CHAPTER XITI. 



It was the May Term <>!' Court. Then- was a lull in 

 the proceedings, and the .Judge slightly beckoning, I 

 approached the beneli. 



" When Me you going td the woods?" said he, unbend- 

 ing the awful brow of .Justice, and with just the least un 

 judicial twinkle in his eye. 



"I am thinking of taking in the Spring fi.sliing, this vcar. 

 Judge, up in the lieaver IJiver country. " 



" Is your |>arty made un? " 



"Well, tlie J^lilor of the Diurnal is going, for one. He 

 \\assuch a "hail fellow well met' last \ e;ir I hat 1 was bound 

 to have him with me this year. And Hie Manager of the 

 Daily Flag Stall' is in>ing, so as to keep up the equipoise. 

 There's room for one morn. A. quartette is as essential in 

 the woods as in an organ loft. 



"They're both good fellows, " his llonoi added. 



" If you'll enlist ir, this company, .Judge, as a high-pri- 

 vale. I'll stipulate that you shall have a good time, 

 weather and trout, pel-milling. " 



"I'll go!" said the .Judge, after a moment's rellection ; 

 " Clerk, call a jury in No. -I: 1 ,. " 



In due time the Term ended, the necessary preliminaries 

 were completed, and one afternoon, late in May, found 



