The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-10
TAKING A law CASE
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real estate she Is Interested ~, luxe
the afternoon train She'll meet you.
II was saturday, and feared 70 get
caught in country town over Sum
day, but was not accustomed 70 make
suggestions to ms chief and did not
dare propose a delay. ! arrived az L.
Just before the dinner hour, and. pass
ing out Of the station, saw lady
about twenty-five years old sitting
alone in a buggy and keeping her eyes
on the throna Of arrivals. Il occurred
to ne that she might have come to
meet me. and ! stopped before her.
The moment her gaze was hxed Oh me
sudden look OF joyful wonder came
into her eyes
"Are you Nine. DuboisT' asked.
u am"
aAnd am Edmond Boyer with
Twining & Twining attorneys"
"Ah. c'est vous a. Is youl ] 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 nc
me. Then she said to me In broken
French;
Pardon. You are the image Of my
late husband. When saw you at
the station ! thought for moment
you were he arisen from the dead.
You bear French name / see. You
must be Of French extraction
my father came 20 America from
Dijon before I was born"
"From Djon! Ny husbands family
i've there | came from Paris a 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 hua-
bands likeness. and my resemblance
to him was astonishing. II was evil
dent that be aud had sprung from
tho same stock. His widow must have
loved him very dearly. for she could
not disguise her feelings at meeting
one who resembIed him. and she treat
ed me Us though | we're be who had
returned 70 her
Ny feelings at this treatment were
singular While II was pleasant to
be coddled By a pretty woman. ny
amour propre was rufsied at being the
recipient Of especial attentions as the
representation OF auother-a dead man.
AT one moment would experience q
delicious gladness, az the next would
knit my br0ws al the thought that l
was being worHhiped as a wooden idol.
Then when Nine. Dubois saw that /
was troubled she would give me a
piteous lock from Der big black liquid
eyes, and / was In heaven again.
nv widow spoke but little English
and ] not word Of French. The con-
sequence was that we fell into pam
tomlme. and pantonime is often more
expressive than words Indeed, love
can be better indicated b. one look
than BY a dozen languages. | soon
got used TO representing another and
discovered that any omission Of a dis
play Of Affection fer the dead had q
narrowing effect On the living
OF course I did not get q proper
knowledge Of the business Nine. Due
bots wished to intrust to the hrm Of
Twinlng & Twlning before the last
train had left Saturday night She
declined to take the matter up on
sunday. She was very methodical.
Her 6rst inquiry was what would be
the amount charged for legal services.
/ had been instructed to ask for a
retaining fee Of $50, but declined 20
name any future amount Next she
gave me an account Of how the prop
erty had been acquired and lastly a
statement Of claims made upon Il ~
builders and others.
/ had been looking into the case OK
Nine. Dubois three days when ! re-
ceiyed q note from my employer ask
ing when / would return ! replied
that since our client spoke very little
English. much time must be spent ~
getting the facts. Two days later /
received peremptory order to return
at once.
/ was standing IN the hall bidding
Nine. Dubois goodby when she said
to me-
ne retaining rargentl Must pay
nowT
MY firm usually collects that before
taking a case"
"ComBien--how much did you say It
wasp
had forgotten that had given her
an amount and replied that It would
be 500
Gent dollarl' she exclaimed. sur
nrlsed. sYou are dearer 10 me than
when we were drst 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 tho
widow meant that my charge was
greater than when bad FIRST named
It. but Sefused to put any such inter
probation upon her statement. Clasp
inc her IN my arms. ! cried:
And you are dearer to me than my
lIfeg
Il mattered not to her that ] had APP
parently mistaken her meaning. and It
mattered not to me that was % stand
not for myself, but ID che place made
vacant By her late husband She yield
cd to my caresses. and before leaving
Tor the train was engaged not as
an attorney, but as lover
a. t4r
when next stood 10 bis Office, you
have been away al interminable while.
We have needed You greatly