonne.

LITTLE TO CHOOSE

Looking at the two men,  there was little to choose between them,  with the exception, of course, that Donald owned a car and Robert a mere bicycle.

And maybe it was that difference which counted as far as Yvonne was concerned.

In fact, Robert even had the edge in appearance,  though in the matter of a physical encounter, Donald had more avoirdupois (weight).

Both men answered guilty  to the charges and the Prosecutor narrated for Mr. Brotherson’s information, the angles of the eternal triangle.

“Who won the fight?” asked Mr. Brotherson.

“I don’t know,” Donald answered.

“Who won?” Mr. Brotherson asked Robert.

“Well Sir, he has more weight,” Robert replied guardedly  not conceding defeat.

Robert, obviously the injured party, was given first opportunity to speak up when Donald appeared

reluctant to tell his story.

“I did just go home and I notice this fellow pass in he car,” Robert explained. “And then she tell me that she want to go to market.”

“I say ‘no! He in James Street waiting for you,” Robert told Mr. Brotherson.

“Then I put her on me bicycle and when ah turn the corner ah see him waiting in he car. And ah give she

a couple of slaps ,”Robert admitted.

“Then this fellow left he car and come to me,” Robert complained.

“Sir, I am not married to her but this man has he wife and children,” Robert declared.

HOUSING SITUATION

“How you got to know him?” Mr. Brotherson asked, his interest  aroused.

“Sir ah bin living in his apartment because of the housing situation,” Robert explained . “And ah had to

leave because I ketch them,” he declared.

“And ah had to move out. And ever since this man driving pass in he car…an thing,” Robert added, the additional thing possessing a world of significance.

“Is it a fact that you were parked in your car?” Mr.  Brotherson asked the reluctant Donald.

“Yes,” Donald admitted.

“Yes,” smiled  Mr. Brotherson knowingly. ..  “You park the car and go away and the bird comes and

the bird takes a seat .”

“No Sir,” protested Donald, obviously understanding Mr. Brotherson’s  parabolical observation.

“Ah park de car to carry home a man,” Donald declared, and someone at the back of the Court laughed right out.

“He pass with the young lady,” and Donald decided to speak up. “And they start to fight right in front  of

the Car.”

“The P.C . come up and he was pointing to the car,” Donald went on . “And I come out the car to tell the

P.C….”

THE VERY STREET

“But did you pass his street in your car?” Mr. Brotherson wanted to know.

“Sir, the very street that he live in, the very street ah got to pass to go to work,” declared Donald. “And

he say that I passing there to see he girlfriend. When ah was passing, he hail out to me and say that he going to stop me from passing in that street,” Donald complained.

“I hail out at you?” Robert demanded.

“Yes, you hail out at me and say you gun stop me driving through,” Donald answered him, ignoring the

Court for a while.

“Is it true that you have a wife?” Mr. Brotherson asked Donald.

“Yes Sir,” Donald admitted.

“And how many children?”

“Four Sir,” Donald answered.

“Where is your wife?” Mr. Brotherson wanted to know.

“She outside there now,” was Donald’s  surprising answer.

“You have a wife and four children…and a car….and….you must be working for a lot of money,”

observed Mr. Brotherson.

“No Sir…only a small earning,” Donald protested.

“Well, if your earnings are small, you should realize that before you indulge in this past-time,” Mr.

Brotherson told Donald.

GREATLY PROVOKED

“Both of you have tickets,” declared Mr. Brotherson as the proceedings approached an end.

“But you,” he told Robert,  “was greatly provoked. So you are reprimanded and discharged.”

“You,  however,  will pay $50,” Mr. Brotherson told Donald.

“And I would suggest that the Police withdraw the charge of assaulting the woman,” he told the

Prosecutor.

And Robert, having had  the last laugh, walked happily out of Court while Donald lingered back to ask for

time to pay his fine; for remember , he has a wife and four children to maintain….a car to run… and oh so  many other demanding interests!  (Guiana Gra
phic,  July 4th 1957).END.