The Shasta courier., 1869-10-16
: II AST A COU Err.
a CASE WITH A LADY IN Ir.

CASE WITH A LADY IN IT.
had just taken possession of the worst
room in Disgs' tavern-I was younrg
lawyer on my first circuit, and Disgs kept
his best accommodations for the old stagers
when the words, g say Bill, and Tom
Mansfield burst upon me at the same mo-
mept
Tom and had been cronies from the
time we Committed our first juvenile tres
pass together on Deacon Boxey's water
melon patch, till We alttrward studied the
action Of that name, in Judge Thompsons
office
Il say, Bill, I've got case and want
your assistance in it,
Ahl' said |. in a consulting tone.
g A will case," he continued, /" full of
the incest kind of points, and the prettest
woman in the world for client"
What about fees p l inquired, by
way OF keeping up professional appearances
8 Hear the me cenary wretch" he ex-
claimed. " If we succeed therenl be plenty
OF money. If We don't, it will be noble
cause to fall in"
That's what they said of tie dashing
young chap that broke his neck trying to
make two forty time with the chariot Of the
sun, but it didn't mend his neck"
Confound your mythology, business is
business. Let me state the case"
Well state away
This was it:
John Anderson had settled in the coun-
try when it was young. He had grown
with its growth, aud was the proprietor Of
half dozen farns and zone fair d,u.h-
ter, the one which he loved passing we'll
His wife, the partner of the earliest and
severest portion of his struggles, had died
many years before, and his daughter had
become mistress Of the house while vet IA
child
AS Efie increased in years, her father
prospered and when at length he found
himself the possessor of wealth. the ambition
50 common under circumstances, of elevat
my his daughter to station in life above
that in which she h; been reared in ruling
passion. The first thing was to buy herr
splendid education; and like others not
over good judges Of the article, he was
governed in his choice more by the gaudi
ness of the colorng than the quality OF the
texture
At the end of the usual period Fife was
sent home &" fin shed that is, in every
respect in which she could be, totally spoil
ed. In one thing only she remained the
some-her love for her father had defed
the power Of a fashionable education
a house was purchased in town, Of
which Eifie WIS made mistress, and al
which Mr. Belden, a young gentleman of
city antcedents, ahd far too nice to have
anything so vulgar as a vsable calling, be-
c.mea a frequent aud not unwecomed visitor
lie bad ju.t brains en- ugh to think oi
providing for the future by scheme, OF
which Miss Andrews aud herappur,enance
constituted central feature According
lg he sighed and lied, and fawned and
fattcred, till Etfies foolish little heart
releuted.
But one difficulty remained to be encoun-
tered. How to concliate the rough old
woodsman-therc was the rub. He had
permitted his daughter to amuse herself as
much rs be would have allowed her to play
with poodle or monkey. But could he
have brought himself to tolerate the idea
Of her marrying anybody, yet awhile-for
the possibility of such IL remote future con-
tineency may have occasionally suggested
itself-Horace Belden was about the last
person on earth in connection with whom
it would have been entertained
When that gentleman, therefore, re-
ported at headquarters, and implored the
paternal sanction to his suit, he received no
such thing; on the contrary, quite reverse.
Indeed he only escaped being kicked out
OF doors by speedy voluntary departure
When Efie tried to talk her father over,
for the first time in his life he few into
passion with her, and she dared not renew
the subject. But Love, the pagan, pays
no respect to the fourth commandment
The otiicious interference of parents and
guardians only renders him the more I'M
patient and unruly; and the presentinstance
was no exception Clandestine interviews
were arranged; accidental meetings took
place at the houses Of mutual friends, till
the whole ended in the gentleman proposing
an elopement.
Life, after protesting that she couldn't
possibly think Of such thing, and after
many van attempts to conjure what people
would say, at last, with graceful hestiency
consented.
Rage, frenzy, dispair, are weak words to
describe the emotions of John Andrews,
when he found that his house had been
robbed OF his choicest treasure. His first
impulse was pursuit. 1t was night when
he set out, accompanied by trusty Scotch
man, long in his employ and confderce-
As the Two galloped along, Mr. A drews
horse stumbled, precipitating the rider to
! the ground, and falling heavily upon him.
He was carried to the nearest house. \
physician was called, who pronunced the
injuries of most serious, but not neces-
sarlly fatal character.
As soon as consciousness returned he
dispatched messenger for nephew OF