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Show PUT SQUIRE IN A BAD LIGHT. Circumstantial Evidence In Raid on a Melon Patch. About forty years ago "Squlro" Worcester of Townsend, Mass., had a law offlco at Groton Junction, now Ayor, and went back and forth each day upon tho train. Ono morning as ho was on his way to tho station ho was accosted by a neighbor, Den. I'eckham, who wanted some ndvlco ibout catching tho "young rascals" who wore stealing his melons. "Get jonio evidence," said tho squire, "and '11 seo you again." Tho next morning tho squlro was igaln accosted by tho deacon, who asked him to take a look at tho melon patch. Now, the squlro was amicted with a lameness that compelled him to wear a boot having an Iron halt-circle halt-circle on tho solo, and judgo of his astonishment to find tho soft earth In tho deacon's melon patch completely tracked over with Imprints of that "Iron boot." "Well," said tho squire, as ho started start-ed for the station, "circumstantial evidence, evi-dence, purely circumstantial." Perhaps tho squire's son, "Joo," as ho was then called (I think ho Is now a practicing lawyer), could havo explained ex-plained tho matter if ho had not been In fear that tho samo "circumstantial "circum-stantial evidence" might Interfere with his sitting down comfortably at supper time. Boston Herald. |