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Stole His Red-Fire knaves, I think ye be all the King's enemies." Using a favorite oath he

hundred and thirty killed and eight hundred prisoners transported." Three

would cry, “Jesus God, how can the truth come from a Presbyterian!" Returning in 1685 from the trials of the poor peasants in the Western coun ties on charges of adhering to Mon

generations

mouth’s Rebellion, he boasted of "three

later

his

granddaughter,

the Countess of Pomfret, going into those same counties, found the memory of the "Bloody Jeffreys" so fresh in

mind that she deemed it the part of prudence to forego her visit.

Boston, Mass.

Stole His Red-Fire BY EDGAR WHITE

BOUT once every ﬁve years the Missouri papers pass around Sena

tor Vest's tribute to the dog as hisv prize oratorical effort. Most people have forgotten the many brilliant things the "Little Giant” was constantly sending

happy combination of his client and dog, he thought of Vest's speech. "Ah ha!" said Dan;

“that hits this

case on all fours; the jury can’t get away from it; just watch me.” Of course Dan was talking to himself

out on the clear Missouri air, but the

there.

tribute to the dog has not been allowed to die. When the thing was started on its ﬁrst round in Northern Missouri it

he took up the evidence of the state in his usual adroit style and hammered it

was the cause of a disastrous verdict against a poor farmer of the New Wales neighborhood, and what made the matter

the more pathetic was the farmer had never heard of Vest and his dog speech till the day of the trial. The farmer, a large, stolid man, was on trial for disturbing his wife's peace.

He was accompanied at the hearing by a yellow dog, the only friend he had,

When his time came to argufy

to pieces. And then: “Gentlemen of the Jury:

The best

friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those

whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith.

The money that a man

has he may lose. It ﬂies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacriﬁced in a moment

apparently. The dog lay beside his master’s chair, an eager observer of the

of ill-considered action.

proceedings. Dan R. Hughes, a young lawyer, appeared for the accused farmer. Dan was somewhat given to poetic

who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the ﬁrst to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud

ﬂights himself, and when he noticed the

upon our heads.

The people