The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 17, 1908, Image 5
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,*
Williamsburg County. J
PERSONALLY APPE
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14 TALE OF A LACE WRAP. :
l?v>*Jving In Its Climax ths Prcbltm
of Fominins Shrowdnoss.
One of several men employed in
a downtow n office boisterously proclaimed
the time honored principle
that women are devoid of principle.
"They are trickv to the core,
erery mother's daughter of them,"
he said. "They don't know what
honesty means."
Mr. Bateman resented the impu- j
tation.
"I don't believe a word of that,"
he said. "Women have just as
ound principles as men. Take my
wife, for instance. She is the soul
of honor. You couldn't hire her to
do a tricky thing. Just let me tell
you what a trump she showed her-li
J - V - 1. CI. !
Ben to oe a ?i?;o. one ?as wiping
home from ihe matinee. While
crossing Broadway f lie found a
package that had evidently been I
dropped from the platform of a car.
Obviously there was no way of
catehing the ear and restoring the
5S. "^package, so of course she brought j
it home. It contained six yards of I
beautiful creamy lace. The cheek
said it had been paid for and cost
1-3.50.
'/ "Now, my wife had two w^ps j
hose sleeves needed rcjx.
od, human n^^jbb
, he*'\ * -.1
DulTaikU*.,?^ lace for n ... g.
it her spirit of rectitude triumph;<Xo,'
she said, T won't use the j
I will take it back to the I
Possibly the nerson who lost j
i inquire arou. it at tne iosi
/ TttUiih "
PC P Quat>''T ??the lafe
.~iu _ ootner about the woman \
f who had lost it. My wife seemed
startled at my iniquity.
v "If 1 return it and the loser
doesn't call for the lace, what will
become of it?' she asked.
" 'The store will gobble it up,'
said I, 'and sell it over again. It
belongs to you just as much as to
them.'
"But she was resolute- 'Possibly
you are right,' she said, 'but I cannot
keep what is not mine. I must
return the lace.'
"And she did," continued Mr.
:Bateman proudly. "And that, I
take it, is as pretty an instance of
honest dealing as tou will find in
anybody, either man or woman."
The scoffer at feminine honesty
admitted that for an example of
^ probity Mrs. Bateman's heroic surrender
of lost property would be
hard to beat, and the meeting adjourned
with sentiment leaning
pretty strongly toward the maligned
aex.
Mr. Bateman went home in a
particularly happy frame of mind.
He kissed his wife with unusual
lerrer and finally offered to take
;her to a theater. When she waa
v. dressed he noticed a difference in
the appearance of her mohair wrap.
"Isn't that lace something like
that you found in the street the
ther day?" he asked.
"Yes/1 she said, "it is the same
iece."
- ? ? i * a \ % en
"I ttiougnt you tooK 11 oactrad
Batsman.
Mrs. Bateman blushed. "I did,"
he said faintly, "but I?I got it
tgain. I couldn't give it up. I
went to the lost and found department
the next day and asked for it
myself/'
."Oh!" said Bateman. ? New
-wk Times.
Weak
Kidneys
|onm mn toMfeU ttta ui otkir oifu at
Hha M;. Tba fn notion of Ui kidnara la ta
uparali laottuk salt mad wiMr la tna yramm
af drcnlalloa, and to ramors tkaaa ud
attsntantpslasni from tba body thronyh
Mbkiibladdar. Tkirefors vb?c Ui kldaars
^VbaoonM Ikiiwl ut vwk tbayars naturally
naabia to parfom tbalr work pronarly, and
M pain* in tba back, Inflammatlai ofthabladdav
~ and nrlnary dlaordara ara tba raanlt. lt la
tmparatfra that a nrompt raljnf ba afford*4,
vHeh !i kapoaalbla nnlaM yon raaaora tba
DeWiti's Kidney end Bladder Pills
promptly allmlnata polaona from tba syatam
and at tba aama tlma maka tba kldaaya wall
and atrony.
For Waak Kldnaya, Baokaoha, Innammalon
of tha bladdar ana all
urinary trouble* Da Witt's Kldnay
and Bladder Pills ara unsurpassad.
<ek's Trent men t for 25c.
)koaay bask If thay falL
For Sale by W L Wallace. j
of ttie Dispensaries in M
rHE MONTH OF AUGUST,
ill Slack is Giren at Consumers' Prices.
To'-il Invoice Includinc
-took on Hand fc^r-t Tot*1 "vie* i
a'.jjcj <i?o leliet it t
<*-c at hand and the most positi*
given that they can be cureu (
k.?* what a Kingstree citizen says j
i3' Mrs E E King, W Main c
n. K:igrStree, S CM says: "J
Kidney Pills to '
niorlir I was at.
;ARED W. E. Snow'uVlulI, naggin ,s
uly and severally sworn.' .y
efore me this tenth da; ' t-temuef, 1
J. R. ST
WHALE GUNS.
How Ttray Originated and Whan They ,
Were Firet Ueed.
Th? first attempt to use guns in
the capture of whales was made as
long ago a6 1731. As the reader
knows, the warships of that period
carried swivels as well as great
guns, the swivels being small cannon
having a bore of something
like an inch in diameter. They
were called swivels because they
were mounted on a universal joint,
-- ?;?1 _t
or swivel, uv means 01 wnicu uiey |
could be pointed in any desired direction.
Some bright man-o*-war
sailor conceived the idea of using
them to kill whales. The weapon
that was then developed consisted
of a stout barrel, perhaps thirty
inches long, that was supplied with
a wooden stock which was pivoted I
in an iron fork rising from the bow
of a common wlfaleboat. The projectile
was a short, two barbed harpoon,
the shank of which was expanded
a short distance above the
barbs until it fitted comfortably
within the bore of the gun. The
expanded part of the shank was j
slotted, and a ring was made to !
slide to and fro within the slot.
To this ring the harpoon line was
secured.
s In loading this gun a charge of
floose powder was poured into the
barrel, a wad inserted and ram- i
med home with the butt end of the I
Viamnnn tVio linmAnn rommninc I
of course, within the barrel, ready J
for the shot. As the harpoon was j
pressed home the rimer naturally ;
slid along the slot and finally rested
against the muzzle of the pun. The
pun was. fired bv means of a flint-'
lock that was inclosed within a
metal ease to protect it from the
flying spray. Of course when the
pun was fired the rinp slid alonp
the slot in the harpoon until it
brought up against the butt; then
it dragged out the line.
This swivel was used with some j
but no permanent success. Aiming
was difficult while the boat was
rolling and plunging over the
waves, and with lack of accuracy
came the danger of firing the harpoon
into another boat instead of
the whale. Moreover, the looee
J /i. li.J J iV.
powurr wu uiiru wruru, ?u.iu tuc
gun became useless at the moment
when it was needed most.?Forest
and Stream.
Melancholy Thought
When a man really gives hii
thoughts up chiefly to eatables and
drinkables he generally ceases to
think of anything else after awhile.
It is related in an old book on
French cookery that Fontenelle, a
French author of the early part of
the eighteenth century belonging
to the school of the precieuses, or
literary exquisites, was found one
beautiful morning lying at ease on
41.. -1-.. .4 - v:n
iuc rivyv ui a uiu.
In the valley was a large flock of
theep. They skipped about daintily,
waiting for their gnardian to
take them home. A friend of Fontenelle
surprised him gating meditatively
upon these sheep.
"Aha!" said the friend. "The
amiable philosopher ponders without
doubt upon the vicissitudes of
life." 1
"Y-yea," said Fonteaaelle. "I had
been carefullv loolrinr over this
flock, and I said to myself, It is
possible that among these 200
sheep there is not one tender leg of
mutton"
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The Sandwich. I
A reputed humorist went out i
from his lair the other day and '
finally discovered a victim.
"Why," said the R. H., "is a man
who has seen London on a foggy ;
day and a man who lias not seen 1
London on a foggy day like a ham i
sandwich?" 1
"Give it up," said the victim i
suspiciously.
"It's easy," quoth the R. H.
"Give it up," repeated the vie- <
tim firmly. i
"Why," was the reply, "one haB <
seen the mist and the other has 1
missed the scene. Jtta, ha! Catch .
it?"
"Of course I do, you lunatic!" ]
answered the victim. "But what
in the world has the sandwich to
do with it?" J
"That's where you bite," said the 1
joker.?London Globe.
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Williamsburg County
1908.
I
j
rc rxpt'ivs?_'v r%KK.> vu Iiouu
fc-??k8?0 Lttet
nk?ry Day of Month
305.78 3,873.30
L*MJ86 9.7t> 2,802.55
ri09.34 2,194.e5
721.9b $ 9.75 $8,870.50
, members of the Williamsburg Coun
a that the foregoing statement is true
908.
eele, Notary Public. [L. s.]
THE IDEAL HEIGHT.
F?r Man It Is an Inch and a Half
Undar 8*> Fsct.
Recruits who are much over six
feet tall are not desired for the
United States array. There are exceptions.
of course; but, as a rule,
men wh run much over six feet
lack dept. chest and by reason
of inadequate 'ting capacity fall below
the averag vin power of enduro
rw.*>
dlivv ^
T -? height for a man, accoi
to observations from a milita
oint of view, is an inch and a
hr .inder six feet. It does not
s . to be intended by nature that
t male human animal shall exed
tliis stature if due regard is to
oe had for development at all
points. On the other hanxl, it is an
obvious disadvantage for' physical
effectiveness to be under the average
number of inches. At five feet
ten and a half a man attains his
best development of muscle and
bone, with highest vital efficiency.
Just what is the average height
for a man seems to be not satisfactorily
settled. Obviously it differs
largely with race, we and the Japanese
representing among civilized
peoples the two extremes. On the
other hand, t'he American Indians
are taller than we are, and the
aborigines of Patagoina are the
loftiest folk in the world, inasmuch
as the men eommonlv run over six
foot in height. When the early
Spanish explorer? described them
as a race of giants they were not
far from the fact.
Even in the United States the
stature seems to varv considerably
with locality. During the civil war,;
from the beginning to the end of
which our government put into the
field and on l>oard of fighting ships
more than 2,500,000 men. the tallest
recruits came from Kentucky,
averaging over five feet eight and a
half inches. Kansas, Minnesota, i
Missouri, California and Nevada
came next in the order given, all
of them over five feet eight. Maine,
Illinois and Michigan averaged five
feet seven and four-fifth inches and
Ohio and Pennsylvania a trifle less.
Recruits from Massachusetts and
Connecticut stood at the foot of the
list, measuring five feet six and a
half inches.
After fifty years of age the human
body begins to undergo a progressive
shrinkage. Not only do
the muscular tissues lose bulk, but
even the bones become smaller.
Meanwhile there is a contraction of
the cartilaginous tissue between the
vertebrae of the backbone, which
causes a lose of neignt, a roan originally
six feet tall frequently losing
as much ae an inch and a half of
his stature by the time he is seventy
years old.-rSaturday Evening
Post.
THE PARROT TALKED.
And -th* Qirl -L?*ro*d Something Now
About Haraalf.
"If I wished to change my voca- 1
tion," said the tall girl, "I could go
right downtown now and get the
Tvr>ci + !rtn i m Q <TM n B Ht? Tt
Ij U^XI WV puoivivu ? see
rag that I have a peculiar talent.
1 just discovered it yesterday. It
came to light while I was waiting <
for an elevated train.
"At the station at the same time
was a boy carrying an unusually 1
large birdcage in which swung an
unusuallv large parrot. Many persons
gathered around the cage to 1
admire the bird and to ask ques- :
fcions. I asked a few myself.
u irk? T
l^uro iiC i-ojiv. ram a.
"The bov answered very patiently.
'Not any more,' he said. He
hasn't talked for two years. He is
a South American bird. We brought
him here from Guayaquil two years
ago, and he has never talked since.
I guess he must be homesick/
"Several men and boys hovered
Dver the cage, one after the other,
and attempted to engage Polly in
jonversation, but he blinked at
them all in contemptuous silence.
Bv and bv 1 spoke to him.
" Hello, Polly/ said I. How do
pou feel today?'
" 'Hello yourself,' said Polly. i
"The boy nearly fainted. 'Why, :
miss,' he said, 'whatever did you do :
to him?' I
"1 assured the lad I had. done :
nothing that T was aware of and
that J wan as much eurpri8e<l as anybody
at my succe?6 in eliciting a
reply.
" 'Try him again,' said the bov.
'See if he will say anything more.'
"I did try again, and every time
1 spoke the bird talked. back. % The
unexpected loquacity.on the part
of the parrot inspired numerous
witticisms among the men. 'Its
a case of like curing like,' murmured
one rude wretch on the outskirts
of the crowd. "It's a wise bird that
recognizes a kindred tongue,' said
somebody else. But there was one
man present who descended to no
such levity. He approached me in
a serious maimer and nanaeti out
a business card.
"'I am the manager of thia
place,' he said. The address was
that of a large bird store. 'Any
parrot,' he went on. 'that has stopped
talking or that is just learning
to talk will talk better for a woman
than for a man. But even
among women there are a certain
few that exercise a fwculiar influence
over the birds. I cairt exfl&in
why. Nobody can explain it.
t simply is so. I have in my store
now,' he continued in direct conversation
with me, 'several parrots
that so far cannot 1m> induced to
talk. One is a beautiful Mexican
parrot. He belongs to a doctor,
who would pay a good round sum to
anybody who would teach the bird
to talk. Would you mind trying
your peculiar powers on him?"
"Of course I declined the offer.
I didn't feel particularly proud of
certain mysterious qualities that
appealed exclusively to the minds
of poll parrots. Still,/? is consoling
to know that if I cOr need a new
position i am epf /tent to till one
in which ther *ill be but little
rivalry."?Chic go Kecord-Herald.
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Straightening It Out.
"I pee," he said to the reporter
of a daily paper, "that you have
been writing up a shark story."
"Yes, I tried my hand at that."
"But you are a nature fakir, sir.
You have a shark sweep a man of i
raft with his tail and then eat hi
up. It is the alligator that uses his
tail in that fashion."
"Are you sure about it?"
"Of course I am. What are yqu
going to do about it?"
"Why, I'll have to write another
storv tomorrow and have the shark
put the man back on the raft and
then make some arrangements with
some alligator to get hold of him in
the proper way."?Kansas City Independent.
Taking a Walk.
Justice?What have you to say
in answer to the charge ol stealing
this man's plank walk?
The Accused?I took it by advice
of my physician, yer honor.
He told me to take a long walk
every day. This was the first long
walk 1 saw today, and of course I
took it. A man can't afford to employ
a doctor unless he takes his
advice.
Justice ? The court, however,
will give you advice for nothing?
three months' rest. You will take
it in the house of correction.?Boston
Transcript.
He DM.
"Whatever station in life you
may be called to occupy, my boy,"
said the father in sending his 6on
out into the gTeat world, "always
do vour best."
'T will," replied the young man,
with emotion.
He never forgot his promise.
Years afterward, when a prosperous
man of business, he did nis best
friend out of a large sum of money.
In epite of everything it turns
out that way ohce in awhile.?Chicago
Tribune.
la\Md Him?If.
Shepherd (concluding tale of bereavement)?Sae
a gied her some
o' that wee bottle that ye left
yest're'en, an' she just slippit awa'
it fower o'clock the morn.
Doctor?Dear, dear I I'm very
?ony to hear that.
Shepherd (thoughtfully) ? Eh,
man doctor, isna it a maircy a
didna tak* any o* the wee bottle
mase!'??Punch.
Satisfied With Hsr Work.
It was noticed that the woman
devoted many more hours to mirror
gazing than formerly. "I can't
tell," ehe Baid, with dreamy satisfaction,
"how many times I have
caught people, especially women,
Enapshotting me recently."
"I shouldn't be so puffed up about
it if I were you," said the brute of
a man. "It wasn't your good looks
that attracted them. They were
taking pictures of your dresses, so
they could copy the best points in
their own clothes."
"In that case," said the woman
after a moment's visible disappointment,
"I feel more highly complimented
than if they had photo- j
graphed me. Nature is responsible I
lor me, but I designed my clothes '
myself."
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THE ROAD TC WEALTH.
It Is the First Thousand Deil.rt That
Counts.
"The tiling that count*," >s;ul a
man of independent!v large means, j
jaccumulated by hard work, saving ,
i and wise investments, "is the first j
j thousand dollar^. When you've got !
that amount together you are be- i
ginning to get somewhere, and with
! that start you will want to keep on. j
The red ink interest entries that j
! you see put down in your savings >
bank book twice a year will strike *
you very pleasantly indeed. As in- J *
terest on your thousand dollars 4
you'll get $35 or $40 in a year.
Your money has begun earning *
money for you. *
"You've got an income now, and 1
you'll want to add to it. You will 1
leave that interest in the bank, to *
be added to your principal, and (
now your interest will begin to
draw interest, and, to be sure, you y
, will keep right on adding to your (
: principal, too, and every sir months y
1 you'll see those red figures growing *
bigger and bigger, pretty figures to (
! contemplate, and you'll keep right (
along saving. But the thing that *
really counts is the first thousand j (
I dollars. Get that and you're all , J
right, and you'll always be glad 1
I you saved it. | 1
I "For there really is nothing like ' <
financial independence or like hav- '
! ing at least some money laid by. : s
j Then if you want money you've got 1
it. You don't have to go to friends 1
! to borrow and take the risk of be- ?
! ing refused, the risk of being comEefled
to go without what you need, j <
f you've got money in the bank j 1
1 you can go there and get it. There 11
I rmVht. rnme a time when vou would I 1
| need money for your family or for ' ]
| yourself very much. It's a grand 1 <
thing to have it where you can get <
it . I
"There's nothing mean about 1
being saving and accumulating l
money. On the contrary, it is every
man's duty to make himself finan- j i
cially independent. I don't mean ' '
at all that a man wants to set out j 1
to accumulate great wealth. There i
110 great fun in that. But what i
Joes want to do is to get togeth- i
er enough to live on modestly."? (
Xcw York Sun.
Forehanded. ! 1
Little Ivatherine had been board- j
, ing on a farm, and many of the ru- ]
! ral expressions were wholly unfamil- ! |
iar to her. One day she chanced to ' ]
; hear her country hostess praising <
the good qualities of a thrifty neighbor.
i j
"lie really ain't got much com- J i
i pared to some folks," said the farm- ! 1
er's wife, "but he makes out won- ,
derful well. He's so forehanded." ,
That evening the man thus lauded
happened to drop in, and Kath1
erine immediately sidled up to him,
: with curious eyes. Slowly she re- !
volved about the chair in which he '
sat, and so persistently did she gaze 1 (
at him that the farmer's wife final- j
ly noticed it. i
"Well, Katherine," she said, "you ,
seem to find a good deal to look at \
in Mr. B.. don't you ?" ,
"Why," replied the child, her lit- ]
tie forehead wrinkling in perplex- ,
ity, "I did want to see his two uvver ,
hands, but I can't. Is he sittin' on (
'em?"?Xew York Times. j <
l
H? Got tho Ad. j
"You're not on lhat horrid pa- J \
per, are you," cried the girl who {
speak6 her inind, "though i did once (
meet a reporter from it who wai ,
rather nice ? He came to see about <
getting an advertisement? What! ^
Not a reporter? Why, I thought ]
he was. Well, anyway, I had lost a
dog, and he said he had heard of it
and wanted to know if I didn't want
to advertise in his paper for it. I c
told him I didn't belie re I liked his ]
old paper, and he said he didn't' j
j think much of it himself, but he ^
thought it was pretty apt to reach j
the class of people who stole dogs.
And so since he was so polite about 8
| it I thought I might as well advertise
in it. But I didn't get the dog."
?New York Globe.
H?w Printing B?gan. j
Laurentius of Haarlem invented
the art of printing about A. D. 1430
and practiced it with separate wooden
types. Gutenberg afterward
invented cut metal types, but the
art was carried to perfection by ^
Peter Schoeffer, who invented the
mode of casting the types in mat- I
rices. Frederick Corsellis began to
print at Oxford in 1468 with wooden
types, but it was William Caxton
who introduced into England the ,
art of printing with fusile types, in
1474. 1
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Needed More.
"Here is some complexion powder,
auntie," said little Tommy Tod- r
dies. tel bought this little box for
mamma and the great big box for a
you."
"But why did you think I needed h
such a large box?" asked the visiting
aunt in surprise. ^
"Oh, because I heard papa say v
you were two faced."?Kansas City
Independent. j ^
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A BACHELOR DINNER.
t Began With Medicated Soup and
Ended With Olive Tarts.
One often reads of the tremblings
md anxieties which accompany the
irst dinner parties of the young
rife and housekeeper. Mr. Gerald
jordon in "life.In .the Mofuasil"'
rirea a bit of experience whioh
hows that a youthful bachelor
nakee his debut as an entertainer
nth similar feelings of trepidation.
Reeling almost as nervous as a girl
or the success of hii initial social
enterprise in India, he entered the
lining room with his guests:
"The table looked very well. In
he center was a large citron melon,
with the thick rind cut into ornanental
shapes. The flowers ware
>rettily arranged. When I viewed
he dining room before the arrival
>f the guests I felt well contented.
"The critical moment waa when
ve sat down. I was prey to a hunIred
and one anxieties. These fears
vere not flayed by seeing my right
land neighbor only making a show
if eating his soup. Then I saw the
:olonel take one spoonful and order
;he servant to take it away. My
iwn turn arriving, I found, to my
lorror, a strong flavor of castor oil
n the concoction. On looking round
;he table it was clear that every
>ne else had discovered it.
"The consumah, standing by the
udeboard, was totally unconscious
hat anything was wrong, and I had
to tell him twice to remove the
soup. !
"Later the horrible mystery was
?xplained. It was the custom of
1L - ? i.-" 1-- A. .i :_
me name LUUKB IU Duaiu ovuy
through a cloth, and a clean onewas
provided every day for the'purpose.
In my establishment we burn
castor oil in the lamps. The dutyDf
straining the soup that day "was
^iven to a wretched undercook, whotook
a cloth which had been used
for cleaning the lamps.
"This was trying, but every one ,
tried to make the best of matters.
Ihe dinner went smoothly after
this until dessert. Among the
dishes was one of greengages with
i lot of fluffy cream on top. I felt
rather proud of this delicacy. The
colonel tasted it.
"'Goodness! Olives!' he shouted.
"Alas, it was too true! At the
time I had given out a bottle of
freengages I had also given one of
fine Spanish olives. Now, for the
first time, I noticed the greengages
lying innocently in a cut glass dish
where the olives should have been.
"This was too much for the
?uests' power of self restraint, and
they laughed loudly and long. It was
the best way to get over it, but I
lid not soon bear the last of those
olive tarts."
Stones In Qussr Placss.
A round stone is found in the
joints of certain kinds of bamboo-.,
rhis is called "tabasbeer" and is
supposed to be deposited from the
siliceous juices of the cone. Another
curiosity of this kind is ths-co?oanut
stone, which is found im
the endoseperm of the cocoanut in>
Java and other East Indian islands,
[t is pure carbonate of lime and is
sometimes round, sometimes ear
shaped, while the nppearance is that
>f a white pearl without much lus
:er. some or tnese stone? are as
arge as cherries and as hard as
Feldspar or opal. They are rarely
Found and are regarded by the orientals
as precious stones, the lower
'lasses using them as charms
igainst diseases and evil spirits.
Atones are also sometimes found io
he pomegranate and in other East
[ndia fruits.?Chicago News.
Ne Great PwiiiknuAt
Jared Wilkins possessed no edu
ation and ,w?s eygn unable to read.
Tarold, his grandson of seven years,
earned of this for the first time
rhen he asked him to read a story
n his Aew book. ,
"Can't you read?" he asked in
ufprise.
"No, sonny."
"Why can't you, grandpa?"
"Because," the old gentleman redied
impressively, "I was a bad
K>y and wouldn't go to school."
"Were you a real bad boy?"
"Very bad."
"And now you can't read?"
"Not a word."
"Well," said the youngster
houghtfully, "it seems to me you
;ot off pretty easy."?Woman's
Tome Companion.
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"You were having a quarrel with
he prosecuting witness, were you
iot?" said the judge in an effort to
traighten out a complicated case.
"Oi wor," was the reply.
"And it was a verv severe quarel
?"
"It wor, an' it kep' gettin' worser
n' worser."
"Can you give me some idea of
ow bad it was ?"
"Well, your honor, at wan toime
)i t'ink it wor most as bad as
rhat'6 been goin' on bechune the
awyers in this case." ? Harper's
Weekly.