EDITOR'S WALLET.

Otago Witness, Issue 1957, 23 May 1889, Page 37

EDITOR'S WALLET.

a'famous 1 'Sp^pie Borne/ there f fr6m^'the:^it;remities 'of 1 mdfa fc o get information arid a J sk a'dvioef ■' This.^Ss #ue j at"the"latter"end fl df K the lasicehtuVy, j™t as f it is at-present^.and^especiaUy'amdng'the country people,' who' are, a^imid a cautious race: f V: : _ '/ . IW>l ,^ • V"f '"' "'' "\'] 1 "Now 'it happened one, daytnat a farmer Hamed Bernard, haVin||"c : omg '^p Renjueson busine'ss,' bethought HimselS thsit', 1 as he had ]ii6urs''tp\"srj'dre,;|'t' i ;wdul4 ( be' ; w^l''to ''employ tnfem in^ejiting tr?e' advice of a' good lawyer. He ! r;ad of^en % Ijeaird of M". 'Pptier ' de l^^rmpndaieVwh^a'i'in: 'sWl^'hi^ repute t%tipeop'ie telieveb; 1 a ia^siii^ gained^hen he 'undertook '"their cause. /Thie countrypi^n inquired" 'fdr' his Mdre'si, a^d.^pceeded to ni^h6tfsein;tte'Kue jßtl Georges; "".'^ v> ' The : clieiiy wer^'nurnerpu'e/abd Bernard had to'w&it some 1 tirpe.'^At'lengtlV'his; turn arrived, and he was introdiice^'.' ' M;,Potier "de W GermptfQa^ !, Sighed' /ib H ', him J to ( be seated-, thei^'. 'tiding '<m his ,Bp_e6ta'cles,''and placljfijff.'theirijoh' hifdesk, lie; requested to 'krfow Bis business.' '"' " ''• ' , , - "Why, Mr Lawyer," said the,, .farmer, twirling' his I " hkt, '*£ ; nave heard' so much about 'you 'that; as I'h'ave,' come i 56 Eenni.-s, I wish to take'tneopportfa'pity' of ''Consulting . ''.I thank you ..for your confidence, roy friend. You, WisH to bring* ' an ' action,- perLa^s?"— "An &tion!^oh', I'hpld^fiiat'in abhorrence, l' i! " Never has Pierre , Berr/ard 'had "a^Word'witti^fiybne.'* '". *' •*•*-; .t. t •" '";':: '•Then is it^a settlfm.ent— a "division "of property '? '*-^" Excuse nle,' ( Mr Lawyer, my family ! afad',,l have ' never, made 1 a diyisidn, iseeing that we alldraW from the sam'e'wel}, 'as'th*e'y'%." > "" ; '-;" y ' '• ' \ " -" 2l "" : "Well, jus it to negotiateapurctiaseofa sale 1 "—" Oh?, no ! t am ; neither rich enough to purchase, nor poor enough J tb ' i ' 4 ''Will'"ybu teil u me, tb6n, what you do want 1 of me ?" siid thie lawyer; in surpri3e.-[-II Why, I have already told.^d\i, Mr Lawyer,'' 'replied Bernard. ; '"i waiit'your dd vice— for payrqent, of course; as I am well able to give it to you, and I don't wish to loise' this opportunity,"' . ' :i "' a ; : ■ M. Potier took t a pen anii paper, and aßked "the Y countryman' his ri'ame;— " Pierre Bernard," replied the latter, 1 quite happy thathe was at length understbdd.' ' '. ,' * \ " Your age 7 "—"Thirty years, or very near it." ' ' ! w Your vocation'.?"— "My vooatidn! Oh, '.that' means what do I dd; ;I; I am. a iarmer." ; ' The lawjyer. wrote two lines, folded the* pab'dr, 1 fend' handed it t^i'his strange client. 1 ' ' '"Iditfinislfed )! alieady,7 Well and good. ; What : ik''the price 'Si /that 'advice, Mr Lawyet: ? »^"' Three 'fn3K»: n •■'•,'' :': ' ' ' . . '^B^QttrdE'pittd?^"^^ arid' took .his f }^e, s delMtetf'ithaV^e had takeh^a^n;- , '^•tf'iiifiW^. '' "'" ' ' "'- \ ' i ■ , When ,he reached home it was .4 o'clock.! Thp journey hldd fatigued nim, aria he deter]'Siin'ed'td test ,tiiiifself ' tii6'Tem^i)ader dr this ''flay'^'fln'the m'eantirae'the hay had beeri tyrp "'aays l 6ut; s arid-Wias'pdmpletW'save'd. . 'One of '■M farm lkbbufets 1 *&£s"& it itfehpUl^ be'drawnin., . , vir . •<: , "■ il this: evening ? >f ' exclaimed, the W'frie^^fe, i Wb6'hkd'c-biiie' in/fe %e^' h£ 'nVsban'dV ' f lf We*Bßi&nld»dß, >7 w'6fk^d;iat6, sinby f it can' We, "flon^ ix» l iiribtrbw !> wteTrtWy i ihc<)hVediy^ i l The man objected that th^'weaiher imgl t. 'cHange; thac ! the h'brses'^er;^ all' ready, an|3 ( ( ttfe'T!i^n l 3?'idle. BUf. Madame Bernard re'kMmwm pw ih f 'd j W6tf«eifarteL 'a^d^hat night 1 f o'ffld "Abb 'lit f \ssiW' thei r wdrß^do'dld b8 cßii6luded." >j! l " l(;l " /T ! I ; Bernard, who oatf J .beMi* listeding^'tb fhte. argument Va's^ uricertain'wliicrr f way'to dacidej'when' ne'^Budd^iily i;ebollecte'd'that 'hßj -had'thelawyefa'advice'inhis'-bdokdlb. I ' f ' "'•f'Wiut'a' miriut^Bl" hVex6lainled; u 'rtia\je, 'ari' advicfej^-and' a''fampu^ one; 'too— that {L, pai'd'3f f6r. ' Itj ought td f tbil 'us what tod^i. Here, Ther,esa, see what it says; you cfah re&'d wmtjeh^hand better f thani I." . { t The, woman took the pa'pef,' and read thjs 'liiie 1 .^: ; /[',:,, ' ". ■ „ ' •. ''y '. ','.' < ' ''"' ilever' put,' off' till to- / inbrrdw wliat you can'doi 'to'dkf! 1 '" ;! ' '<■■<■'■' '"' ' " • •'';■ ■«•<'"-' \_. < "Tn'at's it 1w"1 w " exdlaimed. 1 Bernard, struck ray^of light;' -"Come,' 'be quick ; get the carts, and away, v Boys," girls, ■-^all'tothehayfieidP ' f " 'His'wife Verture'd a, few more objections,'* but he declared ' that' he had ( ndt ' bought ;a t t'hree-'fr'anc'opimoii/to make fib fcse of it, arid thafcr he 1 would "follo^ the r ldwyer's 'advice.., He 'himself set the ekaiQ'p'le "by taking v thje lead in 'the work,' and' tfot're'tunriiig' 'till ail the' hay' was'brdu'ghfc'in! 'The event was destihed topfovfe "the 'wisdom' 1 of his'conducjb, for the weather changed during the night. f , Ah" Unexpected' storm burst over" the valley,/ ■arid'ttte nexfe r fnbr^rig'it/waS J fdHhd river had 6verßd\«li f And cssriied aiwky' all ( ihe ;hay'£Kat 'been' 'left^H 'lUfteM 1 ' THe ;6rßp's 'pf^-'the' neighbouring 'farmers, weie^ J completely' destroyed: 'atone-'lia^ notiitfflfiWdfii'^ 1 "- 1 ;" I--1 '-' r ; 'tv \: '"' -» ! _ "' : The'Biiccei!s'6£ ll tnis first' experiment g"a\e him such faith in ;/ the advice of the %w^er that frbmtii^jl'd'ay h.e adopted- it as the rule df *'is ddtidu^^frd'b i ecam6, ft rly' his'pFdeF&iU diligeri«e, l? op'e"of " the .ribli'est'farm'ers ifa'tae contitry. v He never ! forgot the siervicd-ddrle' him- fry M. Pptier de ( lk Germondaie, to whom ■ he\€Ver l afterwar l ds^G.krrie ! d a'cdup]ie of' his 1 finest' fowls le^ery ye'alr "as S ! tbken f of his grd-" titude) ' s- 11 ' 1 '" ••'' '""■ ■' ■ - "" !■'