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Fallon made money by the fistful but could not keep his fingers closed. He grew increasingly fond of liquor & women. Married, with two children, he would not handle divorce cases because of his Roman Catholic faith. Outside of that he would defend almost any criminal against almost any charge. He...
Lords Ailsa and Cassillis in their opinion of life on St. Kilda. A tiny peak of rock in the North Atlantic, 40 miles west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, it is stormbound for eight months of the year. No trees can grow there, no cats can live there...
¶At Huron, almost the entire population of 10,000 surged down to the railroad station. "South Dakota is the sunshine state, all the people here are feeling great," they chanted. A schoolgirl drum-corps accompanied the song, prompted Mrs. Coolidge to call out: "This is better than being in...
The operation was under local anesthetic. Heifer Jessie did not wince as the veterinarians scoured a patch of hide and cut a window into her first stomach. This was her rumen or paunch, where she was storing up her freshly swallowed fodder. Later, when these annoying men departed, she would...
Having heard this evidence, the presiding Judge fined Schwarz 168 gold marks ($40), the largest fine imposable under present statutes. Herr Schwarz stiffened from his slumping posture. Slowly and insolently he selected the bills from a loose fistful. Slapping his money down before the Judge, he declared: "I can afford...