The advocate., 1894-04-25

D6en rescued Dy OV6fC0n s return. lie
did not ask himself how, but he felt so
secure that he began to be quite him
self again from that hour. When the
visitors had re-entered their carriage,
the Doctor smilingly remarked:
"Your medicine has done more in an
hour, Mr.. Overton, than mine has been
able to do in a. month. Cotterell will
get well now, no matter what they do. "
"They shall not deprive him of his
home If money can save it" said Over.
ton with emphasis.
That night, sitting by her husband,
who had insisted on getting up and
dressing, but had been compelled to lie
down again, Mrs. Cotterell said:
Don't you remember what Kate said
that night last summerY Don't worry,
mother, said she. You and father
will spend your last days on this farm.
Something tells me you will. We shall
find some way to save the old home.' /
remember it just as well as if it was
yesterday-how she looked at me when
she was sayin' it. It's been runnin' in
my head all week-'You and father will
spend your last days on this farm!
And now it's goin' to come true. Why,
it's kind of a miracle, amt it?"
81 tell you, Kate knows a whole lot.
Yes, mother, it's sure shot. We amt
gOin' to lose the place-not yet
reckon. Just you wait and see Sam
Cotterell out in the field again. Won't
l make things hum? But it's a little
late, though to put in much of a crop
for this year, | guess, said Cotterell
ruefully.
"Why, Sam, the farms been runnln'
right along. The Alliance has done
the ploughin' and put in wheat, and
everything's goin' right on like as il
you hadn't been laid up at ALL"
"Is that so, mother? won't forget
the boys for that" And Cotterell
turned his face toward the wall to
shade his eyes "a spell"
"
At the hotel that evening were sew
eral lawyers from Risington, which
was the principal city in the judicia
district in which Golden was situated
Overton's practiced eye picked out tn,
youngest man in the group, and later
the landlord introduced the young maj
as "Mr. Harbinson-the smartest an(
the slickest-tongued lawyer in the dees
trict," warranted to be able to "tall
you out Of your boots" A converse
tion ensued which ended with a visit Il
the young lawyers room.
The judge did not arrive till aftel
noon, and Harbinson put in the morn
ing critically going through the record
in the Cotterell foreclosure case. Al
dinner he said to OVertOn:
"The sale was absolutely void be.
cause of ridiculous blunder in the
order and for want of proper notice,
and the deed is worthless. We can get
the sale set aside without doubt, for the
supreme court has decided the precise
point. But they can get out another
order and sell again"
"If the sale should be set aside, then
could the debt be paid and the whole
thing stopped2" said Overton eagerly.
Certainly. Mr.. Cotterell would
have the right to pay the judgment at
any time before another SALE"
"That is all care for. Get the sale
set aside, and shall promptly pay the
judgment and end it right there"
Before night Harbinson had filed his
motion, and had obtained and served
an order of the court forbidding the
eviction until the motion could be
heard and decided. But the motion
was never argued. The next day the
Trust company's attorneys confessed
Harbinson's points and advised their
client to make COtterell a quit-claim
deed upon payment of the debt and
costs. This deed was obtained and
recorded, and, Saturday, Slick Black
burn drove DIR. Darlington and Overton
to the country again.
"Mr. Cotterell," said DIR. Darlington
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