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Show LAWYER NOT YET A BELIEVKR. ' l Spiritualistic Friend Failed to Keep His Appointment. A Cleveland man sentenced to be electrocuted on a murdor charge wis a strong bellover in spiritualism. Whenever ho talked with his lawyer be was either abusing him for not getting him acquitted or else arguing with him about spiritualism. The lawyer ,novcr had believed in spiritualism, but ho was open to conviction. con-viction. Tho day before his client was to go to tho death chair the lawyer mado a proposition to him: "By this time tomorrow," ho said, "you will have crossed tho mysterious liver. You say It is possible for spirits to return. re-turn. If you think you're so smart, lust return and ' then I'll be convinced." con-vinced." Tho client was' a matter of fact sort of man. Ho readily agreed to the lawyer's plan. "It there is any way t can appear to you," ho said, "you can bet your neck I'll do it. If I'm not on hand at the appointed time you can ust make up your mind It's because there's nothing In spiritualism. But I'll vcoma around all "right." The two decided ou a time and place for the meeting. "I broke another engagement in order or-der to be there," said the lawyer In telling ot the experiment, "and waited around for more than an hour on tho fellow, but the cuss never showed up." New York Press. |