New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-03

Waved broad and bright across the face Of
Heaven;
A. And in the cottage on the rugged heights,
The passing radiance by their glory given,
Showed pale orphan weeping BY the bed,
And the calm smiling of the happy dead.
THE MAN IN POSSESSION.
u won't pay farthing-no that
won't-not if have to go to prison for
jt!"and down comes my fathers clench-
ed hand on to the table with such
thump that it makes the reels in nv
basketjump sif suddenly attacked with
St. Vitus's dance. 'rtAs&tt tasa
Yesterday my father had made his
first acquaintance with the County Court
having been summoned by a tradesman,
for the balance of an account which my,
father had declined to pay, as he
firmly believed It to be gross over
charge, but. facts went against him, and
he was ordered to pay. ! NY
father vowed that he would do no such
thing. He called the judg ent ssiniquit-
Gus and one-sided, !" and ultimately ex-
pressed his determination to- emulate
dear old Mr., Pickwick, and go to prison
IL ACSCSoctA dI1CA Lndut SUCH
An injustice. 5t 5s
But, father" | ask, in an awe-struck
tone, "wnat will they do if you don't pay?
Shall! we all have to 60 to prison?
mo, my dear" replies my father.
calming down mot exactly. The court
will issue what is called an execution
and try toput q man in possession; but /
think shall prove more than match for
sCounty Court bailift." s :3 +
Father smiles while saying this, as ifthe
latter person were avery contemplate
and significant thing. KS s y
Exc ution Man in possessson!''
What do they mean? am afraid to ask
my father, he looks SO cross, SO i go$on
quietly with 10 ySwork, waiting until the
frown shall haye'le his brow. .@@
Mary at last exclaims my father, ST
have ogo to Bardmoor, and was think
ing that it MIGHT de wise thing to con
suit young Barton; he has Just come from
a large Office in London tohelp his uncle.
Idont know much about him, but old
Barton has always been considered a
good lawyer, and perhaps the nephew
MAY be following in his uncle's steps. At
any rate, j will make the the at! temp, and
see if he can't save me from this atrocious
swindle. wrote yesterday, asking him
to call here, If passing, as wapted to
see him about those leases; but suppose
he has been too busy, or perhaps my let
ter has not reached him."
NV fathar does not volunteer more in.
formation, SO wish him tsgood- might, =
and retire to rest, to dream Of executions
at Newgate, and that the murderers ex-
plating their crimes are the 'smen in pos
session. ISL ss14#
The next morning, on coming down to
breakfast, find that my father has start
I'd by the early train for Bardmoor, and
has left positive orders that during his
absence the gate is to be kept locked,
any no oneadmitted under any pretence
whatever. IA ri XXI
s"But tell me why, Jane9" I asked our
old cook, who had been with us longer
than can remember, and to whom the
Tders have been given.
6 To keep out 1.-The bailifs, MISS" re-
plfrs' Jane. Not that it will be any
god, for they are las sharp as needles,
ana nothing can keeppem out if they've
mind to get in" ,>s
What is an texecution,' or a man in
possession2'" I ask. 6 Did you ever see
onea" a
Only one. miss, and that was quite
enough. A bailiff is the man ms poses
SION and when he or his men get into
ahouse they sell all the furniture and
every thing. they can lay their hands on
and that is what they call an execu-
ton" II
sssBut, Jane,o 1 argue, "if We Keep tie
doors locked, how can they get in2'
a" Lor, miss" answers Jane, you don't
know how artful they are! If thew want
to get into house very much, they will
disguise themselves like play actors do.
I remember when my Uncle John had
the bailifs il. He had kept them out
for nigh three weeks, when one day an
old cart broke down just outside his door,
and tho driver was thrown of his seat
and fell into the Toad, where be lay as; &c |
he was too much hurt to move. Uncle I
had kind heart, so he ran into the road
and helped the driver onto his feet. or |
groans the man. Come in and rest . Bit