The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-09
SpELLBINDlNG WITH MONEY.
Work OF the Professional CON-
promiser Is a Real
Fine Art
O 0 m PROFESSIONAL {

Nh VINO undefSt1nte his purititTr ~
a most valuable man on the STAN
OF any big railroad" said a New orleans
lawyer. apropos of nothing In particular.
1T is a great art" he continued. and
hac, the fact impressed on me by some
ting rather unusual that happened early
IN my career. had been IN practice only
a year or so. as ! remember, when was
engaged by certain railroad company to
represent Il In a damage suit brought by
an old fellow who had been hurt at
crossing. | got the JOB because the reg
ular attorney and regular assistant at
torney were ont of town on bigger anairs,
and threw myself into II with unlimited
enthusiasm. little Investigation con-
WINGED me, however. that the company
didn't have a leg to stand on. and neither.
for that matter. did the claimant. both OF
'em having been broken. above the knee
So advised a compromise. and was told
10 settle IL. II | could. for a, thousand dol
lars That fixed limit discouraged me,
because the suit had been brought Tor
s2o0eo. and knew the opposition lawyers
had been filing their client with ROSY
hopes; but thought up a scheme that
seemed promising. The claimant was an
ignoran- old fellow. who had been la
borer for years. and took 1t for granted
that he had never had as much AS 800 az
any one time In his life. III Just hypno-
tie him. said to myself. and. going to
bank. | got brand new $1,000 bin. Then
hurried on 10 his boarding house. found
him in dirty iittlo back room, and made,
my proposition for settlement, Just as
Anticipated. he declined II indignantly.
Very we'll said 7. pulling out the bill
with studied carelessness; in that case
I'll have to return this money. But. by
the way added. did Won ever happen
to see thousand-dollar blu? IT'S unite
handsome bit OF paperv To 20 candin.
h.. Ia as.If
and expected him to finger u Hike a piece
Of the true cross; but. to my amusement.
he took IL inadvertently. glanced at IL with
no apparent Interest. ana handed II back
It's vera pretty he said stoiidly, ana
went on smoking his pipe.
"A few days after this discoursRng ex-
perience. Mr.. Andrews. the, claim agent
Of the llne, happened to be in town and
dropped In to inquire about the case. He
was veteran In the business. but he al
ways IMPRESSED me as being man total
~ destitute OF tact. and never could I'M
derstand how he held his job. He schuclSed
when he heard my story. My dear boy
he said, you simply overpiayed yourself
You expected that old man to drop dead
~ the sight of a thousand-doiiar bill.
why. bless your soul, he didn't knaw
what Il meant. II was beyond the out
POSTS Of his imagination. He was like
you, ynurSeIf when YOU hear an astronp-
mer talk about ten billion miles. The
Agures convey no idea 20 your mind II
u too hig. But come with me- he added.
and III give yon an object lesson, I
was surprised and pioged. hut ! went
along. and the srst thing Andrews disi was
10 get 200 one-dnliar bills at the bank.
he cut The sllps that held them together
stacked them up I'm a loose heap and
wrapped them In a Newspaper. Then ha
went 10 the baardlng house ana found
th,. old man sitting in his little harksroom,
sim smoking hls pipe. He didn't seem 10
have moved since / was there Before.
We'll. c'onnalty.' said the claim agent
after a fsw general remarks. I'VE brought
around tina; thousand dollars and want
Won 70 slen n recaiuf in fun The old
mar sn,. angry Immediately. an moi 40
az he vel,eA. f'U take what I sued for
and not a cent le~sr You're foolish
said Androws calmly. no furry will give
Won over a shouxana ana vaatr iaxy4rs
wilI se. half OF that. YoA'a hat,ar 10
business With ms He s,aa h.en holding
tire oaekare AZ hllls an Ait knac While 30
,x.s ,atk4nw and inst than hs made an
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