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Show COURT WAITED FOB A SCRAP. "The practice of law in the country may not be so lucrative as In the big city, but it is vastly more amusing-," said a lawyer of prominence up in Senator Sen-ator Piatt's home town, Owego. "One experience rewarded me for all the trouble I had in getting- to the scene of the trial. "T.ts case was going along smoothly and 1 was examining an Important witness, wit-ness, when from the rear of the crowded courtroom this remark was interjected in-terjected in a loud voice: " "That man's a liar.' "I hesitated a moment, expecting the Judge, a bluff country Jurist, to take some action. He said nothing, so I continued con-tinued to question the man on the stand. "Presently came another outburst from the voice in the crowd. It was to the effect that the witness had no truth in his make-up nd his story was an offense against justice. Still the Court said not a word. "Feeling that it was up to me to do something, I asked the Judge to have the person who dared to interrupt the proceedings' committed -for contempt The Judge leaned over to me and whispered: whis-pered: - " 'I'd do It, counsellor, but I don't know how to draw the papers.' "The Court may have been weak on law, but he was strong on human nature. na-ture. He pondered a moment and then turned to the witness, who was a big chap. -c " "Do you know who It was that tailed you a liar?" he asked. " 'I do. your Honor,' said the witness. "'Can you lick hlmT the court queried " 'That's what I can.' " 'Then you go and do it,' ordered his Honor.' This court Is adjourned for fifteen minutes until this little matter of court etiquette Is adjusted.' "The witness left the chair, singled out a pugnacious-looking but undersized under-sized man In the crowd, grabbed him by the collar and yanked him out into the sunlight. In- five minutes the witness was back, slightly ruffled in his appearance, appear-ance, but smiling broadly. He resumed his place or the stand, the Judge rapped for order and the trial of the case went on. "There were no more Interruptions." New York Sun. |