National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-24
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A LEGEND ABOUT AWYEK5-HOH "
ONE CAME TO BE IN HEAVEN


ONE CAME TO BE IN HEAVEN.
Translated from the Freuch.I
"A Journa! lately announced that the corpO-
ration Of sheriffs had addressed petition TO
the ministers Of justice, requesting that the
Office Of justice of the peace should hereafter
be accessible to retired sherifs, and not per-
tain exclusively to lawy ers and attorneys who
have left the bar. was recently talking
about this request with a sheriff.
why not" said he, with heat s'We are as
good as the lawyers. Perhaps we are better.
OF what are they so proudl 1t is true, theT
say, that the sherifs have never furnished q
saint for Paradise. do not dispute it. But
the lawyers! they have furnished one, and even
he entered Heaven by trick worthy of his
trade"
'Ahl'' said I, sis there lawyer in Par,-
dise2 1 ayow this surprises me. believed
the celestial dwelling guarded against lawyers
as firmly as against restaurant keepers aRd
taiorsl Relate to me the history Of the law
yer who has forced the celestial guard"
''Willingly. About three centuries ago, q
lawyer slipped into heaven under the name of
his cousin, Able de Citeaux, who had just
diedin the SAVIOUR of holiness. All went well
for two or three days, and one suspected that
there was an intruder in celestial dwellings.
But at the end of two days our lawyer was
hOmesick for the court. He set out, there
fore, to survey the court of heaven, staring at
the passers-by as he had formerly done in the
hall Of Pas Perdu, in order to place his hand
upon good client.
ga cause! a cause! must have cause!''
said he, clenching his fists. 81 want a causeI
ought to plead for nOthing?" But all the
Passers had joyous air which hardly denoted
the preoccupatiOns of chieaneTy. He was dis
mayed-furious; All at once he espied a
young woman clothed in long morning robes,
who, with eyes cast down and melancholy
brow, walked slowly along, leading child By
the hand
"Yictory cried our man, making JOYOUS
gambol. behold the cause! Behold the
widow and the orphan"'
With a turn Of his hand he adjusted his
band, draped his robe elegantly, and presented
himself to the widow, making one of his most
amiable bows. "Madam is plaintiff" said
he, in honied voice. "Oh! you may have,
madam, all confidence in my ability. For the
rest, have the ear of the tribunal. Have
you the papers! As for jus"
The lady raised her eyes and uttered q cry
Of terror. 'Mon Dieup' said she, "but this
man Is Mons. Parlecreux." At the cry raised
by the widow, great crowd gathered. They
surrounded her, they questioned her, they I'M
derstood the truth. Immediately a general
clamOr resounded under the whole CELESTIAL
vault.
A lawyer! there is a lawyer in ParadiseI
But what is st. Peter thinking of? st. Peter
soon arrived on the spot. He perceived his
error, and commanded the intruder to leave
instantly dwelling that was forbidden him.
NJ. Parlecreux, inundated for an instant, very
quickly RECEIVERS his assurance. He mounts q
small hill, turns up his sleeves, coughs, blows
his nose, then extending his hands towards the
auditory, he cries? "QtIid? C5gr? Qatare?
QUomOdO? QNdHdo?"
ECYOu tire me bl11DtIv raDlia5 tho o-,,arJisr,
Of heaven. EGO hence. l have already said
it; repeat it to you"
81 consent to it, if only the thing Is legal.
demand of the tribunal permission to put one
question to it."
''Put it, but quickly"
"Gentlemen, if there is in the universe q
place where the law ought TO be respected, it
seems to me that here is the sanctuary of
eternal justice. All, well, gentlemen, accord
ing to the law proprietor is not to expel a
lOdger without sending a summons to him by
a sheriff. l await my summons and l make
my reserves"
st. Peter was moved by this reasoning. ESQ
be it. Let some one go after sheriff to make
the summons" FLYER or six officers immedi-
ately started in quest of a sheriff. But after
long search they came back without bringing
with them the civil officer. "Ah, well" said
st. Peter, "where is the sherif3''
"ImpOssible to find one in Paradise"
SIN fact, although have not thought of it
before, there has never been one admitted
here. What shall we do not to violate the
lawP' A burst of low cunning replied to him.
1t was Mons. Palecreux who nearly sWOoned
with delight on seeing the embarrassment of
the celestial guardian. 81 shall wait my sum-
mons long time" said he, making a vic
toriOus gesture. "The sheriff who will bring
it to me is not yet born"
st. Peter was taken back.
One of his advisers whispered to him the
idea of allowing a sheriff to enter Parable f.
few hours only, in oFlRE 70 nastsL tne L ue
expedient," replied he, ''you do not know
lawyers. Ours would find means of caYl
upon the legality Of the summons. He would
plunge us into the troubled waters of the law,
and finally he would not leave us. After that
should find myself with a lawyer and a
sheriff on my hands. The first is enough"
And this is how there came to be a lawyer in
Paradise