The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-19

Mr.. Jones was greatly surprised at find
ing himselfin such comfortable quarters,
and, being of a forgiving nature, dc.
termined to let the landlord off the wig
ging he intended giving him neNS morn
ing.
"What wouldMr. Jones please totake!"
Nothing but tea, and oblige me by
bringing it as quick as you can, replied
that parsonage, to the great delight OF
the sleepy waiter, who fastened down
stairs, followed by the landlord, who had
just wished his guest good night.
As soon as the tea came, Mr.. Jones,
who had in the meantime donned dress
ing-gowp and slippers, took some volum-
inous papers from his p%ortmanteau, and
and sitting down to the table applied
himself diligently to their perusal, paus-
ing at intervals to refresh himself with
copious draughts of tea. He twice
emptied the teapot before he had con-
cluded his labors and laid aside the man
uscripts. But although the town clocks
had long since tolled "one," he did not
90 to bed, but paced up and down the
room, sadly, no doubt, to the annoyance
of the occupants of the room below MIR.
Smith Jones was puzzled by the brief he
had been studying, and walking the
quarterback" was his usual method of
invoking wisdom. His march was as
usual accompanied by a solilOquy.
Eyes; it is very unlucky that in this
case, the hardest / have undertaken for
years, | should have had so little time
for consideration. fl could have seen
Rogers in town these difficulties would
have been got over. What business has
an attorney like that to be out of the
way when he's wanted. Perhaps he may
lose the case to his client by his folly
But that's not my fault. / will do all ]
can, and 1 think perhaps by laying great
stress on the want of positive evidence /
NAV get the man off. | can't think he's
really guilty. What motive could he
have had for the crime. A clerk in easy
circumstances; fS00 a year, and with
$500 at his bankers at the time of his
committing the alleged forgery of ego;
not eXtravagant either, and always con-
sidered a steady young But there
are some points about the case l I don't
see clearly yet. Perhaps | should have
done better to have studied the brief in
the train this evening; but them legal
documents are conspicuous, and if the
prosecutors counsel Il believe they en-
ploy Hillyard) had happened to he in the
same carriage he would have argued i'll
of our cause from seeing me get upatthc
last moment, aud we shall want -
Here Jones mcdiiations were inter
rnpted by a loud crack He looked quick
ly round, and not seeing anything, was
about to resume his walk; when he mo-
ticed that the cupboard door had opened
towards him. He pushed 1t 10 with a
kick, and then proceeded
We shall certainly want every advan-
tage we can get, and II adversaries are
determined to do their best. could al
most fancy they have some motive i'll i'll
.iuring the young man, and yet if we set
up such a plea we could not support it -
A delay"
Another loud crack, and again the cup
board door flew open.
"The deuce take this door" said Mir
Jones, shutting it violently. I'm these
country places locks and hinges are al
ways going wrong. Yes, n delay is What
we want, and what | fear We shall not
be able to get If We had only some OF
these spirit-rappcrs that fellow talked
about in the train
CONCIJ-SIoN TOMORROW.