Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-05-21
Tle Evil Genius.
DOMESTIC STORY,
BY wILKJE COLLINS.


adviser sacrificed two days of his precious
time in London. Something serious must as
suredly have happened.
In the meantime, who was the lawyer?
lie was LIr. Sarrazin Of Lincoln's Inn
Fields.
Was he an Englishman or a Frenchman?
lie was a curious mixture of both. His
ancestors had been among the prosecuted
French people who found refuge in En-
gland when the priest-riddcn tyrant, Louis
XIV, revoked the edict of Nantes. A Brit
ish subject by birth, and a thoroughly COM
petcnt and trustworthy man, Mr.. Sarrazln
labored under one inyeterate deluson; he
firmly believed that his original French nat
ure had been completely eTadicated, under
the influence of our inSular climate and or
insular customs. No matter how often the
strain of the lively French blood might as
sert itself at incOnVenient times and under
regrettable circumstances lie never recog-
nized this foreign side Of his character. Ills
excellent spirits, his quick sympathies, his
bright mutablity of mind-all those qualities,
In short, which were most mischleYously
ready TO raise distrust in the minds Of En-
glsh clients, before their sentiments chang
ed for the better under the light of later ex-
pcrence-wcre attributed by Mr.. Sarrazin to
the cXhlarating influence of his happy do
mestlc circumstances and his sue, essful pro-
fcasOnaI career. His essentially English
wife; his essentially English children; his
whislers, his politics. his umbrella, his pew
at church, his plum-pudding, his Times news
paper, all answered for him (he was accuS-
toned to say as an inbred member Of the
glorious nation that reiOiccs in hunting the
fox and believes in innumcrabe pills.
This excellent man -arriyed ut the cottage,
desperately latigued after his long journey,
but in perfect possession of his Incompatible
temper, nevertheless.
lie offered Il proof of this happy state of
mind on sitting down to his supper An
cpicuIe, il ever there was one yet, he found
the solid part OF The refreshments offered to
him 10 consist Of a chop. The old French
blood curdicd ut the sight Of t-but the true
born Engllshmau hcroicaly devoted himself
Ia the national meal. At the same time the
French yiydCity discovered 4 kindred soul in
KITTY; Mr. SarrLZn became her intimate
friend IN five minutes. He listened to her
and talked to her aS if the child had been his
client. and fishing from the pier the business
which had brought him from London. To
Mrs. Insty'- disgust lac turned up corner
Of the ttbr-clotil when he had finished his
chop, and began to conjurc 50 deity with
the spoons and forks that poor little Kitty
often dull, now, under the changed domestic
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this extraordinary lawyer to the business
that was waiting 10 be discussed. But Mrs.
Prcaty looked 1T the clock and discovered
that her grlndrhiId ought to have been in
bed halt an hour ago.
Time to say goodnight the grandmoth-
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