The Brave Man

"Do I understand you to say, " queried the barristcr, looking hard at the principal witness, "that opon hearing a noise in the hall you rose quickly, lit a candle and went to the head of the stairs - that a burglar was at the foot of thestairs, and you did not seehim? Are you blind?" "Must I teil the truth?" stammered the witness, blushing to the roots of his hair. "The whole truth," waa the stern reply. "Then, " replied the witnese, brushing aside his damp, elingiug looks and wiping the perspiration frorn his claiiiniy brow, "my vrife was iu front of me. ' ' -