Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-17
HURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER II, ISIS


either. And SO he piled the old
gentleman with suspicious, init
mating that probably the young
man was dealer in a faro bank, a
smuggler, policy dealer, and all
that, till both he and Lille wera
nearly crazy. Finally the follow
ing conversation ensued:
"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 doing it."
"Mr. Pickham, / am John NJ.
Garthman. 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 anything to DO with a daugh-
ter Of mine"
And in consequence a strict in.
junction was laid upon the girl to
see him no more, which she vio-
lated just as often as she could get
out of the house.
One day Mr.. Bathurst entered
the restaurant in which Mr.. Garth
man piled his brush, and sat down
in the chair to have his boots
cleaned. Mr.. Garthman kept his
face ayerted as much as possible,
but Mr.. Bathurst observed him in
tently. 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,
be remarked:
cha! hal Mr.. Garthman; this is
the polishing Of calf-sklns you do.
Ha! ha!
After taking a coupe he hastened
up town full Of the discovery. He
had his rival in his power. Now
Miss Lille would throw Garthman
over; now the elder Pickham would
, insist that all connection between
them cease, for, of course, he would
never permit his daughter to marry
: a bootblack. And he lost no time
q in getting at the old man and tell
ing him his discovery.
q "Doyou pretend to say that Johl
e Garthman is blacking boots in
basement2"
Certainly l dol He has an ole
n suit of clothes which he wears dur
= ing the day, and then, when hi
!. work is done, he puts on his goo,
a clothes and comes up here, impos
+. ing himself upon us as a gen tleman
He's an impostor."
ale was a lawyer, wasn't her"
!, eyes"
# "Lillie" yelled the old gentle
n man, somewhat red in the face
"come here. You may take Johl
e Garthman as soon as you please.
q like the fellow. Bathurst, if yor
d had been fixed as he was, you woul,
!. have borrowed of your friends, an,
!. thence glided gentlyinto dead beat
n ing, and ended finally as a dealer O
n faro. John didn't do anything of th
: kind. He set about earning a liyin,
:. honestly, and has succeeded. Tha
young fellow will get on. Good
8. bye, Bathurst you have done us
n favor Garthman won't black you
!, boots a great while"
If And so the troubled John wa
:. pleasantly received, and all restrC
n tions were taken off the meeting Q
d the two young ones, and Mr.. Bath
N urst quit the house in disgust, an,
a. the twain are to be made one yer
lv soon. Mr.. Garthman has resume
d the practice of the law, and as MI
n Pickham has influence, it is proba
I. bic that he will got on very well.
This little romance ended proI
NJ erly. We would not, however, al
II wise all young lawyers to go to boo
ID blacking, for then that professio
Of would be overdone, and besides, a
!, old gentlemen would not be as SCI
d sible as Mr.. Pickham. However,
n few of them might try it to the &C
vantage not only Of themselves, bu
fha world