Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
EVEN WITH THE DUN"
Spectator Squares Himself With Hi,
LAWYER Creditor.

Spectator Squares Himself With His
Lawyer Creditor.
The lawyer had won an important
case for the man. He had dabbled in
stocks of one kind and another, and,
hard luck having overtaken him, he had
bolstered up his vanishing fortunes with
$50, 900 Of other people money.
But the other people had troubles of
their own. They had wants that needed
catering to, and when they found that
the dealer in stocks had invested their
means of subsistence in an enterprise
they arose with howl Of righteous i'll
dignation and brought suit for dam
ages.
That was where the lawyer had his
chance. He knew the man was guilty,
and he told him so. But for all that he
cleared him. He charged a pretty big
fee, $3, 900 being a conservative estimate
of the value Of his services. The man
paid him So, 500 in cash and promised
to give him the other $500 a month or
two later. That was more than three
years ago. The lawyer patiently waited
on his client for year, and then he put
the matter in the hands of collector.
In the course of two years the collector
gathered in $400, and then, as his salary
was more than eating up the amount
collected, the lawyer took the case from
his hands and gave it to the office boy.
As an incentive to energetic work, he
said:
Jimmie, there is 800 coming to me
from Mr.. -. If you can get anything
out of him, I'll give you half of it. ~
Jimmie's eyes snapped, and he went
to work. He labored diligently for three
months. Monday morning at l 1 o'clock
he would go into the office and present
his employers claim, and so run the
gamut of the other five working days,
and then repeat the procedure the sue
ceeding week. The man got mad about
it at first and threatened to throw the
boy out of the office, but he finally
thought better of it and contented him
self with turning Jimmie away with
some singing rebuke.
Jimmie kept up the daily siege till
last Thursday. Then he was sick and
could not come down town. About 2
O'Clock the lawyer was in his private
office holding consultation with two
clients, when there came an imperative
rat-a-ta- tat Oh his door. He babe the
visitor enter, and head, half concealed
by shock of bushy red hair, was thrust
nto the ROOM
please, SIR" said a high keyed voice,
"I'm from Mr. -, an he wants to
know why your boy amt been over to-
day to dun i'm for that 800 he owes
you. "-Chicago Tribune.
Wanted u Clock and a Timepiece.
II want something handsome i'll the
way of clock" he said to the jeweler.
eve have a very fine line of goods, "
was the response, land the prices are
very moderate. "
81 don't care anything about the
price. want something that will show
at "a glance that it cost whole lot of
money
Certainly. We have some beautiful
lHpOrteu Soous.
That's the idea-something that
came from abroad Iwant all onyx ped
estal and ormolu trimmings and a
statue Oh the top of it.
"Here's q veritable work of art.
"That's pretty well, but I'd like
something more attractive than that.
It's to be birthday present to my wife.
We haven't been keeping house very
long, and she's been worried for fear
people would think we We're going with
out clock because we couldn't afford
one. I'm going to see that she has
something so handsome that it II dazzle
everybody who comes into the parlor
and so precious that it has to be kept
under glass like a specimen in the mu-
scum.
"How is this one?" the jeweler in
quired as he lifted massively ornate
article from shelf.
"That's the very thing. Thatll please
her almost to death. Pack it up and ship
it out TO my house and send the bill to
my Office"
"It'll cost $685." the jeweler mildly
suggested.
CHATS all right. It looks as if it
were worth it.
He started for the door, but came
back and said, "By the way, you'd bet
ter give me another clock-one of those
small nickel plated affairs that cost
about 81 so, so that we can stick it off
in an obscure corner to look at when
we want to know what time it is. -
Washington Star.