Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-31
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strength. There was vast deal of Or
binary drudgery In his probationary
stage, but he was bearing 1t with amaZ-
ing patience. His natural talents were
recognized as astonishing and he was
being promoted by rapid degrees. After
a few months the attorney wrote to the
Deemster:
Unless l am mistaken, your boy is
going to be a great lawyer-the root of
the matter seems to be in him.
Not content with the routine work
of the Office, he took up (by help of
some scheme of university extension }
the higher education which had been cut
short by his dismissal from King Will
liam's, and in due course obtained de-
grees. One day. after talking with
Victor, the bishop of the island was
heard to say:
If that young fellow had been sent
up to Oxford, as he ought to have been,
Literae HumaniOres and became the
most brilliant man Of his year"
The Attorney Generals Office was a
large one, and it contained several other
students at law. Among them now
was Alick Cell, who had prevailed upon
his mother to prevail upon his father
to permit him to follow Stowell.
Gods sake, woman" the Speaker
had said. 'let him 60 then, and make
one more rosca,jv MANY Jswver
Rnt no;thor AiicL;. I,.iustr,o,s ;d,.-
nos. nor ths ract;ons nf n nttIo bnI :
idsv tnwn ~ tts seo.nn co,,id to,n,t
Stn,vslJ iron, his stnSiss Tic sncccsses
.oamad iinh.,, ,.nn a, hm, au"r 49,
i.Sn"S ,,.itiNi;, " ~, s.naat ,U U
thaf % %o vos hnrd - wnrLor ] '' He ,rnrIoJ uM
",. ana. "s m"s naf! "o.nS. ,r;na h "ornet ae.
eari! ana iate as y 'nsp'reo os sreut
nope. great ldeal.
MS Shly recreation was 10 speho
ms week -enos at nome. Mheh ne ar
rived on the' saturaa! atternoons nc
usually louna ms ta'her' VINO was iooh
ing younger every daS' humhih2 10
himselr as ne worked In an ola coat
among the movers IN the conservatory.
AT night they olhed together. ana
after dinner. If the evenings were cool,
the Deemster would call on him to STIR
the peats and draw up to the nre, ana
then the ola man would tax.
1t was wonderful talking. but nearly
always on the same sub1ect-the great
Manx trials, the great crimes I0tteh lea
up to by great temptatiohs(, the great
!
tor noticed that whatever the Deemster
began with he usually came around 20
the same conciusioh--the power anu
sanctity Of Justice. After an hour or
more he would rise IN MS stately way To
20 to the biue law papers 1or his next
Court which MS CLERK, ola !oshua scarf,
had laid out under the lamp OH the
library table. saving:
That's how 1t is, you see Justice
is the strongest ana most sacred thins
IN the Worid, ana IN the end II must
prevail.
But victor greatest JOY IN ms
weekly visits TO baliamoar was TO iight
his candle at ~ CLOCK on the manos-
any taDie on me iahn.hg under tne c.ock
and ny OH TO MS bedroom. Tor Janet
would be there at that hour, blowing
up his hre. turning down ms bed, open
ing MS Dag 10 ,aKe OUT MS night gear
ana ready TO TAX on stll greater
subject
with the cla'rvoyance OF the heart OF
woman VINO had never haa rover
OF her own l'not exactly real lover;
she used 70 say She hao penetrated the
mystery or the change IN victor She
loved to dream ABOUT the giolieS OF ms
future career 'eVen her devotion TO the
Deemster was IN danger Oh beihg
eclipsed by tha' our ABOVE everything
else, about the woman VINO was 10 De
his wiie. ,,.
In some deep Womanllke way un.
known to man, she identined herself
with Fenella STANLEY ana courted VIC,
tor Tor her IN her absence She haa
visions OF their marriage aaF' Hid par
ticuiarly OF the day after II, when tney
would come home. that lovely ana be-
| loved pair. 70 THIS very mousse th's very
room. this very pea, ana she "ouia
spread the sheets Tor them'
rs that you, dear! she would say,
down on her knees az the hre as he
! came in with his candle.