The morning times., 1895-07-20
POINTS ABOUT PILGRIMS.

the young lawyer OF this city.
Soon after Mr. McNally had been ad-
United to the bar, he practiced for awhile
in little town in one of the Southern
| Maryland counties II was his first case,
andhe wasdefending man who was charged
with stealing watch. The young attorney
| has been gifted with rare talking powers and
vivid Imagination. II He mounted the
! stand having fully persuaded himself that
his client was innocent He pleaded with
the jury, threatened, cajoled, drew a
| picture or the prisoners widowed gray
| haired, grjef-Stricken mother, and of the
mans own poverty proud wife and children.
In fact, he convinced the jury and Judge that
| not only had the man not been guilty Of
| taking the watch, but that in addition
he was nuch-abused, upright and honest
| citizen. After the jury had rendered
verdict of not guilty without leaving the
box verybody stepped forward TO cong Fatu-
late the lawyer.
As the young fellow was leaving the
court room he was approached by the pris-
| oner ''AIr. McNally," he said. II haven't
any money" and the tears started from
his eyes, but here's that watch. It's
the only thing | have"
"If you want to meet man who is an
implicit believer in astrology, or any other
oIogy that 1t is claimed viii enable one
10 read the future, let me introduce You
to my frieBa SiInpkinS "
Charley Busey, who makes the National
his headquarters whenever he is in town,
had buttOn-hoIed The Times and was
pouring into his ready ear the above in
yitatiOn.
But wait moment and III put you on
TO the racket. Simpkins is a sort of cousin
-.
pulled green from his native vine IN the
country He was engaged 10 be married
to a lady by the name of Marian Lee,
who is buxom beauty OF the dairy maid
type The only thing in their way was a
rich aunt of my country cousin, who opposed
the match. This esumable old lady, al
though an Invalid, had a disappointing way
OF nearly dying every two OF three weeks
| and then, much to Simpkin's disgust,
| coming back to life.
''Simpkins came to town to consult with
fortune-telicr and Incidentally 70 see about
Auntie's lease on life l hunted up lady
who dives deep into the future and gave her
/ an account of Simpkius' history and hopes.
/ The next dav we sailed forth and I left
him to hear his fate. He rushed into my
room a few hours after and throwing his
hat over a burning gas-jet, began TO dance
I and shout with JOY. After he had cooled
/ down bit lie managed to get out that the
! fortune-teIIer had told him everything and
/ he hadn't opened his mouth. Auntie would
/ drop 10 sleep in two weeks time and never
/ wake, and soon after Mariah would meet
/ him at the altar.
! q Well. all I have to say said a young
! lawyer who had strolled up and heard
/ part OF the story, is that ne VIII De d
/ nightly disappointed man In two weeks
| Hear the r-st of the story. This hap
/ pened about two months ago. Strange to
-. h. =
| weeks from the time lie visited the fortune
| teller. He has married MaTiah, and if you
/ want TO see her III introduce YOU 70 SImp-
/ kinS and he'll take you around 10 board
| ing house on Z street, where they are
| stopping for the day on their way back from
| the wedding trip. "
'.Did you ever tell simpkins of the trick
| you played upon him?"
Yes. but he won't believe 1t, and he stu!
/ entertains a firm conviction that the for
| tune teller saw into the future. Here he
comes now. MI. Simpkins, gentlemen
Il have been praCticing medicine for
| twenty-five years." said DR.. John b. Nc
| KenZie. Of Omaha, Neb., at Wizards Hotel
| last evening. "aGd during that time l have
/ never refused to answer call. Among
nv classmates at a celebrated Eastern medl-
| cal school was young man who was lacle
| princeps among his fellows. he carried
off the honors of his class, and soon built up
a lucrative practice in a great Northern
| CITY. While addressing an audience in q
popular scientific lecture course one even
| ing. his attention was directed to young
| ladv in the uadience who appeared to be
drinking in every word he uttered.
Up 10 this time the young practitioner
/ had been rather indifferent 10 the charms OF
! the opposite sex, but this particular woman
| face seemed TO so thoroughly eInbody n:
! idea of beauty that he did not for moment
| doubt but that he had found his affinity
After he had finished speaking, he en-
deavored to find out who his fair chaTmel
might be She, however, had Ielt he
building.
ITO make the story of this medical
David Garrick short 1 VIII state that the
surveyor became desperately in love WIFI
| the lady he had seen but once Several
wears passed on Christmas eve, during
the Seventies, my friend was summoned
TO the bedside of g sick woman. He, how
| ever. thinking that a call in the morning
would suffice. neglected to GO On ar
irving at the place he found that the wOmar
was dead and. uncOverlng the corpse
beheld the face of the woman he had loved
II never knew what was the matter
with her, but am inclined 10 think tha
he knew that he could have saved her life
Nv brilliant talented claSsmate soon aftel
gave up his practice, and for time wan
dered babbliug, harmless idiot over TIT
mountains of Tennessee. He is now con
fined at an asylum at Columbia, ). L
Since that time l have never failed Il
respond to a call for medical assistance
and l am not sorry for it,"