The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-08
a THOUSAND osB DOLLAR BILLS.
They Conquered the Ola Man when
one Rtg Hnnknotc Failed.

one nag Hnnknotc Failed.
From tine New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat
"a professional comprom.sor who un.
dcrsiands his business o. most valuable
man on the SIAN - any big railroad
said Ncw orleans lawyer apropOs Of
nothing Ia particular. IT is great
ar" he continued. and j had the fact
Impressed on me by something rather
unusual thot happened early In my cnreer.
had been 10 practice only a year or so
as remember when was engaged hy
a certain railroad company TO represent
o. in damage su.t brought by an old
Co. low who bad been hurt at crossing
3 Kot toe Job because the regular aitor-
reF and su4aF assistant attorney were
out Of town on bigger annire aud
tnfnw myself into it with unlimited en-
tnusiasm little investigation convinced
me. however. that the company didu
nave lex 20 stnud on and ueithcr. Tor
That matter. did the claimant both OF 'en
having been broken above the knee SO
advised "A compromise. AMI was told
CD settle ST. v could, for 500. That
liked limit discouraged me- because tAe
suit had been brought Tor g200ro. and ]
knew the opposition lawyers had been
! thought up "a scheme that seemed prom
ising. The claimant was an ignorant Old
fellow. VINO had been . lahorer for years
ana took 10 for granted that he had
never had as much as 500 az any orc
time iu bic life III just hypuotize him
7 sild 20 myself and. going 20 a bank.
sot brand new Si.e0o bin. Then / hur-
ried or 20 his boarding house found him
ln q dirty little back room and made
Inn Tor
] anticipated he declined ID Indignantly
Very well said ]. pulling out the hili
with studied care,essness. IN that case
~ have 10 return this money. But hy
ne way ] added did YOU ever happen
20 see q thousand dollar biI7 It's quite
handsome bit Of paper" To be candid
7 was rather awed hy the thing myself
and expected him to finger q ike pisc.
~ the true cross but 60 my Amusement he
took d iudinerently glanced a. 80 with
80 apparent interest ana handed q back
ITS vera pretty be said stoliily. aud
= cent on knocking his pipe.
"A few days after this discouraEirg OK
perience' the lawyer went on Mr. An
drews. the claim agent Of the line. hap
pened TO be IN town and dropped In 20
inquire about the case. he WAS vc.-
Gran in the business but he always i'm
pressed me as being a man totally destl-
tute of tact and / never could understand
how he held his lob. lie chuckled when
he heard my story. Aty dear boy De
said, YOU simply overp.aycd yourself
l You expected that OLD man 10 crop dead
40 the sight of thousand dollar bin
/ Why, bless your soul; he didu't know
/ what @ meant IL WAS beyond the OUT
posts 81 his Imagination he was Ike
YOU yourself when you hear an astron-
omer talk about ten billion miles tn
/ figure conveys no idea 10 your mind Ii
is too big But come with me. he add
/ 81. and ln give you an object lesson.
I was surprised and piqued. but ! went
along and the first thing Andrews did
WAS 10 get 100 oue-dollar bills az the
/ bank. lie cut the slips that held them
/ together. stacked them up in loosa
/ heap and wrapped them To- q newspaper
/ Then he went to the bonding house aud
l found the Old man sitting n his ntde
I back room. still smoking his pipe. Re
( didn't seem 10 have moved since ! was
/ there before. Well. Cuun1lly' said the
| claim agent, after few general remarks
/ I've brought around that thousand dol
l lars, ana want you % sign receipt n
| fuh' The Old mon got angry Immediate
/ ly. Ia not DO itr he yelled. I'm take
what l sued Tor ana not a cent less"
| You're foolish said Andrews. calmly
no jury VIII give YOU over a thousand
/ and your lawyers will get half OF that
/ You'd better do business with me lie
had been holding the package OF bills On
| his knee while he was talking ana Just
4 then he made an awkward gesture ana
| knocked IL OF lie grabbed az 1t wildly
as IL fell, and with one swoop scattered
the money all over the squalid little room.
1 n covered evcrything-door. chairs. ta-
ble bed. and some OF & even went into
| the waehboWl. 'Doggone the luck" ne
| shouted Here, Connally. lend a hand
| viii YOU and help me gather up this stun
/ The old Tpan made no rep.y. but sat
I sncechless and traushXed, while his pipe
/ slowly slid out OF his mouth and fed
/ Into his lap. Meanwhile Andrews seized
/ a broom and began sweeping Up the bills
\ ike dry leaves. Saints preserve as"
whispered Connaly at last. st.ll caring
| stupidity al the litter how much is thereg
/ 'Tne thousand you don't want snapped
fthe claim agent and kept ca sweeping
/ In ten minutes he had collected the money
/ iu a big heap on she newspaper Well
guess I'd better b. going he remarked
/ as he bundled u up. Hold on a bit
said the old man. and. before I fully
| realized what had happened. Andrews had
/ his autograph on tho receipt. The whole
/ thing had been done 20 rapidly ana passed
on 50 much Ike some well rchearsed scene
/ az a play that I was simply dumfounded
and lacked language 70 express my adj
/ mHaflou Andrews was very modest
I about 90. though. aud insisted there was
] nothing remarkable In what be had done
/ When YOU undertake 10 speilbind a man
. with money he said. YOU must use
] dfr1fsf . affana thar he eau rorsrra bend 90