strings: For the purpose of showing that the assignment was not in the bundle when Talbott got it, is the story introduced into Lucian's affdavit that the deeds were counted. It is a remarkable fact, and one that should stand as a warning to all liars and fabricators, that in this short affdavit of Lucian's, he only attempted to depart from the truth, so far as I have the means of knowing, in two points, to-wit, in the opening the deed and Pointing out the error; and the counting of the deeds,—and in both of these he caught himself. About the counting, he caught himself thus—after saying the bundle contained five deeds and a lease, he proceeds, "and I saw no others papers than the said deed and lease." First he has six papers, and then he saw none but two for "my son Lucian's" benefit, let a pin be stuck here.