The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-24

met them out walking, and asked me if did
not think he was lucky fellow. don,
mind admitting that did, and that told
him 50. All, but she was one of nv sort
was That GovcrncSS. Stood. to the best of my
recollection, five feet four Good lisSo,nce
figure, that looked as if it had never been
boxed np in PAR stays. Ewes that made
me feel as If | was under pretty s.;.r cross
examination the moment she looked At me
Fine red, fresh. kiss and-comc- sort Of
lips. Cheeks and complexion-No. m,
man IN the corner. YOU wouldn't idc~.'v her
by her cheeks and complexio~' il draw von
picture of them ths very moment. She
has had faml. OF children since the time
I'm talkir- Of: and her checks are triilc
!..tcr and her complexion is a shade or two
rcd,Icr now. than when first met her on,
walking with Mr.. Frank
The marriage was 70 take place en- WeInc~-
day. decline MENTIONING the year nv III.
month. had started as an attorney on my
own account say six weeks. more or loss
and was sitting alone in my office on the
Monday morning before the wcddincd,v
trying 20 see nv way clear before m, and M +
succeeding particularly well. when Mr.. Frank
suddenly burst in as white as any chost tba.
ever was painted, and saws he's cot the most
drrad'n! case for me TO advise on. and not an
hour to lose in acting on nv advise.
"IS this in the way of business. Mr..
Frank :: says |, stopping him Just as he was
beginning 70 get sentimental Yes or no.
Mr Frank :" rarpnc nv new Office paper
knife on the table to pull him up short ali The
sooner.
My dear fcllow"-hc was ALWAYS familiar
with mc-'it$ in the way of business. Ger
tainly; but friendship
Twas obliged to pull him up short again
and regularly examine him as if he had been
in the witnr>s-hox. or he wonld have kent
me talkIn. to no purpose half the dav.
Now. Mr.. Frank, sad !. IL cant have
any sen;imentalitv mixed up with business
matters. lou please to stop talking and LET
ne ask questions. Answer in the f;.wc>.
words Won can use. Nod when noldinr will
do instead of words
fixed him with nv eve for about three
seconds. AS he sat groaning and wri.glinr in
bis chair. When lii done fixinc him | cavc
another rap with my paper knife on TO the
table to startle him up a bit. Then went
on.
"From what YOU have been stating M TO
the present time, saws ! IL gather that you
are in scrape which is likely to Interfere
seriously with vour marriage on WcdncS-
day" Gle nodded. and cut in arain be-
fore he could say a worl). The Scrapc eff
i''r'> Che voun. lady vou are about to marry.
and GOES back to the period of certain
transaction in which her late father was en-
gaged some wears ago." Gle nod. and I
IN once morc.) There is party who turn
ed up after seeing the announcement of vonr
marriage in the paper. who is cornizant of
what he oughtn't to know. and who is pre-
pared to his knowlcdtc of the same to
the prejudice Of the voun.. lady and of vo,,r
marriage. unless he Receives sum Of money
to quiet him Very well. Now first Of al
Mr.. Frank. state what vou have been told hy
The youn. lady herself about the transaction
of her late father. How did vou first com"
to have any knowledge of it -
"She was talking to me one ,la" about her
father. SO tcndcrlv and prc.'iv. tha:
She quite excited my interest about him." be
ems Mr. Frank: "and | asked her antoon
other things, what had occa>ioncd his death.
She said she believed it was distress Of mind
in The first instance and added that this dis
trcSS was connected with a shocking secret.
which she and her mother had kept from
everybody. but which she could not keen
from mc, because she va, determined 10 i,c
gin her married life by having no secrets from
her husband" Here Frank b.uan TO oct
sentimental again and Ipullcd him up ~hor.
once more with :hc paper knife.
'Shc told me-" Mr.. Frank went on. s:tbat
the great mistake of her fathers life was his
selling ont Of the army and taking to the
wine trade. JIc had no talent for business
things went wrong with him from The first
His clerk, it was strongly suspected, cheated
him"
"S:op hit," saws !. "What was that s'Is-
rected clerks name ~
"DavaHcr." says he.
"Davaccr," saws ], making a note of it
"Go on. Frank"
Oils affairs GOT more and more entanclcd."
says Mr.. Frank ''hc was pressed for money
in all directions: bankruptcy and consequent
di>honor Gas he considered iO stared him in
the face. His mind was so affected by his
troubles that both his wife and daughter. to-
wards the last considered him to be hardly
responsible for his own acts In this state
Of desperation and misery, he" Here Mr.
Frank began to hesitate.
We have two WAYS in the law. of drawing
evidence of nice and clear from an unwill
inc client or witness We give him fright
or we treat him to a Joke. treated Mr..
Frank to joke.
"Ah :" saws |. 81 know wha. lie did He
had signature to write and, by the most
natural mistake in the world. he wrote anoth
or man.. name instead Of his own-ch 2"
..;t was bill" saws Mr.. Frank, looking