The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-06-04
A Marriage of Inconvenience

Hey UrlShe't ooTc the ti'ie VI
"Rogues' Attorney-General" on the
Blackhaw circuit. His clients were
principally kuuvcs and simpletons. The
former he helped to swindle, and the
latter he swindled. To which class
Zmri Bezel belonged We leave the read
cr to Judge after reading our story.
Mr.. Bezel did a thriving business
as jeweler, till bad times came. and
bills came in faster than he could pay
them. He hoped to pull through, il
people would only wait little; but
bad times arc precisely those when peo'
pie won't wait.
In an evil hour he bethought himself
of Wiley Griskett, and went to him for
counsel.
Instead Of advising a frank disclos-
ure Of the debtors circumstances, as an
honest lawyer would have done, Mr.
Griskett set to work in his own peculiar
way.
Whats the value of your stock and
assets /" he inquired.
Thirty thousand dollars Mr.. Bezel
answered.
'And your debts amount to
Twenty five thousand
Make yonr notes for forty thousand.
Bezel opened his eyes.
That's good deal more than owe,
he answered ; besides, the creditors
won't accept notes.
4 don't say you should make them
to your creditors
TO who. then?
'Shamboy T. Co.
But I don't know them
NO more do T. returned Griskctt
with wink. Make out the notes und
then run away. As attorney for Messrs
Shamboy & Co.. a highly respected firm
in a distant city'-here another wink
i take out an attachment as against an
abscondipg debtor, cut ahead of every:
body; gobble up the whole property and
privately remit you the proceeds. re-
tanning. of course, reasonable fee. IL
will give you breathing time The
tempter whispered, and once on your
legs again, you will be able to pay all
your honest debts
MANY man has been led to steal by
the same delusive hope Of one day max
ing restitution; but none the less was
he thief, and none the less was Zimrl
Bezel swind'er in conse nting TO follow
the advice of Wiley Griskett.
What race there was among the
lawyers the day that BezeIs place was
found clos, d and the proprietor missing
Writs came out "a FIST as busy pens
could craft them; but that of shamboy
E. Co.. thanks to the vigilepce of their
attorney was in the hands Of the sheriff
an honr before the rest. 1t swept eve-
rythinr. Of course. to the great disgust
Of those who had nothing left for them
but to grumb!c.
But erumblng was ofli'tle use against
the notes for forty thousand dollars,
bearing Zimri Bezel's undisputed sigma
ture. produced on behalf of Messrs.
Sbamboy & Co., By Mr. Wiley Cnskett.
Mr.. Griskett pushed mattera ns rap
idly as legal forms would permit. Bezers
Effects were sold for about the sum at
which he had valued them. Griskett
receipted for tho amount in his clients
name. and pocketed it with an inward
cbucklc. while outwardly bemoaning
tbc LARGE balance still left due to Messrs
Shamboy g. Go.
Within month came the news OF
Zimri Bezol's suicide. Day after day nc
had visited the post-office of the little
country village in which he had taken
refuge, to inquire for letters-.none came
At least none from Wiley Griskett-and
one day on receiving the usual answer
the poor dupc put pistol to bis heac
and blew his brains out.
Ziuri Bazel's widow was an eccentric
little body, and honest to the ;: core oh'
felt kecnly her husbands flgh. anf
failure, and would nave felt 1t still mor'
had she known what had passed betweeI
him and Wiley Gaekett.
One morning she walked over to th'
Office of old lawyer Marefetch.
.Mr, Uarcfctch.' she said, Il tel'ev