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Show Her Reason. Not long ago thero was tried In an Ohio court a suit for damages wherein where-in tho principal witness, a woman living liv-ing near Dayton, was Induced to. como to court only after several subpoenas had been served upon1 her, When tho dilatory witness was finally final-ly brought before his honor, ho said in his severest totio: "What reason can you assign, madam, for disobeying tho summons of tho court?" "I ain't got none, Jcdge," answered tho woman, meekly, "only wo'vo goti small-pox down to our place, an t thought mobbo you'd bo kinder pre-Judlced pre-Judlced agin It." illustrated. IS I ! |