The Red Cloud chief., 1888-06-15
SUING FoR DIVORCE.


SUING FOR DIVORCE.
A Story Illustrating Strange DIS
lDse Of Litigation.
The popularity of women. more thar
men. Is crazes in doing things. Onl!
in one point are they less given Il
craze than men. They don't like to g
to law. not rs a rule; and just as yO,
often find things in life. when 20,
meet with an exception its general,
an incomprehensible Onc A lawyer
friend Of mine. rather out of practice
that is. he hadn't vet succeeded in get.
ting in-was seated in his lonely Office
one day thinking out the problem OF
how much the dignity of belonging &c
u learned profession was supposed to
BE- considered us equal to income. when
he was startled by a timid knock at the
door. 1t WAS no: one of his boon COM
paniOns. 1t was not another briefless
lawyer coming in to borrow \ dollar.
1t was 4 female knock. distinctly the
knocking of 4 tiny. glOved knuckle.
1t doesn't seem poetic to speak of 4
lady's '.knuckle;" but facts are seldom
poetical. 1t was not a bOok-agent.
that was quite certain; so he invited
her in. She came in. She was tear
fully clipper.
els this \ lawyers Officer"
ut is. madam."
".And are you a lawyer?"
He thought ut first he would say that
only u few people had hitherto believed
that. but it might spoil his business.
He bowed politely and offered her q
chair. She sat down and unfOlded tine
facts of the case. She had been badly
treated by her husband. She had had
ut one time . few thousand dollars aud
she met u man who was ''brOke." He
was goOd-lookinS. There is nothing so
fascinating to = woman with \ small
bank account a. \ handsome man who
Is ''brOke." She Immediately loves
him. She loved him So dearly that she
gave him her hand. heart and bank
account He squeezed the first. grace
fully accepted the second. and grabbed
the third. He started in business and
made a fortune. and they had y good
time for i year or two. He took al
vantage Of her absence in the East to
switch his affections on to another
woman. There are a great many side
tracks in the sentimental part Of life.
and sometimes main lines cross one an
other effcctualiy. Life is full Of june
tiOns. and it is when they. come to q
junction that the married couple have
to look out for n another. Well. she
had got out of the train for q minute.
so to speak. and missed il. The case
big chances. The man was
wealthy. and the poor but brilliant
saw = big contingent fee. He
accepted the case for that contingent
fee and undertook to put up tho neces-
sary preliminary expenses. The case
moved along. He was out twenty
dollars. and she was to come down and
tho papers. She came.
"Are the papers ready?"
Eyes. Here they are. madam. II
you will put your name there"
"Well. you can just tear them up"
''Tear them up! Why9"
Il don't want TO- go on with the case.
I love him too we'll"
Every we'll. madam In that case
'.I'm very much obliged to you. and
| am SD sorry you've hal all this
trouble"
''Yes. madam. My bill will he fifty
dollars"
what! You said it wouldn't cost
me n cent to begin the oase."
But you haven't begun the suit and
I am out u good deal for expenses"
Il won't pay It."
If you don't. it will be one hundred
dollars Tomorrow"
She wouldn't pay. Next day he sent
mp y sheriff with An attachment. as y
ut least She came down. Of
Tered him twenty dollars. then thirty.
then she proposed he should take her
lace parass!. Finally she paid him
fifty dollars. gave him q parting shot
sf polite language and went out The
curious part Of the story was that in
luiry elected the fact that she had
gone through the same process. except
with thirteen different lawyers
the city. all on the same proposition.
San francisco Chronicle.
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