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Show MIGHT HAVE PUZZLED SOLOMON Difficult Cass East Indian Judge Had to Decide. A native, Kast Indian Judgo tells tills story; Two men Journeying to tako part In drain ceremonies In a distant vll-lago vll-lago spout a niglit In tlio houso of tho complainant. Defendants wcro taking tak-ing a fowl to "sacrifice) at the death ceremonies. Instead of doing so, they killed and nto It In complainant's house, Blnco which tlmo dire misfortune had over-takon over-takon tho complalnanL Defendants admitted tho charge except ex-cept that they had killed tho fowl In tho porch of tho house, which made tho offenso trivial. I, tho Judgo, was suITlclently acquainted ac-quainted with Kachln custom to boo that a serious offenso had been committed, com-mitted, hut did not know to what ox-tent ox-tent the killing of tho fowl In tho porch might affect tho case I therefore called In tho village elders to assist mo, and fined tho defendants one, two-yca"-old buffalo and onu silk garment. Iloth parties woro fairly satisfied, though payment of tho fljio was, ns always Is the case, vory long delnyed. |