Chief Justice Marshall, of the United States, was all his
life an ardent votary of quoits. He was an active member
of the Barbecue or Quoit Club for forty years, their main
amusement being quoits and backgammon. Great respect was paid
to the veteran lawyer in these contests. Once an old Scotch
gentleman was called in to decide between him and a keen rival
as to the winner, and after a most careful measurement that
oracle gave his decision thus: “Maister Mairshall has it a
leetle,” tho every bystander saw it was quite the other way.
(Text.)--CROAKE JAMES, “Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.”
(2308)
=Pass, Let it=--See EVIL, IGNORING.
=Passengers to Heaven=--See OBLIGATIONS TO THE CHURCH.