The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-07

7 soon dispose OF the SUIT, and then have
} hunt" c. was one of the most briliur
and versatile lawyers that at that time grace
the Illinois bar, and his reputation was sue
, that the client who had c. on his side COZ
sidcred his case half won. In addition to hi
= brilliant qualities As II lawyer | must adt
? C. was one Of the most entertaining &
companions and prince Of good fellows, AM
an enthusiastic lover of field sports, Out it j
due To Candor to say that | never knew him L
harm prairie chicken, mt least Oh the wing
C. would talk "spou,' but he was Il,
shot" We were soon on our way: C.
Ben A, myself and iavOritc dog YORK.
Ben beng student In G----s office, wen
along as Iookcron. y jog over the prairie o
some twelve miles brought us to the farm o
the country squire; C immediately wen
into the house Gas he expressed it) to rcconnOi
tire, AZ he knew but little about the case. His
client soon arrived and after a consultation
G. briefly informed Us that be was to de
! tcnd his client who was sued for fraud, tOl
having sold II horse that died a week after OF
poll evil, and that he wouldn't DC more than
an hour or SO: but G--'s fame had preceded
him, and the farmers had turned cut for miles
around IN large numbers to hear lawyer C.
spout" us one of them expressed It, The
court appeared in IL fresh shirt, clean shaver
face, smooth Comned locks, and native prai.
RE soil" for backing on his brogans. C
whispered to me that lac thought from his
looks he was plously inclined" The crowd
was so great and the weather so hot it was
suggested the court be held out OF doors. Ac.
cordngly = table and chairs were placed IN
the walk which was sheltered by trees, and
tlanked by large cuiraut bushes; copy Of the
statutes, pen, ink and paper completed the
courts outfit. The trial began. There were
few witnesses and no evidence favorable to
G--'s client; therefore C soon arose To
speak, evidently realizing that the less time
he devoted To the evidence and merits of the
case the better for his client After speaking
an hour IN his peculiarly fascinating way
observed to Ben that C was evidently ret.
ting so much interested in ms case that he had
forgotten about the shooting. We therefore
concluded to take II turn through the 'squires
wheat stubble. We soon found birds IN plen.
ty, and in the space of an hour | had Ben
loaded with dozen, and he announced that
"a dozen warm birds in IA hroiing sun was all
he cared to have at present" We therefore
returned TO the shade of the 'squircs friendly
trees, and found c. still speaking We
listened few moments, to find that G-'s
argument was almost entirely drawn from the
good book; he was quoting copiously from
the scriptures and entirely ignoring the stat
utes. At this point Ben called my attention
to my dog York, pointing a cat. | realized at
once the danger to the squIre's cat for the
dog had had peculiar training on cats, ell
tirely opposite to his training on birds.
tried to check him, bat was too late. Cat and
and dog started, to my horror, directly towards
the court. The cat dashed through the shrub.
berry, leaped upon the table, closely followed
by the dog. The table was overturned; the
ink and paper together with the Statutes of
Illinois" were scattered on the ground The
audience looked aghast; the court got red in
the face and seemed speechless. c., with
bad manners of the dog; the audience forgot
The dignity due the occasion and laughed loud
and heartily; the court recovered his equi.
polse, gathered up the statutes, paper and
empty INK bottle, when the case proceeded,
u still quoting Divine law at the plous
looking court. Ben and becoming convinced
hat C had entirely forgotten the shooting,
again started for the fields, leaving word for
+ should he finish in time. We returned |
1t sunset after most successful and pleasant
ramp; the birds were plenty the dog worked
superb and the bag was all that Ben wanted |
o lug. We found C. had just closed, and
alter few remarks from the opposing country
practitioner, the court rendered verdict in
avor of G--'s client 1t was dark c.
lad spoken three hours IN this petty case, lost
he fine sport and, without dinner WIS both
and hungry. We were soon hooked
up and on our way home in the beautiful
moonlight. We opened a luncheon we had
brought, were soon in the best of spirits, and
counted up our days gains-2i birds, lawsuit,
md very pleasant time generally. *"