The Red Cloud chief., 1883-10-19
SUlTORS COM ASTRAY.
studies from life.

Studies from life.
The English Court Of Chance-y would
Seem incomplete without Little Miss
Elite and the Man from Shropshire. So
would the New York supreme Court
without the person and paper Of Mr..
Ad"lphuS llcintzicmann, Chief Of the
bar and Acknowledgement Of III. Human
Race. The casual visitor lettering
through the corridors Of the County
tourt-house in CITY Hall Park i
likely To see an undcrsiZcd Did man.
with a strongly marked Teutouic face,
surrounded by tumbled mas ofgriZzly
hair and beard. dressed i'm n suit of
rusty black, and with n larg bundle of
paper undc his arm, hurying with
swirl, nervous tread in the direction Of
one or The other courtroom The little
man ; lace Is set like n flrt, and his
dark eyes CLEAN from unicr shaggy
browN with h strained intenncss that i
almost pajnful. He is in dad earnest.
lie 'vld' ntly has on hand t~u,ine-s, i'm
portrait business, which brooks no
del? Y.
The visitors mental comment prob
ably l. hat the man Is "A lswycr OF tho
stripe of Sampson Brass. or Mr.. Pcll.
dear friend of the late Lord Chanccl-
Tor, Fastening Ia answer ''Ready'' TO
the call of the calendar; and he pities
she clients who have committed their
%ar>cs la such hands, if outward APP
pcaranccs form any critgion by which
10 Judge Of the measure If success at
tendani upon his advocacy. But com
mcnt and sympathy ae alike mis-
placed.
Mr.. He.nizlemann is MT so fortunate
a. Ia bear VIGOROUSLY tlF burden of liti-
CATION, with the ultImstc certainty of
fees Ia Tighten the load. He il. or rather
WAS. a sniior himself. and his crrand
now Il To forward the interests of his
suit in his " proper person. For he
tan not grasp the fact That his case is
na longer before the courts, but has
beer res adj ndicata tlnsc many wears.
His ease j. a suilmcnt'y sad one.
Years ago he wa> aclyer and success
full inventor; and toby. in all likcii-
hood. tho fruits of b. genius are in
Hciivc use by hundred who do not know,
nor would bc intcrcad in knowing,
shat the inventive facnlty which is the
means of serving ther convenience or
z~iigncnting Their waltz has lost lis
power; and that tb, facile brain TO
which they are so much indebted is
.cclipsed forever unde- the dark shadow
of insanity. With tc proverbial bad
fortune of his kind. b, sowcd and others
reapcd; he laborcd md they entered
into his labors On ne Inflated day he
brought an action e. possession
of a valuable pat,nt, for which he
claimed moi 10 have received the stipu-
lated compensation. The equities NAV
have been i'm his fnor. Who knows?
But the law was against him. His case
WAS tried and an adverse verdict rem
dcred. He appeal'd, and the appeal
was deciaed ia his opponents favor.
Then came the eld of things for him.
He wcnt mad. Mr. was il wonderful
hat he should do SO. As the
genIai Autocrat saws, somewhere
nm those iniuitabl ESSAYS of
his: Insanity is 'ften the logic Of an
accurate mind ovetasked. Good mental
machinery oughf 4 break its own
wheels and levers if anything is thrust
amuac them suddenly which tends Ia
stop them or reverse their motion. a
weak mind does not accumulate force
enough L. hurt itself; stupidity often
saves a man from going mad
At all events. stupidity did not save
Mr. Heintzlemaln. His wrongs. real
or imagined, upet the delicate balance
of his mind. and left in chaos what once
WAS coherent and coordinate. The
curious NAV fibl the details of his case
reported in Unpublished Law Reports
of the State.
His deluSior assume no violent or
repulsive form. 1t simply consists in
the belief that his suit is still before the
coults. and inthe conviction that event
uali,. can he put obtain a hearing, the
adverse decision will be reversed or
modified. an, he reinstated in his lost
possessions. And SO. every day, sum-
mer and winter, in season and out of
season. he marches up 10 the clerks
desk. with lis inseparable bundle of
papers. and courteously asks in highly
Germanizcd English:
MIR. CleIk. haf YOU put mine case on
the calcnda' to-day?'
No. Mr. Heintzlemann." the clerk
invariably replies. cit is not on to-
dan
why laf you not?" he asks, greatly
surprised.
I'VE fndn't room for it to-day"
"Can / see the Chudge?"
"No. ie'S busy"
"Thel." he continues, scan / my mo-
ton make today"
No, il is not motion day."
That makes no different" saws
Mr.. Heintzlemann, with a wav of the
hand. Until NV Ease is decided there
is no court, no Chudge, no anything"
This formula gone through he turns
10 the officer in charge. gravely selects
a paper from the bundle. hands IL over
with the strict Injunction that ii be car
ried Immediately TO the Judge, and,
tremendously saluting all present, de-
parts i'm the confident assurance that
the morrow will lind his case OF the cal
epdar. and the court in readiness to pro-
coed with the argument OF his long-de-
layed motion.
The court officers deal very gen.
} tly with MIR. Heintzlemann. He
is a privileged character. Accus-
toned rs they are to making
short work of the army of cranks who
periodically disturb the peace or OBJ
strrct the wheels of justice with their
vagaries, they still have q tender spot
in their hearts for him, and are never
too busy to answer his inquiries respect
ing the momentous suit, or to comior'
him with the assurance that some Gay
his much-hopcd-for ..modifcas5on'' vii
be granted:
order. liberty and progress ceased when
TIC obnoxious judgment was pro