The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-01
BLK AND HIS TAILOR.
How a Complication in Buttons
Was Settled IN England

Was Settled in England
There is a lawyer in the temple
whom shall take the liberty of term
ing j. Wellington Blk. That is not is
name, of course, / 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 i say at the
beginning that if there is any man of
that title he is not the man l mean. /
give the name Blk, as 1t were. with
ont prejudice" so as to protect myself
from possible legal complications, for
one must be very careful when he
speaks of lawyers.
Mr.. Blk 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 / state Is true;
there are lawyers in this world who
have 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 per-
son knows how to dodge his tailor,
dressing well costs money. 1t may
seem needless extravaganza to pay
tailor, but, unfortunately, gentlemen
of the cloth do not look upon il in that
light, and they are sometimes persist
emit in demanding their money, cs-
pecially If they suspect their customer
is poor.
Mr.. Blk kept encouraging his tailor
by ordering more clothes than he &C
tually needed. This is good plan as
long as it works, but it breaks down
after time. and, like the INDUCING in
stimulants, leaves the victim with the
original trouble worse than it was at
first
At last things came 10 crisis Mr..
| Hemms, the tailor, said that If he did
not at least get some money on ac-
| count he would sue Mr.. Blk for the
whole amount. Mr.. Blk pondered
long over the tailor's letter, for. while
in England you may take what action
you please, you are not allowed TO
threaten. and the lawyer thought be
could perhaps twist the epistle into
threatening letter within the meaning
of the act, but. unfortunately, the
tailor had been there before. His note
was couched in the most polite and con-
ciliatory terms. II was only by reading
between the lines that anything ike
a threat could be seen keve rtheless,
it was quite evident what the tzilor's
intentions were, and Mr.. Blk felt that
he could not afford 70 be brought into
once dispel the fiction that nc had
large and lucrative prsctiee-a fiction
he was anxious should not be inter
fered with by any cold display of fact
OF course it was a daring and eour-
ageous thing for taller 10 intimate
that he would bring a lawyer into
court. This was, indeed, fighting tho
devil with fire. Let no one say after
this that IL takes nine tailors 10 make
a man.
Although the scheme of the tailor
was magnificent, il was not war. IL
was not 20 be expected that any mere
tailor could tread the slippery path Of
legal knowledge and keep step with a
lawyer. Mr.. Biz remem bered az act
or two relating TO tailors and he looked
them up. tie also ferreted out soms
precedents bearing on the case, and in
good old England. when you can find
precedent, you are all right lie wrote
10 Mr.. Henms, asking him 10 call per
sonally at his cham oers N the temple
az certain hour Mr.. Hemms was
there. prompt 70 the minute. and had
some faint hopes he would see az least
little money. not realizing the iupos-
sibility Of removing certain Earasnts
he wak IN the habit Of making. from
the person OF = higblAndman.
'sit down, Sir. Hemrns- sad Blk.
aFably. 1t may take a. sons time %
settle this little matter"
II you pay ne something On az
coun :, said HeuTas. Il am willing %
let the balance stand over for the pres
eut
Quite 50. The proposition does ron
honor. Mr. Il enrns. and shows tA-s
you nave 10 desire 70 press your cas-
toner a. hard as vo8 DO TIE rzi1en; he
wears Unfortunately, Is is incon-
veuient for me a. the moment 70 pay
even the lt..e on account
AE4- E&eef @e4'4 ~ fsEtAaA-1s
viii be reluctantly obliged % take pro
ceei.ngN"
"E1zctly. gathered - much from
your most courteous note. Now. . d.
80 with any chance of success you vii
need legal zdrI~e- ] beg 20 Offer Dv
services ia ne matter, and think {
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