Ho, was a luird-lookiiift ruffian, but his counsel, in a voieo husky with emotion, addressed tho ]inr\, "Gentlemen," said he, "my clicn'o was driven, by want of food to take the small sum of money to buy i'ood for his little ones. Evidence of this lies in thefao.t that he didn't take a pocket-book, containing fifty pounds in notes^ that was lying in the room." The .counsel paused a moment, nnd the silence"I;was interrupted by a sob of th© -prisoner. "Why do yon weep?" asked the judge. "Because," replied the prisoner, "1 didn't sci> thu pocket-book."
"I think the baby has your hair, ma'a-ui," said tho uurse-giil/ looking .ploarr-ntly at hoj" mistrc-ss. ''Gracious!" exclaimed tho lndy, glancing up fjo;n her novol. ''Run into tho nursory and tnkt' it away from him ! What will he do nc^tr""
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13455, 29 April 1914, Page 2
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136Untitled Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13455, 29 April 1914, Page 2
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