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cence beyond a doubt; and one of the 11 wavering
jurymen, happening to meet the man who had so
powerfully influenced them all, thanked him warmly
for having saved them from a commission of a great
injustice.
“ And yet, now I think of it,” he added, “ you
could not have known then anything about these new
facts, so how could you be so sure the man was inno
cent?”
Well,” replied the other, “ my chief reason for
thinking that he did not commit the crime was that I
committed it myself.”
A S T H E P R I N T E R M A D E IT
A story is told of a “ printer’s error” that once
caused consternation in a country village. An arch
in the church had become dilapidated and a fund was
started for its repair. Upon one occasion, so as to
make the appeal more widely known, the rector had a
notice regarding the arch fund printed in the village,
with the result that on the following Sunday the an
nouncement appeared in large type: “ The collection
today will be for the arch fiend.”
C A L L IN G H IS B L U F F
Two laborers were engaged to deepen a well which
had become dry. One of them sent his mate down
into the well while he sat at the top and directed the
work.
He first ordered the other man to “ dig a little on
this side,” then “ dig a little on that side,” until the
latter, tired of both the work and the orders, exclaim
ed, “ You sit up there and use your tongue while I