The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-04-17

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tiff, is certainly q novel one, AM
viii be watched by the members o
the legal profession with much inte.
est. Mr.. Bradford sues to recove
$4,000 from his father-in-law as
slight compensation for the injuries
which the plaintiff has sustained ii
marrying an incomplete and unsatis
factory wife The complaint con
/ tains a charge Of fraudulent misrep
resentation on the part Of the father
in-law--whose name is McGrath-
and Of conspiracy between McGratl
and his daughter to entrap the plain
tiff into marriage.
The history of the case is briefly
as follows: Mr.. Bardford is res
pectable citizen Of Clinton. ILL.,, ol
about 40 years Of age, and engaged
in the house and sign painting bust
ness, About two years ago Mr.. Nc
Grath and his family, consisting Of i
wife and one daughter, moved into
the town. Mr.. McGrath was d rctir-
led pork person Of much reputcd
wealth and Of pleasant andWgeniai
manners. His daughter was a young
lady Of undcniable beauty. She was,
however, very slightly lame. she
could hardly be said to limp, except
when she tried to walk unusual fast,
and she could sit down gracefully II
she gave herself plenty Of time.
Nevertheless, it was undeniablc that
she was a little lame, fact which
somewhat prcjudiced the marrigable
young men Of the community against
her Mr.. Bradford was greatly pleas
ed with Miss McGratll, and was a
frequent visitor at her fathers house,
where he was treated with much cor
diality. In due time he became
warmly attached to the young lady,
and would have unhesitatingly pro-
posed to marry her had it not been
for her unfortunate lamcness. Gifts
precise nature he could not for a
long time obtaine any satisfactory
information, The young lady herself
Stunned the subject, and beyond in-
cidentally admitting THAT her fright
limb was not in all circumstances
trustworthy, she refrained
from satisfying her lovers curiosity
He had begun to fear that the limb
In question was greatly inferior to
the other, and was, perhaps, weak
and shrunken, SO that it was unfit 70
bear her weight. An accident, which
il Is unnecessary to describe, though
it may be limited that it was not
wholly unconnected with difficult
descent from q particularly high car
riage, proved'to Mi. Bradford that
his suspicion was wrong, and that
the limb" In question was, up to
certain point, at all events, model
Of symmetry. In fact, it was decid-
edly the ablest limb that had ever
temporarily dazzled his eyes with d
fash Of brilliant hosiery and Mi.
Bradford went home that afternoon
determined to breach the subject to
MI. McGrath and ascertain ii there
was really anything seriously tile 4
matter with the Nlirnb.n II was in
this connection that Mr. McGrath
made the alleged false representa-
lions- He said the subject was a
delicate one, and that lie copld not
Dc expected To go into particulars. |
He added, however, that The difficult
" was avery slight one, and that, |
Ior his part, he did moi think that a |
mere stiffness Of the knee, which
would probably wear Off III time, |
constituted an objection to an other
wise exceptionally eligible Young |
ady. Greatly relieved BY these re- |
marks, Mr. Bradford then and there |
asked the honor Of Miss McGratll's |
hand, and, with the appreciation Of |
Ter father, subsequently proposed to,
md was accepted by, the young lady.
II was not until after his marriage |
hat Mr.. Bradford made the paiafnl
discovery which led TO his lawsuit |
70 his great astonishment, his wife
proved to be partly cork, The fact
vas forced upop his attention As
le afterward remarked, When .
nan's wife has got to take herself |
apart when she Tetires,' o man can't |
lelp suspicioning that there's some
hing wrong.a lii the silonce of the
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