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A New Kink In Divorces.
A Lawyer Leanns Wisdom from a
Pretty Woman. 81, r..r. ,,
[Erom the Pitis5urg Dispatch.

| ia".Jr VI u HelS SuooiluS 1iCy, "hoSe
name is. not Smith, and whose
| bricfshave been like angels visits,
was dlighted by fDdingin his office
q richly dressed lady, who announced
her dsire to employ him profession
ally. With a beaming smile that
could hardly be restrained from burst.
ing ino a full-blown laugh the young
Blackstone handed the'lady eush-
Toned armchair, and he assured her
that be was '"entirely and devotedly
| at Ber service" Lifting herself in
the profered Office chair, The lady un-'
glovrd small white hand that liter.
ally glistened with diamonds, and
applied q Suez-scented handkerchief
to br lips, blushed, and casting her
eyes upon the floor, said: s: +
"ly business is very particular
it iepardon me, sir, but you will not
betay me?" -. =,
Bctray you? Not for the world,
maIame, you can confde: in me with
tbesame reliance as in priest at6tbe
Confessional" .. -.. 49,. .,...... 80.
The fact isl want-that is I
haze been unfortunate in my mar
rige relations.
rhe eyes of the lawyer glistcned
with pleasure, and, drawing lis chair
elise to the side Of the. lady, he re.
mirked:
Il see-I sce-you want a divorce.
7 an just the man to get it for you.
I m perfectly y au jfait in matters~of
thi kind, although have never bad
aso Of this kind in court. How
lon. have you been married ?"
sNine years" ' -
Nine years You must haVe been
ver young when you entered that
blisful-I mean wretched state"
C. was mere child--a foolish, in
'cxp1ienced school girl. A doting
mon1irr placed me in the arms of q
mai old enough to be my father; but
he vas rich, and for two or three
yeas 1 did not know the difference.
I WIS as. twenty years younger. But
association with other married women
opemd my eyes, and l became wretch
ed. Ipined for-we'l, for q heart
that was more congouiaf with my
own. A man Of yorr age, now,
woull have snited me better. "a.
"E;actly so," exclaimed the lawyer,
rubbing lis hands and twisting his
incirent moustaehe. But your suf-
.eria,g will soon terminate: 1 will get
you a divorce, and then"
"Oh dear me!-and then--but l
must not DC too sanguine, Ny hus-
band is very rich, and he will never
Ilot me get a divorccif he can helpit.
,MaGamo, you don't know the law
!: Is IS rra;osty-its glorious certainty
its magnanimity. Consider your
self divorced, and rest easy. /, ..G
"Well, sir, how shall | proceed ?"
"Let me scc-in the first place, give
me a statement Of your grievance"
"That WOULD take a whole week
You can imagine what a woman Ike
nc must suffer. with such husbant. =
"Yes, ycs-cruel aud barbarous
treatment condition intolerable--
iaegleet, and all that sort of thing. !
viii Just iot down q .fewSof the items.
Your name is"
"M,s..--. You must know my
husband -...s.. .a..:- -,
"Woat the merchant? He's rich as
Cresus."
" "Ye, he's rich but I don't ;::re for
his money-I want q divorce"
Thelawyer wrote down sketch OF
the ialy's matrim oniul infelicities, and
assured her that he would have no
difficulty in procuring divorce, with
at least $40, 900 alimony.
"How much are you going, to
charge me for making me SO happy p
inquired the lady. 80 80,
"WclI, ought to charge you
thousand dollars, but out Of conside'
ration for your sufferings I will only
take retainer of SlOO, and when il
is accomplished you will increase ii
to S5C,.
"That is. extremely reasonable. ]
have no change abont me now. Oh
YES, here is check for 5000 that my
husband gvve me today. Will you
get it cashed for me7''. .. -.
"It is after bank hours, bnt the
check is all right. I will; give yoe
500 for your shopping and keep the
check. -, --.., ,'"E f. -
The lawyer had that day received &
remittance Of 500 from his father
and handed it over to the lady, AND
placing the check in his pocket-book
bowed his client to the door. He was
excessively happy at his good fortune
and that night dreamed of angelic
clients, sensational divorce cases, ano
q huge pile of 500 bills.
The next morning he went to the
bank to get the check cashed, and
was thnnderstruck when the teller
informed him that the name of Mr.
- was forged. Indignant at the
thought that his fair client had beer
guilty of SO base a crime as forging
her husbands name, he hurried to the
store of Mr.. with the intention
of exposing the lady. He was still
more astonished when Mr.. - in
formed him that he was widower
and had not been blessed with q wife
for moro than ten years.
Young Blackstone was seized with
a fit of melancholy, which still affects
him, for all his efforts to find the tau