Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-21

and papers that lay before him, with an
appearance of industry, decidedly great,
er than he manifested before his visitor
entered. @41
You seem to. be plagy busy this
lmorning, Squire said Mr.. Tarbox, az
ter q silept, session Of fifteen minutes.
Rather busy, SIR
well then guess wont interrupt
you Square, SEEM as you are busy
1T is my business to be interrupted,
remarked EIkanor.
yes, know i! is; but you see didn't
exactly call on business. only wanted
get little advice; just to find out
what your OPINION is.'
well sr,state your case laconicalIy,'
remarked Elkanor.
why you see, Squire, we had kind
of a cattle show down to our eend of
the town, you know, last week Wed.
nesday. Well you see l got into a bit
OF scrape there. You know Bill Wal>
ker, supposed
4 can't say do,' said Ekanor.
Don't know Bill Walker! Heaven
and airtb, Squire! every body knows
Bill Walker. | rather guess you know
him, Squire, Just think minute.
perhaps so, but go on with your case
and let Bill Walker CO.
yes, but really now, thought you
knew Bill. Why, | swan, SQUIRE you
must know him. Bill Walkers the
man that wears the DID,
But we will not inAict your readers
!. with Mr.. Tarbox's luminous description
Of Bill Walkers wearing apparel. Suf.
fee it that he did describe the said
Walkers apparel in discourse Of a,
bout fifteen minutes; after which he
spent haIfan hour in telling how he and
Bill had fight together, and then eked
out the rest Of the morning with what
they had fought together for. He was
; in the midst OF this when Elkanor hearc
the distant dinner bell ring. Elkanorhac
not been in the profession long enough
to know that lawyers are generally
/, supposed not to need dinners. So he
cut short his clients tale with.
The amount of the whole matter
Mr.. Tarbox, so far as l can see from
your own story, is, that you think Bill
Walker stole one of your sheep, and
acknowledge that you have been and
, taken one of his
That is it, Squire, you've hit it 'zact
ly.'
But you have no business to take one
of Bill Walkers Sheep
why, Bill Walker took one of mine.
> perhaps SO, but can you prove tha
: factl'
Prove i'll! Thunder and lightning
| sho'd hope SO. Lean prove that fas
enough
, Who'll swear to it?'
'Why, any body will swear to it.
'And what might any body's name
: ber inquired EIkanor. Did you see
Bill take the sheep, or have any thing te
do with it,
NO, didn't see him.
well, do you know any body who
, did!'
! 4 cam: say l do 'zactly; but thunder
S and lightning, Squire! Bill Walker j:
v Just the sort of a fellow to steal sheep
| I'll swear to that
/. yes, but that wont do. My opinion
Mr.. Tarbox, is, that you had better give
t Bill! Walker his sheep, and get your
3 back whenever you can. 1t is you
4 shortest way out Of the scrape, SIR
3 DO you really think so, SquiIe?'
t 4 don't think anything about the mat
4. ter; know So
That's what Bill said Squire Ketch
3 um down to Walkersvlle said. How
. sumever, ifyou both say so, | s'pose i
' must be so. It's an all.fired hard case
i though, swear it is.' Here Mr.. Tar
: box pulled out his watch. Halo! mos
}. two o'clock! l must be goin' that's {
}, fact And Mr.. Tarbox gathared togeth
: er his 'fxens' and made for the door.
/. Look here. Mr.. Tarbox,' said Elka
# nor, you havn't paid me yet. Cast
s down is my motto.'
s 'Havn't p aid you! Paid you fo
3 what? don't owe any thing as know
9 on. Do II
: Certainly you do
s 4 should like to know what it is for
them
: Very well, can tell you. 1t is fo
l. professional advice given you this morn
e ing
e 'Ha! ha! we'll, now that is a goot
0 one! And how much may your pro
d fessional services be ,outhY
d III you follow it, and I'm inclined t.
r, think you will, it will be worth abou
n ten times what shall charge you fo
Is it. My charge, sir, is one dollar.'
II oh, git out Squirrel You dop't meal