The impetuous heroine of Bernie Babcock s "Billy of Arkansas" has discovered to her sincere dismay that the women s workhouse in New York is as dangerous as the night court judge warned her it would be. She regrets not trusting him.
The Great Old News Paraphrase of Bernie Babcock s "Billy of Arkansas" finds Miss Billy Camelton right where we left her April 17: in New York s 2nd Division Criminal Court, charged with inciting to riot and resisting arrest.
True story: I had no clue in February when I rashly decided it would be fun to paraphrase Bernie Babcock s "Billy of Arkansas" that, 10 columns later, I d still be paraphrasin the exploits of Billy Camelton.