Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-23

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her time aud strength. How great then
mas her surprise wien Loudon pushed aside |
the bundles Of papers. aud booking n his
notes, again went over the whole ground,
sizing aud scanning every point weighing
every Circumstance. pointing out the weak
places, tearing and thfoAing or the rub
Dish. discarding what was irrelevant, and
placing the whole atiiir 10 light more Ia
mnons and clear than even she had ever
seen II before Her color came and went
as her hopes rose aud fell. After he had
laid il open to her. he added with uncon-
scious dignity,
Mrs lIenshaw, | think yours is cause
Of right and Justice. Even il there should
be failure 10 convince jury so that law
would decide in your favor. there are so
many circumslantial proofs. that have no
doubt that Justice will be with you. II you
please to enirust il To me, will do the best
| can, aud am quite sure ! shall work hard.
er than if were on the opposite side"
"Wha, do you say, Mary 2" said the mo.
Their 10 the daughter. "You are as much
interested as |. Shall we commit it TO Mr.
Loudon p
"You are the best Judge, but ii seems to
me that he understands the case better than
any one you have ever talked with"
London thanked Mary with his eyes, but
for some reason or other, hers were cast
down upon The figures Of the carpet, aud
she did not see him.
"Well, Mr. Loudon, we will commit the
whole affair TO you. II You succeed we
shall be able TO reward YOU; and If you do
moi, We shall be no poorer than We have
been"
For weeks and months London studied
his case. lie was often at Rose Cottage
10 ask questions on some point not quite so
clear lie found they we're very agreeable
the mother aud the daughter aside from
the lawsuit, aud am not sure that he did
not fad occasion to ask questions oiiener
than he would have done, had II been 9th.
erwise.
The case was briefly this Mr. Henshaw
/ had been an active, intelligent, and high
minded man of business. lie had dealt in
iron, had large furnaces at different places,
aud did business on an average with three
hundred different people a day. Among
Others, he had dealings with man by the
name Of Brown plausible, keen, aud as
many thought. an unprincpled man. But
Henshaw, without guile himself, put all
confidence in him. In reverse Of times
such as occur once in about ten years, let
who will be Presideni-lheir affairs became
embarrassed and ,ernpy perP'eAeu IN
order TO eS'Iicate MS business was ne
cessary Tor henshaw 10 go 10 uis'onr paf'
oil the land, IN company WIN Drown mere
he died.leaving young WIDOW, anu an
on'y Gn,'", 10y, ",e" LII 80 :.
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~ ti".t,. - ~. al" IL
Ill ,ha co., ~ ,ha nrons,Iv ,en, ~ na,
10 dah,s TIE ,y;da,y md her ornbay
-, Tho nl,ce Of ,be;r lows and homes n
ne,Csc, ordsr and every bodv said 81, d;dn,t
iooL liz = widov's house" m, w;,bir
, cour years a(ier The death If Mr. Uensbaw
Brown returned lie had been detained
; nv broken limbs and business he said :
WIZ, r,. the amusement, or ,bc w;dow I,
= have him 80, nm a claim for Film Glen A
hi. n,oner,yl lie hnJIIoaned Mr. Hensbav
monev he said-bad been with him in sick
tnoss .nd in death and the b;oh. m;nde,
h Uensh,w had made a will on his death.be,
/. and hsouea,bed Elm Glen 10 Brown. as
/, navuen, r., deh,s The will was dul
!. drswn s;aned with Mr. Henshaw's own sic
,,,rre and also Inv Two witnesses. Ever
ons wos as,onished a, the claim-at IN
a "a, eve,v,b;ng neria;n;ng IN +,
il w.s contested in court. but the eyidenc
was clear and The uill was SET nm and e,
" ,,hl;sbed poor Mrs Hensbaw was s,rir
nod If everything. with a sad heart 81
y pscked nm her simple wardrobe. and takin
!. bsr ch;Id lef, The village and went 10 a di
4, ian, Stale 10 teach school. For six yea,
Al she had been absent. and for six wears ha
/, Brown enioyed Elm Glen. No, not emo,
=. ed n for he enioyed nothing. He lived
I. II. but the hagpard look-the freouent al
,e neal 10 the 5ottle-,he Jealous (eelin,
as which were ever unllrmost-and his cours,
., nroIane conversation. showed that he WI
n. wreiched. People talked. too. of his lone
hours. his staring up in his tleep, h
III clenching his fist in his dream, and defyr
"ull help 10 nroye il. and the like.
Suddenly and privately. Mrs Hensha
Il returned TO her once loved VILLAGE. 81
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