There were clouds of
witnesses, conversations, letters, and records, glib and pat to the
occasion. In brief, there was nothing wanted but the seal of his
Excellency. The only copy of that was in the possession of a rival
school of renaissant art and the restoration of antiques, then doing
business before the Land Commission.
And yet the claim was rejected! Having lately recommended two separate
claimants to a patent for the same land, the Land Commission became
cautious and conservative.
Roscommon was at first astounded, then indignant, and then warlike,--he
was for an "appale to onst!"
With the reader's previous knowledge of Roscommon's disposition this
may seem somewhat inconsistent; but there are certain natures to whom
litigation has all the excitement of gambling, and it should be borne
in mind that this was his first lawsuit. So that his lawyer, Mr.
Saponaceous Wood, found him in that belligerent mood to which counsel
are obliged to hypocritically bring all the sophistries of their
profession.
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