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nt, a timid deprecation, and some only tolerable humor. He was followed by E., in a discursive, argumentative, sarcastic, drag-net sort of speech, which did all that could be done for the defense. The solicitor briefly closed, seriously and confidently confining himself to a repetition of the matters first insisted, and answering some of the points of the counsel. It was an ominous fact that a juror, before the jury retired, under leave of the court, recalled a witness for the purpose of putting a question to him: the question was how much the defendants were worth; the answer was, about two thousand dollars. The jury shortly after returned into the court with a verdict which "sized their pile." THE PRAYER OF CYRUS BROWN BY SAM WALTER FOSS "The proper way for a man to pray," Said Deacon Lemuel Keyes, "And the only proper attitude Is down upon his knees." "No, I should say the way to pray," Said Rev. Dr. Wise, "Is standing straight, with outstretched arms, And rapt and upturned eyes." "Oh, no; no, no," said Elder Slow, "Such posture is too proud; A man should pray with eyes fast closed And head contritely bowed." "It seems to me his hands should be Austerely clasped in front, With both thumbs pointing toward the ground," Said Rev. Dr. Blunt. "Las' year I fell in Hodgkin's well Head first," said Cyrus Brown, "With both my heels a-stickin' up, My head a-pinting down. "An' I made a prayer right then an' there-- Best prayer I ever said. The prayingest prayer I ever prayed, A-standing on my head." "Well told and dramatically strong, it breathes again the spirit of Dumas and Bulwer-Lytton."--_Portland Oregonian._ The Palace of Danger A STORY OF LA POMPADOUR By MABEL WAGNALLS _Author of "Stars of the Opera," "Miserere," etc._ "There have been few groups of characters who have been used more frequently in fiction than the members of the court of Louis XV., and there have been few attempts to make romance of their lives that are quite so delightful as this story. Around the heroine and hero Miss Wagnalls has spun a tale that has the quality of holding the reader's attention from first page to last. _It is charged with dramatic movement and a wealth and charm of style._"--_New York Press._ "A powerful nov
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