The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-03-13
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
A Couple Of Incidents Taken from
Everyday LifA
How Two Chicago Lawyers Festhered
Their Nests at the Expense OF Inno-
cent Ciients--The way to Get On
in the Garden City.


in the Garden City.
II notice." said worldling to . Chi
cago Mail reporter, "thst a couple Of
Chicago's successful men have been tell.
ing congregation Of young men at one
Of the churches how to succeed in Chi
cago. One Of these men is q lawyer
and the other Is banker. Both are
rich, and the inference Is that they
know how to succeed because they have
succeeded. fail to find in their advice,
however, any Of that practical quality
with which their remarks were supposed
to be freighted. 1t was all Of super
fetal, intangible nature, without Q par
ticle Of practicality in It.
snow, think can give aspiring
young men better counsel on the sub
jeot than any offered by these two suc-
oessful men. II will be practical, too,
because it is taken from real life. I
have in mind lawyer who climbed up
into very secure place and surrounded
himself with every luxury, but he didn't
do 1t by following abstract principles.
He went at things practically. For
instance, early in his career, be-
fore things were coming easy for
him, he lived modestly in q long
row or block of houses. One
day his next-door neighbor ordered
load Of coal and gave directions for
having it 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
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who had ordered it he refused to pay,
saying that he had not received the
coal. Investigation showed that the
coal had been delivered to the lawyer,
and the gentleman suggested to the
coal dealer that he call on the lawyer
and ask him, putting it in the form of
Hypothetical case, who should pay for
the coal. The dealer did so, and the
lawyer, not knowing that the matter
had personal application, said:
""The man in possession must pay, Of
course
"'Well, sir, by mistake I placed load
Of coal in your shed instead Of that of
your next-door neighbor. Here is the
BILL
"He presented him a 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
have just given you is SIS. just receipt
that bill Of yours and pay me Sl.5o and
our accounts balance
Another time well-to-do gentleman
came into the lawyers Office and said:
"'I made my will short time ago,
but since then have concluded to in
crease one Of the bequests. want to
know If / must make q new will or
whether can fix 1t at the bottom by add
ing cod-codicil, 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 have to
examine the authorities in our library
on this point. Come in tomorrow and
shall then be able to give you an in
telligent opinion.
"When the gentleman had gone ou,
the lawyer called his clerk and said:
) "'Take a sheet of legal-cap, &C
through the books in the library, and
: whenever you find the word codicil note
the name of the book and the number o.
the page
"Why,' said the clerk, Il could tel
that man all he wanted to know in {
minute myself. There's no necessity
Of
"'Sir,' said the lawyer, are you the
counselor in this case? Do as bid you.
1.-THE clerk did as he was 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 th'
outside fold: Brief and opinion on cod
icil for Mr.. -
"The next day the client called ant
> the lawyer, with another great show o
consequence, said:
"'I have eyamin ed all the authoritie
= in our library and am prepared to Civ
you my opinion, but before delivering I.
|, you this brief and opinion it become
my duty to inform you that shall hav
to charge you $780,
. "Five hundred dollarsv gasped tn
4 astounded client; well, III get alonl
= without your opinion If it comes at sue
!. price as that
1.-THE bill will stand just the same
q said the lawyer; you can not put me t
!, all this labor and trouble without du
, compensation. l shall render you
bill, sir, for this opinion
q "The client went away fuming, and
happeninp to meet n n old friend Of his
Judge D., related the circumstance.
= "'Go back said the Judge, and max
q tender of S.. That is ample
1 "The man went back, and, not desil
ing to be considered small or NEAR
proffered $40 to the lawyer, who took
and said:
a "I will credit you with this sum o
\ account; balance due, $780,
"That's the practical way to get on
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