Show HIS 1 A ELOQUENCE WAS LC ST lawyers efforts weakened by wit vitty t y story of his opponent A certain excellent but loud voiced lawyer was addressing abury a jury fl all ally in iii a perfect hurricane hurricane of 0 sound s au d ullo t Ked ed fit his s argument and sat down the gitry ury were impressed and abt lh other side was in danger the lawyer opposite had a sad watery eye and a hatchet like face H sat patiently through the tumultuous gusts of his friend and after tho reverberations of the closing crash he ha rose quietly from his scat aas As I 1 listened to the thunderous appeals of my learned le friend he said addressing the jury in a drawling tone 1 I recalled an old fable you will vill remember gentlemen how the lion and them the ass agreed to slay the beasts of the field and and divide the spoil the ass aes was to go into the thicket and bray and frighten 0 the animals ar out while the lion was wan to lie in wait and kill hill the fugitives as fast as aa they appeared the ass sought the darkest part of the jungle and lifting up his awful voice brayed and brayed cind and brayed the ass was q quite eife intoxicated fifth his uproar and thought held hed return mid and see what the lion thought of it with a light heart he wont went back and found tho lion looking doubtfully doubt lully about him what do you think of that said the exultant ass dont you think I 1 scared deml em scared leml em repeated the lion in in agitated agitate d tone why youa a scared me if 1 know you were vere a jackass the jury laughed the effect of tho the lawyers sonorous eloquence was vis ible weakened and lie lost the case |