The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-07-13
: ELEANOR BUNKER,
!: Counselor and Attorney at law,

in letters as bright as gold leaf could
make them, had gone up the day before;
and his library, rather a scant pattern,
had just arrived, and Elkanor had spent
the last fifteen minutes in putting that
up, too; after which Alkanor seated him
self again in his old arm chair, and,
musing, rested.
"Oh, for a good fat clientp sighed
Elkanor, after an hours solitary refec-
tion. Signing doesn't generally secure
the object longed for, but in this case the
usual order of things seemed likely to be
reversed a heavy step was heard in the
passage, 3 rap at the door, and in stslked
a guant, bony six footer, with an OK goad
in one hand and an undressed sheepskin
in the other. Elkanor knew his custom
er, an old acquaintance, "miserly as the
day is long when days ere at the longest"
He coolly pushed out chair to him, and
then busted himself with some books and
papers that lay before him, with an ap-
pearance of industry decidedly greater
than he manifested before his visitors
entrance.
seYou seem to be plaguy busy this
morning, SQUIRE" said MI. Tarbox, after
a silent session of some fifteen minutes.
Rather bnsy, sir"
swell, then, I guess won't interrupt
you, squire, seein' as you are busy"
'Ifs my business, sir, to be inter-
rupted," remarked Alkanor.
eyes, I know it is but you see l didn't
exactly call on business. only wanted
to get little advice; just to find out
what your opinion is"
"Well, sir, state your cast" laconically
remarked Elkanor.
"Why, you see, squire, we had kind
of cattle show down at our eend of the
town, you know, last week a-Tuesday.
Well, You see, I got into a little bit of
scrape there. You know Bill Walker, l
s'posew
sI can't say I do" said Elkanor.
aDon't know Bill Walker! Heavens
and airth, squire Everybody knows
Bill Walker. ruther guess you know
him, squire. Jest think minute"
"Perhaps so but go on with your case,
if you please, and let Bill Walker 60"
'eYes, but raaly, now, thought you
knew Bill, Why, I swan, squire, you
luu6U AuOW uIlls 1J12i w oAhSA . eAS AA<SA|
that wears that old"-
But we will not inhict on our readers
Mr.. Tarbox's luminous description of
Bill Walkers wearing apparel. Suffice
it that he did describe the said Walkers
apparel in a discourse of about fifteen
minutes; after which he spent half an
hour in telling how he and Bill had had
a tipht together, and then eked ont the
rest of the morning telling what they had
fought together for. BE was in the
midst of this, when Elkanor heard the
distant dinner bell ring. Elkanor hadn't
been in the profession long enough to
know that lawyers are generally supposed
not to need dinners. So he cut short his
clients tale with:
"The amount of the whole matter, Mr..
Tarbox, so far as I can see from your
own story, is, that you think Bill Walker
. stole one of your sheep, and acknowledge
that you have been and taken one of
his"
"That's it, squire, you've hit it 'dzact-
ly," =, :
of Bill Walkers Sheep" :.
"Why, Bill Walker took one of mine."
perhaps so; but can you prove that
fact?"
"Prove it! thunder and lightuigl I
should hope so. l can prove that fast
enough"
"Who'll swear to it?"
"Why, anybody will swear to it." -,
"And what migh anybody's name be 2"
inquired Elkanor. "Did you see Bill
take the sheep or have anything to do
with it?"
"No, I didn't see him."
"Well, do you know anybody who
did 2"
"I can't say 1 do, 'dzactly; but thun-
der and lightning, squire! Bill Walker
is lust the sort Of fellow to steal sheep.
I'll swear to that"
eyes, but that won't do. My opinion,
Mr.. Tarbox, is, that you had better give
Bill Walker his sheep, and get yours
back whenever you can. 1t is the short
est way out of the scrape, sir"
"Do you raally think so, 'squire|
"Idon't think anything about the mat
ter. know So"
"Wal, that's what Bill said Squire
Ketchum, down to Walkeryille, said.
But 1 didn't raaly believe him. How
somever, if you both say so, s'pose 1t
must be so. It's an ALFRED hard case,
though, I swan it is" (Rere Mr.. Tar.
bo~ 1r,llod out his watch,) "Hul-lo