The Tupelo journal., 1905-12-15
pEN.PlCTURES OF THE OLDEN TIME
BY o w 1. CLAYTON.

out or not. The vendor know
ing the utter impossibility of the
purchaser ever being able to pay
out for the land, took possession
of it, and sold the same to a
third party, who paid him for
it and moved on the place. After
this second purchaser had been
on the place for several years,
and when my client supposed it
was altogether a closed deal as
to the first purchaser, the first
purchaser employed Col. Robins
to look into the matter and see
what his legal rights were. After
examining his papers and what
had been said and done in rela-
ton to the contract, Col. Rob
ms himself went to my client
and rendered him the balance of
the money due on the first pur-
chase of this land, offered to
surrender the purchasers bond
for title, and demanded a deed
It came to my client like a clap
of thunder from a clear sky; but
after scratching his head a few
times he asked five or six days
within which to act. After
consultation with his counsel he
mad his second vandee to recon
vey the land to him, and within
the time agreed upon, my client
came to Col. Robins with a good
warranty deed to said land to
his client, offered to deliver the
same on the surrender of the
title bond and the payment of
the balance due, as had been
formerly tended to my client:
That closed the case. The land
was not really worth the sum
due on it. In due course of time
my client conveyed the land
back again to the second pur-
chaser, and nothing more was
ever said about it. But it can
be very readily seen in what
danger my client was. The first
purchaser knew all the facts
about my client having parted
with the title to the land, and
no doubt supposed his second
purchaser would not relinquish
again the title for the benefit of
the vendor, and hence he would
be able to rec over back the money
he had paid on the contract, with
interest for all the intervening
years. When he presented this
case to Col. Robins, he at once
saw ell the possibilities of the
case and the means to that end,
but for the kindness of the sec
ond purchaser, success would have
crowned his efforts AMI the ven
dor would have been III for heavy
damages.
In all cases involving title to
land no one was considered a
a safer advisor than Col. Robins.
But to those who remember Col.
Robins either in the home or IN
the quiet conversation at his
room in the hotel, or the office
where quiet prevailed, the great
est charm of his life was expert
enced. We seemed to forget the
little hesitation in his speech, and
were so charmed with his con-
versation, both as to the matter
and manner of it, that his talk
seem to go on all the while even
when he was waiting for a word
He always seemed to me to be
a frail man, and know he was
not stout, and yet he lived to a
good old age, passing the four
score mark. For the last twenty
years of his life he took but little
active interest in legal matters,
but nestled down in the quiet
of his country home near Gun
town; and when he was called
away, many hearts were made
sad. He was a strict and devoted
member Of the M. L. Church,
south, and ever ready to aid in
every good word and work, and
to contribute of his means to ad-
vance the interest of the church
and to assist those in distress.
All Jeptha; | shall see thee again
lis not all of life to live, nor all
of death to die"
There must be an Alden beyond
life where we shall rest under
the shade of the old trees"
and know even as we are
known, where peace flows like
a placid river, and joy is full to
tho p~oooc11r0