Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-06-12


After their Christmas visit to Sand
gate Albert had applied himself dill
gently to the care of Mr.. Nason's legal
needs. This brought him into contact
with other business men, and the fact
that John Mason employed him easily
secured for him other clients. In two
months he not only had Mr.. Nason's
affairs to look after, but all his re-
naming time was taken up by others.
| He had spent several evenings at the
! NasonS' home and found the family
much more agreeable one than Frank
had led him to expect. Both that
young mans sisters were bright and
! agreeable young ladies, and though
| little affected, they treated him with
charming courtesy and extended to
him q cordial invitation to have his
sister make them visit.
Since the day he had shaken his fist
at the closed door of Mr.. Fryes law Of
flee Albert had met that hawk nosed
lawyer twice and received only chill
| ing bow. The memory of thai con-
| temtible contract he had tacitly allow
| ed Frye to consider as made brought a
blush to his face every time he thought
of it, but he kept his own counsel.
Once or twice he had been on the point
of telling Frank the whole story, but
had refrained.
In his intimate relations with John
Mason he saw enough to satisfy himself
that Fryes insinuation against that
busy mans character was entirely
false. Mr.. Mason seldom spent an
evening. away from his home, and when
he did it was to attend the theater with
his family.
After their visit to Sandgate Frank
and himself naturally drifted into more
intimate relations, and a day seldom
passed that Frank did not step into his
Office for chat
Don't mind me, Bert" that uneasy
, man would say when he saw that
; Page was busy, land if you don't want
; me to talk any time, tell me to shut up.
, 1 shan't feel offended. The fact is
, don't know what to do with myself
( If it were only summer I'd go off on
: the Gypsy even if l had to go alone"
Y One evening at the club he made Al
e bert q rather surprising proposition
a Albert. who seldom entered into any
a card games and only occasionally play.
e ed pool or billiards, was in the reading
:, room as usual enjoying a cigar and
e the evening paper when Frank drew
d up a chair and sat down. They were
/ alone, and as Page laid his paper aside
r Frank said:
n DO you know, l am getting abso
d lutely tired and sick of doing nothing
u Ever since l left college I've been al
e idler. and l can't say I'm enjoying it
n l arise in the morning and wonder how
can manage to get through the day
It read the papers, go down to the store
t up TO the club, down to your Office
back to the club to lunch and maybe
10 play pool for an hour or two witt
n some poor devil as lonesome as l an
m or go to the matinee, and in the even
ing only do l begin to enjoy myself ,
V. little. l am beginning to realize tina
70 life of idleness is a beastly bore, an(
l am sick Of it. / want you to let ms
- come into your office and study law
lie VIII you?"
ID Albert looked at him moment
IN while an amused smile crept over hi
face.
" DO you know what at means?
he responded at last. do you know
" that to read law means two years per
le haps of close application and perse
veTance: In my case L had the spu
lie of necessity to urge me on, and eve
SIS with that stimulus it was dry, har'
v, grind. With you, who have all tn
money you need and are likely to,
10 viii be much worse. | respect you
II feelings, and l admire your determine
r. ton very much, and of course do no
wish to discourage you. You are NOR
e than welcome to my Office and Law
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