The Trials of an Anxious “Junior.”—Prompting a deaf and testy “chief” in open court is not his idea of perfect bliss.


THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS

His Honour. “H’m! Will you kindly raise your veil. I find it extremely difficult to—h’m—hear anyone distinctly with those thick veils——”

WHAT THEY SEEM

“Er—er—thank you! Silence! I will not have this court turned into a place of amusement!”