The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-06-14
The Lawyer and the Book Agent.


young lawyer doing business at room
81, Nos. 121 and 123 Dearborn Street.
Early yesterday afternoon, Just after he
had taken his dose, it was rumoredth that
his face looked for all the world like
checker-board, while his. neck resem-
bled section of the tattooed lady. But
it wasn't as bad as this.
1t was two o'clock when two young
men entered Justice Mech scourt. One
was small and bullet-headed and COM
posed. The other was trembling with
excitement, was so tall and had such
luminous hair, that when he took his
hat off and stood upright he looked like
8 gold-headed cane. The little man
said he was James Delaney, and he
wanted a warrant for the o~her man,
Alexander N. Porterus, char ging him
with having unlawfully beaten and as
saulted Henry Meiselbar The warrant
was granted and the witness for the
people and the prisoner wanted to go to
trial and get the case settled, but the
willy Judge refused'to hear the case un-
less the interested party who had been
unlaWfully beaten and assaulted was in
court, and so a continuance was taken
till Friday next at eleven o'clock. All
that could be ascertained in the wav of
particulars was that Mr.. Meiselbar had
been horsewhipped bya gentleman act
ing in the interest of a young lady who,
while engaged in her legitimate bust
ness of soliciting orders, called upon
Mr.. Meiselbar and was forcibly detained
by him against her will, and was kissed
by him three or four times She left
the office crying, and telling him that
he would hear from her, and the whip
ping was the result.
A reporter then dropped around to
see Mr.. Meiselbar He was alone,
seated before the fire in comfortable
armchair He wore. terra-cotta coat
and an air of gloom. The gloom was
thicker than the coat. He had a big
law book on his knees and appeared to-
be reading. 5A
..Mr. Meiselbar?n
"sThat IS my name, sir.''
3t.Heushad asome little difficulty this
morning, | understand, and the Inter
ocean would like -
'sSit down. CVefy ealmlyo / will
tell you all about it. (Rather forciblyl
But | say it right here, and / mean it.
that if ever another female book-agent
ever puts her head inside that door I'll
--Abbt let that pass. Was she pretty?-
Ne,a sir she was positively honlefy.
Old? Um-m-m no; about eighteen or
nineteen, should think And vetI
kissed, heEp Well, yes, did kiss her.
Twice | think. She was in trouble,
and | pitied her. that was tie only rea-
son. You see ib-was just like this: 1t
wasi Monday afternoon; Iawas sitting
here alone reading law, when the
door opened and the girl came
inii / thought 4 it was client,
and told her to sit, down; she sat there
where you are; / sat here; then she
opened upand Wanted to sell me Eugene
u. rHall s poems for $3.50, l. said no
peremptorily and went on reading; then
she tried ON all the Establishments Of her
persllasion; ever see a, book-agent? well.
ofeourse you know; she told me the
story ef her life; awfully romantic; nm
kind mother-in-law and all that sort. of
thing; she got pathetic and / got inter-
ested; when got interested She came
down to business again and wanted
$3.50; said she owed sseYen dollars for
board and only had FIVE dollars to paw
it; opened purse and exhibited sole
assets five dollars; want of $500 very
pressing; stony hearted landlady and all
that; / commenced losing interest; then
she sail former employer had basely
cheated her out of ten dollars; felt
interest return; offered toput on nv hat
and go and collect it. for her without
charge; just then gentleman called me
into the hah for consultation; coming
back to resume my seat felt sorry for
little woman's woes and in passing bent
over and kissed her, that was ali; yes,
kissed her again; she didn' It mind; never
cried wanted to sell book worse than
ever; had no use for it; escorted her to
top Of stairs, and there she said should
hear from her again; thought she was
going 10 write; shouldn't have kissed
her only she seemed in trouble; no insult
Intended in the least
Next afternoon two men came in; tall
man and short man; supposed they We're
clients; asked them to take seats; tall
man wouldn't; asked me if I kissed
girl; / said yes. and explained cir.
cumstances; tail man pulled out
VIII duU utt IU6 across this
shoulder; right shoulder; hit me
again; don't. know how many times:
more than twice; no marks on face or
neck don't experience any incon9en-
ience; pushed him. into a corner and
could have pounded him but didn't;
little man pulled him off and said it was
all right, be would have done the same
If anyone had treated his sister that
way; that ended it; they went and got
a WARRANT sworn out to save me the
tsouble of doing it, and thinking to get
the case settled by confessing the assault
and paying about a dollar fine,i but
Justice Mech wanted to have all the
parties in court, and l shall show up
Friday. That's all, good-by."
The reporter, pleased at having got
all the facts in the case, was descending /
the stairs when voice caught his ear.
Il was the attorney returning to his
rooms, declaiming: -Butifeyer another
woman puts her foot inside my door III
be an iceberg, and have no compassion
at all; and if ever woman puts her
head in and says books Tll-,' And
the voice was lost in space. - Chicndo