The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-01-20
A Lawyers Story.
"Oan I sit with you ?"
Certainly, SIR"
"Nice weather"

Splendid, indeed"
"Orops growing fnely~
"Yes, couldn't do better"
was sitting in passenger coach on
Wisconsin railroad one day years
ago when q good-looking. pleasant
spoken man came along, stopped at my
seat, and the above conversation took
place, the latter part Of il after / had
given him part Of my seat.
Now am regarded as u social man.
like joke good bit; and l think
sour, morose man, who uses his tongue
only when obliged to, is bound to die
Of some terrible disease and 90 to
some place of red-hot punishment.
On entering railroad car I always
look about for taitutive man, and
then get as close to him as possible,
and drain him dry, if the journey is
long enough.
And want to state one thing more.
Left an orphan before / could realize
the event which had made me one,
got kicked here and cuffed there, and
.'grew up between folks" as they say.
I ought to have had, at the time OF
which write, pretty thorough knowl-
edge OF human nature, and have been
enabled to read in mans face il he in.
tended me evil. I did not pride my
self on being over keen or extra sharp,
but the knocking around among stran.
gers ought to give one good experience.
Well, the stranger and fell into an
easy strain Of conversation as we rode on
together, and in ten minutes began to
enjoy his company. He was a we'll.
made fellow, finely dressed, and he
wore o fine watch and simon pure
diamond ring. never saw man who
could talk 90 easily and so pleasantly.
It seemed that he had but to open his
mouth and the words fell right out.
I had travelled in the South, 80 had
he. I had heard the loud roar of the
Pacific; he knew all about it. / had
been up in balloon, down in q mine;
been blown up, smashed up, and re.
paired again; my new friend had expe-
rienced all these things; and was waiting
for something to turn up of q more
startling nature. We agreed on politics,
and I had never met such railroad
companion.
Did you ever meet q man who, though
q stranger to you ten minutes before,
could wrest from you secrets which
you'd sworn to yourself not to reveali
Well, he was such man. It was not
long before he commenced asking me
questions. He did not seem to be try.
ing to quiz or draw me out, but he asked
rsv v 4.S tbst %.sora - 1uIn Im ~, lounoaoout
~ W. s S;stovr Dn,oe ! Ano~ ~ was giVine
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e %ssu stnSnSt - ~ tne psT .. Wisconsin
';,,s ''uoen' VI LAW LAW Oh nrler'
nj. e-,, 80.
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% ono- H. - n% anu ~ na9 peen taiKed
snrn. ar s.Ea "a . IL was 70 pe-
s hescss a~ IA - sne nim a year
Sow. .vs .i,'t ~ VA1 80 .me, : named freston,-
% hsJ d;aJ % ~ iv ~. .ua.ss LILIES rom Hraiton,
~ , AZ J. ~I .s insurers 4ao peen put
ti"Ut v VIZ n1pus D =. Law Law ior SET
LI o osson ha9 oiea rlch. he
na~ ,asty y ~ .ne panh' Isiiroaa stockss
ta1ssseS, anta1s &C. ana everything was
hct and the fatherless.
ABOUT year before his death, being
snort Tor money and not wishing to sell
anything at sacrifice, Preston had
given mortgage on his farm for So, 900.
Wniie the papers read ''one year from
date there was verbal agreement
that 1t should be lifted off any day when
preston desired. a month after, when,
naving the money, he desired to clear
on the paper, the old money-bags hold
ing " refused TO disgorge. wishing to
secure his interest for q year.
! was on my way to ascertain the date
OF expiration. A fire among our Office
papers had destroyed the memoranda.
from old Script. who lived south of
Grafton about Ave miles. The stranger
had pumped all this ont of me in ten
minutes; and yet never once suspected
that he was receiving information.
~ am not positive" added, s'but
Im pretty sure the time is the 18th
which would be Tuesday"
"And then your folks will send down