Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-06-20

! shall have the honor to meet. in the
character of al out and-out liberal spor
ting gentleman. at the 'Albemarle Arms
this evening. want 10 get hold of hi.
confidential valet. if he had one-those
90 ahead fellows generally haye-a Swiss
or some other foreign animal
is this all,'
! Why, no. reioined Ferret, with a
sharp twinkle of his sharp gray eye
amounting almost to a wink; there is one
circumstance which cannot help think
ing. though scarcely know why, will
put Us, by the help of patience and perse-
verance. on the right track. In corner
of the registry of marriage. there is writ
ten Il. Il. in bold letters In no other par,
of the book does this occur. What may
this meant
Had the incumbent Of the living a
curate at the time'
NO. On that point am unfortunately
too well satisfied. Neither are there any
names with such initials in any of Leeds
church-yards Still this Il. Il. may be OF
Importance. if we could but discover who
he is. Blu. how!-that is the question:
ADVERTISE, Show our hands to the opposite
players, and fad if Il. Il. is really an
entity. aud likely to be of service, that
when we want him in court he is halfway
To America. No, no-that would never
do
Mr.. Ferret, saw. was getting into a
brown study; and as had pressing bus
mess to dispatch, got rid ofhim as speedi-
" as could. quite satisfied. spite Of Il. L.,
that Mrs. Grainger's chance Of bee oming
Lady Compton. was about equal 10 mine
of ascending the British throne some fine
day.
Two days afterwards I received the
following note:-
Dear Sir;-Z H. is the man! I'm off
to Shropshire. Back. if possible, the day
after tomorrow. Not a word even to the
ladies'. lIuzza! In haste.
S. FERRET.
What could this mean, Spite of Mr..
Ferret's Injunction, | could not help in
forming the sisters, who called soon after
had received the note, that a discovery,
esteemed of importance by our emissary,
had been made; and they returned home
with lightcned hearts, after agreeing to
repeat their visit on the day Mr.. Ferret
had named for his return.
On reaching my chambers, about four
O'Clock in the afternoon ofthat day. found
the ladies there, and in state of great
excitment. Mr.. Ferret, my clerk had
informed them had called twice. and seem
ed in the highest spirits. We had wasted
but few minutes in conlecturcs. when Mr.
Ferret having assembled the stairs two or
three at time, burst, sans ccrcmonie, into
the apartment.
Good day sir. Lady Compton, your
L.
right! Only Just in time to get the wri,
scaled; served it myself quarter Of an
hour ago. just as his lordship was getting
into his carriage. Not a day to lose, just
in time. Capital! Glorious!'
what do YOU mean, Mr.. Ferret?' cx-
claimed Emily Dalston; her sister was too
agitated TO speak.
What do mean! Let us all four
step. sir, into your inner sanctum, and Ill
soon tell you what mean
We adjourned accordingly, to an inner
and more private room. Our conference
lasted about half an hour. at the end Of
which the ladies took their leave: Lady
Compton, her beautiful features alternate
~ irradiated and cloudcd by smiles and
tears, murmuring in broken. agitated
voice, as she shook hands with me:-'I on
see, sir, he intended at last to do us JUS
tee
The news that an action had been
brought on behalf Of an infant Son Of the
late Sir Harry Compton. against the Earl
OF Emsdale, for the recovery of the Es
tates in the possession Of that nobleman.
produced the greatest excitement in the
part OF the country where the property was
situated Ind
on the day the trial was expected to come
on. by the tenantry Of the late baronet
and their families, with whom the present
landlord was by no means popular. As
passed up the principal street, towards
the Court House, accompanied by my
junior. was received with loud hurraingS
and waving of handkerchiefs, something
after the manner. | suppose, in which
chivalrous. steel-clad knights. about to do
battle in behalfof distressed damsels, were
formerly received by the miscellaneous
spectators of the INSTANTANEOUS favors,
steamers, of the Compton CO.
ols. used in election contests. purple and
orange. were also slylv exhibited. to be
more ostentatiously displayed if the Ems
lale party should be beaten. On enter
ing the court. found it crowded, as we
say. TO the ceiling. Not only every seat.
but every inch ofsianding- that could
be obtained. was occupied. and it was with
great difficulty the ushers ofthe court pre-
served Il sufficiently clear space for the
ngress x egrcss Of witnesses and counsel.
Lord E.msdalc, pale and anxious, spite of
manifest effort to appear con'emPutously
sa, near the Judge. who had
us. entered the court The Archbishop
Of Y ork. whom we had subpoenaed-why.
his grace had openly declared. he knew
not-was also. OF course. accommodated
with a seat on the bench.-A formidable
bar. led by the celebrated Mr. $. was.
saw. arrayed against US. though what
he case was they had TO meet. so well had
Ferret kept his secret, they knew no more
han did their horse-hair wigs-Ferret /
lad solemnly enioned the sisters 10 ST. I
ence. and no hint. need scarcely say. I
was likely TO escape my lips The jury