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Show No Brimstone Now. A story is told of a veteran member oi the bar, which is one of the sort of stories that one does not hear every week or every month. The hero of the story is a very old , gentleman; he has passed the fourscore, and though he has the reputation of having hav-ing had a somewhat animated career, and to have scorned very few of the pleasures of life, he has as yet made no motion to- 1 ward carrying his cose up to a higher court. Not long ago a younger lawyer, in conversing with the old gentleman, suggested sug-gested that a great many changes must have taken place Bince he began the practice prac-tice of the law. "Yes, yes," said the old gentleman; "a great many wonderful changes have taken place In my lifetime. Why, the infernal ' regions have cooled down a great deal since I was born." The young lawyer, not long afterward, repeated this remark to another veteran member of the same bar, who knew the first old gentleman 'b peculiarities and weaknesses very well. "Did he say that?" asked the second veteran. vet-eran. "He did," said the young man. "Well, now I understand; that's what he's been waiting for all these years!" Boston Transcript. |