Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-04-22

much nonchaLanes as could assume, ron-
foundejiy vexed as | was. Ii was not a,
all likely, for all old Dodsley had hinted,
that the brief in defence Of a prisoner
committed for larceny would % marked
at a tenth of fIv gulueas: however,
there was no help los It. and after emit
ting one or two addilIoaal dear mes |!
away rent Mr.. fan'ergas. with brief,
fifty guineas, and no don2, nroportlonare-
ly handsome clerks fee III his pocket.
was terribly put out, much mosa so than
Mr.. Prince, when he c,m" in and heard
what had happenej a',hoaga f'ty guin.
eas were fifty g,Inea5 win A,m at tina,
time.
Il have seen someling OF the case in
question in the newspapers; il has curI.
GUS features. The prisoner is young
female of great personal attractions, it
seems. We must console ourselves he
added with jccose familiarity. it is some
thing to be the chosen champion Of beau.
ty in Distress
IT, which remark perceive the word
Fudge in large capitals, appended in my
diary. 'Humbug' would have been more
forcible, but that expressive word had
not been imported into the English vo-
cabulary, or it would, | doubt not, have
been used.
Mr.. Prince Of course travelled by post
chase with a learned brother, and
reached Winchester by coach, just as the
sherif's lrumpets proclaimed the arrival
of my lords the judges in that ancient ci.
,y. Our Wiltshire fame had not yet
reached Winchester, and although the
criminal business of the assze was heavy,
very few cases were conided to Mr..
Prince. Cotes arrived on the second
day, with The brief in the Salisbury case,
marked, ! was aston shed to find, 'Twen-
ty Gulneas,' and the old fellow behaved,
moreover, very well to me. Mr.. Prince
was in Court, and had ful. leisure to run
over the matter, and very strange. out
of lhe-way, perplexing business, as set
forth in Mr.. Cote's instructions to Coun-
sci, it appeared to be. Divested of sur.
plusage. of which the brief contained an
abundant quantity, the affair stood about
thus:
Mr. Hurdley, a wealthy person, who
had resided many years at Huadley Villa
Chen SO called, out now, hear, bearing
another appellasion, and not very distant
blythe by, from Kowood. the Marquis o
Lunsdowne's country seat > had died three
or four mouths previously, intesta'e, and
Hurdley Villa was now Inhabited by q
Mrs. Gilbert, The deceased's sister. in.law
and her son, Charles Gilbert, the heir.at
law, but who yet wanted some ten months
of his majority, The day before his
death Mr.. Hurdley despatched Jane.
Dakin, an aged and confidential servant
to bring home one Emily Somers from
Brighton, where he, Mr.. Hurdley, had
placed her some fourteen years previously
in frstrate school. He told the mistress
Of the establishment, Mrs. Ryland, thai
the child, then about five years old, wa,
the orphan daughter Of distant relative
a statement dlscredited as she grew up by
the evidence of her features, described o,
presenting beautiful and feminine bu
still surprisingly accurate reflex of thos'
If Mr.. Hu7dley. This remarkable re
semblance not only gave birth to calumni
GUS rumors, but appeared to greatly i'm
press Mr.. Hurdley himself, at the last ant
only interview he ever had with tn,
young girl since he consigned her to Mrs
Ryland's care. This was about six month
before he died, and on his return home h
gave Mr.. Cotes directions to prepare 8
new will, by which he bequea,hed twenty
thousand pounds TO Emily Somers, ant
divided the residue, about double lha
amount, amongst his nephew, Charles
Gilbert, and other more distant relatives
This will was drawn ou; and duly execu,et.
but was subseq aen'ly deslroyel under lh'
following circumstances
The instant Mrs. Gilbert heard of tn,
serious illness of her weai: Thy 5rotherin
law, she fastened with her son to hurdle,
Villa, and immedia'e ely set TO work, tor
menting the dying gentleman into annul
ing his will. WearIad out at length, i
seemed, by Mrs. GtIoerl's opportunities
he yielded the POM, aud the vii! wa
burnt in the presence of Co es, The a,,or
ney, a medical gentleman of Devices
Mrs. Gilbert, and the housekeeper. Mrs
James. "You persist, Charlotte" salt
Mr.. Hurdley, fepbly addressing his sister
in-law. that Emily Somers ought not t,
inherit under this will?' Il do, indeed
my dear Robert; you may be sure sh
will be sufficiently provided for wilhou
the necessity Of your bsquea,hing he
such an enormous sum as twenty housan,
pounds Are the two letters gave yo,
sent 10 the post 2 asked Mr.. Hurdley o
the ,housekeeper. T e woman hesitate,
fye Ynent, and then said, 'Oh yes, Ger
gme time since A strange ex
! pig something like mockery or m al
ics,YUYles thought fickered over th.
palstaHe Of the dying man as he said
addfeSslhg the attorney, Then au,hor
ize AID require you, sir, 10 buru that, m,
last and only existing testament Thi.
was dons, and everybody except the med
icaI, ,gendeman left the room. Mrs. Gil
! he RI "a Hniehnd ;uc,nnt!~ hoe ,v;.h ,v,s .