The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-09-08

ny FIRST CLIENT.

a YEAR. nnd VIA seated with INV frirtn
Inank AfmitnE. hi our chambers in Iii.
tsinple. Frank hal been called I'm, In,
salne day ~ myself. and W. had agrees,
a. make our professional start together,
tn that end WI had become Joint ppsa.1
Hrr# vi \ sct III chambers at No. lD Fin
tfer count, and ~ a hoy named Hobbs,
WIN wA~ known IN nnr "clerk," ihnnrl
his tender years anil ree.ly garment,
made tho dignitssl app~llatinn sound III.
ilnet iroliral. ilis Hiyln vi dress WINS
peculiar, and gave one the ihen tImt III,
\ several III mothers uf various sixra, and
had borrowed M article III apparel from
cacli--his boots belonging IL TIN eldest
nnd his trousers 10 tho youngest. There
were Htindry other boys on our staircase,
with wl,ofn Hobbs VIVA constantly HAY.
ing little differences md lighting them
ont upon TIM lind nr indeed this, Will,
occasional expeditions Ia Irv~lnr'n for
eomInisAafiat pnrl,nsos, formed The
Htapla uf his professional occupations.
When lie ilrst undertook lila duties, W.
Ind Htaried l,im with II pint bottle Of
lux, y ream Of drift paper, and a groan
NJ pens nnl we hal enloinet him IL
employ NIL hia leisure time la copying
~preccdents. liz lrgan with grsnt vIgor,
and copied about Il page and i half. Iii Il
large r~alluol.luy lmnl, the frat morn
itiR, but ln never Hpi my farther. TIN
i,sfim ~ lmiaf .lWinlIr,l. somehow, md
flis ink disappeared ~ MI extent which
.ssl the numerous little black devils,
with which Hobbs hni embeIlnl,e.l hia
dolnaia. Iailed u account for. until. ulu
morning. | detected him In backing llin
l,pptA with II. md polishing them with
tile pom wiper. Still. IN boys ~. Hobbs
VIM not y very Ind siaceimen ; mil, IN
WI really hal III work Tor him IL do, W
were not disposed T. h. extremely angry
with him for not doing II.
Forum .irls, Arnitngr nna myself
were both, ~ n eonsideiAb extent. indie.
pendent VI our profession, ipr, ii ull III,
%1earanee, orr profession wns unit,, ind.
pendent III I'm. We Ind lHsll e%alle.i, IN
! have mentioned, very neatly Il year.
md neither of IN had boon favored with
y hrlcf nor did there appear 10 la any
particular likelihood TINT W over allunld.
W. had Ind a frienl, Charlie, Iareombe,
who Ind recently heen nrtlcled IL n
solicitor, and who Ind promised that
when he was ont of lliA ARTICLES tMliel,
would br In about fnif s,nr@l nl,,l Ind
l.asncd lliA examination (which n.iyLi lnt
forty) la would "gisr ~ Il In. This
rAtliar vague prospect really appeared IL
DO uur only chance Int. with the Int
itrAl sanKtinailasr II youth, VIZ still
locked for briefs, iiiongl, ~ had not Tim
iaiatrst notion ~haru tllcy Ws,a IL come
from. In truth, in tlir very curly days
~ our professional s,fr.r when WI Ind
only Msrn hNrris'rra fpf i Nesk .r twpL
We ils4ul to watch with a~nsIuil, tulIrituda
my lA'r#pn VI legal inspect WHO WIN tcti,
To rrDHr tlir eotirt Iii tho ,iir. stipn II orr
staircase hut WI found tl.at tho p4s,sai,
~ legal aspect invariably stopped abort
~ tic chambers u tsstsi.Hufr. Il. e..
which, w.re immediately latpv mrs, aud
TN approach ~ 4 tiira,H.i lyrl llp~
sHNs<ht ~ sAe.is more than Il .ftstlal III
f~vrAt. Al thn nilts.t ~ our e.a,tur
We hHd llian mplitiy agreed 'int
everything III III tu~nprohHsiafal
.'bntn1tnr ~ pnf Harnmifflings nilon!i
W. rlHidly irl,nt4I. IN particular vi l,.l
Tint our breaks ,sl a~ianl.si alwa,H
W. over niul Il 4 ia.imt ii. arr4l AVA, !
lprforcr y Il. nj. sri fltAl alt4sl.p nlnuuIl
NIL, I'll Htiy II tMlt4, " IatsnuiII.d III
tAe room sl,atltnad iul IT, i, arl,ttum II
III accordance WITH tli.u ,ir.
ttauh resolves, WI Marr Or, should
intiicr way, WI hal lasn) nlsa,a /. le
found by hall raHt u, .Mui, Haats.i iii liz
ttptlust 81 arinaelin ~, Msnr.n. ti,s
blArksst ~ fruck coats AlI tie %A.iIIsst III
Hhlft collars, nti.ntis.ly lrfilsiut l,,n
serotts law buOkn, Mil making eni,iuns
notes with tl,a .rsinsnlc. III il gigantic
pewter inkHtAild, I,ulialinI IL il positively
dakxling hrightf,ean. Int This halryuil
NlAtA NJ affairs WsW ipp good ~ last. ".
liAd hcFs Wrtl M unr siriuuttH resolves III
I'm extreme n tension, all TINY had
gradually sunk down again. WHO was
iirst ~ give way " Il mput point. Nv
own tdaa IL that NIL wonii have guIia
we'll hsd not Armita Il inaidiOu.ly sng.
Rsstsd oiir allowing ourselves juHt one
,figareltn after breakfast Will. liz will
n that tlla thin slrI III ihr wedge
wAa introduced ny ny M.rr p~'il,pnaly
reading ~ oesa iulai Fr.tti, nnsel u,,.
H. cover III "Gir ~ Ltlltianf'
However tli- my H., W lad hlu. All, |
away fruln our origins high Aansts
aFd. Not hsvnlg Ia ~ II mhla.l viii, |
lint frantic filslI VI ~tlIrtiln Nhinh w Ind
originally expected, w hal become
lrrH particular In cur
The large law books were
loft unopened, the hour III
breakfast lu.l become gradually later anil
!ntsr, aud short piIaa and tweed jackets
lisAl bec0inn tin ur,isr ~ thu dny nritl
luncheon, null, sAnntinlsH, feHr, ryrn
Ill dinner. time. ia our earlier daya, w
,nl mKdr II \ point III hoitof TINT onn nr
thar ~ M should always remain Iii
'l,anls'rs, ~ - ~ In reNdy for anything
Int might turn ~, lint, INV, vi made
l0eliinK u putting mp the dnlnlivn ~
stot, "ltstnrn IN Ryn minutes" anui d.
tnReiinr IN ii,r is1.s ~ TIN ,IM
~ Ofd"f, lbnwtssf. a. a.sI, NJ, tin plan
nj fictiOIl lIaI ~ sI1i ~ tsst ~ IMst
If~nAn sxa.a4 La -. LII .anI - |