The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-11-01

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q clerk ia drug store. wherc J learned
nv chemical mysteries; finally. ! became
. Law stndent. and il was my knoviedss
al chemistry---a science Of which l am pas
sions.sly fond that gave me start Is
iaw student
Ny shingls had bssa huss out 10 vs'n
for four or ave months. and had NOT
single brief 10 prepare. What little mon
~ / had possessed after my studies wsre 1
completed was rapidly melting away ana
/ could no. ignore the fact :fno fees should
come in my way ior couple 81 months
should have to 60 on the street. or on tue
prairie, aud labor for living. II would
b NO disgraos, 10 hs surs, but vhen one
10 spsss his htsls " IN preparieg him
.eA Tor professional life, and When no
hss set bis heart and hopes on sucba life
Il is sad 70 have TO sbandon It.
I YES seated in my once cns afternoon
iudulging 10 certain gloomy thought" on
the subject. when the door opened, and
middle aged man 10 humble garb came
ia, and recognized him Il the drst gAsee
as sn honest and ,ipdustrious mAchfnis''
. former ueighbor Of my fathers, VINO
was now dead. He was aurried and ner-
vous. and l saw At once, there was some
thing wrong
GOOD norsing. Mr., Campbell sAld'
I. "How did you happen to 6pd the Office
Of poor lawyer like nsrORl i3ic'
by accident, he said. Il am in troub'
ls, and il dou't get out Lam ruinsd Au
the savings OF my life VIII bs gone. nnlcss
/ can lind some lawyer smart enough 70
defeat the rascality Of certain man, and !
was going along. intending to call op tpe
first lawyer l should see. sqd y bApp ssea
to be you. As knew yoSr hshst we'll,
and knew yoa when YOU we're aRboy.
Thought could not do better than to put
the case in your hands; I'd 1t least be sure
| OF fair treatment. thought. O 81
"You may be sure OF that at the hands
Of any lawyer, to whom you should IN
,rust YOUR case" said l. Now. let me
bear what it is, and will see what can be
} done" f~f srke-s f.1 q x
"Wsll, it is this: I've worked quite hard
oil my life At my trade. and accumulated
some money about $4,000, in iact'
: have seven children should like to pro
I vide Tor, and II has been my steady aim t'
increase my money all ] could. A yeal
! ago, q friend Of niue, whoiis in the sam'
| business am in. told meif l could tax
. . partner in the spring. and III should g
. in with him, We could make lot OF mon
ey. l looked into the matter, aud foun'
!. be vas not mistaken shout it. l saw
] ss~,a. in ssw pears. inrrease my VI, wv
I. 10 go. 900 and told him I would be reao.
10 ioin him in business when the tim
/ came. Meantime. my money was layinI
! ia the bank, where ought to have LETT II
! drawing 10 per cent interest
> sShortly after made this arrai' tcni'n
, with my friend about the partner 'btp,
} man knew well. and had great eonfidenc
: in. came to me and asked me 10 lend hir
the money till should want it at the en-
Of the year, and he said he could readil
return it by that time, and he would Civ
mo 8 per cent. So let him have II 40
now il is due and can't get 10 back
HAS he any property
Eyes the amount OF it; but / ha'
since understood he slippery fellow, bv
!, / had not known that before" gy g
"Bp. you took his note. surely" said
"Yes. but I CAN'T nnd'it; that's Wis
= troubles me. fcalled on him yesterda
u and told him 10. and he said he had n
recollection Of borrowing any money fro'
I ms; II I hsd The note be would pay it; II
hadn't be certainly would not" no \ =
Q. "And you cant fnd the note'"
"No'. JAZZ us
70 "What did you do with iii"
II put Il in my pocketbook, where
kept oil my important papers; out when
came to look for it among some 9th
!, notes, and the like. couldn't lind IT,
He produced large. old-fashione
leather pockstbook. H he spoke, and
Looked through il and examined lot Z
receipts and notes that we're packed
svther ID one Of it, pockets, thinking th
two Of the papers might be sticking :
gether.
.sThere i 40 promissory note Tor th
I amount here" said. ''But what is =
\ bsssk sheet o. paper doing heref" and
y took up slip Of white paper, that ! iou'
among ths documents. z
'r Il don't know"
"who was the man that gave you I
he uots3'
"Alexsndes Bolton, the druggist.
Iknew Alexander Bolton we'll. He =
81 wealthy and pen urious, and had the nsf
= Of being very tricky. Twas satishsd %
Mr.. Campbell ~as telling the truth.
vn as wslI convinced that Alexander j.
ton was not . man Who would bs likely
forget having borrowed such large 81
~ $1,000, and jumped TO the aonclusi
. that hs hsd played some cunning trick
wrong shs sonfiding machsnic ont OF
fruits u many years Of labor. But vi
v, vas The tricki That was the quessl
NJ thss puzzled me. nln1Bl
.Hsvs yos hsd this podrtlscoH =
esrs plass svSs since he gave you
notsf"
q .Yas: undss lock and key, where
one could tcasA Il but myself"
q Are you s~rv that Il has been
sinos impossible for any Que to find II
]. purloin the notef
II am perfccsly snre OF that. The ]