The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-02

dent and self-rclying.-tLon Times,
November 1:
How There Came to be a Lawyer in
Heaven. $685..
A journal lately announced that til cor
poration of sheritfs had addressed a petit
ton to the minister of justice requesting
that the Office of justice of the peace should
hereafter be accessible to retired sleriti;s,
and not pertain exclusively to lawyers and
attorneys who have left the bar. was re-
Gently talking about this request with Il
sheriff.
"Why not 7" said lie with heat. "We
are as good as the lawyers. Perhaps we
are better. Ofwhat are they so prolu! p
1t is true, they say, that the shcritfs have
never furnished q saint for Paradise. l do
not dispute it. But the lawyers, they
have only furnished one, and even he en-
tered heaven by trick worthy of trade"
"Ah" said l, sis there a lawyer i'll Para
disc! | avow this surprises me. / believ
ed the celestial dwelling. guarded against
lawyers as firmly as against restaurant
keepers and talors. Relate to me tile his
tory of this lawyer who has forced the &C.
lestial guards
''Willingly. About three centuries ago,
lawyer slipped into heaven under the
name of his cousin, Able de CiteauX, who
had just died in the SAVIOR Of holiness. All
went went for two days, and no one s,ls-
pected that there was an intruder in the
celestial dwellings. Bnt at the end of two
days our lawyer was homesick for the
Sa Ia ,nt hnr
fore, to survey the court of heaven, sta
done iii the hall of Pas Perdue, in order to
place his hand upon good client.
"a cause! cause! l must have a
causcw said he, clenching his lists. Il
want a cause; ought | to plead for moth
ing" But all the passers had a JOYOUS
air which hardly denoted the preoccnpa-
tons OF Ghicanery. lie was dismayed-
| furious. All at once he cspicd young
woman clothed in long mourning robes,
who, with eyes cast down and melancholy
brow, walked slowly along, leading child
! by the hand.
Victory y cried or man, making joy.
Gus gambol. Behold the cause! Behold
the widow and the orphan! y
With q turn of his band he adjusted his
! baud, draped his robe elegantly, and pre-
sented himself to the widow, making one
of his most ;tihiabIe bows. Madame is a
! plaintiff" said he iii Il hoiiied tone. ooh
you may have, madame, all confidence in
my ability. For the rest, have the ear OF
the tribunal. Have you the papers As
for the jus" s-.
The lady raised her eyes, and uttered a
cry of terror. "Mon Dieu" said she, "bu;
this man is NJ. Parlecreaux. 1t is yeal
since then, my poor child" At the cry
raised by the widow a great crowd gath
cred. They surrounded her, they ques
toned her, they untlersto, d the truth. I'm
mediately a general clamor resounded un
der the whole celestial varlt.
"a lawyer! there is u lawyer in Para
dise But what is st. Peter thinking of =
st. Peter soon arrived on the spot. He
! perceived his error, aud commanded the
intruder to le,tve list unity a dwelling that
was forbidden him. Nj. ParlecreauX, in
Inundated for an instant, very quickly re-
covers his assurance. He mounts small
hill, turns up his sleeves, coughs, blows
his nose, then extending his hand toward
the auditory, he cries "QuiI Cur! Qua
re9 Quomopo! Quandow
you tire me-" bluntly replies the guar
dian of heaven. SEQ hence. have already
said | repeat it to YOU"
Il consent to it, if only the thing is le
gal. l demand of the tribunal permission
to put one question to it,"
''Put it, but quickly"
"Gentlemen, if there is in the universe a
place where the law ought to be respected
it seems that it is here in the sanctuary O
eternal justice. All, well gentlemen &C
cording to the law, a proprietor is not t.
expel lodger notwithstanding summons
to him by sheriff. Iawait my summon;
and / make my reserves"
st. Peter was moved Ey this reasoning
$50 be it. Let some one go after the sher
if to make the summons" Five OF six of
fcers Immediately started in quest of
sheriff. But after a long search they cam'
back, without bringing with them TIL
civil officer "Ah, wellw said st. Peter
'swhere is the sheriff.
'Impossible to find one in Paradise"
''In fact, although have not thought 0
it before, there has never been one admit
ted here What shall we do not to VIC
late the law" A burst of cunning laugh
ter replied to him. 1t was NJ. Parlecreu,
who nearly swooned with delight on see
i ing the embarrassment of the ceiestia
guardian. IL shall await my summons :
long time" said he, making victoriou
gesture. 1.-THE sheriff who will bring it t.
me is not yet born"
st. Peter was taken aback.
One of his advisers whispered to hin
the idea of allowing a sheriff to enter.P Par
adise for few hours only, in order to has
ten the departure Of the lawyer. ''rha
would be bad expedient," replied he
''you do not know lawyers. Ours woul,
find means to cavil npon the legality O
the summons. He would plunge us,int
the troubled waters of the laws, and final
~ he would not leave us. After that
should find myself with lawyer ant
sheriff on my hands. The first is enough
And this is how there came to be a lawye
in Paradise.-[ From the French.