Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-10

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which went to show that the voun,
women were exercising their peroea
tive for capriciousness. and the girl
| arose and sought seats on another mar
Of the deck. The youthful employee =
bargain store was nonplussed bu
| game. so again moved in their drec
ton, followed by the gaze of eyeryon,
near who had noticed the girls am
several others who had not been awar,
that the girls were aboard the boat
| which was the Islander
The second attempt at acquaintance
was Stunned like the first, and the dis.
consulate admirer was forced to find 3
retreat on the deck below out of sigh
Of the smiling faces Of the crowd or
the upper deck. 1t was a new expert.
ence for him and it went hard. Pos.
sibly it may be beneficial as a sugges.
ton for his conduct in the future. :
The other day a young attorney was
talking with an old gentleman who
had been shining light in his day.
They were relating some of their ex-
periences when the following CONVEX
sation occurred:
Our cleverest work. said the old
lawyer reminiscently, is not always
done in court
MOP" said the young man inquir-
ingly.
Decidedly not" replied the old law
yer.
Possibly you could give an illustra-
tion,' suggested the young man.
Undoubtedly l could" replied the
old lawyer. 'In fact, l was thinking
of the case of an irascible old fellow
who once kicked servant out of the
house"
For what reason?"
Principally because he was angry,
but | will have TO confess that l have
forgotten the exact occasion for his
anger. 4 believe there was difference
of opinion as to the amount of wages
the man was entitled to. At any rate
the testy old gentleman put himself in
the wrong when he elected the man
with violence of both language and
action. and the man was smart enough
to know it, He hunted up a lawyer
Immediately and put the case in his
hands. and then l was called in. The
wrathy old fellow was mad clear
through. and he was going to fight the
case all the way up to the highest
court and back again if necessary.
mine and / didn't want TO see him
waste his money foolishly, so | adj
vised him TO compromise it.
Not if he offers to compromise for
10 cents he asserted vociferously. I'll
fight this case clear to the limit, no
matter what it costs tr. ~ fs.s
II argued with him. but it was, no
use. He'd pay me anything l wanted
to fight the case. but he wouldn't pay
the plaintiff cent | suppose l would
have been justified under the circum-
stances in going ahead and letting
him run into a lot of expensive and
useless litigation, but l didn't like to
do it just the same. SO l went TO see
the lawyer on the other side. He knew
he had a good case, but he also knew
that my client had lots of money and
could made a prolonged and costly
fight. Consequently he was inclined to
be reasonable. He hunted up his client
and talked it over with him and the
client said he would compromise for
s2j clear for himself. His lawyer made
very reasonable charge, and | closed
with them both on the spot and paid
them. Then l went back to my client,
told him | had put up such bluff that
he never would hear of the case again,
turned in a bill that covered the cost
of the settlement | had effected, and
he paid it without murmur. He
sometimes speaks to me now of the
clever work l did in that case, but he
doesn't know how clever it really was
and what lot of cash ii saved him..