The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-06-07

hsumed 5en6fmous dimensions under The
lssearehing glance of hisvisitorsdj He drop
lpe1 his eyes, andforget the stain inscon
temptation of his sooty hands. ~
Excuse the disorder of my dress this
morning, Miss Haynes, he added. {"
Fwas so unfortunate as to upset the ink
stand just qas you rang, and you sec
/ the. effects ofithe accidentsnpi1a .b53
4 eThis, it must beeonfessed, was rather
4 a departure from the truth, but the
i Squire could mt think of any other way
ito extrieate himself from the dilemina
and hewas not disposed to- confess the
iexeet stats to his fair blaek-eyed. friend
who after making few common place
remarks, took her leave.
t'ni'sW has an ingenious excuse that was
Nobody but a lawyer would have thought
of it 2" ,sollequised our. hero, glancine
complacently in. a mirror pertaining to
hat tree Imagine his modification
at discovering black streak across his
face, which gave it a most ludicreus as
peet. - 'f.No wonder the young lady
lookedsat me with curiosity, for nothing,
probably, but good manners, restrained
her from a hearty laugh" :" r,-.-r
f. Phe' Squire went back to the kitchen
with-a slow step. To his utter astonish-
.ment it iYasI12 o'clock, andhe had quite
forgotten, dinner. The fire was entire
ly out, the room was in sad plight the
| list of duties not half, completed, and
the meat, vegetables, etc, remained un-
touched :9a13sisss 20 sss'E y = --'iE;-istF
s. His zeal had cooled amazingly since
morning, and he half repented -acceed-
ing to his wife's request. He hadgex-
pected to see her enter every moment,
express herself satisfied with the expert
ment, and desire him ina very humble
manner to go back to the Office, and re-
sumo his legitimate sphere of action.
But Mrs Crosby did not appear and
he was at length obliged to collect his
energies for the purpose of making an
| 9th er fre.siI1uus veg si yenss7.f,b si /
After, wearing out his patience, he
succeeded IN .ms undertaking, and con-
signed the meat to cold oven. It was
too late to think of. a pudding-Mrs.
| Crosby must excuse him that item, al
though heshad always expectedit of her,
under all circumstances He began to
think that it certainly did require
some ingenuity and calculation to dis
pose Of so many duties in the morning,
andEhad some faint suspicion that house
keepingl was no joke after all. - He won
dereds how Mrs. Crosby eprespered, and
whether she did not wish herself safe at
home; busted himself in anticipating
how frightened she would be at finding
how much work had been laid out for
the day; 9apd howssicompletely7 nom,
plussed se'must evidently .appear,aif if
| a client should happen tss call for adj
vice. he last as such an amusing
idea that our lawyer rubbed his hands
and1aughed7 to himself at. the ridiculous
figure he fancied Mrs. Crosby was about
that time making. - ..c
Leaving the Squire to work out the
rest .of the items we Will attend the
footsteps of Mrs Crosby to- her hus-i
bandassofhee3 and tezher experience
there ..r.. ,ys f,.ss ~s.esg..y ,.i4 ,,rf7tll
Tom Pettifogger, the lawyers clerk,
stared somewhat perseveringB, when
he saw MRS. Crosby enter the Office, with
an assured, steps and proceed to hang
up her bonnet and shawl with a. genuine,
@Tom, said Mrs Mrs l'cc Crosby, by, ,ssa is this his
Office IN perfect order ?" a'
1ss,Yes gAIaaafH, sssfepIieds the infant
barrister more surprised ,isiv ,szsigiw "
q, beg leaEe to, differ, with you, sir
+ Do you see these. papers all scattered
about here? Pick them all up and file
them In proper order NO "a I"''A '1'-i
.4Where's the Squire ?''' asked Pet5
tifogger with mouthsWide agape9 5aszsai
/ =. am Squire, to- day, Tom, and your
my man of business, Mr.. Crosby told
me you had memorandum Of to-day S
work. Produce 1t, If there is suchia
thing 5..ei.s rs hdt ss5ois.HFeI,s I'D
,Pettfoggerr fumbled about a while
with the document in question
With the faintest smile possible, that wo-,
man could produce, Mrs Squire Crosby
read as follows: s.7fY 1s5sst-j) aGstslLsl'
Habeas corpus for, Levi Lew
is. : A writ OF. .repleYin for the distress.
of Simeon Snooks Fill out quit claim
deed for j ohm Sykes. Advise Capt
Saunders for DANA gesJ against Farmer
Jones. A writ sofl attachment in p the
case of Jones VS., Smith. Examine
letters respecting Miss Bright'sr breach
of promise case. Send Higgings' bill
Write a threatening letter to Thompson.
iTerrify,aJoe Bunker if possible i To
take dispositions in Wiggin's Islander
case. Kick Bill Buzzleten. firm of
Buzzleton s. ,Buggs) out of Office
Browbeat Mrs. Chandler for her land
lord, Hagin.7 Tweak Jehnsen's nose
The above to be done besides attending
to incidental, business as lit may oc'
: " awel1, here's worki,' il thought u gu our
lady, her ardor considerably cooled by
this formidable array of duties f"i ''' -
"a ts.Tom do you know much ?2Eshe ask
ed recovering her selfpossessiop- 5 aa5sz
= Tom didn't seem to know whether he
did or not, yawned, twice, but express
ed no opinion in words. Is '''51 - 49,
~ aI mean are you any part of law
yer l??'sl resumed our fair barrister. & Ifs
q "I know all about the Squire's busl-
ness ma am. :"
6. every we'll you must cooperate with
me to dispatch this business here named
with the least possible delay. l will
test. your : knowledge q !, little. if you.
please. What is habeas corpus 2" s..r.
7s 60 A. writ for delivering a person from
false Imprisonment or from one court
to anofherzn answered. Tom promptly
F. g Very good atzahout the Lewis
case" -f, -
81 s'Tmade that out last evening, . 81 )
is ''sYou .actedexeryo promptly Next
comes awrit ofsrepleyin.ibgs .sai1ii ia15
!" That is all ready finished justas
fpS am glad you sa al attend d to f your s bus bale