The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-06

Ny hfsI lee eh mDsed the veteran lsl
yer, Well, / sarpose every lawyer has
rsbt to be proud Of bic dut lee, tspccts
ly sheu II comes to hin as Cbustnsl
sutpfi'r, IS mine jii. Bot thofe urt'
oue OF too little circumstances connected
ai'h The earning oi my initial Zee ~hiet
~sie Dot exactly d,ltsttas to my mertsi
scuttHts', sud It wss long time before
dii any bosstiug about H. Tursusb the
j perspeciiye Of thuty years can zee the
/ huGotous siie Of the case, sad enjoy It a.
well @suy body.
II VAS the day before Chri.tmss, in &C.,
Iu ! remember night, that my drsl client
dsSued oG me IN my little tsn 10y twelve
oihce 10 prosperous western village. |
sss sested sloue at my desk, ss usual,
waiting icr the tide Of business 10 begin
setting In my direc'i1r, when the door
vas cautiously pushed open about foot,
snd the smiling connteuauco OF Sam John
500 gentleman Of African lineage, who
was sort OF hsppy-go-lUcky character
and general chore boy about the town
appeared 10 the opening and sofly me
lodiOus voice drsWlsd
Good afternoon, M.tsh Lawyer. ldI
like to see 70 90 little business mattsh. /
sab, If 20 got time to tent to IT,
Plenty OF time. Walk night IN, Mir /
johnson, and tske - seat, urged ] delight /
ed at obtaioiDg a client OF eomn sort st|
last.
10 compliance with this cordial tbS ia
too, Mr. J5hu.ol ycptured toe rest Of .
the way into the room, cap it. hand, aud
carefully seytlog himself on the cltf,mr
edge OF the chair reserved for callers,
z glanced shyly around as II to assure tim
self that we were alone, aud then began.
Well, MstOh L,wy,r, its dis way. We
will s'posin' case, S. osin' ptssou
Duyss eighteen,pound turkey, an qths
lnarter to a culled gemman TO escoht de-
1nhd home foh dem, M sIosin -s'pos
n .
The suppoeitlous gentleman ot color
bseut-mlntejly conveys the supposIlious
urkey to his own residence instead OF to
he abode Of the party who purchased the
owl and employed SAID suppos,tious color
d gentleman to deliver M Is that the
oiut you are driving at, Nj johnson, IN
exposed thinking to help him out.
Yes, sab; dsl's peIzlctly de pint was
fylu' to srroye 1t, be exclaimed, smlhog
an golly boss, de way yo' dun rattle
q dem big words s'pects yo mighty
mart lawyer, an now II de pusson we've
in sposln' 'bout secures turkey in dat =
: way, would be haftyr go to Jail fob it,
T could yo git him clcsr2 u
Certainly oould clear him, answered,
kingly; a Gaze OF that kind would come u
nder the head OF embt 2Zlement or bresch
tust, instead OF larceny, and 1t is not ,"
ally Unconstitutional, but violation OF a
rit OF habeas corpus to lock a man up W
mply for embe22 ing . turkey.
Mi Ihty tickled to hear it sab, be chCck -
d. Here is quarter ioh de infoh III
alton, sab, an' diegases 20 fob my law
r from dis time on. Good-dsy sab. an -
y time | git in trouble dat way I'll de
nd on you to help me ont W
And before | could ter a word OF pro ~
1t or stop him, my grinping caller had
opped the quarter on my writlng-table
d hastily bowed himseIf from the room
This is fine joke on me. Wonder II ~
Q black rascal thought ! was in earnest2
uttered / 10 myself, picking up the liber
fee which my tiret client had left be
nd him. The coin was OF an ancient
te, and somewhat battered. though not fal
injured to depreciste its value as
a circulating medium. | wss still th,
aiming 1t, sud wondering # it would crI
I'VE mascot or otherwise, when my wa
fe came in from her Christmas shop in
n, Harding to her, | proudly re exc
rked: ing
There is my fret fee my dear Yon lou
y have it for keepsske if Jon wish. TO
Why, Henry she cried. where did you ls |
this quarter? am positive that this to
he very one gave sam Johnson dow j dih
the market this afternoon, when | en geo
ed him to bring home ont G ustmss aga
key -
didn't ask for the III lavit, concluded pro
veteran lawyer Win smile ! 20 hag
witness fl the stsld as soon as ! Tos-i !
atj)urDed court, and then Wett ont lng
pursuit Of fresh all and Mr. johnson ser
Jund him, told bin I'd send lin to dep
peniteuIitrv II be ever hreathe1 10 ,
d Of tie fl nr, then | purchased du x %
,sle Of the emb, 2zled turkey aud sent ]
tome With j, 10 my hone meab), suo
owing along behind him to see that be mel
estly earned the quarter this II e; viii
it was fully a year later, when pros cha
ty began smiling upon my Efforts at case
that | plucked mp suAi'icG courage crul
slI the story Of my first fee, even 10 my bata
. ing
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