The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-18

the lawyer linstandy recognized him as
hesdescendcd TO tho street, Az he did
so2 he very deliberately walked up the
stsps, and examined the number, more
carefully, than Mr.. Fsrrell did 81 Bond
street, on that msmtrable occasion when
he sat down to tie 1 'lshoestring, and. re-
turning TO- the walk, paid to Jenkins :,,s.
!" What the desil has brought you
here e. @-zs ls,ssl i. sss,a
ii" don't know | fate. / suppose--or
being . cursed foolF' was the excited
reply.
The lawyer took Jenkins arm. and de-
manded confidential communication.--
He, with some hesitation, gave q history
Of the case from first to last, 81. (.
,o,. !" You gave 9 fictitious name and res
idence 2. inquired the lawyer, eagerly,
when jenkins had finished. Il. AaFi
Yes 4.
80 = And did you tell the fair enchantress
where you were stopping r. =! sss
"No. ! told her I was stopping at
the Metropolitan 80 81. s,,.t..4.
!" Lucky lucky T. said he. s,,..,,
!" Let me tell you. ] know, q thing or
two Of that precious uncle and his virtu-
Gus niece Did she faint well r said he
laughing.
"Yes."' 'is'ts .a = {-''.'' d .s''s'' : Fl
s." OF course she did. She ,c4s once an
actress. She might have been a good
one-a famous one, I think--but that
she had 50 many lovers and amours.-
She ran OFF with Southern actor, lived
with him year or so, went to a water
ing place, met the man Of the house
there, ran away from the actor with him,
and called him her uncle. He is as much
her uncle as / am--no more. ''1aii isosliess
uss Well ?'' lads i asbssis II fmtt
i" Well there are great many things
done in New York which don 7 square
with the golden rule---lawyersk know that
You know something of us hefe, but You
know little Of the wicked waJs Of this
wicked city The house you have just
left is q trap, and but for your preeaution
inpconcealiug your name aud hotel, you
would have been caught. You would
have been, as il is, probably, had | not
found this out, for they would search
every hotel in the city. but they would
find you."'ea .df ..l 50
-" Your safety is in fight You must
retreat in the morning, or. my word for
it, you will be sued fora breach Of prom-
ise of marriage insless than three days.
That scene scas all arranged. They will
make out case against you. In the
first place, there is the matrimonial Office );
the keeper viii swear to the facts of the
acquaintance. It was formed avowedly
in view of matrimony; there is your
writing in the register r--all of which
show the aninsus. In the second place,
the repeated calls. They can prove two,
and insinuate more. The matrimonial
agent viii not remember the date of your
entry on her books--the people will not
remember the date of Jour fret visits.---
They viii say,it might haze deem four
weeks that you were in the habit Of cal
ling. though, they cannot swear positive
". In the third place, there were three
Of the fainting scene. be-
sides the girl herself; and I have no
doubt the young man is 6ona Jsds wit
ness, invited there without knowledge of
the conspiracy. Could a lawyer ask a
tstter case with which to go before al
jury :" .,J va ,isl,s.
!" But are you sure there is conspira-
cy ?'''s NJ
I'll know It, that is. | am morally GER
tain Of it.'' II. Nass si4s !. sS'
Il : Have they served up any such cases
TO you before ?" 80
!" Yes. / have seen the papers for
four similar cases, and, rather than suffer
The exposure. trouble, and expense, the
parties settled. One man gave one thou
sand dollars. another fifteen hundred dol
lars, another three thousand dollars, and
another four thousand dollars; which, /
have no doubt, was divided up between
he girl, the uncle, the servant-girl, and
perhaps the matrimonial Office. = VS. ~
And the lawyer" jenkins suggested.
well, the lawyer has his Zee. Of
:ourss; but / do not know Is be was
gartieeps cyiminis. .s'-4 aKs ~ selseni-
] Jenkins did not argue the morality Of
he lawyers part, but requested him TO
ct him know ii anything occurred !
which he promised to do.
The next morning, John Quincy Jen-
kins left for his home, in the rural dis
Irict. two or three days sooner than he
In less than week he re-
seived letter from his legal friend, in
which he was informed that the next
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