The Osceola times., 1878-06-15
OSCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY, JUNE l5

town" with Sweep OF the city. Bat.
/ hurst had searched all the directories for
I information in vain. No such name
l appeared, and no such business either.
And so he piled the old gentleman with
suspicious, intimating that probably the
/ young man was dealer in faro bank, a
smuggler, a policy dealer, and all that,
/ till both he and Lille were nearly crazy.
Finally the following conversation en-,
sued
"Mr. Gsrthmsn., insist, before you
are seen with my daughter any more,
upon knowing who you are, and what
you are doing, and where you are do>
ing it ?"
"Mr Pickham, am John l.. Garth
man. earn money enough to support
/ your daughter properly, and for the rest
/ must decline TO answer"
"You decline, do you? No man who
has anything to conceal shall have any.
thing to do with daughter Of mine"
And in consequence strict injunc-
ton was laid upon the girl TO see him
no more, which she violated iust as of.
ten as she could get out of the house.
One day Mr.. Bathurst entered the
restaurant in which Mr.. Garthmsn
| piled his brush, and sat down in the
| chair to have his boots cleaned. Mr.
/ Garthman kept his face averted as much
~ possible, but Mr.. Bathurst observed
him intently. He shined and paid
his ten cents and went out. In an hour
he came back, and though his boots
were yet clean he sat down again. At
the conclusion OF the operation, he re-.
marked:
"Ha ha Mr.. Garthmsn this is the
polishing OF cslf-skiDs you dol Halhal
And taking coupe he hastened up
| town full of the discovery. He had his
rival in his power. Now Miss Lille
would throw Gsrthman over; now the
elder Pickham would insist that all
connection between them cease, for, of
course, he would never permit his daugh-
ter to marry bootblsck. And he lost
no time in getting at the old man and
telling him his discovery.
"Do you pretend to say that John
Garthman is blscking boots in base.
ment ?"
"Certainly do He has an old suit
of clothes. which the wears during the
day, and then when his work is done he
puts on his good clothes and comes up
here, imposing himself upon us as a gen.
tleman. He's an impostor."
"He was lawyer, wasn't he?
Yes"
"Lilliel" yelled the old gentleman.
somewhat red in the face, "come here,
You may take John Garthman as soon as
you please / like the fellow. Bathurst,
II you had been fixed as he was, you
would have borrowed of your friends,
and thence glided gently into dead
beating, ana ended finally as dealer OF
faro. John didn't do anything OF the
kind. He set about earning living
honestly, and has succeed That young
fellow will get on. Goodbye, Bathurst,
| you have done us favor. Garthman
won't black your boots great while"
And so the troubled John wss pleas
sntly received, and all restrictions were
taken off the meeting of the two young
ones, and Mr.. Bathurst quit the house
/ in disgust, and the twain are TO be
made one very soon. Mr.. Garthman
has resumed the practice OF the law,
and as Mr.. Pickham has influence, it is
probable that he will get on very well
This little romance ended properly.
We would not, however, advise all
young lawyers to go to boetblsckine, for
then that profession would be sverdone,
and besides, all old gentlemen might not
be as sensible as Mr.. Pickhsm. Howev-
er = few of them might try it 10 the ad
vantage notonly OF themselves, but the
world n. Y. Evening Mail.