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Show A tTnlens tsleo1 ef TrlHISf." The following Incident occurred In rVotlandi A pislimlnary oaralnstlon In connection with a hurwry was IisM In one of tlio lottna of Lanarkshire, the place of eXAinlnatloii being the parish school. When the morning of the exAmlnn-tlnti exAmlnn-tlnti nrrlreO one of the rumietltora was iiotleetl to m wearing n wlr of io-tacles. io-tacles. Aa this wna n new dejiArture on Ids part, miuo remarks wero id courso made, but lie explained It ly raying Hint Ms eyes wcru luiturilly weak, nntl Lo had put siieetAoles on Just for tlmt day, to roiinlcrtict tho effect of loo continuous writing. Tills nppoarliigaatlfiictory,iiofurtliiriiotlca was tuken of It Howeter, during Hie progress of the examination, lie was nutleod frequently to look Intently on the desk, as If senrclilng fur tomctlilng Tills oo-cnrreil oo-cnrreil hi often that At the conclusion tltts examiner asked lilin what lioliad been doing. He, however, replied that lie hail done It to rellote his eyes. Helng, lioworcr, still dubious, the ex. nmhier then inked permission to look At Iho icctaclfs, on which lie discovered discov-ered Hint they nero strong magnifiers. Ills auspicious being nroiiteO, lie put them on un 1 examined the, desk, on which ho discovered t arlous figures nn 1 notes traced with aomo flno Instrument In tho woodwork. Heelng that exposure ex-posure mi luot liable tho cometltor luado n full confession, on whirls It np-Ieared np-Ieared tlmt lio had entered tho room tho nlaJit before throiigli the window, and by tho ILiht of n enndlotrncisl wlili n noedlo notes on the more dllllcult subjects on which ho expected to bo examined. ex-amined. The iisn of tho spectacles was iideiwary In deciphering them, owing to tho mlniilo chnrartin In which they wire written Indon Tit lilts. |
