Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-10-05
TFroa the London Temple Bar.l
TRUE TO THE LAST

1t happened just before | went up for
my examination (sah old Smith). The
firm was then Sharpus, Ward, Andrews
Il Co, and if any body mad told me that
my name would ever figure in the firm as
a partuer, ! should have looked up the law
relative to the confinement Of lunatics, by
way Of practice, and for that persons spe
cial benefit Well the house is Ward,
Smith & Diggles now, and it may be Smith,
Digg}es X Smith before very long, if Mas
ter Jack there minds his P's and Q's, aud
chooses to work his way on, as his father
did before him
But to 90 on with my story. | was Just
out of my articles; and as Mr.. Wardle-
Crab Wardle, we mischievous young
clerks used to call him-our managing
common law clerk, was i'll, poor old Mr.
\ ndrews (who undertook that branch of
business) asked me to remain and do his
work. while he was away. And glad
enough / was of the chance; for, in the
first place, It gave me an increase of sala-
rv, which was an important consideration
in those DAYS, and better still, it gave me
practice and experience, of which | stood
in even greater need | don't mind own
/ ing it now. because I've too good an opin-
1 ion of Jacks common sense to think that
! il will have a bad effect on him; but when
/ | was his age ] thought like many another
/ foolish Young fellow, that | was so Won
derfullv clever, that | should take to law
/ as a duck takes to mining, without the
! trouble of learning. An old school fellow
and great chum of mine was one Charley
/ Lawrence, and his society and example
were ANYTHING but conducive to applica-
| ton. He had $500 year of his own, and
was waiting for commission in the army
/ Nearly every shilling Of my fortune, past
present and to come had been sunk In
/ having .he premium and stamp on my
+ articles with Sharpus, Ward. Andrews x
/ Co, and so you may suppose that the
compauionship of a gay young scapegrace
! like Charley was not the wlsest that q
/ v0unr LAWYERS clerk on nothing year
could have chosen. 1t led me into al
sorts of scrapes and extravagances; anc
/ when. after eighteen months OF racketing
about town Charley was gazetted fui
ensign in her Maiesty's til regiment
and ordered off to India, | found mysel
in difficulties, under which | groaned iol
many a wear. Oh, but he was right dowI
good hearted boy was Charley; and If
had hinted at nv troubles to hin, they
would very soon have vanished. But
was too proud for that; and Charley haC
vented his thinking about me, There wa
a girl down in Devonshire, where hi:
family lved-a clergyman's daughter
with whom he had fallen in love, anC
would have married straight off. but he
father. a proud man and devoted worshipe
of Mammon, tout of the pulpit, had othe
views for her, and gave my poor trleh
the cold shoulder. / never could see an,
, beauty in Laura TreEarven, the damse
in question: and later on, knew her TO
, what she was-a white blooded little sim
! pleton, without single good quality
{ make herself or any one else happy. l.
Fl Charlev's eyes, however, she was perfec
5 ton and in enc of their stolen interview
. they vowed eternal love and eonstancy
/ and Charle7 carried with him TO Benga
her solemn promise, never, never, never
q to mary another.
Three wears passed, and this brings m
: 70 the time | spoke of when L began N
/ story. | had Just finished preparing
: brief in great patent case we had 70
trial In Guildhall and was the last IN tn
nfIce-for it was late-when IN came Nj
Sharpus with a couple of deeds lu HI
! hand and "Oh. Mr. Smith, he said Il al
L sorry to detain YOU, but the statloner ha
q been much behind hand with the engros
J. ing of this settlement, ana as IL must 60 .
r tonight BY the mail train, would You /
y so good as to assist me while verify
- with the convevancer draft?
- Now this was mere clerks work, and
i offered TO DO it myself; but he was alway
h consIderate Of other trouble, and insiste
N upon helping. 50 he took the draft an
II read it, while l followed him in the parcl
m ment 10 see that 1t was properly copie
= It r-as n marriare settlement wheref
Is Lord Thornbury, nobleman of seven'
of years of age, and anything but reputab
v character, settled 100000 upon his brIC
al elect, and this lady was no other than La
y ra Tregarsen! Poor Charley thoug
5 /, as | walked home, how am to ore'
= TO you thi. rupture OF all your hopes
! And my difficulty was not les.ened whe la
day or two afterwards, received a lett