Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-10-07
THE RIGHT BOWER.

Young men," he said, whatever
may be your strait, never take a case
before a jury, or before any court, unless
you have your right bower for bead"
If the reader surmises from this that
the old Judge was fond of euchre, he will
not have surmised amiss.
The young men looked at him inquir-
ingly.
mean," he added, "that you shall
never advocate cause into the work of
which you cannot enter with a clean con-
science. You shall never accept a ellen.
whose cause you do not believe to be
just"
"Can that rule always be adhered to?"
asked one of the listeners.
1t cam" answered darlington en-
phatically, Il" It's lawyers firm rock
Of foundation, and the only sure point of
departure to the respect aud confidence
Of his fallows." ..,. ,o....
Have you always followed that rule,
Judge ?n $500 q. -
""I was never tempted from it but
ONCE. he replied. &C will tell you the
story, il you would like to hear it.r
OF course they would like to and the
old man began:
lone day l was waited upon by a
man who gave his name as Leban Sar-
turt. He.was of middle age, well-dress-
ed, and at first, sight appeared to be a
gentleman ; but the Illusion was dispell-
cd when approaching business. He was
hard and unfeeling, and naturally viii
lain. Success in Speculation had saved
him from becoming a thief or highway
man. / heard of him as heavy dealer
in the up-river lands. He asked me if |
was willing to undertake a job which
would call me TO Shireton. told him |
was open to anything legitimate that
wouldPay.',g ara co. r4
Mr.. Lurlington," said he, tapping
nae with coarse familiarity upon the
arm, 81 want to secure your services /;
you must not be engaged on the other
side"
told him If he would explain to me
the case might be better able to give
him an answer. He bit an enormous
quid Of tobacco from black plug, and
having got II into shape between his jaws
he went on with his story.
The case is one of ejectment. An
elderly man named Philip Acton, had
died leaving a valuable estate. Thore
was nearly a thousand acres of land, with
opportunities for developing immense
water power and ere many years that
land would be worth more than mil
lion dollars. AT present upon the estate,
and claiming it as o son Of the deceased,
was man calling himself William Ac-
ton"
But" said Sarfurt, he is not le-
gitimate child at all. His mother was
Betsy Totwood, at one time girl in Ac-
toms employ. Acton, know, was new
er married. He brought the boy up and
educated him, and now the fellow thinks
he will step into his protectors shoes
! can prove that am the only living
relative of Phillip Acton. He was my
uncle-my mothers brother-and, to n
lawyer as smart as you there can be no
difficulty in proving my title. 1 can
bring the witness to your hand."
" He told me he would give me five
hundred dollars if would undertake the
case, and an additional thousand if |
gained. That was a big fee-far more
than / had then made in all my pleading.
1t was tempting. And yet l saw that
it was not perfectly clear-not entirely
honest. The probability was that this
William Actonwas. Phillips child and
II was rot impossible that Philip had
married Betsy Totwood. 1t struck me
That IIaban' Sarfurt was a villain, and
that he funcicd he had young Acton so
far in his power that he could eject him
from the title. But what had | particu-
larly to do with that If i accepted a
client | must serve him. | had no bus
mess but to serve his interest. | finally
told Mr.. Sarfurt that / would think the
matter over. should probably have
business in -Shireton during the session
of the court, and I would call on him
there and examine more fully. / could
not take his retainer until had further
light"
But" said he, twill you promise
not to take up for the other side ?"
/ told him would do nothing with
out further consultation with him."
" Because he added, ''If you are for
me | am sure to win. Acton can't find
lawyer that can bold candle to you.-
] know them all.n
'' No matter whether believed him or
not, Gid not feel battered"
Two weeks later received letter
from Sarfurt, promising me five thous-
and dollars If j won.h Az l1l.
The five thousand dollars was n
strong argument. Was not law really a
game Of chance in which the strongest
hand and longest purse must win ? l
told myself yes. Yes-and i sat down
and wrote Q, reply, saying that | would
take the case. But did not mail it at
once. That night put it under my pill
low, and slept over it ; and on the fol-
lowing morning l threw it into the fire.
l would not make up my mind until |
had seen other parties-until had been
on the grounds. And | wrote to Laban
Sarfurt 10 wait"
''Two weeks later 1 harnessed my
horse to the wagon, and, with my wife
and child, started for Shireton. had
been married two years, and our little
babe, girl, was a year old, our pride,
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