well calculated to strike terror to the hearts of and to impress them with an adequate idea of the stem majesty of the law in front of a big in a big chair behind the club a big table and before a big volume sat mr looking a full size larger than any one of them big as they were the table was adorned with piles of papers and above the farther end of it appeared the head and shoulders of mr who was busily engaged in looking as busy as possible the party having all entered carefully closed the door and placed himself behind master s chair to await his orders mr threw himself back with thrilling solemnity and the faces of his unwilling visitors now who is that person said mr pointing to mr who as the of his friends stood hat in hand bowing with the utmost politeness and respect this here s your wash up said come none o that ere old strike a light interposed mr himself into the front rank beg your pardon sir but this here officer o in the tops never earn a decent as a master o the ceremonies this here sir continued mr thrusting aside and addressing the magistrate with pleasant familiarity this here is s this here s mj that ere s mr and on next him on the f other side mr � all nice gen l m n sir as you ll be happy to have the acquaintance on so the sooner you these here officers o to the tread mill for a month or two the sooner we shall begin to be on a pleasant understanding business first pleasure as k ing the third said he the t other king in the tower afore he smothered the vol n papers of at the conclusion of this address mr his hat with his right elbow and nodded to who had heard him throughout with unspeakable awe who is this man said the magistrate rate character your wash up replied he attempted to rescue the prisoners and the officers so we took him into and brought him here you did quite right replied the magistrate he is evidently a desperate he is my servant sir said mr angrily oh he is your servant is he said mr a conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice and murder its officers s servant put that down mr mr did so your name fellow thundered mr replied sam a very good name for the said mr this was a joke so all the and went into fits of laughter of five minutes duration put down his name mr said the magistrate two l s old said sam here an unfortunate special laughed again whereupon the magistrate threatened to commit him instantly it is a dangerous thing to laugh at the wrong man in these cases where do you live said the magistrate the club ever i can replied sam put down that mr said the magistrate who was st rising into a rage score it under said sam he is a vagabond mr said the magistrate he is a on his own statement is he not mr � certainly sir then commit him til commit him as such said mr this is a impartial country for justice said sam there a n t a magistrate going as don t commit himself twice as often as he other people at this sally another special laughed and then tried to look so solemn that the magistrate detected him said mr with passion how dare you select such an and person for a special as that man how dare you do it sir i am very sorry your wash up stammered very sorry i said the furious magistrate you shall repent of this neglect of duty mr you shall be made an example of take that fellow s staff away he s drunk you re drunk fellow � i am not drunk your worship said the man you are drunk returned tiie magistrate how dare you say you are not drunk sir when i say you are doesn t he smell of spirits horrid your wash up replied who had a vague impression that there was a smell of rum somewhere papers of i knew he did said mr i saw he was drunk when he first came the room by his excited eye did you observe his excited eye mr certainly sir i haven t touched a drop of spirits this morning said the man who was as sober a fellow as need be how dare you tell me a falsehood said mr isn t he drunk at this moment mr certainly sir replied mr said the magistrate i shall commit that man for contempt make out his mr and committed the special would have been only who was the magistrate s adviser having had a legal education of three years in a country attorney s office whispered the magistrate that he thought it wouldn t do so the magistrate made a speech and said that in consideration of the special s family he would merely and discharge him accordingly the special was abused vehemently for a quarter of an hour and sent about his business and and all the other murmured their admiration of the of mr now mr said the magistrate swear was sworn directly but as wandered and mr s dinner was nearly ready mr cut the matter short by putting leading questions to which answered as nearly in the affirmative as he could so the examination went off all very smooth and comfortable and two were proved against mr and a threat against mr and a push against mr when the club all this was done to the magistrate s satisfaction the magistrate and mr consulted in whispers the consultation having lasted about ten minutes mr retired to his end of the table and the magistrate with a preparatory 