JUDGE AND LADY'S EYES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 10

JUDGE AND LADY'S EYES.

COUNTt COURT COMEDY OF A LARGE HAT Diirihg the lieariiig bf an Sctiori at Blobhisbury • Goiihty,: Corirt' recently., bbtiveeii the Vanguard.-'• Motbr-Oin'nibuS Company and MeSsrs. . Wliiteley ..relative; to a claim for ' damages; Miss Edith'•■ Mellon" of' Shiflandj^ady.;.W.yw l aS-called'as a'witribss.'. ,: She wore a rather large hat; aud Judge Bacon requested her to raise. it/: as" it ; was Very desirablb'tliat the;,witness's.fdce ilidiild be,sebh.auriiig the" giving 'of bvidencb. ' .. Miss; Mellor:. Shall l!'talfe it off. altogether? : JUdge Biicbii: Ndv fcertiiiiily iibt. ' The pltt-: tinfe; t'P' bf hat ! is" in' order 'that, tlib juriy.'-may ■ Sbb ■ tlie witness's-'dyeS'': "TM'. byes are !i- irioSt iSipbrtarit fabtbf 'wfibii a iS giVmg"evidbricb:'" ! - y . ; Th'b/wltiiSss':! Thb 'byeS are thb ff'ilidowk of the SbUlj abeordifig tb a poet. !' n Jtidge Bacon: Don't- till; nonsense- YSli had,.bßttbf 'gi'i''e : your evidence; ' '• ','MiSi Mellor ,Siiid , shb -.HvaS ' drdiriatib author ; ahd had wfitteii Sketbhbs.' Shb .waß. asked , aj.lqiibstioh" as to fcbftairi.' distiihces, and replied that she .''Knew .nothing, ab'oiit tlibiii. " i":.Judge Bacon: Quite so. Yoli Have (jUbted poetry;'Arid;poets Sre libt often Hccuratb in rega'idjtb dbtailS'. . (Laughter':) ... , .A . little; latef this wmiess". lilfe HoiibiiiV and Mr, Tlidrii. Dxiify (counsel). as "iriy, lbfdj." ivliereutioii' ;h!s.;Horibtlr iiitbi'-' posed'. "Do, iiot -addi'bss nib. as ,'hiy. lord.! Ybli cari, addreSS'Mr: Th.bfri DfiifJ', 'fit hap§ it iS'.blily ;iri ■ aritici&atibril (tihughfei.)! For mo it 18 riot So." , (Laughter.);