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 A Client to his Lawyer. claim the special distinction he piles upon ye. The law lays down certain def1nitions of abduction, and I am compelled to direct you to return a verdict of ' guilty ' in. this case. But you will easily see that I think it a trifling thing, which I regard as quite unfit to occupy my time. It's more valuable than yours — at least much better paid for. Find, therefore, the prisoner guilty of abduction, which rests mind ye, on four points — the

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father was not averse, the mother was not opposed, the girl was willing, and the boy was convaynient." The laughing jury re turned "guilty." Morris resumed : "Prisoner in the dock, the sentence of the court is that you remain there till my rising." He stood up, saying, " Let's go, Mr. Sheriff." Then, before the boy was clear of the dock, the judge's head appeared again. " Marry the girl at once, and God bless your work."

A CLIENT TO HIS LAWYER. A TRANSLATION OF MARTIAL'S EPIGRAM.

By W. H. Johnson.

Not poison, violence, or murder base : I claim my neighbor stole the goats away, — The Judge demands some proof of what I say. You rave about the Mithridatic war, Sulla and Marius, Cannae's livid scar; The Carthaginian's treachery perverse, The tale of Mucius wildly you rehearse : Stop now your ranting, Postumus, I pray, And something of my she-goats kindly say.
 * I "HREE she-goats are the subject of my case,

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