HOW THINGS WILL OUT

(The judge is not at home, and Brown, Q.C., asks permission to write him a note)

Mary Elizabeth Jane. “Would you like this book, sir? Master always uses it when he writes letters!”

[Heavens! it’s an English dictionary!


“LAUGHTER IN COURT”

“Mr. Pickwick envied the facility with which Mr. Peter Magnus’ friends were amused.”—Dickens.

Scene—Any Court. Time—Any Trial.

Q. C. What sort of a night was it?

Witness. It was dark. (Laughter.)