The weekly Placer herald., 1853-11-12
THE POOR LAWYER.

This exciting story was we'll termed hy
the ed tor, "A species Of Mountioy Of the
West" for the loves uf Ralph Ringwooh
are scarcely Iess poetical than those of
Mountjoy himself Here il the first intro
riurtion to the lovely maiden who was TO
have so great an influence on his after
life:
had taken my breakfast and was wait
ing for my horse, when. in passing up and
down the piazza, ! saw young girl
seated near the window, evidently visi-
tor. She was very pretty, with auburn
hnir, and blue eyes, and WAS dressed in
white. | had seen nothing Of the kind
since had Iefr Richmond; at that time
was too much Of boy to be struck with
dainty looking, so different from the hale
huxon girls of the woods and then her
" uhite dress! il was so dazz ing! Never
was n poor youth 81 taken by surprise and
suddenly bewitrhed My heart yearned
to know her, but how WAS | 80 acro-t her!
| had grown wild in the woods, and had
none of the habfudes Of polite life. Had
she been ike Peggy Pugh, or Sa ly Pig
man. or any other Of r,y leathern dressed
bellies Of the Pigeon Rnost, should we
approached her without dread; nay, had
she been ~ fair IA Shurt'S daughters with
their lookng glass lorkrts, | should not
have he~itatrd; but that white dress, and
those auburn ringlptS, and blue eyes and
delicate looks, quite daunted while they
fascinated NE. don't know What put il
into nv head, hut thought. all ut once,
would kiss her. IL would take Il long nc
ouaintance to arrive ~ such II hOOn, but
might seize upon it by sheer ronherv.-
Nobody knew me here. would ust
step in and snatch n kiss, mount my horse
and ride If. She would NOT be the worse
for it; and that kiss-oh, sh0u Il die if
did not get il.
gave no time f,r thought to cool, but
entered the house and stepped lightly int"
the room. She WIS seated with her hack
to the door, looking out of the window.
and did no: hear my approach. tapped
her chair, and as she turned 70 look up,
snatched as sweet kiss M ever was sto-
len, and | vanished in u twinkIIng. The
next moment wnS on hor-eh ck, ga lop
ing homeward, my very heart tlngling at
what had done.
After variety Of amusing adventures,
Ringwond attempts the study Of law, IN
an obscure settlement in Kentucky, where
he de we'd night and day. Ralph pur-nes
his studies, occasionally argues at II de-
batting society, and ~ length becomes
quite a genius, and favnrite in the eyes
of the married lndIe, of the village,
called 10 take tea one evening with
one of these ladies, WI hen to my surprise,
and somewhat to my confusion, found
with her the identical blue eyed beauty
whom had 40 audaciou>ly kissed. was
formally introduced TO her, hut neither Of
us betrayed any sign OF previous acquaint-
arce except by hlu>hing 10 the eyes -
While tea was getting ready, the lady of
the house went ont of the room to give
some directions and eft IL alone. HeHv
ems and earth. W hat u sitnaton! would
have given all the pitianre was worth To
have been in the deepest dell of the for
est. felt the necessity of saying some
thing in excuse for my former rudeness;
| could not conjure up an idea, nor utter H
word. Every moment matters became
worse | felt NJ one time tempted 10 do
as had done when | had robbed her Of
The kisS-boIt from ihe room and take
flight; but was chained to the spot, for
| really longpd to gain her good will
AT length | urked up courage ON see-
ing her equa ly confused with myself, and
walking desperately up to her, ex
rlnimed:
81 have been trying to muster up some
thing To say, but | cannot feel rhat !
nm in horrible Srrape Do have pity on
ne, ard he p me out of it,"
smile dimpled Gbort her mouth, and
played among the bushes on her cheek.
She looked up with n shy but arch glance
nf the eye, thar expressed volume of
"nsnic reco ections; we both burst into n
langh, and from that moment all went on
wei
Passing the delightful description which
succeeded, We proceed to the denouement
Of Ringwood'@ love affair-the marriage
and the settlement.
That very autumn | was admitted to
the bar. and month afterwards WAS mar
ried. We were u young ronple--She not
much more than sixteen, and ] not quite
Nv england both most without n dollar
in the wor d The establishment wns
well suited to our circumstances: \ low
house with two snal rooms, bed, n ta-
bile. half dozen knives and forks, half
dozen SPOONS everything by the half
doZrn-a Iir IL DELPHI ware, everything in
the small way; we were so poor, but then
so happy.
We had NOT been married many days
when II court WAS held in Il country town,
about twenty five miles distant. 1t was