THE BARRISTER. 89

A Touching AppeaU

The following plea for judicial mercy, show-
ing every evidence of the touch of the Barris-
ter's fine Italian hand, will be found brimful
of pathos and Nolanesque eloquence :

"To the Hon. Judge of the City Court, in
Equity : Your petitioner, Samuel, would def-
erentially represent that on the loth day of
January, in the year of grace 1891, your honor
dissolved the connubial ties theretofore existing
between petitioner and his consort, Annie,
granting her a divorce a vinculo matrimonii^
with the beatific privilege thereunto annexed
of marrying again, a privilege, it goes without
saying, she availed herself of with an alacrity
of spirit and a fastidious levity disdaining pur-
suit ; but on this vital point your honor extend-
ed to petitioner only the charity of your silence.
" Petitioner has found in his own experience
a truthful exemplification of Holy Scripture,
that * it is not well for man to be alone, ' and
seeing an inviting opportunity to superbly



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ameliorate his forlorn condition by a second
nuptial venture, he finds himself circumvallated
by an Ossa Pelion obstacle which your honor
alone has power to remove.
