Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-27
AVENNA eHIo WEDNESDAY, sAUGUSF Al, Is45s

in the pursuits Of agriculture. In the
latter Gordon was particularly indebt-
ed to him. He acknowledged his worth;
the plantation, too, expressed it, legibly.
Nevertheless | do not know what
would have been the3result had not 9
circumstance occurred propitious q the
lover. 5, ls.s4 s,,5 4, s55.s.ts "a ssf
Gordon was very unjustly prosecuy
ted by a neighbor. Arriving AZ the
court at the time summoned (it was a
Justices trial. he found every body
there whom he wished to see, but biz
own lawyer. The Justice allowed him
todelay 10 the,:furihest limits thai The
law admits of-stiIl no lawyer.8 His
case wore no light many clouds. He
would not be beat for a hundred dollars
vet he knew he could not conduct
the suit successfully himself. To a
man like him, independent to obsti-
macy, such situation, without alter.
native, was Notifying in the extreme.
As the Justice was declaring that the
case must proceed forthwith, Dick
Quirk, alias Leslie, whispered to Cor
don: 7'~ i.i -. ........s.---..
"May be, SEEM as how your law
yer amt kun, you'll let me try youl
side-Pve did such things afore."
Gordonsopened his eyes wide and
stared at him. asat IS q
ii don't think you need hang of, for
I'll pay costs and damages, and give
you years work i'll don't beat"
Gordon complied, partly from despair
partly because he never knew Dick to
fail in any thing he undertook. u, ,.
Five minutes elapsed, and Leslie
was in bis element. He had rich sport
that afternoon. The cornering up Of
some half dozen suspicious witnesses;
the putting 10 fight lof, half as many
halfaedged lawyers, the astonishment
which the audience evinced, as, throw>
ling off his assumed style of speaking
he merged into chaste, clear, and rap.
id stream Of eloquence.a The plain cx.
position Of, facts and OF the law, woven
into one glorious, irresistible argument,
finally resulting 10, q verdict favorable
Ito his client, were both amusement
and profit TO Leslie. n. NM. .ss...
| Gordon, who, during this whole ais
Eair, had sat with his mouth, so wide
Iopen that you might have tossed po-
Etatoe, sufficiently large for breakfast
down his throat, without his knowing il
said. when they were riding home
] together " :. .''' . ...'t = IA
/ "Dick, if you are a yankee, l dom
care, you are an all, ,jofired good feller.'
$50 I am" said Leslie, laughing. ",n-
deed whether you take me in the felG
Of labor, or the courtroom, or in any
Iother business you please do you know
of a man that is superior to me herea-
Iboutsl" a'',i 4s's -F's~7s
"No, I don't" 9' s&s 'ais g
a' "Now, what do you think Of my pov
lertyp asked Leslie. aEs
II think you will exchange it fol
something better, as you did YOU
blamed Taunton tone, to-day" an
lswered Gordon. La si'si 5es,a gs,sa4sa lR
sasDo you consider poverty q dis
gracel" continued Leslie. ,aea 5sas "a
"Well, now, | shouldn'. think Idii,'
answered Gordon. ,ssesrga,3f,s ,bass as.sEt
s"Well, sir" said Leslie, stammering
a little "inasmuch as you seem, to ! shar-
bor no sentiments concerning me but
what favors me will be 50 bold as Is
Inform you that there is a mutual love
existing between your daughter ant
myself, and we solicit your consent L
our marriage" !. ...,s., VI '.,5,'5. s.@
Gordon opend his eyes and mouth
wider than ever.
"She is yours, by jingo," said tht
father, after a short pause. "All care
about is, that she will have to take sucI
a consarned ugly name. Quirk-
Quirk --Quirk; it sounds 50 like a sick
1 gobler's soliloquy; but ] suppose We
can petition the Legislature and have
it altered" '4"tsss
i "Clarisse, said Gordon, in the eve
ming, "Clarisse, Quirs has told me yor
loved one another; so j have given yot
to him entirely. ! am glad, girl, tha
you have made choice Of a. man, lhi:
lime, who knows how to pettifog, jar
without being too lazy to work. on 8
farm" sT.,ssa e "a s4s4sq pn48
Clarisse laughed in her sleeve.
Henry Leslie and Clarisse Gordor
were married. After the. departure
Of the wedding guests, on that swee'
occasion, even after, the ceremony
which launched them into the inextri-
cable, ycleped matr;mony, even,aftel
the cake, music, Tea, kissing, wine, dan
cling and coffee, after all were finished
and after all their friends were gone
Clarisss found herself sitting between
he husband and her father. She turned
her eyes to the latter. and said bescech'
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