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Show - A Tattfint Man In Court. Julian Ralph tolls a story of an English En-glish laboring-man's trial for wlfo-beat-Ing, His wlfo was in court with bor oyo bound up In a bandage ory muoh stained with blood. Tho magistrato was vory storn In his speech to tho wlfu-boator. With (lno offeot of woll-cho3on words, and with Room and loathing in his tono, ho asked tho wretch how ho could strlko a woman, and that woman tho ono ho had sworn to protoct. Tho mannor in which tho man rocolvcd this was ludicrous. lu-dicrous. Ho llstonod to tho court with pained surprlso. "Why, your ludshlp," 8 j Id ho, "I've lived with that woman fit toon year, and this is tho first timo I'vo drawed blood on her." Tho magistrato magis-trato hud a strong sonso of humor, and will tell tho story many a yoar, but on tho bench ho heard tho rotort wHh an? parent grave dlsploasuro. , - |