The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-17

carly purple tumor ON the side OF his
heal. came in and asked me II my
name was Nye. told him il was. and
asked him to take q chair and spit ON
the stove few times, and make him
self entirely at home.
He did 30.
After answering, in loud and tremu-
Ions tone of voice, that We were having
rather backward spring. he produced
q rcd cotton handkerchief. and took out
Of it O deed which he submitted 10 my
ripe and logical legal mind.
asked him if that was his name that
appeared in the body of the deed as
grantor. He said it was. then asked
him why his wife had not signed it, as
it seemed to be the homestead, and her
name appeared in the instrument with
that OF her husband, but her signature
wasnt ut the foot. though his name
was duly signed, witnessed, and &C
knowledged.
WELL said he, there's where the
gazelle comes in" He then took bite
off the corner Of plug of tobacco
about as big rs o railroad land grant.
and laid two so gold pieces on the
desk near my arm. / took them and
tapped them together like the cashier
of the Bank of England, and, disguis-
ing my annoyance over the little epi-
soie, told him to go on.
well" said the large man, fondling
the wen which nestled lovingly III his
Titan hair, my wife has conscientious
scruples against signing that deed. We
have been married year now, but not
actively for the past eleven months.
I'm kind of ex-otlicio husband, as
you might say. After we'd been
married about o month o little
incident occurred which made q
rifle, as you might say, IN our
domestic tide. L was division master
on the u. p, and one night got an
order to go down toward Sidney, and
look at b idge. OF course, couldn't
get back till the next evening. So L
sighed and switched off to the Superin-
tendent's Office. expecting to go over on
No. 4, and look at the bridge. At the
office they told me l needn't 60 till
Tuesday, so 1 strolled up town and got
home about o o'clock, went in with a
latch-key, just as mutual friend went
out through the bedroom window, TAX
ing sash that paid 81 for. l didn't
care for the sash, because he left pair
OF pantaloons worth el2 and some sill
ven in the pockets, but thought it was
snch odd taste for man to wear a sash
without his uniform.
swell, as l had documentary evil
dence against my wife, told her she
could take vacation. She cried good
deal, but it didn't count. l suffered o
good deal, but tears did not avail. 1t
takes good deal OF damp weather to
float me cut OF my regular channel.
She spent night packing her trous-
sean. and in the morning she went away.
Now could get divorce and save all
this trouble OF getting her signature,
but I'd rather not tell this whole bust
ness in court, for the little woman
seems to be trying to do better, and if
it wasn't for her blamed old hyena of II
mother would get along tip-top. She's
living with her mother now, and if q
lawyer would go to the girl and tell her
how it ia, and that want to sell the
property and want her signature, in
place of getting a divorce, believe
she'd sign. Would you mind trying it ?"
/ said If / could get me l would go
over and talk with her and see what
she said. SO did. 1 got along pretty
well, too. ] found the young woman
at home, and told her the legal aspects
of the case. She wouldn't admit any
of the charges, but after long parley
agreed to execute the deed and save
trouble. She came to my Office half
an hour later, signed the instrument, 1
got two witnesses to the signature. and
had just put the notarial seal on it
when the girls mother came in. She
asked her daughter if she had signed
the deed and was told that she had.
She said nothing, but smiled in way
that made my blood run cold. If a
woman were to smile on me that way
every day 1 should certainly commit
some great crime.
was Just congratulating myself on
the success of the business, and was
looking at the two $40 gold pieces and
trying to get acquainted with them, as
it were, after the two women had gone
away, when they returned with the hus-
band and son-in-law ut the head of the
procession. He looked pale and care
worn to me. He asked me in q low
voice if I had deed there, executed
by his wife. 1 said yes. He asked me
If would destroy it. I said I would
i would make deeds and tear them up
all day at $40 apiece. said liked
the conveyancing business very much,
and if client felt like having grand
warranty deed debauch, was there to
furnish the raw material.
/ then tore up the deed and the two
women went quietly away. After they
had gone, my client, in On absent
minded way. took ont large quid that
had outlived it, usefulness, laid it ten
derby on the open page of Estey's
Pleadings, and said:
"You doubtless think am singular
organization, and that my ways are past
finding out. wish to ask you If did
right q moment ago." Here he. took
out another $40 apd put it under the
paper weight. "When L went down
stairs / met nay mother-in-law. She
always looked to me like firm woman,
but did not think she was so unswerv-
ing as she really was. She asked me
in low, musical voice to please destroy
the deed, and then she took one of them