The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-03
BLK AND HIS TAILOR.
How a Complication IN Buttons
Was Settled in England

Was Settled IN England
There 4 { lawyer 10 The temPIe
whom I shaIi take The liberty 81 terEn-
ing ). Wellington Blk That u not 4
maine, n coarsr. merely call him 90
for the purposes Of this narrative. for
as far a. can find ost there = no such
name In the temple. and say a. the
beginning that II there Il any man Of
that title he ii not the man ! mean.
give Tie name nilk. IS Il were, with
ont pre- tudice. < 40 as 70 protect myself
firm possible legal complications. for
one must be very careful when BE
speaks 81 lawyers
Mr BLK possesses much law and little
money This may seem strange. for
our Rea 81 lawyer III tie temple Il
that he has more cases than he can At
tend 70. and that Le rolls Ia wealth
Nevertheless. the thing ! state Is true;
there are lawyers IN this world who
hare . bard struggle tor existence.
one u the disadvantages Of belng .
lawyer who Il not getting On Is that
Ne has To dress well. and, unless per.
son knows how To dodge his tailor.
dressing veil costs money. II may
Keem needless extrasagancc 70 pay o
tailor, bnt. unfortunately. gentlemen
II the cloth ~ not ias,ss upon Il In that
light, and they ARE sometimes persist
ent In demanding their rnoncy. es
ieeially II they snsseet their customer
Is Ts3or.
MI. blk kent encouraging his tadlor
BY ordering moro clothes than BIC 40.
tHaily needed This u q Eossd plan ax
hong rs Il works, batsit breaks down
after time. @ni, Ike tn iadaiging Ia
stimnInnta, leaves the victim With the
original trouble worse than Il was At
first
Al last things came ~ crisis. Mr.,
IIemnIs. the tailor. said that II III DID
not II least get some money on ne.
count be would sue Mr. blk for The
whole amount. Mr. Bslk pondcred
long over The tailor's letter. for, while
IN England you may take what action
y0u please, yon arc nor allowed &c
threaten, and tho lawyer thought NJ
could perhaps twist the epistie into !
threatening letter within the meaning
81 the act. but. unfortunately, thu
tailor had been there before. Ills nots
was conchcd In the most polite and con.
eiliatory terms. Il was only BIZ reading
between the lines that anything like
threat could be seen. Nexc rtleless
II was quite evident what the tailor
intentions were, and Mr.. Blk felt that
he could not afford 10 bc brought int
court OVER the matter. II would u
once dispel the fiction that lie had l
large and lucrative practice fIetior
he was anxious should not be inter
fcred with BY any cold display 81 fact
OF course It was a daring and cour
ageous thing for tailor 10 intimat,
that he would bring o lawyer int.
court This was, indeed, fighting tn,
devil with fire. Let no one say afte
this that II takes nine tnilcrS to max
man
Although the scheme Of the tailo
was magnificent II was not war. !
was not 70 be expected that any mer
Tailor could tread the slippery path .
legal knowledge and keep step with
lawyer Mr.. Blk remembered an ac
o. two relating 10 taiIors and he locke
them mp He als<Rerreted out som
Precedents bearing on the case, and |
good old England. when yon can find
precedent you are all right. He wrot
70 Mr.. Hemms, asking him TO call pei
sonally n his chambers In the tempt
At Q certain hour Mr.. Hemms va
there. prompt 70 the minute, and ha
bome faint hopes he would see at le as
= little money, not realizing the impo.
sibility Of removing certain garment
he was in the habit 81 making, fror
the pcrson Of highlandman,
sit down, Mr.. Henms,r said Bill
ahably. IT may take us some time /
settle this little mates
~ you pay me something on a
count. said Hemma. II am willing I
let the balance stand over for the pre-
cntr
Quite So The proposition does 70
honor, Mr., Hemns, and shows ths
yon have no desire TO press your Gu
toner As hard ns you do the raimcnt h
wearA Unfortunately, il Is incor
yenicnt for me at the moment To pa
even the little on account
In that case. said Mr. Tlemms, .
viii be reluctantly obliged to take y,
ceedingAn
Exactly. ! gathered as much fror
your most courteous NOTE Now, to
" with any chpnce d success you vi
need legal advice beg TO offer M
services Ia VIE mater, and / think
VIII Do as we'll tor yon as any othe,
better, perhaps for understand d
about the case
'sImPossible. YOU could not appea
against yourself" NJ
Ny dear air. you have EVIDENT
little conception Of the length a lawye