The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26
Miscellaneous.
THE JUDGES STORY.
BY JULIA V. PIlIFEH.

The Judge knocked the ashes from hs
cigar, and rose with an emphatic hem!
All the others drew long breath, and
brought their chairs down from their tilted
position. Graham had been telling a story
to while away the long hours of the Christ
storyteller.
"Your turn, Judge" said Graham with Il
slight laugh, the flush slowly dying out Of
his face.
BEAT Graham's if you can," sad Fen
ner, rubbing his hands together with great
glee.
you don't know the Judge, Fenner,'
said Williams. ''Hc used to equal 'Mr.
Midshipman Easy in the number Of his
adventures, and his grace in relating
them
The Young lawyer, whose sobriquet o1
Judge had been bestowed upon him in the
early days of his college life, from his sup,
ernatural gravity and his sententious way o.
deciding questions that bored him, drew
back chair with a flourish, and then push
ed it toward the fire again and sat down.
"Ill tell you what it is, boys you neet
not think I'm going to be hea' by Graham
! have . story 10 tell which is lust as good
as his, but then It NAV lnso something in th'
telling. Since we parted five years ago,
have been Interviewing Blackstone Chiuy
and Others 'of that i!k,' anil good deal o
the romance has faded out in that way yor
perceive But then, as we agreed to meet il
five years and compare experiences, if
was merely to have soms ching to tell, 50
did nv hest to have m ndyeHsure--Ilem
perhaps yea alt rame mber what my col
logc days were You do" lJumph! Tier
ii viii save me the trouble Of telling you
though had studied mp fine bit Of patho
abont them. However, 1t don't matter mucl
let it 90 on now, One fact, though, mu.
speak OF, aud that Is rie financial copditio
of your present orator in those college days
| never said anything about it then, becaus
| was a deal too proud but to tell you tn
truth, boys, it required some screwing an
some pretty close calculations to make m
allowance cover my modest wants, ! re
: member used to be not little envious {
Fenner and Graham when / saw them scat
tering money around with such LAWS
+ hand, and ! with my fine natural abilitie
good looks, and extraordinary stock Of con
mon sense and the Judge straightene
: himself back and laughed in his rare, geni
way, without finishing his sente oce.
= "However, TO pass over that, and come
the time when we all left college, with your
3 honors thick upon us. Weren't we proud
our diplomas, though Boys ! want you
tell me truly whether you ever took yo
sheepskin out of its case after the first s
u months ?"
Haven't seen mine since two weeks aft
T. commencement" murmured Graham
u Don't know where mine is" said FEM
sr and the Others intimated that their expe
II II ence entirely coincided with his
eerr "Thats just it, boys" pursued the judi
81 tried to get a situation by exhibiting Il
a, imposing document, out after good ma
81 81 trials and as many ignominious failures
s put the pious fraud away and left of be
al a college graduate. went in on iiry me
ilt,ee ite then, resolved to win or perish in The
IN tempt 1t seemed that would have to
." cept the latter alternative. / had nett
money nor friends, and there were plent
young men with wealth and \ osition, \.
to fill every vacancy. IvAs pretty had
! for money, you know, and IT was about