Show one on the lawyer A case waa being tried in a country court A horse had been stolen field and the evidence all pointed to a certain doubtful character ot the neighborhood as the culprit though hia guilt seemed he had found lawyer to undertake his defense at taci trial the defendants counsel expended ha energy in trying to confuse and frighten the opposing witnesses especially a barmer whose testimony was particularly damaging the lawyer kept up a alre ot question asking many foolish ones and repeating himself again and again in the hope of decoy ing the witness into a contradiction you say the lawyer went on that you can swear to having seen this man drive a boree past your farm on the day in question 1 I can replied the witness wearily for he had already answered the que alon a boaen times wax time was this 1 I told you it was about the middle 0 the forenoon but I 1 dont want any about or any middles I 1 want you to tell the jury exactly the time why said the farmer 1 I dont al ways carry a gold watch with when im potatoes pota but you have a clock in tho house you yes well what time was it by that why by that clock it was just nineteen minutes castlo you were in the field all morning went on the lawyer smiling 1 I was how far from the house la thi field about halt a mile you abear do you hat by the deck tn your house it was exactly nineteen 1 minutes past 10 1 I do the lawyer paused and triumphantly at the jury at last he had en napped the witness into a contradictory statement that would weaken his evidence be said ath a 1 I think that will do wave of hia hand X have quite ed with you the farmer leisurely picked up hia and started to leave the hat about he eflowly bos then turning added to eay that too 1 I ought perhaps should not be placed much reliance that clock aa got out upon ana ite been about six montha ao nineteen minutes ewt 10 ever since |