St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-25
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y lawyers office in summer time i! lJ
no means an agreeable place OF soiolrn.
here i il prevailing sense Of dryncs-
and Il lack of vcr,lurc. The only green
ness p2rccptblc is in the conduct of the
clients and in the green "irrrct" with
which the sheets of parchment are bound
to@cthcr. Pastoral influences, too. are
altogether wanting. There are no ..blcat-
! ing tlocks,' nor any thing to su"@cst their
existence, unless it be tIc skins which
have been stripped from their backs and
converted into the aforesaid parchment,
in which shrcp's clothing the ravcnir .
wolves Of the profession are wont to dis
"uisc their meeting, ii not themselves: ::
the only fountains are ink fountains ::
ami there are no trees except those gcnr-
| alogIcal growths which flourish under
the culture OF Garter and ClarrncicuN.
The ,tlirc of Mc-srs. Catchcm n Ea-
ten, OF Spiders Inn, formed no cxcep-
tion To the general truth of this dcsclip-
tion. had been their bond slave or
mau.uiun clerk for .,m, ti,nr .uJ ,,,s
seated in nv nri,,n one ,ip,. ottcrno,n
during the month Of June, lNG-, he
wallin" my hard lot in the intervals of
Labor in a somewhat depressed frame of
mind rather .u.r,,t ,L,t NM, ,o,..
fallen into = Iozr h,d L,cu ,u,,n.d
fen. som. ,i,rr IN r,,L;p., ,,t , IN 81
casts ,o,iu.: s,u, uninr,ur,t,. J.J,,,r
whom we had been oriuJiuo in our L.o,I
mill. and | remember ,Iai | L,J Lrcp
spccul,tiuo mon the r.Ino,LrlI. on,Ionv
| r\istinu hr;wr,u the. be.Iill and human
creations, and rejecting how precisely
the tin,r+. woly,., snakes. and wa-p; in
thc former are rrprat,d in the lawyrrs.
bill-Liscoun,crs, doctors. and old maids
of the latter di-pcnsatlon. The ya,tncSs
of the subject wa. | suppo.,. too much
FIR me, and had taken Icii.r from the
problem in sleep, when was suddenly
aroused 10y the deep bass voice ct my
venerable superior, Mr.. Cltchcm.
"NIr, Uopkius." saiI tLr yuicr. IL
find that | Shall he unable to no down
to DcdLornunh to comrlcle that nurchosc
nf Mr. pon.opLy's and ther,ior. vou
will have to %. TLc appointmcut for
romnIrrinn i at ten o'clock ON Thur.l,v
morning. So that you must leave town,
bv the :I:II train 10 morrow afternoon.
and slccn at Dedbnronnh. rc:d> for fine
next morning. The purchaSc-moncy is
Maid into the I.nndnn branch nc N,s-rs.
Muscravc's bank at D,dhoruuuh: Won
will therefore only have to take y check
with yuu for ;Lc ,,nnpn, and o.t :,
c,.h,I in fine mnrn,nn. rc,Jv tnr H.. sct.
tI,m,nt. Come into NV room to-mor.
row about Cour. and | " III oivc Won in.
.tructinns. am oaino across thc sonar,
To Suucczcm Il Srrnnchem's. Back in
half an hour"
Exit Mr.. Catchcm. and up Jumps Mr..
IIopkins and executes Il dance Of {;
inbrlant and triumphant description, in.
lLic,tiv, or lis Jrlinh. ,t ,hc ,rhsnoc, Ln
G.r. linn Tb. sn,rrov, ou,.;I nv, win.
ILnw flaw .,,y,v in orrot I;snrJIr o,;
Jrn,Iv .,s,on;.LrL ot ,Lr ;nJocnr,,,n ~
NV i,h,,;nr and nnIy ,r,n.tomn,i =,
tho Gravity Of dcmconnr bccom;n., =,
inn nl court. Invioor,trJ bv tI;. I'M
;utcrIuJ. | rcturnoJ f., INV LIN ,f.nsf,
thinking that after all. old Catchcm wa.
perhaps not quite 50 black as | ha,
paintcd linn. The point of view is cv
rrythn@, and seen through the medium
of NV country excursion. even he an
pcarcd TO lose several shades of darkness
business over for the day. wake,
home to my Lodgings in Lavender Cres
cnt. CambcrwcIl, still in the same stat,
of cxhiIaration. Jane" said |. burst
iuo into fine possonc 81 am noino int,
the country for a few davs; viii vo,
come with me ,"
.I.nr. Mr. Uopkins. Sir" sand lame
chow can |? | couldn't leave missu
and the 'ousc, even if Won was Kin,
enough TO takc me. Is amy thing tn,
matter SIR oh ,y,,'t S;r Io.,s,