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"We'll take him your honor," said the prosecuting attorney. "Hold on!" exclaimed the attorney for the defense. "We object to this man, your honor." "What is your objection?" asked the judge. "The fact that he doesn't like papaws, your honor, would give him a feeling of prejudice and contempt for a man charged with stealing them, and render him incapable of returning a fair ver dict." "You may stand aside, sir," said the court. A jury was finally secured, consisting of men who had never tasted a papaw.

THE HOLY CITY THIRTY men, red-eyed and dishev eled, lined up before a judge of the San Francisco police court. It was the regular morning company of "drunks and disorderlies." Some were old and hardened, others hung their heads in shame. Just as the momentary disorder attending the bringing up of the pris oners quieted down, a strange thing happened. A strong, clear voice from below began singing: "Last night I lay a-sleeping, There came a dream so fair." Last night! It had been for them all a nightmare or a drunken stupor. The song was such a contrast to the horrible fact that no one could fail of a sudden shock at the thought the song suggested. "I stood in old Jerusalem, Beside the Temple there," the song went on. The judge had paused. He made a quiet inquiry. A former member of a famous opera com pany, known all over the country, was awaiting trial for forgery. It was he who was singing in his cell. Meantime the song went on and every

man in the line showed emotion. One or two dropped on their knees; one boy at the end of the line, after a desperate effort at self-control, leaned against the wall, buried his face against his folded arms, and sobbed, "Oh mother, mother!" The sobs, cutting to the very heart the men who heard, and the song, still well ing its way through the court, blended in the hush. At length one man protested. "Judge," said he, "have we got to submit to this? We're here to take our punishment, but this—" He too began to sob. It was impossible to proceed with the business of the court, yet the judge gave no order to stop the song. The police sergeant, after an effort to keep the men in line, stepped back and waited with the rest. The song moved on to its climax : "Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Sing, for the night is o'er! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna forevermore." In an ecstasy of melody the last words rang out, and then there was silence. The judge looked into the faces of the men before him. There was not one who was not touched by the song; not one in whom some better impulse was not stirred. He did not call the cases singly, a kind word of advice, and he dismissed them all. No man was fined or sentenced to the workhouse that morning. The song had done more good than punishment could possibly have accomplished. — Youth's Companion. "I THINK SO" YES— I think so," answered the witness. "You say you think!" growled the attorney. "Don't think. Just give us the facts."