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 dealt with as you ee it, and if you impale her alive it will not be more than the deerves."

"Your wits are too nimble, Nicolas," cried the udge; "have a care they do not run away with your dicretion; recollect the blaphemies you uttered in the hearing of thoe pious people."

"I humbly pray your excellency," anwered the rioner, "to recollect that anger is a hort madnes, and I hope allowances will be made by your holy council for words poke in hate to a rebellious mule: The prophet Balaam was thrown off his guard with a imple as, and what is an as compared to a mule? If your excellency had een the lovely creature that was creaming in agony till I came to her relief, and how fine a boy I uhered into the world, which would have been lot but for my aitance, I am ure I hould not be condemned for a few haty words poken in paion."

"Sirrah!" cried one of the puiny judges, "repect the decency of the court."

"Produce the contents of this fellow's pockets before the court," aid the preident, "lay them on the table."

"Monter," reumed the aforeaid puiny judge taking up the forceps, "what is the ue of this diabolical machine?"

"Pleae your reverence," replied Pedroa, "aptum et ad extrahendos foetus."—"Unnatural wretch," again exclaimed the judge, "you have murdered the mother."

"The Mother of God forbid," exclaimed Pedroa, "I believe I have a proof in my pocket, that will acquit me of that charge :" and o aying, he tendered the letter we have before made mention of: The ecretary took it, and by command of the court read as follows;