The Court: "Silence! You will have to leave the room also, madam. This is outrageous. Officer!" The State, magnanimously: "May it please the court, the State has not the slightest objection to the lady and her children remaining in the court room, provided they do not interrupt these proceedings again." The Court, melting a little: "Do you think you can keep those children quiet, madam, and refrain from audible comments yourself?" The Woman: "Yes, sir. I'm sure I can." The Court: "It is not my desire to be harsh with you, madam, but if this occurs again I shall have you ejected from the room. Proceed." Counsel: "Now, Mr. Yollop, you have testified that you bound and gagged your sister at the direction and command of this defendant and that he rifled the apartment at will, keeping you covered with a revolver. You also have stated that you laid the pistol on the desk, within his reach, when you believed the police to be at the door. Why, did you do that?" Yollop: "Because I did not think that I needed it any longer." Counsel, sarcastically: "Oho! so that was the reason, eh?" Yollop: "Well, I was glad to be rid of it. I was dreading all the time that it might go off accidentally. They frequently do." Counsel: "I see. Now, isn't it a fact, Mr. Yollop, that you laid the revolver down to go to the assistance of this defendant who was in a fainting condition?" Yollop: "No, it isn't. He was all right." Counsel: "Don't you know that you laid it down because you were convinced in you own mind that he was physically unable to take advantage of it? That he was in no condition to use it?" Yollop: "No." Counsel, with a pitying look at the jury: "He was still the big, strong, able-bodied man that you had knocked down with your brawny fist, eh?" Yollop, mildly: "He may have been a little sleepy. I was." A Bailiff: "Order! ORDER!" Counsel, severely: "Now, Mr. Yollop, will you tell this jury why, after you had found it so simple to knock the defendant down and disarm him earlier in the evening, you failed to repeat the experiment when he had you covered the second time?" Yollop: "The first time I acted on the spur of the moment, and under stress of great excitement. I had had time to collect my wits by the time he gained possession of the revolver. I wasn't as foolhardy as I was at the beginning. I was afraid he would shoot me if I tackled him again." Counsel: "Isn't it a fact that he appeared much stronger and not so weak and listless as when you first encountered him?" Yollop: "I didn't notice any change in him." Counsel: "Didn't you testify awhile ago that while he was sitting at your desk, under cover of the gun, he ate a whole box of chocolate creams,--at your generous invitation?" Yollop: "Yes. He ate them, all right."