Show QUESTION DEVIL COULDN T ANSWER unable to predict action of a new now loru k jury while waiting for the verdict in the patrick case a few days ago somebody remarked to mr van diver diner of the district attorney attorneys s office that he thought the jury would acquit the lawyer who had conspired with william marsh rices valet to gain possession of the texas millionaire millionaires s fortune mr van diver who had followed the case closely for several months doubted this but added reflectively of course nothing is more uncertain than the action of a jury I 1 remember a story my lather father told me when I 1 was a boy in alabama the story was of his satanic majesty and a plain citizen who met one day on a narrow pathway cut in the edge ot of a cliff on side there yawned a preel p ie e on the other side was the solid rock rack there was only room for one to pass and of these two one must lie down and let the other walk over him it if you 11 propound three questions I 1 can t answer suggested satan lie down and let you pass over my body the citizen asked what is whiter than snow cotton was the answer what is sweeter than that s easy again molasses what will be the next verdict rendered in this county by a petit jury pass on your way said the devil as be he made a carpet of himself the natives of palestine have a kettledrum the body being made of pottery and the head covered with parchment it is provided with a cord and is borne in festal groces |