The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-18
t42 AND TIE SINISTER LAWYER.

! put his feet into their old familiar spot IN
/ the waste basket for the first time since
4 the summer cavatlc1, when YOU re
playia' wild a square guy its de proper
( caper 20 stick 10 de dope book an not
/ hit him below de belt
I Did I ever ten You how I played even
/ wild Evans. de shyster lawyer, when he
( tried 20 give Tree Twenty de dou-
! bic crosse
IT rec Twenty-seven goes over on de
1 West Side enc night on a cali. When
I he comes 10 de G. r. and L NJ railroad
/ crossin de gates is up an de tracks is
( clear. Tree Twenty-seven starts 10 go
/ across, an when he's in de middle OF de
tracks an express comes pikin around
de curve. Tree Twenty-seven sees It
comm an makes quick jump back TO
git out of de way he lands in front or
a switch engine an de cow catcher hits
him in de Stats an lands him over in de
ditch
Poor little man. sch says. Did de
, railroad train run over your she says.
; You ought TO git big damages from en-,
she says. Here de card Of a iaw-sharp,
she says, 'what'u soak il to EN- good an
strong an plenty, sch says Give dat
card to your ladder she says. an let
him go an see Mister Evans, she says
De card reads, Angelo Evans. L. l..
B.. Attorney an Counselor at Law an
when Tree Twenty-seven gives it TO his
old man he chases down to de guys offs
Dis Evans tells de ole man dat he's
got good ting. Dat it's a sinche he
can soak de c. p. and L NJ. for FIVE
hundred bucks anyhow, an mebbe more,
an Tree Twenty-seyen's old man tells
him 10 go ahead an git busy wild 'em.
! Den Evans starts in TO play both ends
against de middle. he goes 10 de claim
agent an makes his bluff an den he
comes over to Tree TWenty-SeVen' :
Il -
hot air. It's a hard case he says,
cause Tree Twenty-seven was guilty
of cOntributory negligence, before an
after de fact he says, both sine die an
vice verse. as aforesaid. But, says Ev-
ans, by playin close TO de grass he may
be able to hold EN- up fer few bucks,
an if he does he'll expect de family TO
split even wild MIN
Finally Evans comes around TO de
house an says dat he has finally got de
company by de short hair, an dat by
threat'nin' TO bring suit against EN- de
gustibus over de fence dat he has made
EN- cough up tree hundred bones. which
is more dan he expected TO git an dat
he'll bring de hundred an hft' what's
comm 20 de old man around in a couple
of days Dat night I screws over TO
Tree Twenty-s sven's house on my way
home, an de old man tells me dat Ev-
ans is a great law sharp an dat he's
settled de case for tree hundred bones,
an what a hard time he had gettin' de
settlement.
About o'clock dat evenin' I pixies
over to Evans offs for to have heart
to-heart talk wild him. Dere amt nobody
in de offs but kid. He says his boss
has screwed his nut an he's waitin for
five thirty before he ducks Dere's a
type-written' machine standin' on little
table an ! asks de kid where de daisy is
what punches de keys. De boss amt
got no fairy, de kid says. He writes
his own letters, he says Is dat 500
says, beginnin to git busy an walkin'
over close to de machine. Den 1 seen
dat It had a brand new ribbon on il,
an I says, Kid, when did you put dis
ribbon on de machine? I put 1t on Jest
about an hour ago. he says. De old man
was tryin' to write on It, an il wouldn't
work. an he gimme a hard call down
fer not keepin on a fresh ribbon An
did he write any letters on it after you
put on de new ribbon I says. 'On'y one,
says de kid He put it in de envellup
hisself an screwed out TO mail it..
e Dat may be all right, but it looks
queer 1 says to myself. Here, kid. s
dime, I says, I wisht you screw down
stairs an buy a couple of packs of pipes,
I says IN wait for you here
when de kid ducks I wainds dat rib
bon clear through de machine an takes it
off. Den 1 holds if up to de light an
sees dat dere is only one letter written
on it an dat you kin read it as plain as
pdntin'. It's addressed to de claim agent
Of de G. r. and L. NJ. railroad, an
I'm wise dat I'm on hot tip. l slips
de ribbon in my pocket, an when de
kid comes back wild de Gigs I makes
quick sneak over to de Honorable Dave
Wards law offs. I knows Dave is on
straight of 1t. I tells him all about how
Tree Twenty-seven an &c switch has
collision an how Evans gifts next to de
old man an strongs him along wild dem
big words.
Yes says de Honorable Dave
expect he is. But how can we prove it?'
90 I got somethin' here I says. an pulls
out de typewriter ribbon.
" What's dat? says de Honorrubble
Dave
q" OATS de Typewriter ribbon I says.
dat Evans has jest bin writin' a letter on
to de claim agent Of the railroad com
pany. It's a new ribboA. an never had
but dis one letter wrote on it
" Where did you git it2' he says.
] pinched it off dis Evans type
writin machine, I says. an de ony way
TO git even wild him is TO play de game
de same way he does I says.
q" I can't fool wild dis, One Forty-two,'
he says. 1t d be unprofessional. he
says. Dat was n dirty trick you played
on Evans he says.
" Dat WASH. no nice trick he an de
Lutte played on Diamond Annie" either.
Mister Ward. I says.
q" %. well, If you put it dat way. One
Forty-two.' he says. GRIMM, suppose
we take a look at what it says on dis
ribbon. anyhow.
I'VE nwinds de ribbon an stretches It I
out an holds it up to de light in front OF
&c window. Every letter on it was as
plain as day. Dis is what it says:
90 Chicago. July s. T.. Justus J. Ju-
lius. Claim Agent G. r and NJ r. r.
Dear Sir: In re the claim OF my client, 1
Charles l. Hall-Dat was Tree Twenty (
sevens regaler name-injured at your 1
crossing On the might OF June = last. I
have 70 report that We VIII accept 500 in T.
tuil of an damages, as you proposed. (
kindly send the amount in cash 20 my
office tomorrow morning before Il o clock. !
Yours truly.
Den down IN one corner It says: Die /
-ated. a r.. Dat was Evans initials.
De HoHorrubble Dave Ward reads de 4
letter over two or tree times. Den he I
says. One Forty-two, you come around /
here at III clock tomorrow u0-uin'. he I
says. wen ketch him wid &c dough IN I.
his sock, before h gifts IL planted he /
says Dis is anProfessional. he SAYS.
but Evans is worse he says.
DE mex moTnin' at 'leven ne an 4
Dave is sitDn in his private offis when
vans comes IN. he knows de F4onorrus- 4
bic Dave IS "A big lawyer, and he don't
11ow Thedder 20 be tickled OF scarf 90 4
leat
Mister Evans. says Dave don't sit
l1Un. I Won't keep you but minute
You represent Cherries L. Hall who hiss
claim Ter damages against TIE G. r.
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