The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-12


" that we're tho oase be- feared the ~.
ton would no, ''isy."
Lie. my Lord. lie exclaimed the
barristrr; mot lay hon. lay
III you don't stop your coughing.
SIR said q hasty and irritable Judge.
"tl fine yg q hundred pounds. I'm
give your lordship two hundred II you
can stop IL for mo-" was the ready re-.
ply.
Curran vas nee addressing the Jury.
when the Judge. who was thought to
lee an,agonl.,ic Ia hi. client. intimai.d
his dissent from the arguments al.
yanced by \ sbak. ~ the head II
see. gentlemen" said Curran. II s..
the motion ~ his lord.bip'. heal. Per
ons un~acquainted with hi. lordshlp
would he apt to think this implied a
difference ~ opinion. hut he assured.
gentlemen, this IL not the case. When
YOU know hi. lordsbip as we'll n. I do.
" will be unnecessary To tell YOU tha,
when he shakes his head there really IL
nothing In a."
On another occasion Currsn w.
pleading before Fitsgibbon. the Irish
Chancellor, with whom h. vas IN terms
~ anything hut friendship. The Chan.
%c.llor. with the dis,inc, purpose. n u
would seem. ~ insulting the advocate.
brought with him on the bench n large
Newfoundland dog. 10 which he devoted
n great deal II his attention while Cur.
rnn was addressing very elaborate mr..
gnmrpt Ia him At = very material
point In the speech the Judge turned
quit" away. and seemed IA b. wholly
o~ngrosscd with his dog. Curran ceased
Ia speak. $50 on. 20 on. Mr. Currap."
said the Chancellor. '"Oh. beg q
thousand p~rdon., my lord" said the
witty barri-ter, II really was under the
impression this, your lordships we're in
consultation"
But. perhaps. the most crushing re-
joindcr ever flung back In return for M
Insult from the b~nch was that which
this -ame advocate hurled nj Judge
Robinson.
Judge Robinsoa n described NJ u man
~ sour aud cynical disposition. who
had been raised Ia The bench so. mt
least. II wns commonly believed sim.
ply because he had written In favor Of
the Government NJ hi. day a number
~ pamphlets remArknhl. for nothing
but their scrvilc AMI u
nifty. Al the time when Curran was
only Just rising into notice. aud while
he was yet n poor and struggling man.
this Judge veniured upon u snceripg
Joke. which. small though II was. but
Tor Currab's ready wit npd searching
eioqurncc. might have done him ire
parable injury:
Speaking ~ some opinion ~ counsel
on the oppo-it. side. Curran said he had
consulted all the hspks aud could not
find n single csse In which the principle
Ia dispute was hus established.
This may m. Mr.. Curran. spc-rd
tho Judge; ''bn, ! suspect yowr law ~
brnry u rather limited"
CurTMn eyed the hcartless tosdy for n
moment. and ti,-n broke forth with this
noble p~rtaliation;
''lt n very trus. NV hrd. that ] Am
poor. anil this circumstance has Ger.
tainly rsthcr curtailcd my library. Nv
,ooks are not D. humorous. hut they arr
select, AMI ! hoyr have been perus,d
with proper dispositions. hav. prc.
pared myself for this high profession
rather by the study NJ u few books than
b, composition ~ = great many had
nc- am not ashamed ~ my pow
criy. hut ] should be- ashamed ~ m,
wealth IL should ssoop to ac1uir- IL nv
scryility aud corruption, q I rise not
Ia rank. shall nj least bc honest; anil
should ] cver cease ~ he ~, many an
example shows mo that nm ill-acpurcd
elevation. by making mc thu more con-
suicupus. vould only make m. tho m,,r,