River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-07
SUING FOR DIVORCE.



The REGULARITY Of women. more than
aen, is crazes IN doing things. Only
n one point IRE they less g.ssn TO
.raze than mc1. They don't Ike to 60
- Law, not as rule; and just az you
sften find things in life. when you
meet with an exception it, generally
N incomprehensible one. A lawyer
friend Of mine, rather out Of practice
hat f.. he hadn't yet succeeded in get
dng in-was seated in his lonely Office
one day thinking out the problem OF
how much the dignity 81 belonging TO
learned profession was supposed To
30 considered as equal to income. when
10 was startled by a timid knock at the
ioor Il was not one Of his boon COM
3aniona 1t was not another briefless
awyer coming in to borrow a dollar.
L was a female knock, distinctly the
knocking of tiny, gloyed knuckle-
Il doesn't seem poetic 70 speak Of n
tady's ''knuckle;" but facts are seldom
ooeticaL Il was not boOk-agent.
hat was quite certain; 30 be invited
her in. Sac came in. She was tear-
July clipper.
as this ? lawyers offices'
''It il, madam.
''And are you lagyer?'
He thought at first he would say that
1nly few people had hitherto believed
hat, but it might spoil his business
he bowed politely and offered her
chair. she sat down and unfolded the
facts Of the case. She had been badly
treated BY her husband. She had had
at one time a few thousand dollars and
she met a man who was broke" He
was gOod-looking. There IS nothing so
fascinating to a woman with small
bank account as 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 fortune. and they had n good
time for a year or two. He took adj
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 effectually. Life is full of june
tions. and it is when they come 70 a
junction that the married couple have
to look out for one another Well, she
had got out of the train for a minute,
so to speak. and missed it. The case
offered big chances. The man was
wealthy, and the poor but brilliant
lawyer saw big contingent fee. He
accepted the case for that contingent
fee and undertook to put up the neces-
sary preliminary expenses The case
moved along. He was out twenty
dollars, and she was to come down and
sign the papers. She came.
care the papers ready?"
"Yes. Here they are, madam. II
you will put your name there"
well. you can just tear them up"
Tear them up Why?"
II don't want to go on with the case.
/ love him too well"
VERY well. madam. In that case
-
I'm very much obliged to you. and
I am 50 sorry you've had all this
trouble. p"
''Yes. madam. Ny bill will be fifty
dollars"
WHAT You said it wouldn't cost
me a cent to begin the case.
But you haven't begun the suit, and
am out a good deal for expenses. "
II won't pay it. !"
eff you don't, it will be one hundred
dollars tomorrow.
She woH.dn't pay Next day be sent
up sheriff with an attachment. as a
threat, at least She came down. Of
fered him twenty dollars. then thirty.
then she proposed he should take her
lace paraso'. Finally she paid him
fifty dollars, gave him parting shot
of polite language and went out. The
curious part Of the story was that in
quiry elected the fact that she had
gone through the same process, except
paving. with thirteen different lawyers
in the city, all on the same proposition