Show A Bald baid B a ld headed oat cat A member of the hartford county bar in relating soine somo reminiscences of the court in times gone by told of a case ease wherein one of the famous advocates ot of that time had badgered and crowded a witness until he lost jost his temper the wit ness incidentally s ald said something about a cat and the crafty lawyer seized upon this as the means of still further worrying the witness how old was the catey cat asked the attorney dont know knew was the answer how old do you yon think she was etwas it was a tom cat cli 1 I ask about the sox sex of the cat I 1 asked how old it was you asked how old she was 21 awe well weil 11 how old was the cat 1 I told you I 1 dont know 3 well h how ow old do you think oli old ob Is T c ant cant tell tel you yo u can tell how h old you think she was 1 91 I tell you I 1 dont know now sald said paid the attorney I 1 want a plain answer to a plain question how old do you yo u think the cat wab was awls the witness looked straight at the attorney whose shining bald head was the most prominent feature of his alss figure and calmly said oh I 1 cant guess how bow old ane cat was but she was old enough to be baldhead bald head ed s the lawyers ruddy face assumed a deeper hue bue the spectators and members of the bar tittered titter edi and even the stern features of the court relaxed into a smile at the answer which ended that line of cruzii ques tio dioning nIng Kart hart arford ford times |