Catoctin clarion., 1910-01-06
TAKING 4 law CASE
1v DAVID WATERS.

ours, Mine. OuDoIS, Salu Tue ueau
of the firm. asking us to send man
to her at l.. about litigation as TO
real estate she Is Interested In. Take
the afternoon train. She'll meet you"
II was Saturday. aHd feared to get
caught In a country town over Sun
day. but | was not accustomed to ulake
suggestions to my chief and did not
dare propose delay. arrived at l..
just before the dinner hour. and. pass
Ing out of the station. | saw lady
about twenty-five years old sitting
alone III Il buggy and keeping her eyes
on the throng OF arrivals. 1t occurred
to me that she might have come to
meet me. and | stopped before her.
The moment her gaze was fixed on me
a sudden look of joyful wonder came
into her eyes.
"Are you Nine. Dubois" | asked.
Il am"
"And am Edmond Boyer. with
rwining 4 Twining. attorneys"
"Ah, c'est vous lit Is youI ! have
been expecting"
got into the buggy with her. and
she drove me to her home. AS soon
as we alighted she began to stare at
me. Then she said to me in broken
French:
"Pardon. You are the image Of my
late husband. When | saw you ut
the station | thought for moment
you were he arisen from the dead.
You bear G French name. ! see. You
must be of French extraction"
my father came to America from
Dijon before | was born"
"From Dijon! My husbands family
live there. came from Paris few
months ago. am here to secure
some property that was owned by my
uncle. who came here years ago"
Nine Dubois showed me her hus.
bands likeness. and my resemblance
to him was astonishing. 1t was evil
dent that he and ! had sprung from
the same stock. His widow must have
loved him very dearly. for she could
not disguise her feelings at meeting
one who resembled him, and she treat
I'd me as though | were he who had
returned to her.
My feelings at this treatment were
singular. While 1t was pleasant to
be coddled by pretty woman. my
amour propre was ruttied ut being the
recipient Of especial attentions as the
representation OF another-n dend man.
At one moment | would experience
delicious gladness. ut the next would
knit my brows at the thought thai
was being worshiped as wooden idol.
Then when Nine. Dubois saw that |
was troubled she would give m"
pileous look from her big black liquid
eyes. and | was in heaven again.
My widow spoke but little English
and | not n word Of French. The con
sequence was that we fell into pam
tomime. and pantomime Is often more
expressive than words. Indeed. love
can be better indicated by Que look
than by dozen languages. | soon
got used to representing another and
discovered that any omission of dis
play of affection for the dead had
narrowing effect on the living.
OF course did not get a proper
knowledge of the business Nine. Du.
bois wished to intrust to th" tirn 1T
Twining 4 Twining before the last
train had left Saturday night. She
declined to take the matter up on
Sunday. She was very meth"dirai.
Her first inquiry was whit would he
,ho ,h,r fnr
| had been instructed TO ask for Il
retaining fee of $50. but declined TO
name any future amount. Next she
gave me an account OF how the prop
erty had been acquired and lastly
statement of claims made upon II by
builders and others.
| had been looking into the case OF
Nine Dubois three days when I re-
ceived a note from my employer ask
ing when | would return. replied
that. since our client spoke very little
English. much time must he spent in
getting the facts. Two days later l
received a peremptory order to return
at once.
was standing In the hall bidding
Nine Dubois goodby when she said
to me:
"Ze retaining l'argent? Must pay
now?"
My firm usually collects that before
taking u case"
"Combien-ho much did you say 1t
was?"
had forgotten that ! had given her
an amount and replied that II would .
be 500
Gent dollar!" she exclaimed, sur
prised "You are dearer to me than
when we were. first engaged"
In love effects are as likely to be
produced by blunders as by properly
expressed IDEAS. Lovers may be sepa-
rated or united by mistaking the mean-
ing Of word. knew full well the
widow meant that my charge was
greater than when | had first named
it. but refused to put any such inter-
pretation upon her statement Clasp
ing her in my arms. cried:
And you are dearer to nle than my
life"'
1t mattered not to her that had APP
parently mistaken her meaning. and 1t
mnttered not to me that ] was to stand
not for myself. but IN the place made
vacant by her late husband. She yield
ed to my caresSes. and before leaving
for the train | was engaged" not as
an attorney. but as a lover.
mir. Boyer" said my chief sternly
when next stood in his office. you
have been away an intermnaDle while.
We have needed you greatly"
II AMI mean we are engaged" l
sta mmered.
pig case?'
"Immense. I'm going into II heart