The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-07-21
. From Harpsr's Magazine.
THE LIFE ESTATE.
FRoWTRE REGIsrER oEA new YORK Law.
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(Concla6ed.)

feared that he would experience an
Royance from the circumstance. Nor
was I in error, fer, in less than an hour,
and while we were still conversing on
the business which he'd brough, him, a
police officer came for him. ! accom-
panied him to the magistrate, gave bonds
for his appearance at the sessions, md
We walked down 10 Mrs Debray's to-
Resher. Next day civil action for as
sault aud battery was commenced agains,
Captain Debray. Hun,inadon's principle
seemed 10 be to oppress his antagonist as
heavily as possible, without reference TO
Ultimate success. He certainly had no
prospect Of verdict in case like this; !;
bu, il was one Of eight suits at law which
he commenced in rapid succession, and
the prospec, was indeed dark one. My
own services were Of course enlisted for
che Debrays, and necessarily with little
hops Of reward. determined to make
an immediate and thorough examination
Of each case, and lot il be terminated
without expense, If defense appeared
hopeless. &-4
One of the strongest points in This
case, TO my mind, was the fuct that the
error in the description OF the property
eonyeyed mus, have been also an err ?
10 the deed from which | had copied the
description; yet upon examining that
daed as recorded there was no similarity
whatever IN the two descriptions. That
my clerks baa made such fatal error in
oHgrossiugf knew wos impossible, for !
had invariably been accustomed myself
10 compare descriptions in engrossed
deeds before. their execution, and diss
,inctly remembered dong 80 in this ins
stance. This description was, therefore +,
"a correct copy OF the deed furnished mes
srd which purpor'ed TO be conveyance
70 Mr.. EIu1tingdon's ancestors. Was
that another deed, ncye; recorded; in
which The error had been dscoveted.
nn'l 10. which another had bstn subs:i~
,u,ed without destroying the wotiblass
onef II mus. be go, and i, was handed
10 me by mistake. A fatal, aSlierrihle
sTor, for which, indeed, ! was in no sense
responsible, ye. with which ! vas so
nearly connected that | could not but be
anxious to fathoHs tie mystery.
II was a, this point in the state Of af-
fairs with my clients, the Debroys, iha, ]
was called nto case Of very different
nature. s ~- ~
The daughter Of a former honsekeeper
IN my family, poor, bat well educated
and very interesting girl, begged my as
sistance under circumstances Of peculiar
pain. She was always pretty gill, and
bad been favoriie in the family before
her mothers death, when she had been
taken away by distant relatives and had
lost 81 sht OF her. II WAS a fihgiIe bul
really beautiful creature that now eufers
ed my Office, and that on the holles. ei
womanly enanda,'o gain help for loves
in distress.
tSir, he is accused Of forgery, and is
TO be tried ,o>monow. don't like the
lawyer he has employed, and am very
very fearful. And i. would be 50 terri.
bio for an innocent man to.suffsr for wan
of proper help, would it not, sirs" ~
"Terible indeed, Fanny; but tell me
Who he is."
"He used TO teach school. sir, and we
wore 10 have been married this summer
and lie was arrested two months ago;and
they accused him Of forging--of writing
swhole long paper with another man''
name 10 it--and he has been Sick, ant
he has had on awful cold, and has beer
in prison for eigh, weeks, and suffered a
great deal. Hc has mol been we'll for q
year past, but am certain afierhe gets
over this terrible affair he will be weli'
j went that nigh; to see the young
man. His cell wss not The most COM
Portable place for man in the last stages
of consumption,-as he evidently was
was siat,led TO find him 30, and surprised
that Fanny had not told me as much
Poor child! Her warm hear, had not ad
miued The chilling thought Of her lover'
death within iis sacred inclusure. She
was 100 hopeful ioo, much like all young
loving persons, fur even this dismal con-
catena,ion, s-priusni crime and approach
ing death. 10 bind hot young and fonc
imagination. He fel, II all, bu, had for