Heavens and earth, but that Brabant's a wonderful man--a wonderful man sir! Such a head! And such a way with him! But I could see that he was jealous of me.

The little licks I got in in the course of my argument before the jury--" "Your argument! Why, you were a witness." "Oh, yes, to the popular eye, to the popular eye--but I knew when I was dropping information and when I was letting drive at the court with an insidious argument.

But the court knew it, bless you, and weakened every time! And Brabant knew it.

I just reminded him of it in a quiet way, and its final result, and he said in a whisper, 'You did it, Colonel, you did it, sir--but keep it mum for my sake; and I'll tell you what you do,' says he, 'you go into the law, Col.

Sellers--go into the law, sir; that's your native element!' And into the law the subscriber is going.