Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-02-05

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party; gentility both breads and love
nothing SO much as scene, and here hat
been scene with vengeance. One b,
one our guests pleaded fatigue, or alleged
other pretexts for what was in reality
desire TO get away and talk over wha
had taken place and in short time IN,
uncle Ferril and | were left alone.
We'll, nephew Caleb?' said my uncl'
calmly, raising bis eyebrows into notes o
interrogation, when the last visitor hat
quilted the house. This is pretty bu
siuenss, truly. Don't you feel ashamed
of yourself, sir p
Not a bill, answered stoutly. There
no shame in liking charming girl like
Lefty, / should hope, uncle The only
shame in the matter belongsto her brute
of father, who called me apettiioggel
too-confound him! Ifyou hadn't stop,
ped me, uncle, I'd have had IN apology
out OF the old tyrant, or I'd have known
the reason why
'Pish + replied Uncle Ferril, leisurely
taking snuff. You speak like a very
young man, nephew. If you rally fell
offended at hasty expression, the law
affords a remedy. Colonel Stak is a
man of substance, and the epithst is no
doubt actionable. See Skinnum vs Jagg,
@. B. Rep. Al, where defendant telling
plaintiff be was no gentleman, Plaintiff
obtained verdict upon the groInd of
being entitled by act of parliament to
write himself Esquire. Again, Dachy-
lon VS.. The O'Blatherum, NJ. p, {. Pl.
xvi. 96, is even more in point. 10 this
case, an Irish defendant refused to dsfrsy
plaintiffs charges for plastering brGken
head. Defendant, who had been bres to
the bar, conducted his defense in perstn.
and becoming excited, pleaded that PLAZA
tiff Has only "a low thief of an apoths
cary not duly qualified practitionerj
but Buck, c. B., quoted high authority
% show that the objection was shabby,
md could not stand. Same plaintiff then
brought a second action, arising out of
he former, against same defendant, for
he libel uttered in open court. Defen-
liant pleaded license Of counsel as a JUS
ification but a verdict was recorded
against him. He appealed, and carried
he case before all the tribunals, until it
reached the House Of Lords, where judg-
nent was finally delivered in original
plaintiffs Bruffum, at that time
opining defendant would have
lad better plea, if he bad alleged irre~
possibility from perfect cure as it was
.vident upon the merits, that all (if any
If } the brains originally knocked out
.ould not have been replaced. A full
eport of these interesting and important
proceedings will be found in Patter and
Clatter's remarkable cases, t. 81. But
With respect to Colonel Stark, | leave
Tou to judge how tar an action against
he father would advance your suit with
lis daughter
i should have brought very differ
mt kind of action to that you hint at, to
,ear upon the colonel, ulcle,' retorted
utterly. Il pass over he personal in
ult, however ; but the cruel annoyance
o which he has subjected Lefty is quite
mother matter, and for that | shall GER
ainly call him to account
And | passed up and down the draw
in great exasperation.
My uncle was a bit of philosopher
n bis way. He leaned back in his chair
nd watched me for a minute or two with
ONE amusement.
Its curious he said presently, to OBJ
erve how completely passion blinds even
sensible persons to positive fact.
Iere have you, by an ill-timed display
f attachment to Lefty Stark, provoked
ler father to exercise his legal authority
IS parent over that infant, and you now
eel immensely indignant at the conse-
Iuences of your own act. Have the good
less to pick up the chair you have just
licked over, if you please. The set 10
Ialuable. Thank you. You feel indig-
lani, repeat, and threaten Col. Stark
With personal violence-most reprehen-
ible and unprofessional, | must say
because he rightfully rebukes his daugh-
er for improperly of conduct. Love,
Caleb, appears strangely at variance with
ogic in your mind. May l trouble you
o replace the coal-scuttle 2
Then you actually mean to defend the
mans brutality, uncle ? l demanded in
greater anger than ever. My uncle had
most annoying way of putting things,
which made him seem generally in the
light.
NO, Caleb there you mistake. Your
Usually clear mind is not apparently at
his moment able to perceive the true gist