The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-12-12
4 LAWYERS STeRY. .

A client Ot the law urn with
which j was connected ih Linroln,
Nrh., h.! died lr..spg u vriy large
property. worth Eea.lr halt n mil
lion dollars, to be held fls trust I'M
Ill the heir or heirs coald hr dis
covered. -
was anxious to fnd the heirs,
not only Ior pecnwary motives, but
because | WAS made ,lcrpy intet.
estrd in them Iy the recital of u
stssy which the client, Marvin
Grey, hau i'll 10 me on the day Of
his death. His brcms WAS almost
spent shen | stood hy his u,.Islde
aud listened attentivrly TO eateir
the low sound of his voice as be
whispered The sad tale OF an erring
son whom he had driven from his
home in England. lie had sent
him from his home one dark night,
twelve years before, because of his
drunken habits, aud he had never
seen him since. lie had heard from
him but once in all these long
years; then he was an officer aboard
a ship plying between Liverpo, |
aG;aa New YoIk. Though he had
searched the vogid over ne ro1i4
get no lrte of his sou, and, finally,
worn out hy iacessdnl grief and
travelling, he lai,I down to die in
the far West among strangers,
without having accomplished the
one great desire of his aching
heart.
AS the death dew was gathering
on his biow, he finished me sto,y,
land with an indeSciiba6lc look OF
agony, asked me To swear 20 take
mp the work where he had left il,
aud devote my life, iittstsosl.::!! be
necessary, TO the Guding ef his
son, 1t living. | should receive $50,
900 when he WIS found. Young
aud romantic, my sympathies were
! fully aroused; So, with my hand
clasLcd IN the nervous grasp OF the
dying man, ! promised never to
give up the search until the lost
one was found.
Mr.. Grey had made such ,lispoSi.
ton OF his property that | coul'l
draw my travelling expense; 50 j
commenced my important task the
day after his untimely death.
| took the cars at Lincoln and
WAS soon in C,ete, u small station
in Contra Nebraska. Here chan :.
ell to tho stage coach bound 70
Holders rancho, fifteen miles Il
the north. As we were tfavnlliug
AZ a late OF speed for which The
Western STAGE coaches are renOw'l.
cd, | tried to shape some definite
course 10 pursue, aud bad almost
decided 10 rctrace my journey tu
Lincoln and start Tor the Eastern
States, wren my thoughts were
diverted from the subject by the
sudden npsetting Of the lumberns
vehicle. We had been threading
out Way around The edge of n
aulch. when the shy of one OF
the horses sent the c0ach aud con.
tents into a heap ut the bottom. |
was concious of falling, and then
all was blank.
When | recovered my conscious
kness | was in Il pleasant though
plainly furnished room, through
the door OF which | could see a
pale.iaced woman sewing near a
table. At the same time she was
sweetly humming n baby song aud
rocking an oll.iashioned cradle
with her foot. 1t was an interest
ing picture, aud made me think oI
my own childhood, with mother
singing baby Nell to sleep. ltried
10 think howl -eAne-there, and
wondered II | had died and was ii
heaven.
AS my thoughts turned to myself
| tried TO rise, when au ucute pain
in my side made me cry out in ago
ny. Then tue sweet face OF u wo
man was over my pillow, and ten
der eyes looked piiyingly iuto
mine.as she asked me ii | felt much
pain. - Her voice, so low aud sweet,
made me forget my suffering, and
| asked where | was aud how |
came there.
"Don't yon remember your fall
/ ing into The gulcll with the stage
coach yesterday ~ she asked.-
"Oh, now | remember Ireplied.
"I was goiug to Hobiu's ranche
when we were all tipped into that
gulch aud killed.
mo, not killed. she said, smi-
ling ut my serious foue; ''but badly
tbruised; aud Marvin brought you
here for9iane to nurse back to life;
Tor you were almost gone when he
got you out OF the wreck"
+ Iwa8 goiuea<p ask who Marvin
| Nuss but sha said | must not talk
any until the.fever len me-
Tue following week wasa period
Of great suffering for nc, but my
faithful nurse did alltbat could be
| done to make my surroundings
,jleasaut for my rational moments.
q Iwas conscious of the presence OF
| a young man ut my bedside, and
knew that he was the "Marvin'
who had brought me from the
gnlch.
/ Near The end OF tue second week
after the accident the fever left me,
and | began to recover. Up to