Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-26
BLK AND HIS TAILOR


Was Settled n England
Ih<-e u lawyer IN the temple
whom shall take TIE liberty u teEu-
nz J. Wellington Blk That i MT .
name. u cclrss, merely call hlsa 80
far tAs purposes q this narrative. for
a. f.< a. can ind cut there u no such
name ia tas temEts. ard ! say a. -he
beginning thai Il teere = any man of
thst title be y not re nan / mean I
give he n2E1s Llik. - II were. with
oct pre4udice.~ 80 1s - protect nyseH
frons pe<<iels Legal complications. for
ons must % very careful when 10
speaks of lawvrrA
Mr.. klk possesses much law aud little
money This nay seem strange, for
oar s1ea d lawyer IN the temple Is
that tzs has more eases than be can at
tend 20. and that BE rolls Ia wealta-
xsrrrtAelss-.> the thing STATE Is true.
there are Lawyers IN this world who
hare bard struggle for existence.
On,s OF Tho disads antzg-s of being =
lawyer who l. not getting Ga Is tha.
ne h a. - dress well. and. unless per-
son knows how - dodge his tail<sr.
dressillg well costs money IL may
Seem needless extravzgance % pay
tailor. bat. unfortunately. gentlemen
Of tho cloth do not look upon /. in that
light add the are sometimes persist
eat ia demanding thar money. cs-
peeially u they suspect their customer
Is poor
Mr. Blk kept enco1ragiay bis tailor
By ordering more clothes taan nc le-
tally noede1 This i = good plan a.
lone a. Il works bat Is breaks down
afte- a tine. and. Ike The induiying ia
stszzaussnfA- leaves the victim with the
original trouble worse than Il was ~
drsL
At las: things came % crisis Mr.
HczarnS The tailor. said that IL he dla
nos a. least get some money on &C.
counts Ne would sue Mr. Blk for the
whole ancant Nr Blk pondsred
long over the tailor's letter. for. while
IN Engiand you may take what acton
pa please. you are not allowed to
threaten. and the lawyer thought he
soald perhaps twist the eplsslc into y
shroetenlrs letter within The meaning
OF lie act. ba- unfortunately. the
tailor hal been there before. His note
was cooched Ia the most polite and coz
ciliatory terms II was 0nly by reading
between tie lines that anything like
threat could b seen Nevertheless.
nws< quite evident what thc tailor's
fnterts1us were. and Mr. Buk felt that
be could act afford 10 DO brought into
court over the matter. II would at
s,acc dEspel the fiction that he had =
large and lucrative practicc-a fiction
~ was anxious should not De inter
f-red with by any cold display OF fact
OF course it vas = daring and cour-
sxeous thing for \ tailor 20 intimate
that Ne would bring lawyer INTO
cop-.- TaA waA indeed. fighting the
doFil With fire. Let no one say after
tits that IL taxes nine tailors 10 make
auan-
Althouxh the scheme Of the tailor
was n,srni dc>nt, Il wrs not war. IL
Wa flot % he expected that any mere
tailor could tread The slippery path OF
legal knowledge and keep step with a
lawyer. Mr. Blk remembered al s.ct
or swo relating "a taiors AMI e looked
them M 10 also ferre;ed out sJrn>
rnsoetsnts t-sartnv ca tho case. ard IN
goa-i OIL Eaxls.n3. when you can fi'3d a
precrd srf. sen are al right lie wrOte
q NJ Iicmms. .s.sking bin TO call per
sonaiiy ~ sLs eham5crs IN the trsaplc
"a a certain hour. Mr.. Hemcas was
tisrre. prompt - The minute. and hal
some faint hopes he vvonid sec at least
= Httic raoury. not realizing the inpos-
sibility of removing ecrtain garments
be va ia The habit o. making. from
a.. $3.50 81 a hfs~hf and man