The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-06-13
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Cities have their individuality ~
well as men, manufacturing or mar
itine, intelligent or frivolous, they
always reveal by their physioguo'
my the nature Of their Inhabitants.
Go throngs, the vmious cities Of Ia
belle France; si.os,en, Lyons, Bor-
deaux, or Strasbourg, and look
around you. Every thing which
strikes your eye will 10 d manifest
revelation Of tpecnnsa.s tastes A1kl
habiss tAe llktory q Aad., pop4h-
tioa win 10 .fo,,ad,@as one ni(ht
say, written h tbs streets. On( IL
especially struck with this truth in
visiting Rsuns. ~ Ice its grand
edifices, with tlasir nsgisterinl or,
you recognise " once tllocspitol Of
Brittany, the old seat .of rarha.
'nents, the cityef study, vk,nce all
the thoughtful youths Of tlae prov
inco como tornitivato their minds;
for the prevalent air Of Rennes is
gravity; the whole city has the
calm and severe aspect Of ajnlg.
ment hall, and, indeed, it is the
dwelling place Of the law. There
you find it's temple, its high priests,
and its most fervent worshippers.
They resort hither from the most
remote parts Of Brittany to seek
counsel. 10. come to Reunes with
out consulting q lawyer appears rs
impossible to q Breton, as it would
have been to = Greek TO pass tho
celebrated temple Of Delphos with
out interrogating the Pythoness.
This was as true towards the end
Of the last century rs 1t is to. day
and especially Of the peasants, q
raco rendered timid by experience
and accustomed to takd precau-
tionA " s'.i I5
So then it happened one day that
farmer having como to Rennes,
for some bargain concluded after
his business was finished, that as
he still had some hours of leisure,
it would he well for him to employ
them in consulting q lawyer.
e He had heard M. Potter do Ia
!Irermondalc spoken Of, whose rep
atation was so great that q cause
was deemed already gained, if it
were supported by his opinion.
Tho peasant asked his address and
repaired to him in st. George street.
The clients were numerous, and
Bernard had to wait along time;
vt last his time game and he was
introduced. M. Potter de Ia Ger
'nondale sigued to him to.sit down,
laid his spectacles on tho desk, and
asked him what he came for.
'Faith! Mr.. Advocate said the
farmer, twisting his hat, ~ have
heard so much talk of you that, as
] was here, l thought would take
tho chance of consulting you"
az thank you for your confidence,
my FRIEND" said Mr.. Gcrmondale;
"but you have some suit, I sup.
pose ."
"Suit Z abominate.. them, and
Peter Bernard mover had a word
with anybody" "
'fThcn it is settlement, family
division 2" a-
"Excuso me, Mr.. Advocate my
family and myself have never had.
any division toJnake, seeing wo eat
out Of the same cupboard, as they
say"
II concerns somepurchase or sale
chen 7"
ooh, no indeed am not rich
enough to buy, nor yet poor enough
to have to. sellOut."
y "But what do you want with mo,
then p asked the astonished law
yer.
f'Ols we'll ! have told you, sir"
replied Bertrand, with a loud, en-
barrassed laugh. 81 want an opln
ioli-tor money-understand-be
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