Then he began to wonder
why Louise had waited behind in the garden. He put the thought away from
him, however. There was no deceit in Louise; he was sure of that.
CHAPTER XV
OUTWARD BOUND
Joel Mazarine did not take the trail to Tralee immediately after he found
his wagon and horses in the shed of the Methodist Meeting House. As he
drove through the main street of Askatoon again, his lawyer--Burlingame's
rival--waved a hand towards him in greeting. An idea suddenly possessed
the old man, and he stopped the horses and beckoned.
"Get in and come to your office with me," he said to the lawyer. "There's
some business to do right off."
The unpopularity of a client in no way affects a lawyer. Indeed, the most
notorious criminal is the greatest legal advertisement, and the fortunate
part of the business is that no lawyer is ever identified with the
morals, crimes or virtues of his client, yet has particular advantage
from his crimes. So it was that Mazarine's lawyer enjoyed the public
attention given to his drive through the town with Mazarine. He could
hear this man say, "Hello, what's up!" or another remark that the Law and
the Gospel were out for war.
Just as they were about to enter the office, however, Jonas Billings, who
had a faculty for being everywhere at the interesting moment, said, so as
to be heard by Mazarine and his lawyer, and all others standing near.
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