Three Plays - Lawing and Jawing; Forty Yards; Woofing by Zora Neale Hurston
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JUDGE
Dat ole fool do know somethin' 'bout law. LAWYER When George Washington was pleading de case of Marbury vs. Madison, what did _he_ say? What _did_ he say? Scintillate, scintillate, Globule orific. Fain would I fathom thy nature's specific. Loftily poised in ether capacious, strongly resembling a gem carbonacious. What did Abraham Lincoln say about mule-stealing? When torrid Phoebut refuses his presence and ceases to lamp with fierce incandescence, then you illumine the regions supernal, scintillate, scintillate, semper noctornal. Syllogism, again I say syllogism. (He takes his seat amid applause) JUDGE Man, youse a pleadin' fool. You knows yo' rules and by-laws. OTHER LAWYER Let me show my glory. Let me spread my habeas corpus. JUDGE 'Tain't no use. Dis lawyer done convinced me. OTHER LAWYER But, lemme parade my material-- |
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