The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-20

town." with a sweep OF the city. Bil
hurst had searched all the directories Tor
information in vain, No such name
appeared, and no such business either
And so he piled the cd gentleman with
suspicious, intimating that probably the
young man was dealer In faro bank, q
smuggler, a policy dealer, and all that,
till both he and Lille were nearly crazy,
Finally the following conversation ems
sued:
"Mr. Garthman., insist, before you
are seen with my daughter any more,
upon knowing who you are, and what
you are doing, and where You are dos
ingit9"
"Mr. Pickham, am John l., Garth.
man. earn money enough to support
your daughter properly, aud for the rest
must decline to answer
"Yuu decline, do you? No man who
has anything to conceal shall have any.
thing to do with a daughter OF nine
I And in consequence strict iniuuc.
tion WAS laid upon the girl to see bin
no more, which she violated just asof,
ten as she could get Out of the house.
One day Mr.. Bathuust entered the
restaurant in which Mr.. Garthman
/ piled his brush, and sat down in the
/ chair to have his boots cleaned. Mr.
/ Garthman kept hi4 fsCe averted assnuch
az possible, but Mr. Bathurst ob'eryed
him intently. lie 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. Al
the conclusion OF the operation, lie rc'
marked
ola! ha Mr. Garthman this ia the
polishing OF CaIs-skius yOudo. Ha!ha!
And takinga a coupe ne hastened up
town full Of the discovery. lie hal hir
rival in his power Now Miss Lille
would throw Garthman over; now The
elder Pickham would insist that al
connection between them cease, tor, o
course, he would never permit his daugh
ter to marry bootblack. 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 backing boots in a base
ment? %
"Certainly do! lie has IN 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 asa gen.
tlemRn. He's an impostor.'
"He was 4 lawyer, wasn't haf'
Yes"
"LiIiel" yelled the old gentlemarl
somewhat red in the ace, come here
You may take John Garthman AZ soon a
YOU please. like the 'ellow. Bathurst
if YOU had been fixed as he wa4, yor
would have borrowed Of your friends
and thence glided gently into dead
beating, ana ended finally IS a dealer o
faro. john didn't do anything oI th'
kind. lie set about earning a Itvinl
, honestly, and has succ ed That youni
= fellow win get on. Goodbye, Bathurs,
you have done us favor. Garlhma
y won't black your boots q great while
, And 30 the troubled John was pleas
= antIy received, and all restrictions wer
taken off the meeting OF the two youn
ones, and Mr.. Bathurst quit the hous
in disgust, and the twain are to b
: made one very soon. Mr.. Garthmal
has resumed the practice OF the law
and as Mr.. Pickham has influence, II il
probable that he viii get on very well,
This little romance ended properly
We would not, however, advise al
young lawyers to 90 to bootblackina, 10
then that profession would be cvcfdone
and besides, all old gentlemen might no
be AS sensible as Mr.. Pickham. HOwey
er, a few OF them might try it to the ad
vantage notonly OF themselves, but tn
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