Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-24
BLK AND HIS TAILOR.
How a Complication In Buttons
 Was Settled in England.

There is a lawyer in the temple whom l shall take the liberty of term. ing J. Wellington Bilk. That is not is name, of course, I merely call him so for the purposes of this narrative, for as far as can find out there is no such name in the temple, and l say at the beginning that if thero is any man of that title he is not the man 1 mean. l give the name BillI, as it were, with out pre- judice," so as to protect myself from possible legal complications, for one must be very careful when he speaks of lawyers.
 Mir. Billl possesses much law and little money This may seem strange, for our idea of lawyer in the temple is that he has more cases than he can at tend to. and that he rolls in wealth. Nevertheless, the thing l state is true; there are lawyers in this world who have q hard struggle for existence.
 One of the disadvantages of being a lawyer who is not getting on is that he has to dress well, and, unless a per son knows how to dodge his tailor, dressing well costs money. It may seem needless extravaganza to pay q ldlltF, put, Sehl1clucu of the cloth do not look upon it in that light, and they are sometimes persist cnt in demanding their money, es- pccially if they suspect their customer iS poor.
 Mr. Billl kept encouraging his tailor by ordering more clothes than he ac- tually needed. This is good plan as long as it works, but it breaks down z. i'd, stimulants, leaves the victim with the original trouble worse than it was at first.
 At last things came to crisis. MT. IIcmms, the tailor, said that if he did not at least get some money on ac- count he would sue Mr. Billl for the whole amount. Mir. Billl pondered long over the tailor'S letter, for, while m England you may take what action you please, you are not allowed tC threaten, and the lawyer thought he could perhaps twist the cpistle into a threatening letter within the meaning of the act, but, unfortunately, the tailor had been there before. His note was cOuchcd in the most polite and con | ciliatOry terms. It was only by reading between the lines that anything like | a threat could be seen. Neve rtheless it was quite evident what the tailor's intentions were, and Mir. Billl felt thai | he could not afford to be brought into | court over the matter. 1t would a | once diSpHl the fiction that he had { | large and lucrative practice-a tictior l he was anxious should not be inter | fercd with by any cold display of fact l Of course it was q daring and cour | agCouS thing for tailor to intimate that he would bring a lawyer int court. This was, indeed, fighting tn, devil with fire. Let no one say afte this that it takes nine tailors to mak man.
 l Although the scheme of the tailo was magnificent, it was not war. was not to be expected that any mer tailor could tread the slippery path O legal knowledge and keep step with | lawyer. Mir. Billl remembered an ac or two relating to tailors and he locke them up. He also fcrreted out som | preccdentS bearing on the case, and il good old England, when you can find precedent, you are all right. He wrot to Mir. UemmS, asking him to call per sonally at his chambers in the tempt at certain hour Mir. IIemms wa there, prompt to the minute, and Ina | some faint hopes he would see at leas a little money, not realizing the impos Sibility of removing certain garment he was in the habit of making, fror the person of a highlandman. "Sit down, Mir. Ilcmms," said Bill
 affably, lit may ta';r IT. so.Ac time t
 settle this little mlt,tt.
 If you pay me a,. ching on at
 count" said IIcmmS, u:n willing t
 let the balance stand over for the pres
 ent."
 Quite so. The proposition does yo
 honor, Mr. II emms, and shows ths
 you have no desire to press your cu I toner as hard as you do the raiment h
 wears. Unfortunately, it is inco1
 veniept for me at the moment to pa
 even the little on account"
 'In that case" said MT. Hemms, (
 will be reluctantly obliged to take prC l. ceedings."
 ' Exactly. gathered as much frol s your most courteous note. Now, to
 so with any chance of success you wi
 need legal advice. I beg to offer m
 services in the matter, and think Il will do as well for you as any othe
 better, perhaps, for I understand a
 about the case"
 Impossible. You could not appes 3 against yourself"
 My dear sir, you have evidentl
 litEle conception of the length a l1wYe