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Title: At Large--One Temper Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] A Turbulent Person was brought before a Judge to be tried for an assault with intent to commit murder, and it was proved that he had been variously obstreperous without apparent provocation, had affected the peripheries of several luckless fellow-citizens with the trunk of a small tree, and subsequently cleaned out the town. While trying to palliate these misdeeds, the defendant's Attorney turned suddenly to the Judge, saying: "Did your Honour ever lose your temper?" "I fine you twenty-five dollars for contempt of court!" roared the Judge, in wrath. "How dare you mention the loss of my temper in connection with this case?" After a moment's silence the Attorney said, meekly: "I thought my client might perhaps have found it." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |