The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
TURNED A CLIENT AWAY.
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Pretty Int BelliEsrent Yoans
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Chief. Judge George Savage, Of the
orphans court, says the experience
Of . practicing attorney are varied
sometimes exciting, says the Balti,
more Sun. Il recall 4 he said, ian ex'
'perience Of my own which gave me q
shudder. It occurred years ago, and
1scannot recall the name Of my client
who was. a.woman, or remember how
she happened to come to me. I re.
member her appearance well. She
was tall, gaunt, determined looking
and not very we'll dressed.
"she told me that she had valu.
able interest in an immense tract so1
land in Texas, ana she asked me to
act as her counsel in securing her
rights. I told her that I was unac-
quainted with the laws Of Texas and
would nave to associate with me q
Texas lawyer. She assented to this,
and wrote to law firm in the To-
cality named by her, stated the facts
as she mad given them to me and
asked their advice. They promptly
wrote me that 1t was true that the
woman had an interest in thousands
of acres of land in Texas, but that
lengthy and expensive litigation
would be necessary to establish her
claim.
"On the return of the woman to my
Office at an appointed time l read her
the letter I had received from the
Texas law firm. She listened atten-
lively and then exclaimed: ~,
"Oh, you need not have read me
that letter. The spirits have told me
everything that was passing between
you and the lawyers in Texas
'That was the first information ]
had that supernatural agencies were
enlisted in my clients behalf. Then
she added, in emphatic, tones:
"I have had a good deal to do with
lawyers, and I shot lawyer in Texas
WHO did not do my business to
suit me-
"As I had felt hot lead when wound.
ed in front of Petersburg tn 1864, I
had vivid realization of what q pis-
tol ball would mean to my corpus,
and I instantly determined to get rid
OF my client, who would possibly have
hot lead in store for me. I made no
comment upon her forcible way of
dealing with unsatisfactory attor-
neys, but excused myself from fur
ther consideration of her case that
day upon the plea of most pressing
business, and politely requested her
to call week later.
"She returned on time,. but whether
armed or not do not know. 1t told
her then that had thought over her
case most carefully, and, might: say,
prayerfully, and that felt it was my
duty to advise her to get some ag-
gressive counsel. I playfully added:
You may think because my name is
Savage that I can successfully fight
Texas squatters and lawyers, but ]
am gentle barbarian, and would not
be equal to the task "fA
"She responded to this: No, don't
want another lawyer. You are get.
ting on very well with my business
II still had before my mind that
possible bullet and the wreck it might
make of all my earthly hopes and am.
bitions. At the risk of offending her
and having her whip out pistol and
command my services, nolens voiens
I again pleaded my inability in the
matter and urged her to employ an.
other counsel. I did not dare refuse
to serve her. 1t was only after a good
deal of talk and an earnest plea al
to my own shortcomings and imper.
fections that happily diverted he,
mind from any preconception in my
favor as an attorney, and induced ihei
to seek professional advice and serv.
ices elsewhere.
81 never heard CT her again, and ]
considered myself fortunate in having
rid myself, courteously and diplo.
matically, of a client who was in close
communication with the spirits, and
withal, nerve enough to try to make
her attorneys serve her to her salts
faction or to take the consequences
at the point of a pistol. I had not
asked a retainer of her, and did not
dare to mention compensation to q
client of that type"
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