The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-07
SHE HOOKED THEM BOTH.

Pretty Book Agent who Gathered In
the Too sympathetic Lawyers.
From the Washington Post.
There Is on r street a firm so promi-
nent in the realms of law. so august as
whole. with members so dignified that
wrongdoers tremble at the sight of
their door plate.
Last Thursday a little woman, with
nesting golden curls and cheeks too
pink from exposure to cold. sought
refuge in this office from a biting wind
and extended numbed fingers to a rud-
dy glow. AS the senior partner entered
from his den In the rear. the girl looked
up brightly, and then, overcome by
sudden seemingly overpowering ex-
haustion, fell PROSTATE on the couch
on which she was seated.
Judge - gazed at her In astonish-
ment, as helpless and limp for the mo-
ment as the girl before him. then
rushed away for ice water, wine,
brandy, a second pillow, everything,
anything to relieve the tension of the
situation. He returned in an impossi-
bly, short line with his arms full, looked
at the girl. and then dropped every
thing on the floor and became again
limp, for she opened her blue eyes and
gazed at him with the expression of a
hunted animal She then closed them
again.
The Judge stood first on one foot and
then on the other stuck one hand in his
pocket. and then another. raised his
eyebrows. puckered his lips and gave
vent to long, low whistle.
This whistle lifted the white lids and
they did not close again. The red lips
also opened and sighed. "Oh, 1 am so
tired, and something seems to be the
matter with my head"
The judge at once began to ply the
ice, the wine, the brandy, etc. The fair
one smiled lstlessly at his activity
but drained the glass gracefully and
sighed again. Perhaps, sir, while you
are so kind to me you are thinking of
your own daughter" This little speech
made the judges eyes misty. He had
no daughter but there are always pos
sibilities.
What can do for your" he asked.
Nothing, nothing, sir. / will rise in
just one little moment" And rise she
did, in spite of the judges remon-
strances.
She reached the door rather INSTEAD
lily, but turned hastily, as If somewhat
dazed. "Oh, yes" she cried; my
book"
She returned and pulled from be-
meath the pillow a bulky volume in a
flashy binding.
up boy to carry 1t for her, but she
shook her head.
mo, sir" she insisted; ''I could not
afford that luxury. 1 don't sell one a
week."
The judges eyes cleaned.
THE very thing l want" he ex-
claimed, and began to extract bills
from his pocketbook. rather fiabby
from the ravages which Christmas and
New Years had made upon it. He
crushed them into the girls hand, say
ing: II must insist upon paying not
what you ask, but what this valuable
work is worth"
The girl left, seemingly much
strengthened.
Yesterday the Judge entered his Of
fee to find staring him in the face the
book he thought he had taken home on
the day of its purchase.
His establishment knew no bounds
when the junior partner picked 1t up
hastily and tried to force 1t into a
pocket which was too small to re-
ceive 1t.
1t was too late. The Judge had seen
it's title and recognized its all too glar-
ing binding.
Slowly the truth forced itself upon
him.
"Old man." he asked, did she have
curls. and was she so tired and did
something get the matter with her
head and make her faint, and did she
forget the book and have to come back
for it?''
Just so. just so. Judge"
she played a pair of knaves I'm this
Office and won. Let's see what a bottle
wits"