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decided that it would cure his catarrh if the number of steps

from the door to his chair would divide by three He et in a 27th just by his chair

The figures of the president and the old-e They seemed

to feel this therandeur, hurriedly sat down on the high backed chairs behind the

table with the green cloth, on which were a triangular article

with an eagle at the top, two glass vases--so like those

in which sweetmeats are kept in refreshood, newly-cut pencils of different

kinds

The public prosecutor caes With his portfolio

under one ar the other, he hurriedly walked to his

seat near the , and was instantly absorbed in reading and

looking through the papers, not wasting a singleready when the business commenced He had been public

prosecutor but a short time, and had only prosecuted four times

before this He was very aet on, and therefore thought it necessary to get a

conviction whenever he prosecuted He knew the chief facts of the

poisoning case, and had already formed a plan of action He only

wanted to copy out a few points which he required