The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-01
nv FRIEND" said M. Germondaie; bt
YOU have some suit supposeT'

Bernard never had word with any
body"
"Then it is a settlement, family
division ?"
"Excuse me, Mr.. Advocate my ram
lily and myself have never had any al,
vision to make, seeing we cat out Oh
the same cupboard, as they say
.1t concerns some purchase or sale'
thenY'
..Ob. no indeed! I am not rich
enough to buy, nor yet poor enough
to have to sell out"
"But what do you want with me-
then ?'' asked the astonished lawyer
"Oh, we'll l have told you sir" re-
piled Bernard--with loud, embarrass'
ed laugh; II want an opinion.for mon.
ev Observation-Disclosures I am here.
at Rennes, and l must profit by the oc-
casion."
M Germondaie smiled, took q pen
and paper and asked his name.
"Peter, Bernard" he replied, happy
to he understood at last.
"Your age2"
."Thirty years, or near about
"Your professionY"
.sMy profession ?--oh, yes; what l
do | am farmer"
The lawyer wrote two lines, ioloeo
tie paper, and handed it to his strange
client. "Is it finished already?' cried
Bernard; ooh, we'll that's lucky one
has not time to grow moldy. as they
say. How much is it worth, this opln'
ion, Mr.. Lawyer"
"Three francs
Bernard paid without complaint
scraped his foot, and went out en-
chantcd with having prohted by the
OCCASION :,
When he reached home it was. al
ready four o'clock. The trip hat
tried him and he went in determined
to rest
However his hay had been cut two
DAYS before, and was completely dry
lone of his boys came to ask if he mus
bring it in. =,
"This EVENING" interrupted tn
farmers wife, who had joined her hus
band: "It would be shame to 60 t
= work so late, when you could do it tc
morrow without firing yourself In
bow remarked that the weather mlgn
t change, that the teams were ready an
the hands unemployed.
The wife replied that the Wind wa
from good quarter, and that the nlgl
= would soon interrupt them.
Bernard, listening to both sides, d'
not know how to decide, when, sue
II denly, he recollected the lawyers p'
per. "Stop minute! l have got a
. sopinion' here: it is from famor
man, and cost me three francs. Th'
h ought to settle it. Let US see. I'M
q rese, tell us what it says, you who ca
o read all writing
,. The wife took the paper and rea
). hesitating, these two lines: "Aever p
d off till to -morrow vhat you can do to'da
IS .There it is," cried Bernard, strut
is as with ray of light. "Come, g
IS carts quick! Girls, boys, let us get
al the hay"
re Still his wife tried to make obje
N tions, but he declared that people q
1e not buy an "opinion" for three fran
of for nothing, and they must follow t
re lawyers advice. He himself set t
v. example at the head OF his lahore
or and worked until all the hay was
y in. The event seemed sent on p'
pose to plove the wisdom of his &C
he duct, for the weather changed duri
on the night, q sudden storm burst o'
its the village, and the next day at da
re- they perceived the river overflow
.ts the meadows and carrying of
70 new cut hay. The harvests OF all
neighboring farmers were complet
re. destroyed. Bernard alone lost no
to ing. This first experience gave h
,rt such faith in the lawyers opinion Il
from that day he took it for the rule
Of his conduct and became, thanks to
nd regularity and diligence, one OF
m richest farmers in the country.
rs. never forgot, either, the service
,en Germondaie had rendered him,
uer carried him every year, from gratitu
,ar. a couple of his latest fowls, and
vas accustomed to say to his neighbt
me whenever they spoke OF lawyers
for uafter the laws of God and the Chu
, O the most profitable thing IN the We
was lawyers opinion W Moo
g Ia Rural N Yorker.
w ,.aa During the last term Of Oxford |
.nn sersity there we're 1000 students
r attendance at the nineteen cole