Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-15
a CASE WITH a lady N ar.

commodations for the old stagers-
when the words, Il say, Bill" and
Tom Mansfield burst upon me at
the same instant.
Tom and l had been crOnies from
the time we had committed our
first juvenile trespass on Deacon
Roxley's watermelon patch, till we
afterwards studied the action of
that name together in Judge Thomp-
sons Office.
81 say, Bill, I've got case and
want your assistance In il"
"Ah!" said in q consulting tone.
"a will case" he continued, f'full
OF the incest kind of points, and the
prettiest women in the world for a
client"
"What about fees?" l epquired,
by way of keeping up my profess
sional appearances.
Hear the mercenary wretch he
exclaimed. elf we succeed, there'll
be plenty of money; if we don't, it
will be noble cause TO fail in"
"Thats what they said OF the
dashing young chap that broke his
neck trying to make two-forty time
with the chariot OF the sun, but he
didn't mond his neck"
"Confound your mythology; bus
mess is business. Let me state the
case"
"Well, state away"
This was il:
John Andrews had settled in the
country when it was young. He
had grown with its growth, and was
the proprietor of half dozen farms,
and lone fair daughter, she which
he loved passing well"
His wife the partner of the earli-
est and severest portion of his
struggles, shielded many years be-
fore, and his daughter had become
mistress of his house while yet 8
child.
AS Efie increased in years, her
father prospered; and when at
length he found himself the posses
sor of wealth, the ambition, so conf
mon under such circumstances, ele-
waiting his daughter to a station in
life above that in which she had
been reared, became a ruling pas
sion. The first thing was 10 buy
her splendid education; and like
other not over good judges of the
article, he was governed in his
choice more by the gaudiness OF the
coloring than by any quality OF the
| texture.
At the end Of the usual period,
Efiie was sent home "finished"-
that is, in every respect in which
she could be, totally spoiled. In
one thing only she remained the
same-her love for her father had
defied even the power of fashiOna,
BILE education.
A house was purchased in town
of which Ellie was made the mis-
tress, and at which Mr. BeldOn, 8
young gentleman of city antece-
dents, and far too nice to have any
thing so vulgar as a visible calling,
became a frequent and not un-
welcome visitor. lie had Just
brains enough to think of proVid-
ing for the future by a scheme OF
which Miss Andrews, and her ap-
purtenances, constituted the central
feature. Accordingly, he sighed
and lied, and fawned and battered,
till Effie's foolish little heart re-
Tented.
But one difficulty remained to be
encountered. How TO cOnciliate the
rough old bsckWoOdsman-there
was the rub. lie had permitted his
daughter to amuse herself with the
young dandy, much as he would
have allowed her to play with q
monkey or pOodlepate; the idea of
her marrying anybody yet awhile
for the possibility of such a remote
future contingency may have occa-
sionally suggested itself-HOrace
BeldOn was about the last person on
earth, in connection with whom il
would have been entertained.
When that gentleman, therefore
reported at headquarters, and inn
plored the paternal sanction Of his
suit, he received no such thing; "on
the contrary, quite the reverse. -
Indeed, he only escaped being kick
ed out of doors by a speedy volun-
tary departure.
When Effie tried to talk her faith
er ever, for the first time i'm his life
he flew in passion with her, and
She dared not renew the subject.
But Love, the little pagan, pays
no respect to the 9Th commandment.
The Offcious interference of friends
and guardians only renders him the
more impatient and unruly; and the
present instance was no exception.
Clandestine interviews were ar
ranged; accidental meetings took
place at the house Of mutual friends,
till the whole ended in the gentle
man proposing an elopement.
Ef1ie, after protesting that she
couldn't possibly think of such q
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to conjecture what people would
say, at last with graceful hesitancy
consented.
Rage, frenzy, despair, are weak
words to describe the emotion of
John Andrews, when he found that
his house had been robbed of its
chiefest treasure. His first impulse
was pursuit. 1t was night when he
set out, accompanied by a trusty
Scotchman, long in his employ and
confidence. As the two galloped
along, Mr.. Andrews horse STUN
bled, precipitating his rider to the
ground, and falling heavily upon
him. He was taken up insensible,
and carried TO the nearest house. A
physician was summoned, who pro-
nounced tho injuries of a most Sc
rious, but not necessarily fatal char
acter.
As soon as consciOu saess return
ed, he dispatched a messenger for q
nephew of his, lawyer of not very
good repute, residing in neighbor-
ing town.
When Mr.. Jackson, the nephew,
arrived, he was left alone with his
uncle, at the latter's request. AT
the end of an hour the doctor was
summoned, and requested by Mr..
Andrews TO note his signature TO a
paper to which he then affixed his
name declaring il TO be his will, and
asking the doctor to subscribe il as
q witness, which was done.
On his nephew's suggestion that
another witness was requisite, Mr..
Andrews named Macpherson, the
Scotchman, and requested the doc
| tor to send him in.
| MACPHERSON, II seems, had been
! sent on some errand; but as soon as
he returned, the doctor communica-
| ted Mr.. Andrews message, and went
] himself to attend a sick call in the
neighborhood, not deeming his
presence there Immediately neccs-
sary.
When he came back, he was as
tonished to tind his patient dead
Such a result had not, indeed, been
unanticipated, but its suddenness
took him by surprise.
But Mr.. Andrews will, which
was published some days after his
| death, the entire Of his property
was devised TO his nephew, who had
| attended him in his last moments.
Everything was in due form. True,
! NTacPherson. one of the witnesses in
pursuit to a previous intention, had
sailed TO Scotland shortly after the