The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-01

DC quite Wiling TO undertake your case
for las you sayl a little money down,
taking the rest out in trader"
Mr.. Hemms was stricken dumb by
the proposal
Being certain that so amicablc an
arrangement would commend itself to
you, the moment IL was presented in ia
fun advantage, have taken the
trouble TO look Nd the law on the sub
jec., and will without further parley
let you know Just where you stand
You are doubtless aware that there
have been number Of acts passed in
relation to tailoring which think VIII
tend to make our negotiations exceed
ingly simple. Por instance, there VAS
an act passed IN the reiyn Of William
aud Mary which made it Illegal for =
tailor to sew cloth buttons on . suit.
The penalty is forty shiilings for every
half dozen buttons he uses. besides the
forfeiture of tho goods Brs pen were,
of course. eogniEant of this before yon
threatened the law on q lawyer"
II never heard OF snch an outrageous
act 1t is certainly nos the law now"
"Ah, there You are wrong. and that
shows the advantage of having tho
best legal assistance. It would i'll be-
come Us, Mr.. Hemms, to cha-xetcrsze
the wisdom Of our ancestors IS QUIZ
rageous. There are many things per-
tanning TO the law that may not com
mend themselves 70 the lay mind Z"
do you mean TO say that act hss
never been repealed"
80 far from being repealed, it haa
been affirmed and added to in other
reignS In the fourth year Of George l..
the law was made 20 include AL kinds
of buttons covered by any material
whatever and the forty shiliinEs was
retained a. the penalty. In George
the Fourth's time there was = button
act passed. forty shilHngs remaining
the favorite penalty. l have often
wondered why forty shfliRgs was
always q popular penalty imposed on
Englishmsn for doing that which they
should not do. Doubtless you have
yourself popdered on the same inscrut-
able mystery Why not thirty shillingss
or fifty shilLngs, or e5? Still 50 IL 10.
and we must ACCEPT II"
why was such an unjust law
passed?''
''Do not, I beg of you. term il uniuat-
Respect the law. / should be sorry -
think that nav custom went te . man
who was not as law abiding and a
law-respecting as myself. Why was IL
passed? II was passed TO proteos the
button makers of birmingham
And DO you mean 10 say cannot
collect my Just debt because i have
sewed cloth buttons on some of your
suits?'
You will collect your debt the mo-
ment get money TO pay you. but yoa
cannot collect IL in any English court
That was tried quite recently at MARY
lebone county court whom a Mr.. King
was sued by tailor named Shirley
The amount claimed was nine pounds
sterling. Mr.. Shirley was n most e.
timable man, no ooubt, and probably
an excellent tailor. but people sSoulh
have the law on their side. The law
takes no account OF motive. The tailor
was not only nonsuited, bat was also
fined the requisite number OF forty
shilling pieces, IL there are any forty
shilling pieces I confess I am more
familiar with law than with the coin
age of this country. Mr.. King was
suited not only by the law, but the tailor
as we'll"
us this why you asked me 70 come
here2" =
Yes You gave me Of your clothing.
give you of the law. Each the Arti-
Gle he deals in. Now II you sign a re-
ceipt for the clothes, will charge you
nothing for the law. nor Will say any
thing of the just penalties you have in
cured
Before doing so" remarked the
tailor, rising, Il will copsuls another
lawyer"
"A most excellent resolution in or
binary cases In multitude Of queens
counsel there is wisdom, or ~ least
much law. But this case must be set
tied now. In your letter you oppressed
a wish for an early settlement IL 10
my own desire / must have nay receipts
now or viii invoke the law against
you as n breaker Of H."
The receipt was given OF course, q
tailor is no match FOR a lawyer II 10
always better 20 turn one Of the legal
gentlemen on another. That is what
the tailor did. He consul ted another
lawyer. This gentleman assured the
tailor that the acts compliance OK still
stand on the statute hooks lie said.
however. that Blk in demanding and
obtaining the receipt bad ompOoaded =
felony. For tiiis be couhd be bronght
20 book Bat the tailor did not want
TO put Buk ia jail. BE- wanted kss
rponsy. Why rot threaten BiikT Thea
he could be scttled with AID the roonsr
obtained This. IL seemed. w0ule Re
also CON pounding Bllk's felony. Ena
then another lawyer could toanP % tie
second lawyer. II The ssoosd Iawyer
settled. then The third lawyer woald
haze compounded = felony and 80 the
thinR would 20 on nztil Al The ssEAl
talsnt o, London would he envslopea
in tnts network Of oonpoun1inz fsb
ONES
This Is bow the mater ftands az he
moment q writing How = SiH snd
no one knov1 u is = emp scated
q1estioa ] shall Keep mT eye on tss
cssse and report progress from lime "a
tune Heanw h4le thone wbV Rad nhJ
tak- my word for IL thAs tss lSS 81
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taetic rrative.-LGke sA2rp. IN De-
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