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Chairman (reproachfully). "Are you an Ameri- 

 can citizen, sir?" 



P. W. "Yes, sir." 



Chairman (with emphasis). "Then you're the 

 equal of any man in this State! Then you're the 

 equal of any man on this committee! Don't let me 

 hear you call yourself humble again! Go on, sir!" 



After this warning the advocate managed to keep 

 clear of the rocks until, having worked himself up 

 to quite a pitch of excitement, he incautiously ex- 

 claimed, "But the poor man has no friends !" which 

 brought the Colonel down on him at once. Rap, rap, 

 went his gavel, and he scowled grimly at the offender 

 while he asked with deadly deliberation: 



"What did you say that time, sir?" 



P. W. (hopelessly). "I said the poor man had no 

 friends, sir." 



Chairman (with sudden fire). "Then you lied, 

 sir! I am the poor man's friend! so are my col- 

 leagues, sir!" (Here the rogues' gallery tried to 

 'look benevolent.) "Speak the truth, sir!" (with 

 sudden change from the manner admonitory to the 

 manner mandatory). "Now, you sit down quick, 

 or get out of this somehow !" 



This put an end to the sleek gentleman, and his 

 place was taken by a fellow-professional of another 

 type a great, burly man, who would talk to you on 

 private matters in a perfectly natural tone of voice, 

 but who, the minute he began to speak of the Wrongs 

 (with a capital W) of Labor (with a capital L), 

 bellowed as if he had been a bull of Bashan. The 



