Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-09

Lewis brother died when he wa,
about 1ge, and Mrs. Lewis followed soor
! after. L thought Lewis would hayt
= gone mad. He was certainly an affec
J tionate son but who would not have
, been affectionate with such mother
Had it not BEEN for his precious law
= suit he would have followed Mrs Lewis
} in a month or two but, as the difficnl
, ties. increased, and the chances became
less and less, he only grew firmer in his
, resolve-toe spend his last farthing and
> the last hour of his life in the fight, He
, spared me all I asked from him (which
II was not much; and he contrived that
we should continue to live together, SO
that l might carry on my profession. ]
1intended, you may be sure, to refund
him to the utmost penny some day but
4 fwhos can tell what the morrow may
= bring forth. i don't think he expected
ito he paid. He never said so-and
a there were times, known, when | had
money and he had none.a NayS there
were two OF three occasions on which he
was locked up. He actually carried on
his plans in the sponging- house, and
! when he was let out walked straight
awayitol his lawyers He would meet
me with that strange, sad smile on his
| face, and hiss first question would be,
How was II getting on /? b Did 4 want
u any LII 6lu1SW ulOIIDiS d11
troubles would be over, and we should
be in clover. For l mustldo him the
4 tjustice-one) leaf Of every trefoAI he
might gather was to be for your hum
hle servant. Yet l never liked him. 81
4 To tell how, on sudden, fortune can1ei
upon us would be to make long story.
The tenaeity efS hewis'v character car
4 ried him through He looked sick1ys;
but in the weak, weak casket was the
Rmother's heart. He had the art ofwait-
ing, When, he was in Cursitor street
lone day overtures wereanade to him by
! the acceptance of which hewouldi have
Y secured to himself handsome incomes
i for life. But he disclaimed it, and went
4 quietly up to bed, on q November nightS
in the shabby sponging- house, within the
! observation that he was inno hurry "a So
that when an extraordinary turn in the
! lawsuit took every lawyefxby surprise,
] and the legal world stood aghast, amazed,
dumbfounded at a decision that put
him in possession of the entire wealth
of that remarkable uncle of his who
used to. pinch my ears, he alone was
COOL l can see him now, fastening the
elastic band about his umbrella as he
walked out of the court, as calm as the.
| cabman whom he hailed Onthe NOR
row morning, when he had4read the re-
VI O11O ease LII OuO DdDCIoy I1C beAIAOu
! to me, and said, II was right, my.
friend; you see that j. was right. GAnd
now tell me which are the rooms in the
castle you would prefer? Drop in at
Coutt's and see the liberty u have lWenz
tured to take with yourCbalance. Tell
me if you like your brougham,; it is at
! the door. Now see whether you cannot
become lord Chancellor "a ga ~ I
| In sober truth, my brougham was at
! the door my account was a princely
one, and had the pick of the castle.
apartments. The scene was a glorious
| one when the sun of Lewis fortunes
was in its. noontide splendor. The
/ beautiful, the brilliant, the gifted, the
i ed his drawing-rooms, peopled his park.
4 and tasted of allathe sweets of ehislres
fined and liberal hospitality. He alone
remained calnn and easycI mightGsays
unconcened.. Misfortune had, hit him
j hard, and had not stirred a muscle of
1 his face; fortune was now his generous
friend, and she could barely extort a
\ smile from him. T was, think, more
grateful, l blessed and thanked 1.-The
4 Fates.h For, while any, care as to my
living was removed far away from me, L
4 neglected no opportunity of promoting
my own advancementi in my own way,
L
I was able to- introluce7 me to first rate
I business had at times more than L
Y could well manage. o When l was at the
castle l would retire from the scene Of
the festiyitiesf to- my own apartment,
4 and there turn out my brief bag upon
/ the table, and read into the small hotirs.
livery few men, ] hatter myself, would
have done that, with the advantages
that Ihad within any reach. But 4 WAS
determined not te be depend ent. on
/ Lewis. | was resolved to draw the line
somehow !; for, as j. think I have re-.
marked before, I-neEer really liked
him -..,xfreC .oE-,--fr{p O.,
| l grew rich-I do not deny it (; and it
I make a figure in the world, which is
half the battle in the profession. But
4 he wanted me %Iwas necessary to- him !;
\ and therefore it was himself that he
was open-handed with me-. am not
1 the first orphan who has been adopted :;
nor the first school ehum who has been
fbefriended in after life; nor the first
man who has owed his stepping stones
to fortune, to accident. l don't see
why 1 should be pestered about it, as
though there were Something so very
extraordinary in the case l made my
II acknowledgements once for ALI and u
/ 1a1l TO see why SIlOlllu Do p0rDS6udlly
uttering thanks. It.has been said that
gratitude is Lively sense of favors to
come 1 am. sure that 1 expected noth-
ing more from Lewis. The brougham
/ in which I ride was his-granted my
house was part Sof his estate granted.
The case in which I pocketed nearly
three thousand pounds was of his intro
duction--have, l ever denied it 2 My
1 wife's bri1liants were present made to
her by Lewis when we we're married.
Does not this happen every day in the
week /? Am bound to like a man be-
cause he finds pleasure in my society
and profit in my advice? Let me, tell
my story in my own way to the end.
We were at the castle0 My wife and
children had been staying there for
months, and had been in the habit oi
running down in the intervals of my ar
duous professional duties. Lewis had
stood godfather to our eldest boy, and
had settled a sum of money on the, en-,
gaging young fellow, that insured him q
, good position in life; so that we fell
bound to humor the godfather's desire
to have the boy as much with him as
. possible. Lewis was very fond of chill
| dren !; and they, am bound to add were
very fond ofhim. on 81 'ii
2 Well, on aicertain autumn morning
the first on which fire had been deem
ed necessary in the breakfast room
Lewis asked me to give him half an houl
in the library. had business of my own il
hand; but l was always a good-naturec
fellow L believe, and I followed my ole
schoolfellow.. He began quietly, as wher