The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-22

"EoEArE JUSTICE.
The Probate Court, or Court Of Conds
..loa, SIS should properly be called
was iu session, for il was the first weeH
of .he mouth, and the law makers o
tie sovereign State Of Oregon had over
looked not oue jot or title Of their self
asserted legal rights la anything per
-1iuiHg 10 lhe fees, fines, dues or injus-
Ices iGat lal same classes hs- 2 iuvari.
ably imposed upon the law-obeyiug
sex THIS Court Of Probate was "a powel
900 the and. second only to the District
Court, ans lgt third degree removed
from tl. court Of last resort, which uI
sd te.- Hu lad not been created, owing
.ra to ..a acS Of the number Of in
1aa -r7 -uired by the Constitution
t1 make sue. Court legal and It's de-
cisions VALID. and secondly, 10 the Wanr
Of q Governor who would scruple not E,
oyerrule the Constitution and appoint
such Court without reference 20 th,
states quota Of population, or the re-
stE1uous o. the Instrument which such
au officer De- sworn 20 obey.
John Har be- was as good as his word
about coul-- ing bis mothers Will.
.alre Erfr.u, who for a term had
Ne'l 30 Ollie. but who was known as a
eur0uic candidate for almost any phase
H. legal, judicial or political favor, and
aHo ga1eFall 81 Contrived to possess him
ss.f Of something in that liue, was now
sort Of shyser in the legal profession,
anl as such, was ever ready to lend a
haud-for o weighiy cousideration-in
favor of q desi guing claim-huuter. And
Judge Hardpan was engaged az once as
John Hsrd.ue's head lawyer.
Irs. Peter Tubhs had read the will
U.h care and had as carefully exam
tu .te certificates ol sanity which her
mothers r.-e pr,caution had caused heI
provide s protection against the
o.-.veea.as greed OF John Hardine.
Every ihilE connected with the viii was
.o SRA ght1rward and honest, and her
1wu conscience was so clear Of even a
thought Or completely iu its execution,
.aat she allowed herself no uneasinoss
about lhe Probate Court. But the se-
l1c proved tha. she had reckoued with
o.t ner bost.
She bad az once taken possession OF
.l- Hsrl'ue homestead, with her chill
drer. fo.. wed, OF course, by Peter Tubbs,
.. -eaerated so rapidly that he be-
c.uaa ror in his home-such a terror
as would have been safely housed ia
jain f3- many weeks prior 20 the deati
OF Die moiheriu-law if his misconduct
had occurred in The h1rd-earued bom,
OF any other woman than his own law.
fol WIFE,
Mre Tabbs, assisted by her children
tera1 no once 10 make heavy improve.
uelts at the maternal homestead
Reared ss she had been in closest con.
tac wila the poverty she loathed, and
dep as she had been through all
hel married years Of any but the baresi
necessaries Of life, it was little wonder
that FOR while, In the language Of her
ueiehboIs "she made The money fairly
dy."
Never before had Chemeketa prairie
witnessed The advent in any Of its hun
trel homes OF carpets, furniture or pic
.lres in Other style than the most prim-
itive aud scautv. The innovation was a
uiue days wonder and the theme of
constant gossip, not a little Of which
wss heavily tinged with disapproval.
For the first time in many years nv
heroine admitted to others, and more
than half succeeded 90 making herself
oeiieee, that she was happy. But her
happiness Consisted, as she we'll l,ro,r
in busily employed aud partly praufed
ambition.
Tn a little while the old fashioned
farmhouse that her mother had builiel
oiossomed uader ler finishing toucle
l.o a refined aud beautiful home. :
teacher was employed for her children
and certain hours Of every day allot,e,
for studies, IN which their mothe
joined with the esger zest Of a school
sil.
Peter Tubb- was 20 her a sort Of ueces
sary nuisance, o. whom she could no
rid herself She had once feared him
she had never loved aim; she had fcr
long time hated hin, and She now. De
spised him. Happy as She tried TO hs
li- she was, there were mouen.
-en she would have freely given DC
entire inheritance 10 see him laIl dea
at her feet. A less conscientious la
equally intelligent aud strong willie
woman world not have hesitaied Q
take his lie. She could easily hay
done 50, and the world been none q.
wiser, for he wss often so stupidity ii
toxicated as 10 be wholly within De
power for days together. But she knew
or thought she knew, Of q Hereafls
where meet rewards ard pnnishmeL.
would come to all ia their natural orde
aud she had no idea Of staining her sou
with a worse crime than enduring %
presence OF 4 man she detesled
Judge Hardpan was a guest at 10
home Of John Hardine, and Tirzah, w
had lost all semblance or her earl
beantyi was waiting upon the twain q