The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-12-05
A Lcs end About Lawyers.
How OSs CANE TO DE IN HEAVEN.
Translated from the French. |

Pc"'t'oh ~ tuo ministers OF justice, re-
qucsting that the Office of justice Of the
peace should hereafter be accessible TO
rctirci sherifs, AMI not pertain excln.
sively to lawycrs and attorn ,ys who
have left the bar. / was recently talk.
ing about This request with sheriff.
"Why not p said he, with heart
owe arc US good as the lawyers Per-
haps We arc better. or what are they
so proud? 1t is true. they sly. that
the shcrifEs have never furnished saint
for Paradise. l do not dispute it. But
The lawyers they have furnished one,
and even he entered Heaven by trick
worthy OF his trade
"Ah!'' said J. sis there a LAWYER in
Paradise? | ayow this surprises me. l
beloved the celestial dwelling guarded
against lawyers as firmly rs against req
taurant keepers anl tailors Relate to
me the history Of tho lawyer who has
forced the celestial guard"
"Willinsly. Aboat three centuries
ago, lawyer slipped into heaven under
the name Of his cousin, Able de
CiteanS, who had just died in tho SAVIOR
o! h '!in's' All went we'll for two or three
days, and no one suspected that there
WIS m intruder in the celestial dwell.
ings. But at the end Of two DAYS our
lawyer was homesick Tor til. curt. lie
set out, therefore, to survey tn /. court Of
heaven, staring at the rasscrs By as he
had formerly done in the hall Of Pas
Perln, i'll order TO plac his h.n no,n i
good client
"a cause, cause l mus, have n
cause - said he, clenching his fi,t5. "I,
want cause! ouA lit to plea for moth
iaS..' Bit all the passcrs had Joyous
air which hardly den ted the pre- ,ccupr
tions of chicancry. lie was dismaycl
furious. All at once. he espied d
young woman clothed in long mornin,
robes, who, with eyes cast down and
melancholy brow, walked slowly along,
lending child by The hanl.
'.Eic,ory' cried ou, man, making a
joyous Eanbol "Bcholl the caus.
Behold The widow and the orphan -
With turn OF his hand he adjusted
his b;nl, drapcd his robe elegantly an | !,
presented hims.lfto tEc wilow, mixing
one Of his most amiabic bows. "Madam
is Il pa;ntif, said he, in 4 honied voice
Oh you may have, madam, all conf
dcncc in my ability. For the rest, l
have the ear Of tie tribunal. Have you
the papers AS for jus"
II c l,dy raised her eyes IN utt c red
cry of terror. M on Dicu !" said she
but this man is Mons Purl.creux." At
the cry raised by the widow, great
crowd gathered They surrounded her,
they questioned her, they un dcrstooi |
the truth. Immediately general clam
or resoundcd under the whole celestial
vault.
y lawyer there is lawyer in Para
disc But what is St. Peter thinkin ,
of: St. PETERSON arrived on the spot
He erccivcd his error, and commands i
the intruder To leave instantly II dwell.
'nS that was forbidden him. NJ. Par
lecrcuX, intmidated for an instant, very
quickly ,ccoycrs his assurance. He
mounts small hill, turn, up his sc,ves,
coughs, blows his nose, then extending
his hands towards the auditory, he
cries ? QnH' Cw.' Qaomo,lo Q Ouun
ito ?"
"lou tire me- bluntly repliel the
guardian of heaven. eco hence.
have already said it, repeat it to you"
Il consent to it, if only the thing is
legal. | demand of the tribunal per
mission to put orc question to it."
Put it, bu, quickly"
"Gentle men, if there is in the un;
verse place whore the law ought to be
respected, it seems to me that there is
tho sanctuary Of etcroal justice All,
well, gentlemen, according to tho law {
proprietor is not to cxpol lodger with
out scndins summons to him by a
sheriff. | await my summons and
make my reserve"