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respondent; had given warrant to deputy in 

 evening; gave him no instruction except where 

 to find respondent ; knew respondent was to give 

 lecture ; did tell deputy to arrest at once ; did not 

 tell deputy he was a damned fool to let respond- 

 ent finish lecture ; may have said something like 

 that. 



At the close of the cross-examination of old 

 Cyrus, it was plain to see that he had not helped 

 the prosecution much, but had created a dis- 

 tinctly bad impression, and that the audience 

 would be satisfied with plain electrocution. 



The prosecuting attorney then demanded that 

 the cow be brought in as a witness, and said that, 

 inasmuch as he had served a subpoena duces tecum 

 upon me, and the object of the duces tecum had 

 not appeared, he moved for an attachment for 

 contempt. 



In reply I purged myself of contempt by assur- 

 ing the court that the cow was then and there in 

 transitu, and I should call her as my first wit- 

 ness. The prosecution then rested, and I asked 

 the court to take a recess for five minutes, when 

 I would be ready. In less than that time Dick, 

 who had left the court-room, returned, saying 

 that the cow was in the square in front of the 

 building, and I asked the court to adjourn to the 

 square for a view. 



This was done, the audience piling out like 



