The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
VII ROAD TO SUCCESS.
A Couple Of Incidents Taken from
Everyday Life.

"a SOuAIo III ALlSiS|ASS
Everyday Life.
How Two Chicago Lawyers Feathered
Their Nests Mt tho Expense of lnno-
cent CIients-Tho Way to Got On
In the Garden City.
81 notice." said a wording 70 a Chi
cage Mail reporter, that a couple OF
Chicago's successful men have been tell
ing a congregation of young mel at one
Of the churches how to succeed in Chi
cage One Of these men IS q lawyer
and the other is u banker. Both are
rich, and the inference is that they
know how to succeed because they have
succeeded. / fail &c find in their advice,
however, any of that practical quality
with which their remarks were supposed
to be freighted. 1t vas all of a super
fetal, intangible nature, without q par
ticle Of practically In 1T.
snow, | think | can give aspiring
young men better counsel on the sub
ject than any offered by these two sue
cessful men. 1t will be practical, too,
because 1t Is taken from real life. L
have in mind a lawyer who climbed up
into q very secure place and
himself with every luxury, but he didn't
do it by following abstract principles.
He vent at things practically. For
instance, early in his career, be-
fore things were coming easy for
him, he lived modestly in q long
row OF block of houses. One
day his next-door neighbor ordered
a load of coal and gave directions for
having 1t placed in the shed on the
alley back Of his house. By mistake
the man who delivered the coal shov-
eled it into the shed of, the lawyer, and
when the bill was presented to the man
who had ordered 1t he refused to pay,
saying that he had not received the
coal. Investigation showed that the
coal had been delivered to b lawyer,
n the gentleman suggested to tho
ooal dealer that he call on the lawyer
and ask him, putting it IN the form OF q
hypothetical case, who should pay for
the coal. The dealer did SO, and the
lawyer, NOT knowing that the matter
had a personal application, said:
"'The man in possession must pay, Of
course
"'Wel sir, by mistake I placed Q load
Of coal in your shod instead Of that OF
your next-door neighbor. Here Is the
bill
"He presented him q bill for $3.50 and
smiled inwardly at the clever way he
had got out of the dilemma.
every good said the lawyer; my
bill for the consultation and advice l
have Just given you is IS. Just receipt
that bill Of yours and pay me S1.oo and
our accounts balance
Another time a well-to-do gentleman
came into the lawyers office and said:
"'I made my will a short time ago,
but since then have concluded TO in
crease of the requests. I want to
know II I must make a new will or
whether l can FIX 1t at the bottom by add
ing q cod-codicil, I believe you call it
"'Sir,' said the lawyer, with an as
sumption OF great doubt, and putting on
his most pompous air, you ask me q
question Of vast Importance; one, my
dear sir, that has troubled the wisest
judges Of old England. l shall ave to
examine the authorities in our library
on this point. Come in tomorrow and
l shall hen be able to give you an in
telligent opinion
when the gentleman had gone out
the lawyer called his clerk and said:
"'Take u sheet OF legal-cap, go
through the books in the library, and
whenever you find the word codicil note
the name of the book and the number of
the page
"'Why,' said the clerk, 4 could tell
that man all he wanted to know in a
minute myself. There's no necessity
Of
Sir said the lawyer, are you tho
counselor In this caser Do as / bid you
THE clerk did as he vas instructed
and brought back the sheet filled from
top to bottom with notations of the
names Of books and numbers of pages.
This the lawyer took and folded care
fully, writing across the end upon the
outside fold: Brief and opinion on cod
icil for Mr.. -
The next day the client called and
the lawyer, with another great show of
consequence, said:
al have examined all the authorities
in our library II am prepared to give
you my opinion, but before delivering to
you this brief and opinion 1t becomes
my duty to inform you that shall have
to charge you $500
"'Five hundred dollars!' gasped the
astounded client; well, I'll get along
without your opinion II 1t comes at such
q price AZ that
1.-The bill Will stand just the same
said the lawyer; you Ear not put me to
all this labor and trouble without due
compensation. I shall render you q
bill, air, for this opinion
THE client went away Tuning. and,
happening to meet an old friend OF his.
Judge D., related the circumstance.
eco back said the Judge, and make
q tender OF IS. That is ample
THE man wen back, and, not desir-
ing to be considered small or moan,
proffered SO to the lawyer, who took It
and said:
81 will credit you with this sum on
account; balance due, $500
That's the practical way 70 get OIL In
Chicago or elsewhere, and that's the
way people do get On In this business
world as q rule. There are exceptions,
OF course, but as q general thing the
young man who follows the he good ad-
vice will find himself stranded high and
dry on the beach OF cunning and trick
cry"