Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-10-06

nerve and resolution; but this sort of
thing Was too trying, end, accordingly.
accompanied BY Lady Hulmhurst, shs
went %, that vesydey, To- soms rooms IN
. little riversids hotsl On the Thames.
When Eustace, walking down tho
Strand, found every photograph shop full
Of accurate pictures Of the shoulders Of
his beloved, he was simply furious; and,
rushingt to tho photogfaPhet who had
taken the picture 81 the registry, threat
ing him with proceedinSs Of every sort
and kind. The man admitted outright
that he had put the photographs upon the
market, aaying that he bad newer sttpu.
lated not TO do 10, and thst he could hot
a@ordto throw away i've or six hundred
pounds when = chance Of making Il came
In bis way
Thereon ustace departed, still vowing
. result Of this, within . week Nj. James
Short made q motion for an injunction
against tho photographer, restraining the
sS1e Of the photographs In question on
the ground that such sale, being Of copies
OF. q document vital to . cause now pend
1ngin the court, those copies having been
ohkkained through the inStrumentaiity Of
Of the court, Dr.. Probate, the
'sl1e thereof amounted 70 i contempt, in.
ssmueh as, II for no other reasor,,fhs
photographer who obtained them became
technically, and for that purpose only, an
officer Of the court, and had, therefore, no
right to part with them, or any Of them,
without The leave ofthe court. Il viii DO
remembered that this motion pave rise to
some very delicate questions connected
with the powers Of the court In such .
matter, and also Incidentally with the law
Of photographic copyright. It il also
memorable for the unanimous and lumin.
us Judgment finally delivered by the
lords Justices Of appeal, whereby the sale
softhe photographs was stopped, and the
photographer was held TO have been
guilty Of technical contempt. Unfor.
Ffunntely; however, 1t did not greatly bene-
ct Augusta, the victim of the unlawful
dissemination Of photographs Of her
shoulders, inasmuch as thejudgment was
notdelivered till q week after the great
facaes Of Meeson vs.. Addison and Another
had beep settled.
About q week after Augusta's adven.
tute III Regent street Q motion was made
In the court Of probate on behalf Of the
defendants, Messrs. Addison and Roscoe,
who were the executors and principal
beneadaries under the form6r will Of No.
hoAAVgEs 4OoOS Oonn14Vau$ tn0t tAo COuCS
should order the plaintiff to file q further
original will rot up by him attached, the
spection of, the document. This motion,
which first brought tho whole caso under
the notice Of the public, was strenuously
resisted by Mr.. James Short and resulted
in thematterb eing referred to tho learned.
registrar tor his report. On thensxt mo.
ton day this rep1rt was presented and,
onits appearipgFf from It that thephotog.
raphy had taken place In his presence and
accurately represented the tsttoe marks
or the lsdyis Ghculders, the. court de-
clinsd to harass the s'wiur by ordering
her to submit to any furthar Inspection
before the trial. Il was on this occasion
that It transptred that the Will was en-.
gagged to be married TO the plaintiff, .
fact ct which the court enthusiastically
opened its eyes. After thu tho defend.
ants obtained leave to amend their an.
swer to the plaintiffs statement Of claim.
At first they had only pleaded that the
testator had not duly executed the alleged
will In accordance with the provisions Of
1 Vic, cap. %. 600. ., and that he did
not know and approve the 'oontents
thereof. But now they added . plea 70
the effect that the said alleged will was
obtained BY the undue inausnce Of An.
gusta Hnithers, or, e. Of the leag
counsel for the defendants put Il m06h
more clearly ct the trial, Chat the will
had herself procured the will, BY On I'M
dueprojection Of her own will upon the
unwilling mind Of the ~testator."
And 30 the time went On. As often q
he could, Eastace got away;from London,
and went down to the little riverside
hotel, and was - happyas man can be
over him.
Never q day passed but some fresh
worry arose. James and John. the .ieosl
twins; fought like heroes, and held thei,
own, although their experience was &c
small-p men Of talent almost invariably
do when they are put to 1t. But 1t wa
difficult for Eustace to keep them sup
Piled even With sufficient money for ont
Of pocket expenses; and, Of course, q.
was natural In . case In which sucf
enormous sums were at stake, and II
which the defendants were already nel
Of vast wealth, they found the flower Of
tho entire talent and weight Of tho ba1
arrayed againstthsm. Naturally Eustace
felt, and 80 did Mr.. james Short-who
Notwithstanding his porposity and thu
technicality Of his talk, was both q cleve,
and o sensible man-that more counsel
men Of weight and experience, ought K
be briefedi; but there were absolutely n
funds for this purpose, nor was anybody
likely to advance any upon the security
Of . will tattooed upon q young LADY,
back. This was awkward, because sue
cess In law proceedings 90 very ofte,
leans toward the ~weightiest purse, an,
judges, however impartial. being but mel
after all. + more apt to listen to a
argument which Is urged upon their at
tention by an attorney general than o.
one advanced by On unknown Junior.
However, there tie fact was. and the
had to make the best Of It; and o poin
In their favor was that the case, althoug
OF q most remarkable nature, was con
parativcly simple, and did not involve an
great mass OF documentary evidence.
: CHAPTER XIX.
!. N1DsoN VS.. ADDIsoN AMI ANOTHER.
!. The most wearisome times 20 by at Ia.
II only one lives to see the end Of then
and 80 1t came to pass that ct length q
: one fine morning about q quarter to 10
the law courts clock, that projects II
. CHASTITY shtdeousncss upon unoffeudin
8 Feet street, Augusta, accompanied B
Eustace. LADY Holmhurst and Mr.