The Weekly register., 1843-09-02

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been stolen from him. This money be-
lcnged to. his clients. His own story a.
bout il is that his pants in which he had
| placed the money had been taken while
he slept from the head of his bed at a
tavern in Lexington, and thrown in the
street, fhc money having first been
taken out. The people Of Lexington
look very knowing when they hear that
tale to this day. There was 70 person
about the tavern whom the citizens ofthe
place could or would suspect, nor was
there any in the town excep, himself
And he was and still is SUSPECTED by a
large portion OF the citizens of tha.
place as the real thief But we do not
stop with mere suspicious. Was it not
little singular that the thief should
throw the pants in The street, What
could he make by that but q circumstance
which would ony the sooner attract at
tention, and induce earlier inquiry? Few
thieves bat are keener than that. But
think you reader that thief who had
crawled into your bedroom, would not
get out again as soon as he could,
alter he hal pillagsl the pockets
of your clothing? Do you think he
would stop TO go TO the window and
throw the pants into the street. risking
your hearing him for a longer time and |
risklng some one in the street hearing
the pants fall and being put upon the a
iert by it2 A thiefofthat sort would hard |
" be so dull as all that. But how would /
Kendall reason? Why he would say,
and proba bly, did say to himself, If |
don't throw the pants in the street, or
get up some circumstance of that sort
there will be nothing to defend myself
with but my bare word, which | am a.
frald is not worth much. | must throw
me pants into the street, and that will
ook, coupled with my word, very thiev-
sh. And sure enough, it did. As soon
Is Kendall returned TO Grenada, he
,ame 10 US as we'll as other lawyers OF
he place for advice as to W neither he
vas legally liable for the money 10 his
lients. Does that look right? Would !
lot an honorable mind think first about
he means Of resisting all suspicion which {
would naturally be fixed upon him by a
rof1pt adoption Of such energetic meas
res as were in his power to secure his t
ilents? Well, he next becomes a can {
ldate for The Legislature, and is known I
nave spent more money eIectioneer-
og and travelling about the country +
Ver since, than was his custom previ- II
US 10 the thief's exploit. Does that o
ook right? Would not an honorable b
ind prefer TO pay that money to his $
lients toAavoid the possibility Of suspi q
Jon, from winch, above all things, such c
mind would shrink with horror? More +
yer, he declared while then candidate h
oy way Of demagogueing, at which he v
a bungling buccaneer of that sort Of /:
orels) thus-"all The money | have, a
ade with these hands" holding up both c
avs. Now if he did not mean 10 say +
ere, that he had stolen all the money Il
: had with these hands, he certainly d
d not have much, according to his own d
atement, for he never did 4 lucrative II
'actice as lawyer-there being no r,
wyer at the Yalobusha bar who enjoys ri
SIS reputation for talents than himself tt
fact one Of his friends said in his de- W
nee as a candidate for the Legislature in
answer to the prejudice against law Ii
RS that she wasn't much of lawyer W
no howm How then, we ask, if he
S made all his money by his practice, 10
e. with these hands') does he hap M
n tohaye spent money SO freely as he "
S for three or four years past? II nc
r;ainly would seem that he hai spent In
IRE money than ho had ever made III
18th these hands, or
Hold, hold, cries the reader-you co
We offered proof enough. and we have OBJ
doubt when Kendall reads this his u
ir will stand on end, and he will trem- ny
at the array of circumstances, at all
ich we have briefly hinted, and which a
strongly condemn him. But it will ou