Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-04

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NOT?" INQUIRED THE TALLER;
OF THE MEN. : Ej4
circumstance quite distinctly. I had
left the court and was proceeding down
the Old Bailey in the direction of
Ludgate HILL. when heard my name
pronounced. 49,,
Turning round discovered to my
establishment the two men had seen
in the court, and who had seemed to
take such an interest in the case. The
smaller was guiding his friend along
the crowded pavement with a dexter
ity that was. plainly the outcome 81. a
long practice. When stopped, they
stopped also, and the blind man ad:
dressed me. His voice was deep, and
had note of pathos,in it impossible
to describe. It may have been that
/ was little sad that afternoon, for
both the men who had been condemned
to penal servitude. had wives and
children, to whose :pitifuls condition
theslearned judge had referred when
passing sentence. =. "@*gs ~
"You are Mr.. Fairfax, are you~n ota''
f inquired the taller OF the. men.xi:
"That is my .name,'' / admitted,
:"What can%Is do for2you2" IL ii !
~ If we could persuade you to yoqch,
safe US an hour of your valua bic time
I'VE. should be more grateful than We
could say,"zthe man replied. I'VE have
an important piece of business which
it: might possibly be to your advantage
to take up. At any rate, it would be
worthy of your consideration.
"But'why have. you not come to me
before?' l inquired ."You have seen
me in, court every days. Why doayou
wait until the case is at an end o.
because we wanted to be quite sure
of you," he answered. Our case is so
large and of such vital Importance to-
US, that we did not desire to run4any
risk of losing you. We thought we
would wait and familiarize ourselves
with all that you have: done in this
affair before coming to you: Now we
are satisfied that; We could not place
our case in better: hands, and what we
are anxious to do is to induce you to
interest yourself in it and take it up"
."You. pay me very high compli-
ment,'' said, ''but cannot give you
! decision at once: I must hear what
it is that you want me to do and have
time to think it over, before canaan
swer you. That is my invariable rule,
| and 1 never depart from it. Do you
know my officer. s <
1--WE know it perfectly," returned the
blind man. ut would be strange Il we
did not, seeing that We have stood: out
side It sepeatedly, trying to summon
up courage to enter. Would it be pos
sibIe for you to grant us an interview
tonight ?''.:s::- :. H. .sa2;.:5;
= II fear not, I: said ~ am tired,
and stand IN need Of rest. II you care
! to come tomorrow morning; shall be
very pleased ia zee you. But you;must
bear in mind the fact that my time is
valuable, and that7it is only certain
class of cases thatI care to take up per-
sonally."tit IN .r,,sss -. q
1--WE are not afraid of our ca se.'y' the
man replied. :I:doubt If there hasever
been another like It. lfancy you your
self viii say SO when you hear the EVIL
dence have to offer. It is not as it
We were destitute. We are prepared to
pay you we'll for your services, but we
must have the very best that England
can supply" ,..--s... . ....7.''z
Ny readers must remember that
this conversation was being carrie on
at the corner of Ludgate Hin and the
Old Bailey. Curious glances were be-
ing thrown at my companions w pass
ers-by, and 80 vehement were the tall
mans utterances becoming that a
small crowd was gra dually collecting
in our neighborhood. .::......a :.-.
Very well,'' I said, .''if YOU are
really desirou Of consulting nj, + shall ]!
be very glad to see you at my office at
ten o'clock tomorrow morning: /
must ask you, however, not to be late,
as have several other appointm is. y
: I'VE shall not be late;' the manan-
swered, you may rely upon>t that We
have too much at stake to run any
risks Of losing your assistance We
! will be with you tomorrow q ten
o'c:ock punctually.n z :s..
he thereupon bade me good by, and,
raising his hat politel y, was led a1ong
he street by.his comp ii an.op-
1.oosite direction to that Is was tax