Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-05
QUEER FEES OFLAWYERS
BURGLARS LOOT AND FARM PRO.
DUcE AS RETAlNERS.
Even the Old Practitioners DO Not Al
ways Get Cash Fecs-A Crooks spoon
Literally Washed Away Her Mar
riage Ties-Lodge Secrets ~ a Fec.

large fees paid TO attorneys for Serv-
Ices which seem trlfiing in comparison.
but 1t is only sometimes, not always.
that such fees are paid. The boy who
Is educated for the law, who thinks
that within 4 year after he "hangs out
his shingle" he will have practice
which will insure him n competence.
will find that he is ''up against" an en-
tircly different proposition when he
enters on his chosen career. Even the
old lawyers do not always get cash
fees and the stories Of queer fees that
have been paid to Milwaukee lawyers
alone would fill n vol me. burglars
loot. farm p: 'ducc, labor of all de.
scriptions, almost everything imaGin-
able would appear on the list.
The story of fee told by one young
lawyer Is one of the kind whore Il
lawyer does not like to have his name
mentioned, hut it probably wasn't his
fault. A visitor was in the bachelors
den of the young lawyer, when he
noticed an engraved spoon hanging by
ribbon among some photographs, -
though 1t might be relic of some sen
timental collcgians love affair.
THAT spoon is my fee for clearing n
client one time" said the owner of
the decoration. II had that given 10
me after I defended old Fill bradley,
the burglar. Bradley had been mr..
rested charged with having robbed Il
/ house up in the fashionable part OF
the town, and among other things it
was charged that he had made way
with a set OF silverware. He sent
for me, and the way he told his story
l thought he was right and had not
| mixed up in the burglary.
"Wcll. he told me lie had no money,
but said he would make it all right
with me some day If did get him out
Of his trouble, so l went in and worked
hard, and finally cleared him. \ few
days after he had thanked me ard
gone clear, without paying me, he
drifted into my office and said he had
been trying to scrNpe up some money
| for me, but couldn't. Then he reached
in his pocket and gave me that spoon,
one of the set had just acquitted him
Of stealing. If took the spoon back
l would convict myself of having de-
Tended Il man l knew to be guilty, 50
l left 1t where yolt see it. think
something of it, too, especially as old
| Bill was killed while stealing ride
toward Chicago few days nfterward.
when was prat ticing up North"
said Judge w. II. Halsey, Il had Il fec
in kind that | appreciated as much as
have $500 fees at other times. l had
defended an old farmcr in small suit,
though | Gid not expert to get any pay
from him. The suit was decided IN
our favor, and the old farmer and his
wife went home. Sor,e months after
ward the two came into my office
with Il package and q bundle tied up
in handkerchief. The package was d
roll Of butter. the handkerchief bundle
was haZlenuts, and from the old farm.
ers pockets came tlgo big rosy
checked apples. That butter, apples
and nuts fee was as satisfactory to
me as any ever receiS ed"
John +. Donovan has picture en-
titled my After the Carnival Dream"
which was drawn for him in the coun-
ty Jail by J. Matt Aubery last sum
mcr The sketch had some typical
carnival ones surrounded by some OF
the types the artist saw. Mr.. Donovan
has this sketch framed es real work
Of art. to represent the appreciation Of
his services that one client felt.
For ten years l have never paid to
have an umbrella mendoza said one
lawyer. "The rich landlord of tho
story book style wanted the store the
old crippled umbrella man was using
for shop, and started to force the old
fellow out. fixed him so shat he was
allowed to stay, and ever since that
have taken my rain shields to him
for the fee mendng. That MAS all the
fee received for that case, 500"
II had the secrets Of my own lodge
offered to me as payment ftr sery-
ice," said one attorney whu belongs
to several secret orders. II was sit
ting in my office one day whel we'll
dressed woman came in and wanted
advice. Her husband. to VIZ ON she
was but recently married, was Il menL
Der OF secret society
81 think it's perfectly horrid of him
too she said, TO have secrets and no;
to tell them to me. When he r,arricd
me he said he would share everything
with me, and the first thing ask, nj
most, he won't do. Can't you make
HING
II asked her to what lodge he h".
lcnged, and she told me the NAME o.
an order of which I myself was Il
member Then she went on:
az tell you what, if you will max
him tell them to me, l will tell thelp /,
you to pay you for making him d"
what l want. That's fair. isn't ltI !
should think you would like to know
such things. Need them in your bust
ness, you know
II didn't accept that Fee"
II had good offer from one womsn
that did accept" continued the Il.
torney, "for it was too good to refrls,.
although it was not in cash. l ha !
represented her in an action for d.
vorce, and after the suit had been woi.
she wanted me to accept part paymcn;
in handmade lace. The samples o,
lace she showed me were exquisite,
so told her 1t would be all right. Sh"
gave me about ten yards Of the lace,
and it was worth every cent Of what
was credited her for it,
II was paid in washing for divorce
secured" said J. II. Paul. "A WON
an came to L one time with tale Of
woe about her husband. and wanted
me to get q divorce for her. She sail
she didn't want any work done for her
for nothing, but that she was not able
to pay mon,.y. She would do my
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