XXX.
BYRD USES HIS PENCIL AGAIN.
Ay, sir, you shall find me reasonable; if it be so, I shall do that that is reason.—Merry Wives of Windsor.
"BYRD, you look dazed."
"I am."
Hickory paused till they were well clear of the crowd that was pouring from the court-room; then he said:
"Well, what do you think of this as a defence?"
"I am beginning to think it is good," was the slow, almost hesitating, reply.
"Beginning to think?"