His associates in law, though jealous of his suc cess, acknowledged his talents and abilities as a counsellor. One of his happiest efforts was a divorce case, in which he was engaged as a counsellor in behalf of the defendant, Mr. B He was accused of infidelity by his wife, to whom he had been married twelve long years. The fruit of that marriage was a girl and a boy, Maggie and Willie. They were just old enough to know a mother's love and a father's care. Peace and happiness had long dwelt in the cottage situated at the base of the mountain in old Virginia, surrounded with shrubbery and vines.