Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
M'liseellaneous.
THE STORY TELLER.

'Can l sit with YOU
"Certainly, sir
Nice wheather.''
''Splendid, indeed"
Crops growing finely"
''Ics-couIdn' be better"
was sitting i'll passenger coach,
on Il Wisconsin railroad one day years
ago, when Il good looking, pleasant
spoken man came along, stopped at
my seat, and the above conversation
took place. the latter part of it after
| had given him part Of my seat.
Now, | am regarded as a social
man. / like Il joke, a good bit; and
think a sour, morose man, whu uses
his tongue only when forced to, is
RRaaa RRaaando d to sic Of s5le 52l@e bsFribs disease,
punishment.
On entering a railroad car always
look about for Il talkative man, and
then get as close to him as possible
and drain him dry, il the journey
is long enough.
And want to state one thing more
Left an orphan before l could realize
the event which made me one, | got
kicked here and cutIed there, and
grew up between folks" us they say.
| ought to have had. ut the time of
which ! write, IL pretty thorough
knowledge of human nature, and have
becu enabled to read evil in Il mans
face. If he intended me evil. l did
not pride myself on being over keen
or extra sharp, but the knocking
around among strangers ought 10 give
any one a good experience,
Well, the stranger and tell into
an easy train OF conversation us we
rode together, and in ten minutes
began to enjoy his company. He
was weIl-made fellow, finely dres ssed
and he wore fine watch, and a 81
mon-purc diamond ring. l never saw
a man who could talk so easily and
pleasantly. 1t seemed that he had but
to open his mouth and the words fell
right out.
. had travelled in the South, so had
he. | have heard the loud roar of the
Pacific he knew all about it. had
been up in a balloon, down in mine,
been blown up smashed up and re-
paired again. My new friend had ex-
perienced all these things and was
waiting for something new to turn up
of more startling nature. We agreed
on politics, neither had any religion,
and | had never met such a railroad
companion.
Did YOU ever meet a man, who,
though q stranger to you ten minutes
beforeconld wrest from yon secrets you
had sworn to yourself not to reveal
Well, he was such man, 1t was not
| long before lie commenced asking me
| questions. he did not;seem trying
to quiz or deaw me ont, but he asked
me questions in such a silly, round-
about way, that before knew it l was
giving him my history.
r was at that time just on the point
of being admitted TO the bar as stu
dent of Law & Law, of Briervflle. The
firm were old lawyers, with u lucra
tive practice, and it had been talked
over that in month | should become
the go" of the firm. A year beforl
farmer named Preston, down abotf
four miles from Grafton, had died, AMI
his matters had been put into th
hands of Law & Law for settlement
Preston had died rich. He had none
in bank, railroad stocks, mortgage
etc, and everything was settled up
the satisfaction OF. the relict and til
fatherless. ~
About year before his death, bein
pinched for money, and not wishiIl
to sell anything at a sacrifice, Presto
had given a mortgage on his farm ft
three thousand dollars. While tt
papers read s'for one year from date
there was verbal agreement that