The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-06

transfer whatever. lis warned me that 4
might lose my case. lie regretted TO adrnit
thst there were members Of his profssaicn
who would not hnys given ne thai h wasn'ii x.
open to some criticism. On iris aayiesf
decided not to monkey with tho judicial
buZz-snW.
Second. I asked him what he thought OF
the right OF way. He replied in carefully
guarded legal phrases, from which |
gathered that he thought IT was tongh.
This opinion l regarded ns unusually sound
for q member Of ths bar to e1prGss.
Third. aakad him what. ho would do
about it, and he snggeeted that We bagin
proceedings and appeal everything, ! o.
jeetsd to this course on the ground al Gx-
pcnso, and preased him for something more
practical, with less law in it. After much
hesitation. he replied with sons evidence
Of i'll temper that if ] was too penurions to
avail myself OF the aeRis of the law, [ might
dig a tunnel under the line of the right of
way, and maintain 1t at my expense for the
benefit OF Hopkins.
This suggestion did not appeal to me
strongly ut frat, but later | was inclined TO
favor 1t, in the hope shat the tunnel might
cave IN Some day when Hopkins was pass
ing through. l. had already taken some ad-
vice about the cost Of moving the house,
and had more than half decided to do il,
when I was informed of another suit
brought for the purpose OF establishing tho
correct line of tbs fence on the other side
this was none Of his doing. Sydney is my
friend, bound TO me, as he himself often
admits, by a double debt of gratitude.
Readers of my previous }oommuni-
cations from Grimesville may remem-
Der that when ] made Sydney's acqnaint-
choly conviction) in a decline, and des-
tined to q speedy end. The best medical
advice obtainable in Gainesville favored
the theory that something Was the matter
with the ''coats of his stomach" This is
a malady very prevalent in the rural dis
tricts. There would seem to be hardly q
we'll dressed stomach in any farming com-
munity.
I took Sydney's case in hand at once and
ordered a change of diet. I taught him to
eat his dinner at night instead of at noon.
l prescribed Welsh rabbit and ale at 11:3O
lowed to retire before one O'clock IL the
morning, nor to rise before half-past nine.
1 taught him to smoke ten cigars q day, to
play poker. to eat lobster salad, and to look
upon the world with a cheerful
and appreciative smile. In short, 1
ground up, and gradually worked
out of his system the insidious venom Of
rustic simplicity. AS ~asresult of my treat
ment he gained fifteen pounds, and a great
deal of confidence in his digestive system
It was through US, too. that he met Cousin
Nina and formed for her that attachment
which has formed the subject of ridicule
heretofore. Sydney ia not ungrateful. and
when I heard that the law was after me
from his side Of the house, I knew that h.
was euiltless. .
'lt's Uncle Lem, blast him." said Sgd
ney. '.He's bringing this suit on behalf Of
the estate-my %uncle's, you know. Idon't
understand the subject any further than to
know that the heirs and executors have q
perfect legal right to do everything that il
disa0reeable. I am told they always haves
under every mans will" ~
Well, to makes long story short, they
rectihed that line, too. They moved il up
on me forty-two feet and six inches, maxi
ing ii coincide exactly with the line estab+
IlishedA by Uncle Lem. They proved BY an
array OF liars such az were seldom seen in u
witness boz, that there had originally beens
but once fence; that it had been split in two
by some %neighborly contention, and that
one half had wandered to the east, while
the other struggled to the west. In plains
terms they reduced my property to q lines
I took a day off and looked up the geolne-
trical defnationio of a line. / found that a
line has length, but no breadth nor thick
ness. As for myself, l5have lost 90 much
could live very comfortably or a piece OF
property shaped that way. Scarcely any Of
me would stick out over the edges to annoy
my %neighbors. But / am afraid that Maud6
would commit perpetual trespass. She
possesses too much embonpoint Gas we say
on the boulevard) to live on q line. Z
But we don't care much. We are both of
us secretly hankering for the CITY. We have
lost some money in this Gainesville busi-