Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-26

congested state of the cpurt.s On the right of her2lAdyshiP fidketed Linlith- l gow, trying to appear unconcerned
 and failing egregiously; and on the I other side of the court, near the jury box, sat the plaintiff, a. dream in red with white fur-the proximity of whom successfully distracted the l twelve good men and true from the l prose of hard facts.
 The duchess of Dumplingshire bore | the heat with as little temper as pos 1 sible for the sake of her dear friend, | the countess, and made great play l with her inevitable sstarers;" and by 1 her side sat an elderly and withered I olive branch with a complexion of legal 1 parchment, to which the murkiness of I the court was phenomsnally benef- cent, who longed in her heart to over- | look Linlithgow's lapse and to prove
 to him how far superior a lady of her 1 position was to person of that class.
 Lord and Lady Astley collided on the | judges bench to their common sur
 prise, meeting for the first time for
 many years; and the notorious mar
 quis of Eggleston made his reappear-
 ance in good society. In short, every
 body who thought themselves anybody i had gallantly fought their way l through an ill-mannered football
 scrimmage and brayed the battue of l bacilli in the stuffy court for the sake 1 of seeing right done to the wrOnged young peer, to whom they were all so
 anxious to wed their available prog
 eny.
 The counsel engaged were the most
 toothless and eminent in the land,
 whose indistinct mumblings were lost l in the meshes of their wigs. There
 were two side, like game of tennis. l and a host of juniors played the part of l the boys, who Jagged the balls behind
 the line.
 The jury was a merry medley of ma l fionettes, who responded whenever
 the usher pulled the string, but did not seem at their ease, although every
 one was much too busy to look at them. I The foreman was bottle-nosed butch CT; and round and behind him was
 f1anked an array of tinkers, tailors,
 bakers and cand1estick makers, who l were aided in their deliberations by q
 brace of pompous publicans and a I leading bookmaker. The last turned
 out to be an important factor on the 1 plaintiffs side; for a few weeks be- i fore he had lost large sum of money
 to Lord Ibrox, and he thought, con- i sidering the amount already to his
 credit, it would be far better in the l purse of the dainty little lady, who
 looked at them with such sad and pleading eyes.
 l X fTha 717 na rn+aH for his ity when the fair sex were concerned,
 and.a personal enemy Of Lord Ibrox
 on the turf, donned 3 second pair of l glasses and alternately ogled the plain tiff and g1ared at the paternal repre- tentative of the defendant, cracking. l jokes and making caustic remarks at 1 the expense of his old foe.
 Dolly made very charming witness 1 and delighted everyone, except the l mothers of marriageab1e daughters;
 but Linlithgow broke down, to all ap- fpearance, admitting promise made frequently, and throwing the blame of the breach thereof upon parental pres
 sure. The counsel on both sides, try ing to justify the figure on their briefs,
 mumbled much and disparaged their
 opponents almost as greatly as they
 complimented their clients.
 l When the time of summing up came,
 amidst breathless silence (for there l was no breath left in the court), the I judge held the scale of justice most un-
 evenly, dilating upon beauty in dis l tresS and the well-6lled coffers of the 1 house of Ibrox, and pointing out that
 it was undoubtedly the father who,
 acting as mundane kings proctor, had l intervened in this marriage project
 made in Heaven. In word, he was the
 one who ought to recompense this i badly treated young lady most sub l stantially for having deprived her of
 earthly happiness, the status of a countess and the huge rent roll of the accompanying estates. Let them not l be afraid to do justice by awarding her l substantial damages! And great was Lord Ibrox's disgust when he found himself let in for 20,- l 900 damages and costs, to be paid into
 court within fortnight, through the
 combined efforts of a pair of brown eyes, sentimental judge on the edge
 of his dotage, bool1naker with pe-
 cuniary prejudices and an impression
 able jury. tAo
 About a. month later, before he had l got over the shock and annoyance
 caused by the amount of damages, the
 earl of Ibrox received letter by the last post. It ran:
 ''Lord and Lady Linlithgow present l their compliments to their father, the
 earl of Ibrox, and beg to announces | that their marriage took place to-day,
 at St. Georges, Hanover square, the
 notice of which will appear in the pa- | pers tomorrow in due course. They l also beg to thank his lordship for his
 handsome wedding present of
 cheque, received through one of the
 officials of her majesty's law courts
 two days ago"
 His lordship was convulsed with
 rage, society with laughter. though it
 was wry when they, brought to mind
 the continued eligibility of their own
 daughters. Lady's Pictorial
 Unearthing Pompeii. It has been estimated that it will require s5 men working every day un- I til l947 to uneartA the entire ruins of