The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-06-05
A SHREWD DARBY,
The Way by Which He Defrauded ~
Impatient Legal Light.

Impatient Legal Light.
Nose Peterson is an old negro with a
waddling hip and a pair of lips, whiNh,
+ thick lips, as Dumas said, denots
rankness, place Nose among the frank.
EST of men. Nose came to the city sew.
sral days ago and, seeking lawyer
who had been recommended to him al
one of the ablest of the guild, said:
'Doan charge nuthin much fur talkin'
ter err man does yerP" 4.
eyes" .f
"Wh'y, Use allus heard dat talkin' il
cheap"
at is not here"
"Talkin' amt cheap heahP"
"That's what / said" I.
"Dat's whut I lowed. Wouldn't gin
me er bout five minits O. yer mighty
precious time would yerP' e a7.
eyes, for five dollars"
"Charge er dollar er mint, ehp"
"Just about"
"Come down ter seventy-f' cents"
81 won't do it, and more than that,
want you to state your business or ge
out of here. . u.a-.I
Wants me ter state my business III
git outen heah.h
"Fhats exactly what | said"
"Zackly whit yer said. F."
The lawyer is naturally an impatien
man, and under other conditions woult
have elected old Nose, but as he hat
made up his mind to become a candi
date for Office, he choked down hi!
rising resentment and suffered the ole
negro to remain determined, however
to compel him to come to the point.
81 am extremely busy, Mr."
Peterson, Hon. Mr. Peterson" Mos,
"Well, Hon. Mr.. Peterson, am ex
tremely busy, and hope you will
once come to the point. "
"Whut yer gwine charge me fur o.
little advice, jes er little, bout dis much
measuring on his finger.
81 told you five dollars
"Jes fur dis little bit?''
Yes"
Oats too much. Say four dollars
"Well, four, then"
"Now we'se gettin down close ter de
worm rail. -Four dollars jes fur dis lit
tie advice" again measuring. "Got NJ
pity on er pc man, is yerP''
Yes"
"Doan peer like it. Say, didn't ]
heah er white pusson say dat yerse'i
wuz err canerdate for Officer"
81 don't know whether you did OF
not.
"But yer is, amt yerp"
"Well, We'll presume that I am"
"Ah, huh; Oh, yer ken hit it putty
nigh every time when yer say dat Ell
white man is er canerdate. Ter tell yer
de truf, l has had my eye ON yer fun
some time"
''You are an old liar, and you know
it."
"Cose eff Use er ole liar knows it.
Would know it eff wuz err young liar ,
"Now here, get down to business OF
get out. I've got no time to fool away
with you"
"How much yer gwine charge me?''
ooh, confound it, won't charge you
anything if you'll getthrough as quickly
as possible"
"Talkin now, sho's yer bon yer is,
Wall, I'll come right down ter de pint
KANT er man, when he sorter gifts in
er pinch, make Ober what he owns te,
his wife?"
eyes"
can will de law perteck him in itp'
"Assuredly. Have you some proper
ty that you want to make overp"
Better femme state the sarcum
stances. Sometime ergo er man come
ter me an axen me whut would
charge him fur ter let my boy do e.
certain ermount o. work in his cotton fel
tole him ten dollars; told him furdermo
dat needed money nightly an dat e
ne would gin me de money woup sen
de boy ober early in de fO' part O. d.
week. He greed ter it, drawcd up d,
papers an gin me de money. Ez l tell
yer wuz needn' money powerful so
spent de ten dollars. Bout dis time
skivered dat | needed de boy at home
when de time come, l didn' SEN him.
Eyes, and what do you propose doin;
nowP Make over your cattle?"
mo. sab, I wants to make dat DO
ober to my wife so de man KANT q
him. Oh, yer needn't to laugh, fur dat
whut l wants ter do"
you are foolish. You can't do an
: thing like that The boy is already i
the sight of the law, as much hers as b
, is yours.
''No, he amt"
"Why SOP"
"Ca'se his muder was my fust wifi,
Now, / wants to make him ober ter he
so he'll be her son. Den she ken no
him when de man comes arter him."
, go on away, you're foolish"
"Wall, tell me whut yer'd do"
81 don't know"
,, "Doan b'lebe I'll gin de ten doIla
! back