Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-07

with me in few days
1t was an odd thing, but l could not
help thinking about that slight graceful
figure which had so lately stood before
me for brief moment Was she the
daughter OF my tormentor, or merely
If his daughter, then there
was possibility of making further ac-
quaintance with her; and with the desire
OF doing so, positively began to hope.
that it would not be long before | saw
him again
1t was with some interest that looked
out during the next few days for my
client. Isaw him not. and other matters
drove all thought of him and his mes
senger out of my head. He turned up,
however, one day, and as was not par
ticularly busy at the moment l conde-
scendingly listened to him, and even per-
used with what interest | could assume
one of his greasy documents An anxi-
GUS smile lit up his hollow eyes, and
played about his worn mouth as I did
So. [ saw he was delighted at my awak-
ened interest in the case.
Presently asked: "Is your daughter
quite well?''
He looked at me with vacant cx-
preston; as of man suddenly pulled
back into world he disliked from one in
which he delighted, and paused for
moment. Then he went on reciting
a table of degrees of consequently, of
which he was never weary, and which 1
had interrupted.
This was more than I could bear l
broke hurriedly away from him and
escaped l could not help, however,
looking back once, and found him still
standing bare headed, and receiving from
the hands of some Of the Office boys,
pieces of blue paper, which the wind had
evidently blown out of his hand.
AS the day of the trial approached he
got more and more importunate. He
spent his days IN trying to get at me, and
I should say wasted most of his nights
writing to me. No inducements or
representatives of mine that it was not
nv province to be bothered with such
details, that they should be communicate
ed to his solicitors, who would include
them in my brief, or that had more i'm
portant matters to attend to, altered his
proceedings in the least.
The day of trial duly came. | used
every endeavor to bring the case to a
successful issue. laid great stress upon
the point of law which considered gave
us chance, but the judge overruled me,
and that very early fell to the ground.
The trial was, however, brought unex-
pectedly to a conclusion for the want
of link in the chain of evidence. The
opposing council had been sharp enough
to detect it, and made such use of 1t that
the Jury were directed to find nonsult.
NV client sat below in the well of the
court next to his solicitor, and kept his
pale face turned continually toward me.
Twas sorry that we had not been sue
cessful, but devoutly thanked my stars
that at least | would no longer be haunt
jauntily through Temple Gardens to my
chambers next morning; but my. jaunti-
ness departed and my feet dragged heavl-
ly as 1 saw the long, black figure to
which 1 had got so accustomed waiting
in it's usual place. For moment or so L
was in despair; then [ made up my mind
that 1 would stand no more of these pro-
ceedings; they were affecting my health
and my professional reputation. So 1
walked firmly up the steps, acknowledge
ing somewhat stiffly the "Good- morning.
given me.
eff you will come into my Office will
will see you," l said, and he meekly fol-
lowed me in.
SHOW then" asked, 'what is it you
want with me? Your case is all over;
can do nothing else in the matter, and
my time is fully taken up with other
things"
He sighed deeply when l referred to
the case being at an end, and looked at
me somewhat reproachfully.
"Let me please hear from you why it
was lost the case; it seemed to me per-
feet" he said in quiet tone, twiddling
his hat in his hand and dropping one by
one the bits of paper out of it till the
floor was literally covered.
"Well, we lost it, as fact, because we
could not establish the identity of one
Annie Gardiner; but, as have told you
all along, there was no chance of success.
And now 1 must beg of you not to 9nnoy
me any longer. l will not haNsF you
haunting me as you do.''
1 paused IN the hope that l should
arouse him to anger, and so have an ex-
cuse for putting him out, but he replied:
"Then you lost the cause?" with a
marked emphasis on the 'syou.''
81! Why, have never in all my legal
experience given such attention to
anything in my life as 1 did to yyour case;
so how can you say lost it for your"
"Ah, but you did. In letter No. 113
gave you all the information about Annie
Gardiner. arm afraid you did not read
my letters to you"
"Well, to tell the truth, did not. You
wrote so many, and it is so contrary to
professional etiquette to hold direct COM
munication with client, and-and-"
came to full stop. felt very I'M
comfortable, for knew the hollow re-
proachful eyes were upon me. l felt
that though l had acted with the best
intentions and strictly according to rule,
it was, as matter of fact, my ignorance
of a certain detail of the case that had
floored us. I did not think we should
have won it, but the point 1 referred to
settled it, There is no knowing what
might have happened, 80 gloriously un-
certain is a trial at law.
81 am very unfortunate" he said.
81 am very sorry" replied, "but l
do not think that we should by any pos
sibility have won.'
81 have spent the last three years of
my life,'. he went on, "in getting all
these details, and I have put all my
money in it, and now it is all lost"
81 am very sorry" repeated looking
up IN his face. started at the change
that had come over him. His eyes were
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