The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-09-21

A pale young man entered lawyers Of
flee and closed the door with his back,
like Vermonter, and said he wanted q
little advice. The lawyer told him that
he had struck the right place, and asked
him to prceed
"Well, what want to know is, if man
marks me for life, eau i collect damages
from him?"
The lawyer said it was the easiest thing
in the world to collect damages in such
cases.
"Then," said the young man, "if girl
goes out riding with me, toa picnic, and
she gets marked for life, can she collect
damages from me-
The lawyer scratched his head mo-
MEMS looked wise, then thought again
with his forefnger ON his forehead, looked
| into volume Of patent Office reports, and
Ilnally Expressed tho opinion to tho yanng
| man that in the latter case there was no
possible show of the girls collecting dam
ages from him. The young man threw
down ten dollars as retainer, and said that
the lawyer could consider himself engaged
for the season, to prosecute one case and
defend the other. The lawyer put the
N oney in his vest pocket mechanically, as
though it was mere matter Of form, and
told the young man to state his case. TAX
ing of his hat and wiping the perspiration
of his forehead, he proceeded;
"Well, l want you to commence against
a llivery stable keeper for $1,000 dam
ages. You see, last summer hired
top buggy to take girl out to Oconomo-
voc to the yacht races, and we were going
out there was the 'lmightiest thunder storm
You ever saw came up. 1t drenched us
from head to foot. There wasn't dry |
rag on me, and the girl said if there was
one on her she didn't know where it was
But it finally cleared of, and we drove in
TO Oconomowoc, and around by the bank |
of the lake, and got in the woods. We
had on white clothes. had on pair Of
white Marseilles pants; and the gir had
on a white muslin dress. Well, sir; do you
know, when we got out, the whole back OF
US, from the knees clear TO the small Of the
back, was blue as indigo. The buggy
cushion was blue, and when it got wet the
blue just fairly run of, and 1t was the
bluest blue you ever saw. Well, / thought
the girl would die. When she stood of
with her back towards me could think OF
nothing but an Italian sunset on the Lake
Of Como. She was the bluest girl, true
blue and no mistake. When went away
from her to get better view Of the yacht
race and to swear little, must have look.
ed 10 her like some old blue ruin in 9
theatre. Well, We didn't dare TO go 10 the
hotel to dinner, and were afraid to stop a.
where the Light Horse Squadt
ron was Ia camp, where i knew all the
boys, aud we didn't get anything TO eat
except glass Of beer and piece Of dog
sausage at pewaukee, which had Prus.
sian bring out to the buggy. The girl
got mad because laughed at her for hay.
ing the blues and she wouldn't speak to
me oil the way home. We came into town
after dark and thought the affair would
blow over, but blast me, II the blue color
didn't set on my skin and nothing will
AXE it oil. have tried everything. but
i is just as bluo today as ii was the night
got home from Oeonomowoc. From my
knees to the small Of my back am deep
y, darkly, beautifully blue, and probably
shall be during my natural life. aud wan,
he livery man sued. II / wanted TO tray.
j with a circus as a tattooed man should
lot mind II 80 much, bat don't. ney.
n knew before that blue was fast color.
"Well, this is only half the trouble
About week after We got back the gid's
ather came TO me with gun and asked nae
Shat sort ola colorod person | was II Il
ieens the blue was just Is set in it, way E
n his family as il Was in mine tried 10 J
sIplain 1t TO him the best way could, but =
&c said there was only one reparalion b
nan 81 honor conld make ia such cases. !