The Republican journal., 1869-08-12
A CASE WITH A LADY INIT.

| had Just taken possession OF the worst
room in Diggs' taver-l was young law
yer on my first circuit, and Diggs kept his
best accommodations for the old stagers-
when the words, Il say, Bill" and Tom
Mansfield burst upon me at the same instant.
Tom and | had been cronies from the time
we had committed our first juvenile trespass
on Deacon Roxley's watermelon patch, till
we afterwards studied the action Of that name
together in Judge Thompson's office.
Il say BIZ, I've got Il case and want your
assistance in it,"
"Ahr said /, in a consulting tone.
A will case" he continued, % full Of the
incest kind of points, and the prctticst wo-
man in the world for a cicntw
What about fccs?" enquired, by way of
keeping up my professional appearances.
Hear the mercenary wretch.' he cxclaim-
ed. "If we succeed, thcre'n be plenty Of
money; if We DON'T it will be a noble cause
to fail in
"That's what they said of the dashing
young chap that broke his neck trying to
make two-forty time with the chariot of the
sun, but he didn't mend his neck"
"Confound your mythology; business is
business. Let me state the case
"Well, state away"
This was it:
John Andrews had settled in the country
when it was young. He had grown with its
growth, and was the proprietor of half a
dozen farms, and cone fair daughter, she
which he loved passing we'll"
His wife the partner of the earliest and
severest portion of his struggles, she died
many years before, and his daughter had be-
come mistress of his house while yet a child.
As Ellie increased in years, her father pros
pcrcd and when at length he found himself
the possessor of wealth, the ambition, so COM
monunuer such circumstances, of elevating
his daughter to a station in life above that
in which she had been reared became a ruling
passion. The first thing was to buy her 4
splendid education; and like other not over
good Judges of the article, he was governed
in his choice more by the gaudiness of the
coloring than by any quality Of the texture
At the end of the usual period, Elfie was
sent home g finished''-that is, in every re-
spect in which she could be. totally spoiled.
In one thing only she remained the same
her love for her father had dpfied even the
power of fashionable education.
A house was purchased in town, of which
Effie was made the MISTRESS and at which
Mr.. Beldon, II young gentleman OF city an
tecedents, and far too nice to have anything
50 vulgar as a visible calling, became fire.
qucnt and not unwelcome visitor. He had
Just brains enough to think of providing for
the future by a scheme OF which Miss An
drews, and her appurtcnances, constituted the
central feature. Accordingly. he sighed and
lied, and tawned and tlattered, till Ellie 5
foolish little heart rclentcd.
But one difficulty remained to be encoun-
tered. How to conciliate the rough old back
woodsman-there was the rub. He had per-
mited his daughter to amusc herself with the
young dandy, much as he would have allow
ed her to play with y monkey or poodle.
But could he have brought himself to toler-
ate the idea of her marrying any body, yet
awhile-for the possibility of such a remote
future contingency may have occasionally
suggested itsclf-IIorace Bellon was about
the last person on earth, in connection with
whom il would have been entertained.
When that gentleman, therefore, reported
at headquarters, and implored the paternal
sanction of his suit, he received no such thing
"on the contrary, quite the reverse In
deed. he only escaped being kicked out OF
doors by speedy voluntary departure.
When Eflic tried to talk her father over, fol
the first time in his life he flew in passion
with her, and she dared not renew the sub
ject.
But Love, the little pagan, pays no respect
to the fifth commandment. The otficious in
reference of friends and guardians only
renders him the more impatient and unruly
and the present instance was no exception
| Clandestinc interviews were alranged acci-
dental meetings took place at the houses Of
mutual friends, till the whole ended in the
gentleman proposing an elopement
Ellie, after protesting that she couldn't
possibly think Of such a thing, and after
many vain attempts to conjecture what peo-
pie would say, at last with graceful hesitancy
| consented.
Rage, frenzy, despair. arc weak words tc
describe the emotion Of John Andrews, when
he found that his house had been robbed OF
its chefest treasure. His first impulse wa:
pursuit 1t was night when he set out, ac
companied by a trusty Scotchman long il
his employ and confidence. As the two gal
loped along, Mr.. Andrews horse stumbled
precpitating his rider to the ground, anC
falling heavily upon him. He was taken NJ
insensible, and carried to the nearest house
A physician was summoned, who pronounced
the injuries of a most serious but not ncces
sarly fatal character.
AS soon rs consciousness returned, he dis
patched Il messenger for a nephew of his, !;
lawyer Of not very good repute, residing ii
a neighboring town.
When Mr.. Jackson, the nephew, arrived
he was left alone with his uncle, at the lat
ter's request At the end of an hour the doe
tor was summoned, and requested by Mr.
Andrews to note his signature to paper, tC
which he then affixed his name, declaring il
to be his will, and asking the doctor to sub
scribe it as a witness, which was done.
On his nephew's suggestion that another
witness was requisite, Mr.. Andrews nance
MACPHERSON, the Scotchman, and requested
the doctor to send him in.
MACPHERSON, it seems, had been sent or
some errand; but rs soon rs he returned, the
doctor communicated Mr. Andrews message
and went himself to attend a sick call in the
ncghborhood, not dceming his presence thcr,
Immediately necessary.
| When he came back, he was astonished tc
find his patient dead. Such result had not
indeed, been unantcipated, but its sudden
ness took him by surprise.
BY Mr. Andrews will, which was publish
ed some days after his death, the entire o
his property was devised to his nephew, who
had attended him in his last moments. Every.
thing was in due form. True, Macpherson,
one of the witnesses, pursuant to previous
intention, had sailed to Scotland shortly after
the funeral, and was not present before the
Judge Of Probate. But his handwriting was
proved and the evidence of the remaining
witnesses was quite satisfactory. He had
seen the testator append his signature, had
heard him declare the paper WAS his WILL anG