The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-08
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Another MAXIM" gays Sir POWELL Bux.
ton, in his sketch of the first Rothschild, son
which be ssemed to place great reliance,
was never 20 have suything to do with an
unlucky place or an unlucky man." II
have seen," said lie, ''many clever men,
very clever men, who had not shoes to their
feet. never act with them: their advice
sounds very well, but fate is against them /;
they cannot get on themselves, and If they
cannot do good 10 themselves, how can they
do good to mel" Now, what is lucki Is
there really such an ingredient In human
affairs as foTtuitous c0ncourse OF happy
accidents producing that to which We give
the name Of luck and do some get it and
some fail to get it, There are, we believe,
those who assert that there is no such thing
but most are OF the BarOns opinion.
Not long ago one Of the best known and
ablest merchants in New York was engaging
"a captain. Everything seemed satisfactory,
and they were on the point Of concluding
terms, when the captain said, par pdrenttese,
"You know, Mr. p, I've been a very un-
lucky man." The other turned round sharp
ly, "Unluckyl unlucky then I'm afraid you
won't do for me-" The negotiation was
broken of. We have never heard those
who attempt to ignore luck explain away
certain events which seem accountable by
no other hypothesis than happy accident.
Let us give few cases in point.
A Mr.. Green Wilkinson, of London, let
an old man into his pew, and that old man
left him $1,000 year for 80 doing. There
is n gentleman, we'll known in New York
society to-day, who had an acquaintance,
an Englishman, many years his senior. This
Englishman always showed liking for
him, and when the American went to Lon
don he paid him visit. The Englishman
said to him one day that he wished to make
him little present, aud when he opened
the check handed TO him lie found il was
for quite a large sum. This made him
think that possibly he might have legacy
Of $4,000. But what happened few years
laterl A solicitor in London appraised him
that his client had left the American all
his American securities, amounting in the
aggregate to some 5000, 900.
And wasn't that pure, unadulterated luck
which laid the foundations of the great
English historic family of Russell. A storm
compels foreign Duke coming to see
Henry VIII. to put into Weymouth. Sir
Thomas Trenchard, the principal gentleman
in the neighborhood, hastens to proffer
hospitality. But there's no ono to talk to
His IIighncss In his own tongue. Happy
thought! ''AIy cousin RUSSELL Off goes
II groom to Kingston RUSSELL they have
their ancient patrimony still. "For heavens
sake come over and help INC with the Span
ish Duke" Russell comes; fascinates His
Highness; is carried to court; fascinates
Henry; gets such share Of monastic and
other plumber as subject never rot before
nor will again, and died Earl Of Bedford,
X. c., etc.
Some years ago there appeared review
Of most interesting unpublished auto
biography OF great lawyer, Pcmberton
Leigh, Lord Kingsdown, who was offered q
peerage by four governments in succession,
and held the Lord Chancellorship -Teluc-
family consenting to take uu honor which
his brethren are so eager to grasp-under
the late Lord Derby. 1t records wondrous
example, as Lord kingsdown himself points
out, Of luck. Here are his own wurds: I'm
1880 an event happened which has decided
the course of my subsequent life. Sir Robert
Leigh, who had amassed very large prop
erty in addition to his patrimonial estate,
though he had always been fond Of MIR. and
Mrs. Cook, [Pemberton's uncle and aunt /,
had kept up no intercourse with the rest of
aversion to them. The family estates had
been settled 10y his father, in default of
issue of his own body, on the issue of his
brother (mY grandfather), and would have
been therefore divided or the limitation had
taken effect among his five daughters, OF
whom my mother was the eldest. This
settlement had greatly annoyed Sir Robert,
and indisposed him toward those who had
the chance of benefting by it. In 1928 OF
1929 he quarreled with the Rector of WIgan,
who claimed titles of the Hindley Hall
v estate, which Sir Robert insisted was COW
cred by farm modus. The rector filed a
bill in chancery and set down his cause at
the Rolls. Sir Robert endeavored to retain
Bickersteth (afterward Lord Langdale,
Master Of the Rolls), and was very angry
when he found that he was retained on the
other side. Still greater was Sir Roberts
vexation when he was told that was the
next in business in the court, and that he
must engage me. lie submitted, however,
though believe with very bad grace; said
was a mere boy, and, in short, considered
his case as sacrificed. When his attorney,
Mr.. Gaskell, who was perfect stranger to
me, came to the consultation, observed
that believed l had some interest, or
might have some interest, in the estate when
he informed me that the entail was faulty,
and that Sir Robert had barred the remain.
der after the limitations to his own issue
and his brother and their issue male. This
did not much disturb me. On looking into
the evidence l found that there was q fatal
blot in our case. In order to maintain o
farm modus it was necessary to state pre-
cisely what lands were covered by it, and
if any were improperly included or improp-
ly omitted, the modus was held to DC ill
laid, and u decree went against the dc
fcndsGt. On looking at an old map OF the
estate l found that small piece OF land
taken in from Pennington Green some fifty
years befo.e, was included in our answer rs
part of the ancient tarm; the only chance
for US was that the blot might not he hit,
We went into court on the memorable morn.
ing OF the rausc-memorable to me from ii
consequences-with not much confidence
Up to this time had never seen Sir Robert
in the course of the proceedings, although
/ learned afterward that he had attended
the Rolls Court for several days before in
order TO judge how far he was. iilEnlENto. bt
ruined 10y tho inability of his Counsel.
fancy that he was little treasured. In the
course of the argument for the plaintiff
poor Sutton Sharpe, who was with Bicker
steth, made an attack on Sir Roberts grand,
father, who had been great attorney al
Wigan, to whose articles he attributed q
part of the circumstances which appeared
favorable TO the defendant. | had, there
fore, the double task of indicating my an.
cestor and maintaining the modus, aud sue.
ceeded SO we'll that, after the case was over,
Judgment being reversed, Sir Robert came
up aud loaded me with compliments, the
most extravagant aud absurd-said that
had vindicatcd the name OF the family and
done everything that could be done for the