Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-07-18
A 4 OF RECKONING.
EAs Story OF q Lawyer who Acted
as Peace-Maksr.

as Es1c2-13ksr.
"Ah there you are missaksu' Law
ysrs. though not usually ranked an0ag
peaeemakers are yet far t-Om being.
4 a class. Eoad Of foueatin- strifs- I
kuoE there : an Impression abroad
that We are aps % eneOura-e strife.
and 80 make h-fHsize~s but I think IL
the fraternity bad a fair hearing. shere
night b. change in your Judgment
- spoke my friensL John Bailey. a.
Ne tsft the s1ppev-tabls AMI came into
the -itsInS-ru.5u of JONAS pleasant
bore vhsre | was spending a short
vraslpm
J0ha- afser going through college
wish ne. had ssassisd law and settled
IN cur native village. while I haf
s0u-at tJrsune abroad Il Wa on the
ocrzsiou of oae % my visits to my old
hsne shzt I had accepted johns earn
visit
bad remarked at supper upon the
aptitude % lawyers FOR smelling IIJtgz-
thOus afar. which had provoked The
dez5ai Ihave qgogsE
No. SIR repeated John a. he
wheeled an easy chair around 10 the
n~~sate orue for me- and seated
himself and BABY In another. Il enjoy
HotGinz better than mzSins psare. aad
/ flashed up a Job % THAI kind Last
week that Efss= m satisfaction every
time | think about IT, Want 10 hear
abaat fss
~U caur TrepIizI
Iol snow fhe prU~sseledD whea I
frst became acquainted With nv vile
sas VS. : Seh@o-naan in the lower
part Of the eoaatry- Well. she
hoarAsd al the time she taught there.
zboes three Years EIth a family
Eamed OFINay- They came 10 epu-
satsr her a. 70 Of the family. and sac
Etta good deal that WAY too
- shea I persuaded her tn give I'd
district sehoal-tsaehiaS and make a
steeE sehal1r. rs 4 matter Of course
thex took rs into sheIr good graees4
aHd ever since ! eoaas theirs a. one ot
ths homes tn =hich ws 90 occasional
l. - have a thoroughly good time
Jase o7iEay has always been on
the school b1arI u the district. l.
rather above the medium farmer in
edaeasi1a- and has more than average
IntsLlieEe. 4 broa3=p5ritesL biz
hearted o4d man. Eh0 thogr-h very
kiutiy IN d-p94isi0n- l. possessed Of 4
stFvas wHL- ami l. n0s easily Turned
aside. when once h> minsi / made M
- Ia defea-e % what be thinks :
right
~ whea. this winter. Ache Ne
bsa7lA HI aei-hbors sOu. took Il
tata as heal IN run Away from school
notwithstanding the remaassrans7s- OF
hs iaexper5eneed teacher M Or5-
a. with one ether dIrvs-tSr-the
third was Archies fafher-pruupsIv
toeS the matter in hanL. and c,a-
viueed youag AcnsouaId that he must
b o~beLienf, % leave the school. The
cider Nclua5lG toox aarons and came
NJ 10 soEn 10 inquire Of me- If be couIa
Rot - the ALL 81 the law. reverse the
action 81 the -nediIiu' directors
msarpiu tn themselves authority. an,
taAsE tn Themselves over much
poser
read him the school law. and gave
him 10 encouragement Of the sort he
wished bat considerable friendly ad-
vies in = manner calculated 20 euasole
In. wounded Scotch spirit I got nat
ties - sa2oosAel over that no further
ACTON Was taken. and the boy xeat OF
rs say N better behavior. I h1ued
and the aeiSaborh0od was | saerersd
myself saved a deal Of l~i-feeling Tat
aAWss1t wozld hare eugendered
Mr. oruWay, lOW that his spirit VA
up Wa almost disappointed that there
had nos been a suit. but expressed
himself satisfied A. matters werG Glr
AcDcaald va rot satisfied
Iwas surprised Ehsu. tro weeks n
ter. he came again 20 see me He Wa
anoGt 20 begin a suit a. lax against
his neighhOr. Mr. Ordway. for > de5s-
and wished to retain ne a. HI e.,up-
SCI
lsave him a chair. aud asked him
ie~ Questions which he answered. very
really Mr. O-dEay and kiuself had
rsen nsiShhoS a long EhiIs there
a { dealings back aad foesh. ex-
change OF work. Of seed CON and
cats. they had h~arveS-sl- thFssasf and
gathered corn on both farms sross of
these exchanges be had kept account
CT some little he trusted 10 memory.
bet aoE-aud in his c-xeilesneas tba
S7o;eh tongue asserted itseIf--H lie
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