Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-04-06
The LAWYER AND TIE LADY.

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Chapel street. TIE lawyer was III til,
enjoyment of his after.dinner cigar, will
his feet elevated at the regulation apgl,
gu his Office table, and with his head con
cealed in the feathery clouds emanatin.
from the cigar aforesaid, when suddenly
there came tapping at his chamber door
''Tis some visitor" he muttsred bring,
ing bis feet down to the floor and then
aloud, "come in"
In response to the invitation there en-.
tered female, over whose head hud
rolled the suns Of some Fifty summers, as
Indicated oy the occasional thread Of
silver which relieved it's prevailing red,
ness. The figure of the lady was coplous,
and there was an air of dauntless resolu.
tion about her which betokened business.
Sir she said, addressing the lawyer
and advancing into the middle of the
room with measured stride, II am in deep
affliction and come to you for advice and
assistance" The lady's accents we're
touchingly plaintive, being evidently
funded upon Mrs. B.ldell, of msuruful
memory.
Madam, be seated. My services are
at your disposal. Command me-" Thu.
said the lawyer.
"Sir." said the bright>haired client,
lone year ago was the mother of fair
young girl, then scarce nineteen ears of
age. She was. indeed beautiful. TIE
rose and the lily we're delicately blended
in her cheek her form VAS of fairy grace !;
all who knew her loved her." This
touching eulogium brought a tear into
the left hand corner OF the lady's eye,and
the lawyer made note ont"
"Amoug her many suitors,' pursued
the afectonate parent. "was q young
man, q machinist, named George.
We all regarded him as an exec edingly
estimable and right-principled young man.
he dotted on my daughter, aud my
daughter she dotted on him. In short,
his suit prosperod, and they were mar
ried. George my dear daughter SAID
before the ceremony. "you know / cannot
live away from my precious ma she
must ABIDE with us." by oil MEANS"
replied George ''life would be desert
without her. Hero the lady gave vent
to powerful sob wbIeh threatened to rsnd
the bosom Of the black moire antique
dress which enclosed her welldeveloped
form.
After brief season of recuperation.
she proceeded I'VE all lived together
very happily for about six months. To
my daughter aud her husband, life was
like Summer dream an Arcadian par
adse. The sun shone, the birds sang,
the waters Played-everythiug was bright
and beautiful
"Ah, l see," murmured the lawyer,
''thc goose hung altitudilum."
Just so." asseuted the lady; but one
day my daughter was taken sick, and
after very brief illness she went to sing
songs with tfe angels. AS she lay on her
death>bed she sun oned her husband and
said, George, care for mother when
am gone; be good to herr" Sob tho
second. after she was dead asked
George what construction he placed upon
our darlings words. He said be had
been thinking about them. and asked me
how | construed them. [ told him it
seemed to me that sbc desired that we
should live together forever and ever
that l should in fact. fill her place in his
desolatc home. lie replied that such
was pretty much his idea. And so" con-
tinued the veteran, becoming trife mix.
ed in her parts of speech, from that day
we were all in all to each other. aud we
suffered much happiness
DO you mean to ay." s,ked the law
yer, that you and this man lived together
rs msu and wife?'
Such" responded the lady. "is the
plain English version of the fact. As l |
aid, every thing was lovely for a time,
but recently be has imbibbed habit
be always would imbibe something-of
absenting himself from home at night,
more especially on Wednesday and Sum
day evenings and have learned BY dint
'f patient and vigilant inquiry. that he
IS sparkling, actually sparkling. a bold.
isced and brass>mou,hsd milliper on
Orange street."
Another sob Of tremendous vsbs-
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