The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-11

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floor man. your Majesty" he be
gan.
You're very poor speaker
ssid the King. you may stand
down"
Il cant 20 no lower said the
/ Halter. I'm on the floor an u ~.
Then you may sit down" the
King replied.
I'D rather finish my tea" said
/ the Halter. with an anxious look
~ the Queen. ~ho WAS reading tbs
list OF singers
You may 60" said the King:
and the Halter hurriedly left the
court. without even waiting 10 put
his shoes on.
And Jus, take his head off out
side. IN. Queen added. TO one OF
Z the officers: but the Hattw was
out OF sight before the officer could
get 10 the door
Call tho next wi'nesa'' said
the King.
Tho next Witness Was the
Duchess cook. She carried the
pepperbox in her hand. and Alice
guessed who II was, even before
she goi inio the court. BY the way
tho people near the door began
sncexlnr all ai once
Give your evidence" said tho
King.
"shant." said tho cook
The King looked ansionsly a.
tha White Rabbit. who said In a
low voice. "Your Majesty must
cross examine this witness"
We'll. II I must. must" tho
ki-~ said. with n melancholy air:
and after folding his arms and
trowniug at tho cook. be said In a
deep voice. what are tar'a made
off,
Pepper. mostly" said the cook.
"Treacie." eAid sleepy voice
behind her
Collar tina, Dorrnouse'" the
Queen ahrieked out. "Behead that
Dormouse,"
For some minutes tho whole
court was In confusion. getting IN.
Dormouse turned out. and by the
time they had settled down again
tho cook had disappeared.
Never mind" said the King.
with an air of great reiio' Call
tho next witness" Md he added
in an undertone 10 the Queen.
Really. my dear. you must cross.
examine tho ue1t witness. II quite
makes my forehead ache"
Alice watched the White Rabbit
as he iumhled over the list. feeling
very curious 10 sec what tho next
witness would be likn-"for they
{ haven't got much evidence yet. "
I she said to herself Imagine her
surprise when the White RABBIT;
read out. az the top OF his shrlll
little voice. the name Affect"
CHAPTER Y.
Here" cried Alice. quite forget
ting in the furry OF the moment
how large she had grown IN the
/ last fow minutes, and she Jumped
up in such a hurry that she tipped
over the jury box with the edge Of
her skirt. upse;ting all the iurymen
onto the heads OF the crowd be.
/ low: and there they lay sprs vling
about. reminding her very much OF
. globe OF goldfish she had acc,-
dentally upset tho week before
"Oh. beg your pardon she
exclaimed. In n tone OF great dis.
may. and began picking them M
again as quickly as she could, for
/ the accident OF the goldfish kept
running In her head. and she had
Ia vague sort OF idea that they must
I be collected at once and put back
into the jury box. or they would
I die.
The trial cannot proceed said
the King. in a very grave voice.
until all the jurymen are back
In their proper places-all." he re-.
peatcd. with great emphasis. look
ing hard at Alice as he said so.
IA soon as the Jury had a little
recovered from the shock OF being
upset, and their states and pencils
bad been found and handed back
to them. they set TO work very dili-
gently to write out a history OF the
accident
what do you know about this
business" tho King said TO Alice
Nothing" said Alice.
Nothing whatever" persisted
the King.
Nothing whatever" said Alice.
That's very important" the
King said. turning 20 the Jury.
They we're just beginning to write
this down on their states. when
the White Rabbit interrupted: I'm
important. your Majesty means. Of
course" he said. in a very respect.
ful tone. but frowning and making
faces at him as he spoke.
"Unimportant. of course, I
meant. the King hastily said and
went on 10 himself In an under.
tone. important unimportant--
Observation-Disclosures" as II
he we're trying which word sounded
the better.
Some OF the jury wrote II down
important" and some "unimpor-
tant." Alice could see this. as she
WAS near enough to look over their
states. But It doesn't matter a
bit" she thought TO herself
At this moment the King. who
had been for some time busily
writing in his notebook. called out
"Silencel" and read out from bis
book. Rule Forty-two All per.
sons more than mile high to
leave the court"
Every body looked at Alice.