Show could not walt some year there was an old justice of the peace in lancaster county whose thirsty temperament caused him to have little patience with the lengthy trials at which be occasionally presided one day there was a suit brought before him in which two young lawyers but lately admitted to the bar were pitted against each other the latter mindful of the prestige which a victory for either elde would mean were examining the witnesses at great length and consuming it Is true a great deal of unnecessary time finally the testimony of the last witness was concluded and the one attorney began to argue hla side of the case just as he was the squire finished the calculation cu he bad been making on a small piece of and getting up from the bench said coolly i young men you can go right on with your arguments ill be back pretty soon the judgment la 30 philadelphia ledger |