"A MAN OF BRAINS."
t r^T". —: —■— • •• ft " • •' '• ' • LAWYER AJJD WITNESS. , ' 1 'During • tho inquiry concerning tho ; branding of the small coastal steamer John yesterday, Mr. Wilford mot a man ■ who well filled tho bill as a "tough pro- • position."' ' Mr. Wilford(seriously) i You are a man bf brain.i, Mr—f 'The witness: I don't know "that I am., -• 'Mr. Wilford (more seriously):; But you Bwyou'Art, in fact, a very brainy man. - Tho witness:'-You aro the first man who ■ over said so. •••.. .;'. Mr. Wilford:^Perhaps'they have not the same power of discernment. >The witness:; Oh, I;don't know; : v Mr. Wilford: ■ But, without! boing egotislical, .yoa-can say that yon are a man. of brains, I think. • The witness: Schoolteachers could never ■ teach me anything./ V Dr. M'Artnur, S.M.: . You knew too • much for them ? ■ :: ■ iMr. Wilford: Don't forgot that his Worship was a schoolteacher. ; Shortly after this Mr. Wilford abandon-' , ed > the _ attempt to get the witness to accuse himself of any signs of genius.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 7
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161"A MAN OF BRAINS." Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 7
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