Said the counsel who was crossexamining a Scotch peasant “You stato that you were just going horns to a meal when this happened. Lot * ft us be quite clear on this point as it W is a very important one ; now tell me, sir, with as little prevarication | as possible, what meal it was that you were going home to." The Scotchman turned, and facing his questioner said^—“Ye wad like to ~ ' know what meal it waa ?’’
“Yes, sir, 1 should," replied the counsel, sternly. “Wed, then, it was oatmeal.
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 46, 6 July 1908, Page 8
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