The Van Buren press., 1893-06-03

Tho depths OF the eye, tno Vouch VI Tue hAho'
The voice, suggestive Of music above,
These, and an kindred communions Of soul.
Have another name, and We call 1t love
And what il loves A dream Of fulhliment ~
promise token to mortsls given,
A foretaste Of happiness yet to be.
For love is Of God. md love is Aeaven*
-,Janettc II. Knox, In N. w. Chrfsfsaa Advo
cate -
HIS ROOMMATE.
How He Ruined an Honest Young
Lawyers Reputation.
am plain. honest lawyer, and, be
fore q certain young man moved into
NV double office, my reputation was
spotless. He moved in for the ostensi.
bic purpose of sharing the expense OF
rent. He was . nice-looking young
man and had a fair exterior. The day
following his arrangement with me he
moved in. That is, he appeared in
person. Otherwise he did not have
much to move. But poverty is no
crime and l took fancy to him on ac-
count of his principles. 1t is SO pleas
ant to meet some one nowadays with
principles. He had plenty OF them and
1t did me good to listen to him. "A
LAWYER" he would say, .'has no right to
defend criminal when he is guilty
and, although ! did not agree with
him, respected his extreme virtues,
and congratulated myself upon having
such a righteous roommate. There
was q marked popularity about our be-
Ing in the same Office together. Peo-
pie said that we resembled each other
in personal appearance, which | con-
.stFueamucumpliment to me- ''
He worked up. good business at
once, for only a week after. he entered
the Office he had a case. Other eases
followed, and. at the same time singu-
larly enough my practice decreased.
When the first months rent was due he
hit me on the back in. his hearty. famil-
lar fashion and said: "You pay this
month, old man. and | will next" As
that was fair l did so. One day when
alone in the office was pondering upon
the vicissitudes of fate and the scarcity
Of fees when man rushed into the of
Zee in an uncerem0nious manner and
stood glaring at me. Rejoieed over
what seemed to be the immediate pros
pect of client IN pursuit of a dishon-
est partner or . wife who had eloped, i
assunesl soft, insinuating smile and
politely waved him to chair. Ny cour-
teous invitation was declined and the
man, taking step nearer, exclaimed;
''Scoundrel!'
l presumed that he was referring to
some one who had injured him and from
whom he desired redress in the courts,
and 50 laughed in aconciliatory manner
Come, come, my dear sir, you must
not give way in this manner" ! said.
ssCalm yourself, beg of YOU"
''Ah, you dare jest?" he cried But
You shall settle with me, sir. Do you
know Maggie Klien?''* -
1t chanced that did know the young
woman, who lived in our neighbor-
hood. responded in the affirmative.
and added something about her being
a very charming girl. .'And now, sir"
! said tartly, twill you tell me who you
nre?,
He drew himself up as though about
TO impart startling information. ~ am
Maggie's best fellow, or Mt least was
before you came along and alienated
her affections from me-"
"What?"
"Alienated her affections"
"I?-
"You! The corner grocer told me all
about it; how you used to meet Maggie
every night near his store. and take her
10 the theater and other places. Mag
gle was contented enough until you
came along, and then began to see
q change that ! couldn't account for
until the grocer told me about you, and
now am going to wipe the foor with
you" =
started to argue the matter with
him in my most persuasive professional
style, but he resorted to the tactics of
the ring and proceeded to carry out lit
orally his last statement. My sensa-
tions the next few moments were those
Of man falling from a balloon or GO
ing through a thrashing machine.
When recovered he had departed; my
coat was torn; chair was broken; pens,
papers and books were scattered here
and there, and the office looked as
though il had been struck with a cy-
clone. Upon my wori," ! thought,
raising myself on my elbow in the cor
ner of the room, "a strange visitor."
When my roommate came in he ex-
pressed the greatest sympathy, and so
genuine We're his words of consolation
that seized his hard gratefully and
said: Thanks. dear boy, thanks! You
are friend indeed
After that mishaps came thick and
fast. seemed to be special mark for
the cruel shafts of fate. One day gen.
tleman whom had never seen before
came into the Office and accused me OF
having cheated him at game of poker.
His claim was that had two aces in
my sleeve. Now, as never play poker
nor gambled in my life, this was re-
markably strange. told him that the
festive game had no attractions for me,
and he stared at me in amazement. He
admitted that he was rather under the
shadow Of the vines the night before,
but that his perceptions were perfectly
clear, and that had beyond doubt
swindled him in gentleman's game out
of one hundred and fifty-seven dollars,
which had better return at once.
rctorted that l did not know flush
from full and / had never sat in a
jackpot in my life. at which he looked