Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16
A NEW SONG OF sixPENcE.
Romance OF a Poor Young
Man.

W
Man.
From the New York Mail.
This is my seventh month of wca-
ry, impatient waiting in my office.
was admitted to the New York bar
nrarIv II year ago. Our class was
rrumtu!mcrd to be the best that had
ever graduated from the law school,
and my orntion was declared TO be
the best OF all those delivered by my
class. was morally pattcd on the
back by iar.:c and adImiring circle
Of lady fricm,is. aid told by my as
sociatcS 10 '.go in and win.' OF
course my first move was to hire an
office in fine locality and furnish
it. 1t was remarkably easy work.
Every one smiled on mo when came
III to buy ANYTHING. and then | was
very busy. Iiy riiicc was soon in or
der and had instructed my Office boy
to take Il postoiirc box. ! had II ii:!o
book case full of works by which tie
most tangled question could he
solved. had plenty "f writing ma
tcriais ON Witch 10 write Il sHpsrb
argument. aud perhaps the brains {"
compose il. but | had nothing To do.
seat The bay twice :, day 10 look III
NY box. bu! hc never brought ANY
Thing back except three or io;;r let
;crs with the address written in n
IL min;ne hand writing. One very
rainy day. after weeks total idle
ness on the part "f my box, the h"r
suggested that il did not seem worth
while to 90 mare than twice il week.
| could have punched Kim. but was
afraid he would tell the cause, and 81
rerruincd. | was cruelty deceived
nany times i'll thinking that my Wis
itors were future clients. | had five
or six offers from phreno!o@ists to
learn what was lifted for, and how
to make nv fortune. Alas! was
daily lcarulng how to lose it. If
had ace. pied all il!c lie insurance
offers | tilini; my life woulI now. bc
worth about Sj.0C0.C00. but it isn't
can't sco that il is worth So rcr ALI
mum. There came Il host OF buoh
agents and long line OF merchant.
at the tail end OF retail business.
| was rather glad to See them
They broke the eternal quiet OF my
Office. and kept The door iiingcs from
rushing. One day ta:cied had ;
happy Thought, which " to 90 tt
court and hear cases. ami have th'
boy say had gone TO court whicl
would sound well; but then Irciicct
ed that it any one came to see M
and found mo gone, might lose
client, and if no one came there
would be 10 one to know L was out
SO that plan fell through.
Nv cousin had i row with q man
and / urged them on III hope Of get
ting Il nbcl snlL for either part,
against the other, | didm't car'
which. ! began to refresh myself ol
"ibcI,' but unfortunately The ".oTc
said party of the first part aainln:s
tered personal casiigat:on on th'
body OF the person OF the party o
the second part, which said party o
the second l'"rt wo.iti not rcsrut ot
aforesaid party O. The first part; ant
consequently thai tell through. SOM
time ;.iicr thutmy boy told me how
cruel his father was 10 his mother
anh immediately proposed II suit u
Riley VERSUS Eltcy.' lor assault amt
battery. Or course / didn cXpcC
any pay for it, but then l could ~
II chance 10 plead and would NOV
the jury to tears by describing l.
them the gentle, suffering WIG slrug
Cling against All adverse tate, ruth
icsslv plunged inio Il sea OF trouble
l,v IN iuicllcitouS matrimonial con
nrctl0n with Il man who was uIi
WorttlV OF the naiIlc, and tnch
would bescech item is husbands
brothers, fathers, and true men .tE
al. a u a Il "A
wcs, yes. ycui!cmcI, damages Whic!
even although they were heavy
could never compensate for q happ,
home destroyed.
! determined on this and went t.
see Riley's mother. After convCrs
ing few moments with her
Ebruac,cd the subject and proposct
tho suit. Her eyes spari,cd as
went on. Size was evidently muc
interested, and when come IT, 'iani
ages. she rose hastily and made 10
The hroomStick. saying III lumi ton
of voice: Mis-, l.ab,r, hurIid Ei!
that yc are, would yc be after bring
ing row between myself and JIM
my? Sure and who's got 81 bette
right 10 beat me? Be dad aud il =
don't get "at o. the sl!anty I'll civ
We q good GastiMg myself" 1t
neeuicsS to cl!d that The Gaze fe
through. Two months later, on
rainy afternoon, :, niiduic-agcd ma
walked into iay Office. He was CIV
IDENTIFY no pcdiar or brggdr; he sal
he had come on business. At thc>
words | forgot myself for very 10,
and shook hun heartily by the hau'
set two chairs for him, took his hjt
and was on the point of assistin
him to remove his ovcrcoat, when
perceived that he had none on. II
then began his conversation by.sta
ing that he was rich man in ro,
r Die. At these words l invo.uutaril
started forward to clasp his han,
!, again, but recollecting myself pr
temded to think that my chair W;
against the book case, which l knc
to be at least ten feet back OF me. /
: then proceeded to say that he W:
heir to n vast estate out of which |
was being defrauded. at this IL
fingers tingled and even my TO
grew warm. | say ''even" becau
my feet were almost always col
:, arising from my sedentary habits)
land my mouth watered even to owe
flowing. He then related how h
brother had died and left himself a,
y two other brothers heirs; that Il
}. surviving brothers had forged a wi
+ and that he had DOCUMENTS to pro
iee il as easily as 4 = G.. He said
ol xy,ntn1 MA ~ uplnrtoto tho -.