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Show A Jnrr Trl.ll. j A member of ih riilladelphla bar, ! rays the Times of that illy, was trying . a rai-e before one of the Judges of tlu . common pieaa courts, lu the course of bli closing address he nntb ed that both Judge and Jury looked wearied. He Is well known for the tunuy stories he tells when Illustrating a point when he said. "That reminds mo of a atory," the court and Jury looked In- , tcrested at once. He proceeded to tell a particularly long-drawn-out and pointless yarn, and there were undis-gulecd undis-gulecd signs of disappointment on the faces of every one present, particularly . , that of the Judge. "Mr. A." he aald. "I fall to so tl ' point In that story." "So do I." replied the lawyer, "It la one your honor told me coming lu on the car this morning. Since. I failed to ace the Jok. I thought I would give It a trial by Jury." |