The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-12-06

or more. The old mans wore
seemed to have impressed hi,
s. deeply.
At length he asked the questio
n he had come to PROFOUND receive
e reply that made the matter clea
o to him, thanked his adviser, an
was about to leave when the iude
5 remarked:
u By the way, my boy, if you wan
any further points on that case, Jus
come to my house this evening an,
| will show you what authorities +
consult.
Thank you, l shall do SO, reptile,
Losing. He took the kind offe
rather as a matter of course, 70
Judge Sharpe had long ago told hin
to make use of his library wheneve
he wished, and he had frequentl,
availed himself of the permission.
Losing, after leaving the judge
office, went directly to his own
which was in another part of til,
same building. Instead of busyina
himself with the papers that la,
strewn upon his desk. he paced tc
and fro excitedly for several minutes
| Then he sat down and for at leas
half an hour stared very hard a
nothing, or perhaps at the wall
Could he have been surprised at the
change that had com over him. There
was a hopeless, despairing expires
sion there, which would have seem
ed quite inexplicable to any of those
who knew him best.
There's no other way III have tc
do 1t, he suddenly exclaimed, at the
same time rising abruptly. Then he
put on his hat and coat, went ou
and walked rapidly away.
The evening. Of that day found
him at the house of Judge Sharp
sitting in the library, apparently en-.
crossed in a legal volume. But a.
he had been staring at the same
page for the past ten minutes, and
that page happened to contain mere
Iva portion OF the index, it is doubt.
ful that he was as deeply engrossed
as he seemed to be.
"A light step fell upon the carpetec
floor behind him. A young girl hao
entered the room. A very prett,
young girl she was and the glac
smile that lighted up her face wher
she saw the young man made her al
the prettier. Walter Loosinp bac
evidently not confined himself tc
Judge Sharp's library on his previ
Gus visits. If he had the Judge:
l
daughter would not have been SC
pleased to see him.
forlng over dry legal volumes, a.
usual | see; what perplexing cast
rests heavily on your mind now,
walter Why, what ails you? You
look as glum as if you had lost vour
last friend.
Losing had turned and rising a.
the young girl spoke, and the ljpht
streaming upon his face, showed i
to be indeed mirror Of everything
gloomy and disheartening.
1t isn't law case that is troubling
me; | would it were only that, he re-
piled, with groan.
What is it, them Has any misfor
tune befallen you!
Yes misfortune indeed : or a
least 1t seems to be now. Doubt1es
it is all for the best.
w What are you talking about
Why don't you tell me what il i
that troubles you?
| came for that purpose that
might tell you. After this evenin,
we must not meet again.
Not-meet-again9 Nellie Sharp
repeated the words slowly, as if sh h
&C, could not grasp their full meanin,
The color surged to her cbeecEs an'
pale. nei Vei.
WV "what do you mean, Walter
What has happened ? You ~lsel onpn,
be in earnest" N'iiiio
But | am in earnest. bo,,
brought myself to this after the hard
est mental struggle man co,,d 49,,
sloly undergo. would be disbor or
e,: ofaDle II / /, did otherwise. But I a,
talking wildly at random: I b1rdI , III
MO" what l am saying Or what :
say or how to say it. This is 49,
he told me-" 10 WIZ
Walter rather incoherentlvr
ted what Judge Sharpe had to1d ~,
ol tne case OF Lewis versus Tewi
and the comments he had n' 1"i'
that case. ''aoe Q
And is that ALL" asked No,,;,
when he finished. She smiIed eAi' u:
tie o1e as She asked the question, and \
c, close observer would have na,;uo a,iu
'''a. ",,; sigh OF relief passed her in,
IAN ? Is it not too muchq li Knnp ,lp
ing that your father holds a..
up. give yo
said i thought nc" you had more p1ucl
sas,;un s4.a the }, young girl, with just su su'
ses'ioh OF scorn in her voice