The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-03-27
TT WAS VERY YER 7 PRETTY
s,yr IT DIDN'T WIN THE OLD MAN
WHO WAS SUING FOR DAMAGES.

s,yr IT DIDN'T WIN THE OLD MAN
WHO WAS SUING FOR DAMAGES.
An incident Which Shows xvEee
different Impresaion May be Made
,x a Thousand RoIlnr Bill ana a
Thousand One Dollar BiAls.
"a professional confromiser who
understands his business Is most val
uablc man on the staff of any big rail-
road" said a New Orleans lawyer,
apropos Of nothing III particular. "It is
q great art" he continued, land had
the fact impressed on me by something
rather unusual that happened early In
nv caraef. had been In n'practice only
n wear OF SO. as remember, when
was engaged by certain railroad CON-
pany to represent 1t in damage suit
brought by an ole fellow who had been
hurt at a crossing. I got the job be-
cause the regular attorney and regular
assistant attorney were or: &c town Oh
bigger affairs, and threw myself into
il with unlimited enthusiasm. A little
investigation convinced me, however,
that the company didn't have leg to
stand on, and neither, for that matter,
;!;u :lic claimant, both 0f 'em having
lccn broken above the knee. So ad-
vscd compromise and was told to
settle 1t If could for 81 900.
That fixed limit discouraged me, be-.
cause the suit had been brought for
$4,000, and knew the opposition
lawyers had been filling their client
with rosy hopes, but I thought up
scheme that seemed promising. Tie
claimant was an ignorant old fellow,
who had been a laborer for years. and
took it for granted that he had never
had rs much as 500 ut any one time
in his life. I'll just hypnotize him.
said to myself, and. going to a bank,
got n brand new $1,000 bill. Then
hurried off to his boarding house,
found him in dirty little back room
and made my. proposition for settle
mcnt.
Just as anticipated. he declined 1t
Indignantly. Very well,' said /, pulling
out the bill with n studied carrlessness,
iii that case Ill have to return this
money. But, by the way added. did
you ever happen to see $1,000 bill?
It's quite handsome bit OF paperv To
be candid. was rather awed by the
thing myself, but to my amuzcment he
took it indifferently, glanced at it with
no apparent interest and handed it
back. It's vera pretty he said stolid-
ly and went on s,noking his pipe.
"a few days after this discouraging
experience" the lawyer went on, "Mr
Andrews. the claim agent OF the line,
happened to be in town and dropped in
to inquire about the case. He was q
veteran in the business. but he always
impressed me as being q man totally
destitute of tact. and never could un-,
derstand how he held his Job. He
chuckled when he heard my story. MY
dear boy he ss;G. you simply over
played yourself. You expected that old
man to drop dead at the sigh Of a
$1,000 bill. Why, bless your soul. he
didn't know what 1t meant! 1t was be-
yond the Outposts OF his Imagination.
He was like you yourself when>you
hear an astronomer talk about ten bill.
lion miles. The figure conveys no idea
to your mind. 1T is too big. But. come
with me,1 he added. and III giVe you
On object lesson
II was surprised and plqued, but I
went along, and the first thing An.
drews did was to get $1,000 in 81 bills
at the bank. He cut the slips that held
them together. stacked them up In a
loose heap and wrapped them In a
newspaper. Then he went to the
boarding house and found the old man
sitting In his little back room still
smoking Ills pipe. He didn't seem to
have moved since wus there before.
We'll. Connaily,' said the claim agent
after ~ few general remarks. I've
brought around that $1,000 and want
you to sign receipt in FULL The old
man got angry Immediately. I'll not
do 1t! lie yelled. I'll take what sued
for and not cent less!' You're fool
ish.' said Andrews calmly. mo jury
will give you over $1,000, and your
lawyers will get half of that You'd
better do business with me-
HE had been holding the package of
bills on his knee while he was talking,
and just then he made ar awkward
gesture and knocked 1t of. He grab
bed at 1t wildly as 1t fell and, with one
swoop. scattered the money all over the
sdunlid little ro5m. It covered every
thing-foor, ctS:::--s, table, bed-and
some Of it even went into the wash
bowl. 'Doggone the luck! he shouted.
Here. Connally, lend hand, will you,
and h0yv N'r,,s, y, ~. %,
old man made no reply, bu. sat speech
less and transfixed, while his pipe
slowly slid out of his mouth and fell
into his lap. Meanwhile Andrews
seized broom and began sweeping up
the bills like dry leaves Saints pre-
serve usp. whispered Connally at last,
Still staring stupidity at.fhe litter. How
much is there ]? The $1,000 you don't
want snapped the claim agent and
Kept on sweeping. In ten minutes he
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