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it,as if for a person to lean upon. Jonas told
him that was the stand where the witnesses
stood while they were telling their stories.

‘“How curious it is!” said Rollo. “I
should like to hear a court.”

“Hear a trial, you mean,” said Jonas. “I
did, once.”

“Did you?’ said Rollo. “ Tell me about it.”

‘Not now,” said Jonas; ‘it is time for
us to go home; but perhaps I will this after-
noon, in the wagon.”

“ Well,” said Rollo, ‘ that will be capital ;
and I will tell Lucy all about the court-room
beforehand, and then she will understand the
story better.”

When they got back to the tavern, Rollo,
finding that dinner was not quite ready,
took Lucy to the window, and showed her
‘the court-house; and then he explained to
her all about the arrangement of the interior
of the court-room. He made a drawing
upon a piece of paper, and marked down
the judges’ bench, the clerk’s desk, the law-
yers’ seats, the jury seats, and the stand —
all in their proper places. Lucy was very
glad that Jonas was going to tell them a
story of a trial that afternoon.

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