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 replied the other, "because my brother swore point blank I did not owe the plaintiff one hundred pounds, and the arbitrator gave an award of seven hundred, and did not that prove how little they regarded Ned's evidence?" addressing Hamilton. "Undoubtedly it did," replied our hero. "But what was worse than that," said Jeffery, "there was my own foreman, a good obliging fellow as ever lived, that would not stick at a trifle; he and I had a great deal of talk before, and we settled about his evidence. The first day he was called, it was on a Saturday; I remember he was very clear—all for me; plaintiff's counsel did not ask him a single question. On the Sunday he dined with me; we were quite jocose. "Dingwal," said I, (his name is Donald Dingwal) "you did very well yesterday; but get through as well to-morrow, and we