Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-21
MR. NELSON'S WILL
EY Il. RIDER

G0t "Nh anldnl, uanulng the lelJcrlO JOnn. |
What is it?' asked Eustace, nervousiy.
EIe had grown TO hate the sight Of n law
Ser's letter with a deadly hate.
q "NStice OF appeal. ] expect" said John.
"Oren It, man" said Eustace, "and let's
ssrt Il over"
A~ceordingly, John did SO, and read as
81lloIpS:
~NEESoN VS.. ADDISON ASp ANOTHER.
~DEAE Sm:-After consultation with our
clients, AeSsrS. Addison and Roscoe, we
'Are enabled TO make YOU the following Of
FER ~ DO account is required of the mesnc
profits
That's a wrong term" said james, ir.
rftan!y. ''Mesne profits refer TO profits de-
Eivea from real estate. Just like u solicit
ar to make such a blunder."
~"rhe term is perfectly appropriate" re-
piird his twin, with warmth. There was
So1e real estate, and, therefore, the term
can properly be applied to the wholeof tie
Income"
For Heavens sake, don't argue, but go
-onr' said Eustace. Don't you see that l
HIN on ten,er-hooksg"
~NIy clients" continued John, "are
rUady 90 undertake thai no appeal shall be
EIYeseated in the recent case of Meeson VS..
Addison and Another. If, however. the
--NIteN A@h'A AICA aA wv AlS ~
steps will be taken To bring the matter be-
fore n higher court.
"0bediently yours, News s. NEWS.
~John Short, Esq.
"P- San immediate reply will oblige."
swell, Meeson, what do you say TO thatg"
said John; but | beg your pardon, for /
forgot; perhaps you would like to take
conDsel's advice, - and he pointed to James,
xhe WAS rubbing his bald head indignant
ly-
%Oh, no, j should not" answered Eus.
GaCe; "Fve quite made up my mind. Let
chem stick to their mesne'' (here James
sraSe n face; well, then, to their middle
ar their intermediate or their anything
else profits. No appeals for me, if l can
avoid it,. Send News a telegram"
THAT" began James, in his most solemn
&nd legal tones, lis a view of thc matter
tR which am glad to be able to heartily
coincide, although it seems to me that
there are several points, which l wiz touch
an one by one"
Good gracious! no." broke in Lady
HaIn2hurst; but / think it is rather mean
of them-don't you, Mr.. Short?'
James looked puzzled. az do not quite
take Lady Holmhurst's point he said,
PlAiniiVely.
"Then You must be stupid" said Eus
aAGe. Don't you see the jokeg-'meSne
profits mean Of theml'
"Ah." said James, with satisfaction: ~
perceive. Lady Holmhurst does not seem
10 ee aware that although 'mesne'-a total
ly erroneous words pronounced mean,
&c ~ spelt m-e-s-n-e."
81 stand corrected" said Lady Holm.
tUTst, with n little curtsey. az thought
that Mr.. James Short would take my ig-
norance into account, and understand
what ! TneGnr'
This feminine sally turned the laugh
,nEajnSS the learned James, and then, the
Telegram TO News a. News having been
despatched, they all went in to the we'd
ding breakfast.
in a general way wedding breakfasts are
not particularly lively affairs. There is a
mock hilaTity about them that does not
dend to true cheerfulneSs, and those of the
guests who are not occupied with graver
'~fh0nEhts are probably thinking of the
dyspepsia that comes after. But this par
1Ic1t8r breakfast was an exception. For
tie first tive since her husbands unfor-
&Hnate death, Lady HOlmhurst seemed to
have entirely recovered her spirits and was
old self, and n very charming self it
7sTaS, so charming, indeed, that even James
forgot his learning and the responsibilities
nf Ais noble profession, and talked like an
ordinary CHRISTIAN. Indeed. he even went
~ fay "a "a pay her an e~lephantine COM
lpliDnUnt; but as it was three sentences
long, and divided into points, it shall not
5e repeated here.
And ten, at length, DR.. Probate rose
to propose the brides health; and very
r1scely he did it, as right have been ex-
peesed from a man with his extraordinary
fzsDlhzrity with matrimonial affairs. His
spesrh was quite charming, and APPLY
SpriRRled with classical quotations.
81 have often" he ended, "heard it adj
c2nced that all men are in reality equally
favored by the Fates in their passage
through tie world. Ihave always doubted
the truth of that assertion, and now | am
convinced Of its falsity. Mr.. Eustace Nee
son is n very excellent young man, and, if
y may be allowed TO say so, a very good
docking young man; but what, / would
ns1 this assembled company, has Mr..
&sEcsOH done above the rest of men to
Justify his supreme good fortune? Why
SHOULD CHS young gentleman be picked
from the multitude of young gentle
fnez to inherit two millions of money, and
c0 marry the most ch~arming-yes, the
Enost charming, and the most talented,
and the bravest young lady that 1 have
ever meta young lady who not only car
r1es twenty fortunes on her face, but an
afhnr fortune in her brain, and his fortune
OH her shoulders-and such q fortune, too,
SIR" and he bowed towards Eustace-
n&1Fely That's sits besid thee,
Take nc go d. the gods provide thee
n Salnte you, as all men must salute one
no GUpremely favored. Humbly | salute |
Ypx; hnmbly i pray that you may %contin-
'uzlfy deserve the almost unparalleled good
Ekxt IL has pleased Providence to bestow
upon you-"
And then Eustace rose and made his
spesch- and a very good speech it was,
considering the trying circumstances un-
der which it was made. He told them
haw he had fallen in love with Augustus
sweet face the very first time that he had
se3 eyes upon it in the Office of his uncle at
Birmingham He told them what he had
fsIE when, after getting some work in
Landau, he. had returned to Birmingham
End his lady-love flown, and of what he
had endured when he heard that she was
anzsng the drowned on board the Kanga.
Sno. Then he came to the happy day of
1he return, and to that still happier day
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