It is, I believe, only a question of time and perseverance." Next morning he arose late.

He looked over the report of the trial in the morning paper, and then, turning to the leader page, read with rising indignation the following editorial:-- "THE BRENTON CASE.
"The decision of yesterday shows the glorious uncertainty that attends the finding of the average American jury.

If such verdicts are to be rendered, we may as well blot out from the statute-book all punishment for all crimes in which the evidence is largely circumstantial.

If ever a strong case was made out against a human being it was the case of the prosecution in the recent trial.

If ever there was a case in which the defence was deplorably weak, although ably conducted, it was the case that was concluded yesterday.