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A STRANGE ADVENTURE.
Orrville was one of those sober little
American towns which :i certain class of
novelists so delight to select as the scene
ol their romances, and which frequently
lie asleep for so lone a period of time that
it is a positive blissing when something
out of the ordinary course of events hap
pens, to awake them out cf their state of
lethargy.
Orrville liad been asleep for almost
twelve years, when an event occurred
which, t gather with the attendant inci
dents, completely aroused the whole town.
Orrville was situated on Lake Wanona,
one of the most charming little sheets of
water in our inland States. In as, eluded
valley, shut out, as it were, from all ti.e
rest of the world bv the surrounding hills,
with a solitary majestic mountain keeping
silent viail over the slumbering scene, lay
ti e beautiful lake, and, on its margin, t’.e
miniaturi town. The spot was alt that a
poet might lane'', or a romantic lover sigh
ibr; and when there was advertised *’A
new summer re ort, the Orrville House
at Oirvibe,” with every accommodation,
e'e., it is not surprising that many p *r
sens, who had been struck by the sur- |
passing beauty of the place, as they
caught a flying glance of itin the whizzing j
train, should respond immediately to the
opportunity, and encage to spend the;
summer or autumn months at so charming
a resort.
Among the earlier guests at the Orrville
House, wer Charles Lacy, a talented
ymmg barrister of limited me; ns, Colonel
Harris, and his niece, Mattie Harris, and
a Mr. Van Haven, a handsome young
merchant ot New V ork.
Chioios Lacy and Mattie Harris had
been playmate- in their childhood, but the
former had removed from his native place
in his fifteenth year, and had never met
the sweetheart ot his boyish days until
time had transformed him into the full
I stature ol a man. Both were now so com
pletely changed, that they met at Orrville
as entire strangers, and were only recog
nizable to one another by the mention of
their mimes mi l places ol residence. I ic
acquaintance, thus renewel, ip mod into
ardent love, and Charles Lac, considered
liiiiiscll the luckiest fellow on earth.
“Did you hear the news, Mattie?
asked Lucy, one morni n., as his lie trot lied
seated herself at the breakfast table by
his sid"
"No; what i • it?”
“Johns! n A C i., bankers in this town,
have been robbed ol over otic hull lied
thousand dollars!
"You dun t say so! V hen did it.,
occur?''
"Some time during the earlier part of!
the morning Thu thief, whoever he is, i
made a pretty fair haul ot it—left the firm j
with ti very small sum for its own packet- ;
hook. It. was a private banking house, j
and involves many of the leading persons ;
of the town
" \ml they haven't secured the guilty i
| parties?’
‘No; and are not likely to do so, either, j
Men who take such goodly sums as this, ;
generally secure a 'life avenue of escape.
But I can tell you this," lie added, lower
ing his voice, and inclining his head j
towa.ds hers; “suspicion tails on th 1 Orr- ;
j ville House, but no one individually, as j
I far as i am aware ot.
Just then a waiter placed a letter by his
side saying: “Something lor Mr. Lacy
! t read thus: "Com •to Dalton at once
-Your presence is needed immediately at i
! Mr. Greenup’s. Do not delay. A.!!.
“What is this? Come to Dalton at!
I once! A. 11. Who can that possibly be?
! But 1 II go. ”
“I’m call'd away for a little while,!
i Mattie,” said he, irt explanation, replacing j
the n ite in the < nvel-ipe, "but expect to
i lie hack soon 1 mustgo forthwith and
pressing her hand, he left, the breakfast
i in,.m, hurriedly packed a few necessary
I articles in his val.se, and was at the
; station just in time to catch the morning
{ train.
******
It was evening. The e dm, round moon
smiled upon th : placid little la e in a 1 her
pensive glory. Nature brea hed her
soft musical murmuring', and everything
I seemed to rhisper “I’eace, peace!”
Bat the heart of Mattie Harrb knew
anything but peace as site left the gay
crowd of thoughtless dancers in the
brilliantly-lighted hotel for an atmosphere
more in harmony with her saddeeedspirit.
Her heart was very heavy to night. She
. wandered listlessly down to the water’s
'edge. A little boat lay moored there. She
seated herself in it. where she felt she
j could be undisturbed in her lonely medita- ,
! tions. Her thoughts soon found utter
! ance—
“What a change!” she murmured—
! “what a change from our happy condition
!of a week ago! 1 can hardly realize it!
A bank robbed, and Charles arrested as
the perpetrator of the robbery and thrown
1 into prison! How could they eversuspect
him? Yet the circumstances are very
; mysterious, and a hasty investigation
I points to him. It is evident to me that
he only left <frrvi'ie temporarily—that He
was really called away. Strange that ho
SUMMERVILLE. GEOUGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1878.
should have destroyed the letter, and that
! it turns out there is no such person us
! Greenup in Dalton! It, is not at all
strnnee that he should have become ex
cited wln n a couple of men laid their
hands on him as 'to was getting nut of*t he
train, ami told him lie was a thief, and
was wanted at Orrville. Who wouldn’t
get excited under such circumstances?
What nonsense they allege! They say he
might have written the note himself, and
passed it through the post. But 1 know
lie has not the leusr. link of connection
with the affair; and the authorities have
no right to commit him to pri on, when
he can obtain bail from half a dozen
I different persons. Hut the people here
are si excited that they will listen to
nothing.” A tear tri kieii down her
pale cheeks. “Pshaw! I’ll not be such a
baby; all will ho right yet.”
She sat in the boat until the lights in
the different departments o‘ the hotel
gradually disappeared, and was just about
to rise and return to the house when a
figure, coming down the path towards her,
induced Iter to retain her seat. The figure
proved to be that of the young merchant,
Mr. Van Haven. Mattie had always been
attracted by the handsome fine and
winning manners of the gay New Yorker,
and rather enjoyed his society than other
wise. So she remained seated until tie
took his seat by her side.
“Let s row out upon the lake,” said
Vim Haven, v’tliout an unnecessary
“Good evening,” as lie raised the oars
and pulled gently from the shore. "It is
a very quiet night, and we shall not he
disturbed Most of the folks have re
tired. Wo must move cautiously.”
"Why?" qn -ti-mod Mattie, rather
surprise ! at this remark,
"Why?" Do you want to betray your
self ?’ ’
"Betray my •••’.!’! Why. wiiat are you
talking about, Mr. Vail Haven?’
Just then the moon, which had 1) en
shining on bis back, fell full upon his face,
and revealed a countenance with mi un
usually strange expression, and to tite
great astonishment of Mattie, the fact
that her companion was asleep! Van
Haven had been known to walk in bis
sleep, and perform a great many marvel
lous feats while in that eondi’ion; and
Mattie Harris herself had happened to
meet him on -e while enjoying asomnam
bulistic ramble. So she was not at all
frightened by the circumstance* under
wilt li she suddenly found lier.-el*’ placed,
but s.jtiiewh it astonished ; and, being a
young lady of a good deal ot mischief,
and possessed of the usual amount of
curiosity, of course she determin :-t to let
her companion continue on his iieoternal
excursion.
"What are you talking about?” re
peated Mattie, her saddened leatures
giving place to an amused smi e
“You know well enough what. 1 am
talking about, Jim. We m ist secure it
to-night.. It may be found where wo
have hidden it, arid that, would lie the last
of us. That letter was a sharp tiling of
ours, wasn’t it? 1 tremble lost Lucy may
tie cleared—though, then suspicion would
seek some other party. So we’d better
find other quarters as soon as wc can
possibly do so without, causing any com
nient upon it; and, of course, we will not
let t he money remain where it is now. "
At tin: mention of Lacy’s name, and
“money,” Mat tie's mind, which for the
past week bad been invariably coupling
those words together, caught eagerly at.
the suspicion thus moused; and her very
frame sho k as the light of a great dis
closure suddenly flashed upon her. iSlifc
had found one of the guilty parties, con
cerned in the bank robbery, aud could
liberate her lover.
The disc ivery was almost too much for
her. A dim mist suffus 'd her eyes. Sin
clutolled eagerly the side of the boat. But
she soon recovered from the first shock,
yet did not permit horself to speak, she
trembled i•• dent y.
Van Haven continued
“We must icaie to-morrow; don’t you
tli ink so?”
“Yes,” ventured Mattie. “Now lot’s
be quiet, for fear we should be heard.”
“All right.”
They moved slowly and noiselessly
across the rippling waters of the lake,
until they reached the opposite shore.
The woods hung darkly over the tranquil
depths, and all was quiet. Van Haven
tied the boat to a saoling, and stepped
ashore, followed silently by Mattie. He
led the way to a dense thicket, of under
brush, pausing a moment to assure him
self that they were alone. Having satis
fied himself of this point, he took a few
steps forward and ciutiously raised a large
stone. (Jnder it lay aca ket. lie picked
it up and replaced the stone.
“I’ll carry it,” said Matt'n, with
avidious eagerness, feeling confident that
if she once got possession of the stolen
money all would be well with her.
“Very well,” said these funambulist, and
consigned the casket to her keeping.
“Now let us go to the boat again, and we
will finish the arrangement of our plans
as we cross over for Orrville.”
Mattie considered if a matter of pru
dence to agree, atm followed her slqepiag
companion to the lake. He took his seat
in the boat and loosened the chain from
t.he sapling, enjoining his associate to
maintain perfect silence until they should
be out on the lake, lie seemed to tlii.ik
that, all was well, and shoved off from the
shore.
Mattie stood in the moonlight, and
watched the boat and us solitary oarsman
until both were concealed within the dark
shadow of the mountain, behinl which
the moon was fast, hiding herself.
“I’m safe now !’’ she said, with a joyful
bound. “But what shall I do? I'm half
a mile from any house, and have no means
of crossing the lake. There is a road here
somewhere,.though, whieli leads round to
the town. I’ll walk to the hotel, ii it.
takes till morning! There is no time to
be lost. ”
, So saving, she began her search fur the
road, which was soon found; arid alter
four hours of rapid walking, for which the
excitement of the oee.sion lent the
! requisite amount, of strength, she leached
Orr ville.
She lost no time in informing the un
til unties of the town of tier singular ad
j venture, producing the casket for their
examination in proof of her statement.
Marly in the morning b-d'ore most of the
guests had arisen, the Orrville House was
I surround, and by half a dozen men, evidently
! intent upon the capture of some o e
within. Presently Van ILiven made his
appearance on the arouii jflloor verandah,
apparent!' unconscious that anything was
wrong. The sight of the police quickly
undeceived him; it was up with him. He
was handcuffed at once without any
ceremonious notification of the "eason why
lie was thus rudely dealt with. Mattie
came down just then, after a short sleep,
and was requested to follow, when the
ollieers started down the stieot with their
prisoner in custody, attended by a large
crowd of excited .spectators, which had
soon congregated.
A preliminary examination convinced
all parties of the guilt of Van Haven, hut,
did not exonerate Lacy from complicity in
the affair. The subsequent investigation,
however, fastened the guilt- upon two
patties - Van I Liven and a J allies Thomp
son, an Orrville man, with whom the
former had been on terms of auspicious
intimacy.
Of course, nil redtess was made to Mr.
Lacy for the hasty opinions of the people
concerning him, and was accepted by him
ns satisfactory. But a more material ex
pression of the thunks ol t he hati veis was
made, when Mr. Johnson liimsed’, t'e
senior partner of the firm, rose in the
police court, and said, “ I hut in consider
ation of the great injustice don ■ Mr. La y
in so hastily ariesling him, and in con
sideration of Ihe surprising good sei.se
and bravery ot Miss Harris in securing
the guilty parties in this robbery, it be
come bis pleasant duty to piusent in the
nan e of the firm to the foruur. the sum
often thousand dollars; and to the hitter
the sum of fifteen thousand, and that he
could aeeept. no refusal.”
Wo need not attempt to describe the
applause at.d good feelings elicited by
these remarks -that is left to the imagin
ation ol t lie reader.
Nil clamorous demonstrations of grati
tude wer ■ made by either of the recipients
of these princely gilts; hot hot Ii expressed
their thanks in a single sentence, and re
tired from the court together, amid the
uproatous acclamation of the crowd.
Three w -eks afterwards, Orrville was
going wild over a gay wedding, aud had
actually awakened out ol its lon.' Rip Van
kVinkle sleep; and the huopie-t couple
in that town were—Charles Licy and
Mattie Harris.
i:u si.un ladies i ign i \ mi el.
A goo 1 deal has lately been hoar 1 if tie
progress of female eti ancipation in Russia
lint it is somewhat of a novelty to find the
Russian ladies figuring in the e>.aracteruf
duelists, as was the case not long since
with two belles of i’etigorsk, a well known
f’ushioii'iblc resort on the northern slope
of tho 1 'auensus. A dispute arose between
the rival beauties, springing out of the
attentions paid to each in turn by a
handsome young cavalry officer quartered
in the neighborhood. Thequair 1 ran so
high that, one ol the Amazons at length
ill patched her maid to the other with a
formal challenge, which was instant',
accepted. The belligerents met without
seconds in a lorn ly place mit-idc ihe Ii vu,
each armed with a brace of leaded pistols.
Before, ho ever they had even taken up
their respective positions', tho trembling
of one lady .s hand caused her pistol ti)
explode pieuiutiirely, sending a bullet
through the dress ol the other, who
shrieked and fell down in a swoon The
a- ailant, frightened out of her wit s flung
away her weapon and rushed to raise the
supposed corpse; but her ungrateful
antagonist, recovering her senses as
suddenly as she hil l hist them, clutched
her by the hair with one hand, and boxed
her eats with the other in the meat
energetic style. The filing having now
eeased, the battle proceeded hand to hand.
Locks of hair, ribbons, and shreds ol
clothing flew in every direction, and but
for the timely advent o! three or hair
policemen the affray might have ended
like the somewhat similar combat of the
Kilkenny cats. Th military Lothario's
only remark ori hearing the story was:
"It’s luc.sy they took to clawing each
other instead ot me.” —An.
A story of genuine rorri':nee in real life
I comes from Maysville, Ohio. A promis
ing young man of the place, son ol one
iof its most esteemed merchants, was
engaged to be soon married to a beautiful
young lady, who, a few days before the
| day set for the wedding, was taken sick
j mid died. Her bereaved lover was
! inconsolable, and resolved to put an end
!to his life. He first wrote this letter to his
parents: "What, have I to live lot? I
iifte i tifink of drinking to drown my
i troubles, hut that would not be showing
respect to tlie one Iso dearly loved.
Rather than to become a drunkard, I will
J end it all by a dose of prussic ac;d. My
i last wish is that l be buried next to Doray
and that two monuments be erected over
! our graves, to cost not less than SSOO.
; Then proceeding to the room of Ins late
I betrothed, be threw himself upon her
| death-bed, swallowed ‘.lie drug and breath
|ed his last. Lie was buried beside her in
! the cemetery, and a monument will be
| erected according to his wish.
A paneful site —A hot-house.
1U.1.(.1N(i THK It AT.
Tom Costello, of St. Louis, Mo., is
lamed as a human rat-catcher. lie rap
tures and removes these animals alive
from lintels and houses where they are an
annoyance and a pest. I’hcy are then
taken to the rat pit to become martyrs to
the superior ability of the well bred blaek
and-tuns Costello catches rodents by
means of a “lulled rat.” A reporter ac
companied him on an expedition to a
wretched and worm eaten hotel, fairly
alive with the vermin, and gives the fol
lowing account of his experience: The
arrival was made after midnight. Silently
and c iHtioii ly tho rookery was examined
until the circuit run by the rats was de
termined.
Rats in a buildit g are as the inhabi
tants of a city or the inmates of a large
building. Certain holes in floors and
wainscoting, drain-pipes, dark-halls, ri is
sat/es in the walls, etc., arc to rats what
streets in the city arc to pedestrians, and
hallways in build ngs to tho inmates.
J ust as one avenue, by reason of superior
width nr light, is raised by people to the
dignity ol a promenade, or assume alley
way, by reason of being a short cut be
tween two points, is made a I borough fare,
is a drain-pipe, a noisome hallway, or a
hole in the floor put in eoiistani and
genera! use hy the rats. Well, on the
occasion tel’erre 1 to, Costwllo looked
around an 1 fo"in! that a dumb waiter, nr
band elevator, I “tiding from tin basement
i-I'the building upward, was the boulevard,
the main street, us it were, of this tat
colony.
II laid fora vat and caught him. A
small hell was tied about the captive's
neck by means of a libbon, and then the
rodent w’;is released. It. was of! like a
II i It. Minnies passe Ihy without results.
Vi last the skin tying of in.s through the
walls and up] er passages of the house was
heard. It gradually increased. The
principle the rat catcher worked . n was
that the hell would scare the rat. His
tcror would communieate to his fellows,
and they in turn would lice before him as
from a pestilence, lie li.al calculat'd
correctly. The noise became like that ol'
the rattling of a heavy rain. The bright
eyed vermin shrieked unit squealed a i they
llml in their tenor
The reporter and Costello stood in a
small mom—the elevator ended in it.
There was a rattling noise in the elevator.
The room was darker than an Egyptian
igiit. The noise increased and pervaded
the room. Then the reporter realized
| that the rats were, in the room in a
myriad. He could hear their squealing,
and at last observed tile phosphorescent
gleam of their eyes. They crawled over
his feet. The perspiration stood on him
ia drops and his hair raised He lost a
year’s growth right then. “No danger;
keep still; don’t move, and they won’t
bite you, ’ said Costel.o. The reporter
eioaned iii terror. Costello then lit a
lamp. The floor was covered with tiie
rodents. With a pair of tongs he picked
up and bagged them all. There were 128
of them. When they were in ttie bag the
reporter was very, very happy.— At.
. •
V Vl.un ot'’ SXIAUT ANSWERS.
A pretty lung list, might he made of
men who have ow'd their advancement
in lifii to a smart answer given at the right
n mill'at. One ot Napoleon s veterans,
1 who survived his master many years, was
: wont to recount with great glee how he
! ha and once picked up the Emperor’s cocked
! hat at :< review, when the latter, not
noticing rln;l he was a private, said care
lessly, “Thank yon, Cant tin. ” "In what
regiment, sire?” instantly asked the ready
willed snifter. Napoleon, perceiving his
mistake, answered with a smile, “In my
(lit.aids, for I see you know how to bu
prompt ” file newly made officer re
ceived his com mission next morning.
A somewhat similar anecdote is roiatod
of Mai'lial iSttvoroff, who, wliou receiving
a dispatch from the hands of a Russian
Sergeant who had greatly distinguished
himself on D* Da.tub;, attempted to
confuse the messenger by a series ol
whimsical questions, but found him fully
equal to tlm occasion, "flow many fish
are there in the sea?” asked Suvorofl,
“Ad that are not caught yet,” was the
answer, “flow far is it to the moon?”
“Two of your Excellency's forced
inarches.” “Wit: t would you do if you
sawyour men giving way in battle?” “I’d
tell them that there was a wagon-lead of
whisky just behind the enemy’s line.”
Bullied at ad points, tho Marshal ended
with, “What’s the difference, between
your Cuionel and rnyseli ?’ ’ “My Colonel
cannot, make me a Lieutenant, but your
Excellency has only to say the word.”
“I say it now, then,” answered Suvoroff,
and a right good officer you’ll be.”
HEATING CITIES 15V HIRAM.
The American Architect says: “The
ex peri men is that lim o bei nmol at L ek
port, and, we believe, at Buffalo, have
proved . eemiiigly beyond peradventtt:e,
the feasibility of healing a large number
of buildings by steam supplied from a
common source; though the possibility of
supplying in the sane way steam for
j manufacturing purposes seems not to be so
dearly established. A number of’ citizens
of New York have lately purchased the
I light to in trod uce into l iiat city the Holly
1 system of town heating, and already more
! than $l,O 11 000 have been subscribed for
the same purpose of tuasiuv p.cfiminary
I experiments; those proving satisfactory,
j it is supposed that there will ho small
: difficulty in obtaining money to extend the
system so as to embrace the whole city.
The scheme so far as present developed is
ultimately to divide tho city into five
sections, in each of which is to be a
battery of fifty boilers, which,it is thought
NUMBER lii.
"dll be able to meet all probable demands.
Those batteries an to lie placed in four
story brick buildings, presumably isolated,
having an area at the giound some 200
square feet. Starting from tl esc a system
n| mains and connecting pipes will be laid
throughout In: city, and each consumer
will bo furnished with a meter, so that lie
may be eal ed on to pay fi r only as mueli
steam as lie uses. Means are provided for
heating t he condensed water by live steam,
and causing it to circulate over the house
by a separate system of pipes. No state
ment is at present made of the first cost
ol the |ilan. But some idea of the
running expenses may be conceived from
the statement that the live batteries ate
calculated to ci tisume about 2,500 tons of
coal each day. In the eeomnical intro
duction of iho system tho shape of tint
island may he of use, as it is stilted that a
battery of t he size meutionod is capable of
sending s’ea'ii to point- two miles distant
without mue,. loss of effective power.
THE AVI EE A JUNIOR WANTS.
A gentleman traveling between Pueblo
and Vansiis Pity was engaged in conver
sation hy a very intelligent, hut rough
looking miner, who had hcon for four years
an adventurer in the San Joan country,
and who had “struck it.rich.” He made
n i secret of the fact that his visit, ton
certain town in Michigan was for the
purpose of marrying tho girl he left be
hind him, for whose future comfort lie
had built and furnished a house high up
among the snow capped mountains of
Colorado. Ho had lelt in Sail Juan a
partner, whom In described as “sqm re a
man as ever struck a drill,” with whom
he had constantly labored three long years
a* proprietors, and with whom lie now
jointly held one of tho most valuable
properties in their district. Jim, too,
desired to co Hast, but their mutual in
terests made it impossible; lie didn’t know
an.v one in particular East, but then he
■ "anted to go. Jim was rather a bashful,
reticent man, and did not like to tell even
his p u ttier the real purpose of his coveted
! visit; but upon the evo of the departure
; "I the hitter, the purpose of whose visit
"'as kii iwn, Jim made the request, in dead
: earnest, that he bring him a wife. “Will
you do it?” he was asked. “Do it, you
1 hot!” “Had tie any instructions to give
l in regard to the selection?” “Yes,” he
said, ”Harry, bring me a good, bonesr,
son.-iliM girl, what there’s no foolishness
or show about—a girl what’ll make an
honest man an honest wife, and that’s
just the kind o' woman I'll take out and
the one that’ll he Jim’s tv/fc. Denver
Tribune.
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About twenty years ago the Empire of
Japan, so far as known to us, was plunged
in heathen darkness, communication
with the outer world was practically in
terdicted, and the immense mass of tho
population were restricted to their own
narrow resoursos. Commodore Periy’s
expedition.hy order of the United Stutes
government was the key that unlocked to
the world some measure of the vastness
of the empire’s undeveloped resources,
and gave the harbunatis a glimpse of
things better than they had known, A
dinlomatic mission was sent to our coun
try, aml tho members thereof took home
with them s uae bad arid many good
things learned during t heir sojourn.
They learn and the se luctiveuess of mint
julips ami other noil-beneficial ndjunctsof
civilization; but iney also learned otacr
things of va-t importance, which they
have absorbed into their political and
s' ciii! system, and now give fair promise
of taking high rank among the nations of
heathendom and of ultimately reaching
some decree of ( li: istianizod civilization.
Among their chief adaptation* are the
printing press and postal funilities. In
1877 there were published 7,372,550
copies of domestic newspapers, many of
them evincing a high order of talent.
They have now 2,744 pos’uffices. 151 re
ceiving ip'enoics, UlO stamp agencies, and
800 street letter boxes. Lust year there
were mailed 22 053.130 ordinary letti rs,
0,704.272 postal cards, 332,042 books and
patterns, 850,037 free letters, and 140,031
foreign letters; and our postal money
order system his been in successful
operation s'*vcral years-all of which is a
pretty good exhibit for a heathen people.
Queen Victoria lately sent $3 to a liltlo
boy who bad he n run o erin tho streets,
and ti writer says that since this incident
was made public, the London cab-drivers
have found it, impossible to get through
the city for the crowd of small boys wait
ing to be run ouer.
A church in Vermont has demanded
and received its paster's resienation on
| the guotind that he cuffed his wife’s cars
lor driving some chickens out of tlio
' <1 ning room, where lie was feeding them
with dough.
4**)*.
Kilwin French, the aged and re.*q octcd
| citizen of Ohio, whose body was stolen by
the Cleveland Medical College, gave that
institution SIOO before bis death, and this
is Hie way the college took to i how its
j gratitude.
The Queen lias presented Bcaeonsfield
with a garter. No doubt it is a very
handsome affair, but ho will look odd
going around "itli one trousers leg rolled
above his knee to display bis present.
A west! rn lawyer included in his Liil
against, bis client: "To waking up in the
night end thinking about your ease, $5.”
'[’here are twenty-five different kinds of
spring - 111 Saratoga.