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Show Properly Thankful. Clark Howell of Atlanta tells of the sad case of an eMterly darky in Georgia, charged with the theft of some chickens. The negro had the misfortune to be defended by a young and inexperienced attorney, although it is doubtful whether any one could have secured his acquittal, the commission com-mission of the crime having been proved beyond all doubt. The darky received a pretty severe sentence. "Thank yo' sah," said he cheerfuly, addressing the judge when the sentence sen-tence had been pronounced. "Dat's mighty hard, sah, but it ain't anything any-thing what I expected. I thought, sah, date between my character and dat speech of my lawyer dat you'd hang me, shore!" |