Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-20
A Lawyers First Divorce Case.

A Lawyers First Divorce Case.
A DAY or two ago, talented young
lawyer of the city, whose name is not
Smith, and whose briefs have been like
angels visits was delighted by finding in
his office richly dressed lady, who an.
nounced her desire to employ him profes-
sionally. With a beaming smile, that
could hardly be restrained from bursting
into a blows laugh, the young Black
stone handed the lady a cushioned arm
chair, and assured her that he was ZEN
tirey and devotedly at her service"
Seating herself in the proffered office
chair, the lady ungloved small white
hand, that literally glistened with dia
monds, and applied Suez scented hand
kerchief to her lips, blushed, and, casting
her eye upon the floor, said:
my business is very particular-it is
pardon me, sir, but you will not betray
mep
"Betray you? Not for the world
madam, You can confide in me with the
same reliance as in priest at the confes
sional."
"The fact isl want--that is, | have
been unfortunate in my marriage rela-
tions."
The eyes of the lawyer glistened with
pleasure, and drawing his chair close to
the side of the lady, remarked;
81 see-I see-you want a divorce. |
am just the man to get it for you. am
perfectly al .ftit in matters of this kind,
although have never had case in court.
How long have you been married"
Mine years"
"Nine years You must have been very
young when you entered that blissful-I
mean wretched state"
"I was a mere child-a foolish, ineXpe.
rienced school girl A doating mother
placed me in the arms of a man old enough
to be my father; but he was rich, and foI
two or three years did not know the diff
ference-I was as happy as though my
husband had been twenty years younger
But association with other married womeT
opened my eyes, and became wretched
l pined for-well, for heart that wa
more congenial with my own. A man o
your age, now, would have suited me bet
ter"
Exactly SOL" exclaimed the lawyer
rubbing his hands and twisting his insipi
ent moustache. But your sutferings vii
soon terminate; will get you divorce
and then"
40, dear mel-and then-but l mus
not be too sanguine. My husband is yer,
rich, and he will never permit me to get {
divorce if he can help il"
MADAM, you don't know the law-it!
maiesty-its glorious certainty-its mag
nanimity. Consider yourself divorced, ant
rest easy"
"Weil, sir, how shall l proceed?"
"Let me see-in the first place, give m
a statement of your grievances"
"That would take whole week. Yol
can imagine what woman like me mus
suffer with such husband"
"Yes. yes-cruel and barbarous treat
; ment-condition acknowledgements, an,
all that sort of thing. I will just jo
down a few of the items. Your nam
is"
"Mrs. -. You must know my hui
band"
"What, the merchants He's rich a
Cr9susI
that want divorce"
The lawyer wrote down sketch of th
lady's matrimonial infelicities, and agai
assured her that he would have no diff
Guilty in procuring divorce, with at lea
$4,000 alimony.
"How much are you going to charg
me for making me so happyg" asked til
lady.
"Well, ought to charge you thousan
= dollars, but. out of consideration for yol
{ sufferings, will only take retainer of OF
hundred dollars, and when it is accon
plished you will increase it to five hundrC
dollars"
, "That is extremely reasonable. | hay
no change about me now. ., yes, here
: a check for two hundred dollars that II
D husband gave me to goShopping. l wi
5 only want half of it to-day. Will you 6
it cashed for mey"
at is after bank hours, but the check
I, all right. | will give you one hundred f
your shopping, and keep the check"
The lawyer had that day received a I
r mittance of one hundred dollars from h
n father, and handed it over to the lady, an
a placing his check in his pocket boo
bowed his client to the door. He was c
cessively happy at his good fortune, al
that night dreamed of angelic clients, sc
d sational divorce cases, and huge pile
t, one hundred dollar bills.
The next morning he Went to the bal
:, TO get his check cashed, and was thund
y struck when the teller informed him Il
d the name of Mr. was forged! Ind
l. nant at the thought that his fair client b
If been guilty of so base a crime as forgi
her husDanus nulhe, ne huIllvu W
m store of Mr., with the intention of
posing the lady He was still more
tonis6ed when Mr.. - informed him Il
le he was widower, and had not bC
to blessed with wife for more than
ne years.
Young Blackstone was seized with a
m of melancholy, which still affiicts him !;
- all his efforts to find the fair swinc
- have proved unavailing. He has come
the conclusion to have nothing 10 do "
er- divorce cases, aud has written to his fat
IN to send him another 800 bill to repl
he the one he gave his client for bo
:, check. st Louis Demo rat jan.
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