Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-05

proportional hall which appears to have
been the best thing that the architectural
talent of the Nineteenth century was ca
pablo of producing
To<-,c right of tho door on entering is
statue OF the architect OF a pile OF which
England has certainly no cause to feel
! proud, and here black bas full of papers
in his hand, stood Mr. John short, wear
ing hat air of excitement upon his coun-
| tenance which is so commonly to be seen
in the law courts.
"Ilcrc you are, he said; IL was begin
| ming to he afraid that you would be late
| we are first on the list, you Know; the
| Judge fixed 1t specially to SUIT the conVen-
| iencC OF the attorney general los ON
| the other side, you know. he added, with
a sigh. lin sure don't know how poor
James will get on. There are moro than
| twenty counsel against him. for all the
legatccs under the former Will are repre-
| scented. At any rate, he IS well up III ms
facts and there docs not seem TO me 10 DO
very much law III the case
Mcanwille they mad been proceeding up
the long hall till they came to poky 1T
tie staircase which had Just been aug out
in the wall, the necessity for staircase
at that end of the hall, whereby the court
floor could be reached, having, to all APP
| pearancc, originally escaped the attention
of the architect. On getting to the top
| OF the staircase they turned to the lett
ana then to the lett AGAIN ii tLcy hau
had any doubt rs to which road they
should take it would have been speedily
decided by the long string OF wigs which
were streaming away in he direction OF
divorce court No. Thicker and thicker
grew the wigs; 1t was obvious that the
cause celebre of Meeson vs.. Addison anu
Another would not want for hearers. IN
decd, Augusta and her friends soon real
lied the intensity of the public interest
in way that was as impressive as 1t was
disagrecablc, for just past the admiralty
court the passage was entirely blocked oy
an enormous mass OF barrlstersi there
might have becn five hundred or more OF
them. There they were, choked up to-
gcther in their white wiggcd ranks, wait
ing for the door of the court to be opened.
AT present it was guarded by six or eight
attendants, who. with the help of a
wooden barrier, attempted to keep the
surCing multitude AT bay-whilc those be
hind cried. Forward and those III front
cried. Back
"liow on earth arc we going to get
through asked Augusta. and at that
moment Mir. John Short caught hold Of
an attendant who was struggling about
in tn" skirts of the crowd like fly III a
cup Of tea, and asked him the same qucs-
ton, explaining that their presence was
necessary to the show.
I'm bothered if | know, sir; you can t
come this way. suppose | must let you
through by the underground passage
from the other court. Why" he went
on as he led the way to the admiralty
court, hang me, if | don't believe that
we shall all be crushed to death by them
there harrsters. 1t would take a regiment
OF cavalry to keep them back. And they
are ungry lot, they are, and they ain
no work to do and that's why they comes
kicking and tearing and worriting Just to
see lit of painting on young LADY ;
shoulders.
BY this time they had passed through
the admiralty court, which was not sit
ing, ana then conducted down Il sort OF
we'll that terminated III tho space occu-
pied by the judges clerks and other
Officer. # the court. In another minute
they found themselves emerging III a
similar space in the other court.
Before taking the seat that was pointed
oui 10 her and the other witnesses in the
well OF the court, Immediately below
those reserved for queens counsel, Au-
gusta glanced round. The body Of the
court was as yet quite empty, Tor the
in, though their repeated shouts u open
the door could be plainly heard. The
j0ry box was full, not with Il jury, for the
case was to be tried by the court itself, but
@! various distinguished individuals, in
GLIDING scvcra! ladies, who had obtained
orders. The little gallery above was also
crowded with smart looking people. As
for tlr seats devoted to counsel in the
cause, they were crammed TO overtlowins
with the representatives of the various
dctendants-oo crammcd, indeed, that the
wretchcd James Short, sole counsel for
the plaintiff, had to establish himself and
his papers in the center of the third bench
sometimes used by solicitors.
"lleayens' said Eustace to Augusta
counting the heads; there are twenty
; three counsel against us. What will that
q, untort unat" James do against so many
, II don know, I'm sure said Augusta
, with sigh. ut doesn't seem quite fair
= does it, But then, you see, there was Nc
, money.
Just then John Short came uD. He haC