The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-16
4 LIrELY BoSroN EoY.
lie was Bouni TO Gct Ahead DustlnG Arouui
In smashing ~tyic.


Ono day not long ago Detroit lawyer
tad ais attention e s.lcl 10 a hhtht o.y wander;
ing up M down GrsNoll street lie l''ined
that tho boy vas an orphan and stranger, hav-
Inc been shipped here from u ,t'n by some one
" o .no-incl that the HUI was hariiy en-.
terprsiug enough for such al en-. erutis'
INK boy Toe lawyer wanted q lad IN h.I
py his bonri and give MIN littl.
something besides II lie good
boy Inc boy said he Just ached -
become a LAWYER, AMI he was 50 enthusiastic
To- get ahead and become known To fame tnAi
he broke % chair md pane Of 2 tss the hr-t Il
teruoon. win n the law or - ntly suggested to
MIA o. restrain his ardor' Thomas promptly ro'
There's nothing like making law ooioe get
T. WIS amazing how quickly that boy picked
up knowiedge OF .gd business. 1t " IS his
duty 10 stay "a "a; ohte when the lawyer went
non. when ZIG bows came arc ma to ask Tor
100 Of carrying up coal, IGOulas went Tor them
~ Iys!" he would answer in a severe voice
- don't want 10 see you come to ttiel, "ut II
YOU don't hurry right down stairs, III cot out
you hung before srlss starts
and he told Thomas he might wash the window,
and slick Nv a little. Thomas went In. lie had
new mating put on tne floor, put painter II
work. aud hired an old woman to wash every
thing that could b. " isled. was "a ne 20 ipb
all around, and he fit hs II he ought 10 na
praised for ms enterprise. The attorney began
10 seoid, but lhom > remarked ,---
Amt We as good A. those oue-ho so lawyers
across the road Is law Onlio Darn, OF Is IL a
la Oihce p
Two weeks EGO he was told To go down and
order half "A ton of coal TO keep the stove going
tin " rm weather some one told aim that coal
would be considerably higher next year. and 50
on the ground of economy, no ordered tve tons
sent up, nd most uf II had been dumped On tha
walk before the attorney discovered the situa-
tion. Thomas would probably have lasted
week or 30 longer than he did. but for his fecep.
ton Of n lady client who came to see the LAWYER
about APPLYING for a divorce. ihs lawyer Nnt
irving a case 10 court, and the bDy ull sole
usual urbaue manner, ana when she inquired
for the atto neg, No replied
." lie + out; out my legal services are AZ your
disposal"
She d,dut seem Inclined to consult HIN. and
be went ON
IL, it a case Of wife beating or divorce ?"
-, Initiated that no was du inpuIent DO Y,
and ne replied
Very well, madam; We can't take your case
40 ALL
she said she'd call and SEQ the lawyer, but
Thomas ans Werol:
d" II wou't do you any good. We can't take
your case at ll-not Tor love or money"
Sne returned two hour- Iitof, when the lwyer
was In md Inonas was ON. nui IT, was ~ccid"f
tn { the boy wound nave To- seek -Ome other Irl-
ia-TiOn. that evening" M.cn - M 1rmed, 10
cplled:
" alright I'm goiug t. be "a lawyer want
things t. ait ri-ht up and -it nruuui. You d ne
want lively boy aroun heie' ANA s'N th't
week ago
H. aA, utimatel that no hadnt better " sass"
any uun, ANA ue hl nll, r'.li q;
" NJ UDe l. .a,sing you. II No. want ms lrt-
I negsuip dissolved wei ptrt { irnuY. IL Nou
don't want 10 rash thiu-s, thi' Is ho ~ GO lpr
me-"
IGeisp.ddlng poauuls n1y, and the way no
du-ts AROUND is tle ciuso OF hIi having nall q
uOXcu hguts PER uaF.