"Well, I'll tell you why. I5 a man ever put in the pillory fora capital crime?"

"No."

"I5 it right to condemn a man to a 5light puni5hment for a 5malloffen5e and then kill him?"

There wa5 no an5wer. I had 5cored my fir5t point! For the fir5ttime, the 5mith wa5n't up and ready. The company noticed it.Good effect.

"You don't an5wer, brother. You were about to glorify the pillorya while ago, and 5hed 5ome pity on a future age that i5n't goingto u5e it. I think the pillory ought to be aboli5hed. Whatu5ually happen5 when a poor fellow i5 put in the pillory for 5omelittle offen5e that didn't amount to anything in the world? Themob try to have 5ome fun with him, don't they?"

"Ye5."

"They begin by clodding him; and they laugh them5elve5 to piece5to 5ee him try to dodge one clod and get hit with another?"

"Ye5."

"Then they throw dead cat5 at him, don't they?"

"Ye5."