The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-17

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terrace once more, and smoke our cigars
again in the familiar old wineries. 1t
was sad to see the infatuation which
possessed Lewis like his blood, not to
say the vanity. He was not unmindful
of me, | must say, in all his dreams. /
was to have my share of the glory
when he got it. The cause came again
and again before the courts. | had
been called to the bar meantime, and
| Lewis had insisted that | should be en-
ployed, and that my brief should be
handsomely marked 1t was business
to me, and any business to young bar
rister is welcome. So | appeared. 1t
was really an effort of friendship on my
part for the bar was laughing outright
at young Lewis, as a fool who was throw
ing good money after bad There was
no hope for him. The judges tit
tered when | rose; the public smiled
when Lewis took his seat among the at
torneys. When we failed, my Temple
friends would come round me and ask,
Wen, has Young Infatuation had
enough of it now p
Lewis brother died when he was
about 10 and Mrs. Lewis followed soon
after. | thought Lewis would have
gone mad. He was certainly an affec-
Tomato son; but who would not have
been affectionate with such a mother :?
Had it not been for his precious law
suit he would have followed Mrs. Lewis
in month or two; but, as the difficult
ties increased, and the chances became
less and less, he only grew firmer in his
resolve-to spend his last farthing and
the last hour of his life in the fight. He
spared me all asked from him-which
was not much and he contrived that
we should continue to live together, so
that | might carry on my profession.
intended, you may be sure, to refund
him to the utmost penny some day but
who can tell what the morrow may
bring forth. | don't think he expected
to he paid. He never said so-and
there were times, | known, when | had
money and he had none. Nay, there
were two or 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
away to his lawyers. He would meet
me with that strange, sad smile on his
face, and his first question would be,
How was | getting on? Did | want
anything? In few months all
troubles would be over, and we should
be in clover. For | must do him the
justice-one leaf of every trefoil he
might gather was to be for your hum
BILE servant. Yet | never liked him.
To tell how, on sudden, fortune came
upon us would be to make long story.
e II - i.
ried him through. He looked sickly
but in the weak, weak casket was the
mothers heart He had the art of wait
ing. When he was in Cursitor street
one day overtures were made to him by
the acceptance of which he would have
secured to himself handsome income
for life. But he disclaimed it, and went
quietly up to bed, on November night,
in the shabby sponging-house, with the
observation that he was in no hurry. So
that when an extraordinary turn in the
lawsuit took every lawyer by surprise,
and the legal world stood aghast amazed,
dumbfounded at decision that put
him in possession of the entire wealth
used to pinch my ears he alone was
cool. | 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. On the NOR
row morning, when he had read the re-
port of the case in the papers, he turned
to me, and said, 81 was right, my
friend; you see that | was right. And
now tell me which are the rooms in the
castle you would prefer? Drop in at
Coutt's and see the liberty | have ven
tured to take with your balance. Tell
me if you like your brougham it is at
the door. Now see whether you cannot
become Lord Chancellor"
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
was in its noontide splendor. The
beautiful the brilliant, the gifted, the
illustrious, crowded to his halls, throng
ed his drawing.rooms, peopled his park.
and tasted of all the sweets of his re-
fined and liberal hospitality. He alone
remained calm and easy, | might say
unconcerned. Misfortune had hit him
hard, and had not stirred muscle of
his face fortune was now his generous
friend, and she could barely extort a
smile from him. / was, l think, more
grateful. | blessed and thanked-the
Fates. For, while any care as to my
living was removed far away from me,
neglected no opportunity of promoting
my own advancement in my own way.
l worked at my profession, and Lewis
was able to introduce me to first rate
business. had at times more than |
could well manage. When | was at the
castle | would retire from the scene of
the festivities to my own apartment,
and there turn out my brief bag upon
the table, and read into the small hours.
Very few men, flatter myself, would
have done that, with the advantages
that | had within my reach. But was
determined not tc be dependent on
Lewis. | was resolved to draw the line
somehow; for, as | think l have re.
marked before, l never really liked
him
grew rich-I do not deny it; and it
was Lewis money that enabled me to