Show kingston N Y anezes senator conkling will always be known to the people as an austere and domin ming man but his lifo included many kind acts and dur edg t ile last few y ears which he dc vote almost n e cly LO money making he pleaded manyet poor case I 1 heard of an instance not long go it related to one of the noted women of member of one of the great departments a ile was a widower chett she married him and though be died wealthy his pro erty fell into tile hands of abc c hp ildren of his first wife and his second wife through a technicality was abla to get nothing it was a new york case and had to be tried there the lady consulted the washington la e re and they advised her to go aw york and a aromi nent had no money or very little and to new york undecided what lawyer to see or what to do site was walking past trinity church when she saw roscoe talking to a friend she had often seen him in washington but bad merely bad an introduction to him and had no acquaintance with him to speak of As she passed his eyes met hem and senator conkling raised his hat ile noticed her worried countenance and be left the man with whom he was talking and held out his band sayings Af adam I 1 have seen YOU somewhere before and I 1 see that you ar greatly worried about some thing afi can be service to you I 1 will be glad to offer my services the lady burst out crying and said she wanted a lawyer and 6 ator conkling made an appoint ment for her she was to go to his office in half an hour and she ant she told her story and his legal brain dissected it irlan instant them w no doubt about her get ling her fortune and she asked him his char es would be in a gentle manner ghe told her be would charge her nothing and with team in her she him through begs 1 9 advice she has gotten her share of her husbands property ana she is one odthe sincerest mourners nw that he is dead |