Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-09-11

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story Toll by Bob Rnrdette.
An Old Man found Rude Boy up
ceie of his apple-trees and desired the
,s$1ng maraud..r to come down, speak
+ sg to him with pleasant words. which
s>se sweeter also than the honeycomb.
"a prefer to remain in the Band
'"gagon," replied the Boy, who held the
-Age- The Old Man then threatened
i'm with personal violence, but the
cGung scrapegrace tod him to go to
Ssrass. as it was written in the spelling
Essok~ Then" said the Old Man,
whose patience was SO soon gone, Il
will visit you with the extreme penalty
ef the Law" Whereupon the sance-
Eox tauntingly told him to go ahead
aud draw his bill, and he would soon
ssee how much meat there was on
xoodckuck in December. The Old
Wan, nothing 10th. at once engaged the
services of an Able and Learned Law
scr, who was also JuriSt, and was
distinguished in the columns of the To-
cal press for his matchless Forensic
LIoquence, while on his part the Rude
Boy, by pledging a portion of the
fruit of the Tree which he occupied,
Vas able to secure for the defense a
Pure-Minded and Honorable Coun-
selor, whose fair fame as an At
forney and spotless reputation as a
Nigh Minded Advocate had never been
called into question. save by those who
Aad dealings with him. The Old Man,
vf1o was Rightful Owner and was pos
=sessed of the Tree by Descent, Pur-
chase, Escheat, Alienation and For
seiture, had his claim strengthened by
Ais Lawyer. who put in additional
claims as Riparian Owner, Freebooter.
Tenant by Courtesy and Right of Dis
eovery. In reply the Defendant, the
Eade Boy, merely put in claim of Max
4sdPossession and claimed Title by Oc-
eupancy. The Old Man went for him
on vrits of Custer, Trespass, Waste and
Subtraction, to which the r B. re-
piled by charging Disturbance of
Tenure. The case was called and put
of, and set down and adjourned; it was
referred to the Master to take Proof;
It was Postponed. decided and carried
up; it was reversed and remanded; it
was stricken from the Docket with
Leave to reinstate, and withdrawn with
leave to amend; it was argued in
Chambers and surcharged for re-
lCinder. and was just on the point of
being rebutted for demurrer in Trover
with misprision for alimony when the
Old Man died. without issue, leaving the
Rude Boy in possession. His own At
Corney, however, requested him to
come down, to which the Boy
replied that he had learned a little law
Advocate, reminding him that "a little
learning was a dangerous thing" took
a 1arge-sized Rock Of irregular shape
from his pocket. knocked the Boy
clear out of the orchard at the first
shot, and assumed Possession by Viii
damage. my name is Dennis, " cried
the Dying Boy, s'but [ wonder why the
Old Man didn't do that?n Because,
replied the High Minded Advocate,
''he had chump of Lawyer who
didn't know how to play the! winning
cards when he had them" So saying
he took off all his clients clothes, eX-
anined his teeth to see if they were
filed, and sold the Cadaver to a
medical student, with the right of re-
version of the bones to himself after
the student got Through with him. Thus
do we see that it is easy enough to
make an honest living at the practice
of the theory of law, if you only know
how to put the kink in the lariat -
Bardette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
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