St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-24
A QUlTCLAIM;;
Or. Accidentally Overheard.

Or. Accidentally Overheard.
NO." said the lawyer; 81 shan'e
press your claim against that man; you
can get some one else to take the case.
or you can withdraw it, just as you
| please"
"Think there isn't any money in it?''
There would probably be some little
money In it, but it would come from the
sale of the little house that the man
| occupies and calls his 'home,' but I
don't want to NEEDLE with the matter,
| anyhow"
Got frightened out of it, eh?''
"NOt at ALL"
Il suppose likely the fellow begged
hard to I've let OFF,"
"Well-yeS, he did,
"And you caved in, likely"
"Yes,''
"What in creation did you do?''
81 believe shed few tears.''
"And the old fellow begged you hard,
| you sayP''
mo. I didn't say so; he didn't speak
| a word to me-"
We'll, may 1 respectfully inquire
whom he did address in your hearing?"
| God Almighty"
An! he took to praying. did hep"
| Not for my benefit, in the least. You
see, found the little house easily
which stood ajar, but nobody heard me.
SO stepped into the little hall and saw
through the crack of a door a cosy Sit
! ting room. and there on the bed. with
her silver head high ON the pillows. was
! an Old lady who looked for all the world
| just as my mother did the last time
ever saw heron earth. Well, / was ON
the point of knocking, when she said:
| Come, father, now begin; Pm all
| side went an old, white-haired man,
| still Older than his wife. should Judge,
ana l couldn't have knocked then for
| the life of NE. Well, he began:
first he reminded God they were
still his submissive children, mother
and he, and no matter what he saw fit
| to bring upon them, they shouldn't re-
bel at his will; of course twas going to
be very hard for them to go out home
poor mother so sick and helpless, and
OH! how different it might all have been
| If onlY one of the boys had been spared
| them; then his voice kind of broke and
thin, white hand stole from under the
cOverlit and moved softly over his
snowy hair; then he went on to re-
peat that nothing. could be so
sharp again as the parting with
er and he should be separated.
But at last he fell to comforting himself
with the fact that the dear Lord knew
that it was through no fault of his own
that mother and he were threatened
with the loss of their dear little home.
which meant beggary and the aims
house, place they prayed to be deliv4
cred from entering, if it could be- con,
sistent with Gods will; and then hS
quoted multitude of promises concern.
ing the safety of those who put their
trust in the Lord. In fact, it was ths
most thrilling plea to which L ever list
ened; and at last he prayed for Gods
blessing on those who were about to de.
mand Justice" The lawyer then con.
tinNed, more slowly than ever: "And--
believe-Pd rather 90 to the poor.
house myself, tonight, than to stain my
heart and hands with the blood of such
prosecution as that"
Little afraid to defeat the old mans
prayer, ehp''
BLESS your soul, man, you couldn's
defeat it!'' said the LAWYER; 81 tell you
he left it all subject to the will Of God;
but he claimed that we were told to
make known our desires unto God; bus
of all the pleading | ever heard, that
beat all. You see, [ was taught that
hlHO VI CIiiHS lily SUI III lily CHltuuOOVS
and why was sent to hear that prayeri
I'm sure don't know; but l hand the
case over"
~ wish" said the client, twisting un-
easily, you hadn't told me about the
old fellows prayer"
"Why so?''
swell, because want the money the
place would bring, but | was taught the
Bible all straight enough when was q
youngster, and I'd hate to run counter
TO that you tell about. / wish you
hadn't heard word about it, and an.
other time wouldn't listen to petitions
not intended for my ears"
The lawyer smiled.
"My dear fellow" he said, ''you're
wrong again. 1t was intended for my
ears, and yours, too. and God Almighty
intended it. My old mother used to
sing about Gods moving in a mysteri-
Gus way, | remember"
''Well, my mother used to sing it,
too" said the claimant, as he twisted
his claim-papers in his fingers. "YOu
can call In the morning, if you like, and
tell mother and him the claim has been
metz
SIN mysterious way" added the
lawyer, smiling.