The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-28

As N"'S''' 'u''" SWIM tN hAtlu anu ttloli
y OF any Of the seutler or mere human
emotions, For a lawyer is Of necessity
70 brought into contact With the seamiest
SIDE OF life, as We'll as with Nuotty prob
lens in whose ]untangiiu@ there is no
room Tor sentiment.
y Yet, despite the comic paper Jokes.
d the best lawyer is the lawyer with q
heart and with a conscience which is in
G decidedly good working order. The
d man who does away with heart and con
y science will in the long ran also duawa,
with true success.
e Still, the strain Of constant coptac,
e with tragedy, litigation, perjury. crime
and misery is terrific. Each lawyer
worthy the name has his clients inter
ests at heart, and to a certain degree
must suffer with such clients. That is
why | wonder that the emotions are not
worn out by the time a lawyer has been
in practice ten years
a lawyers memory. too. is a close
packed library Of life histories or Thu .
an nature episodes, more thrilling than
any dime novel II is Of one of these
episodes that am about 10 tell. Also
OF an instance where sympathy with a
client urged me to efforts that might
otherwise have been beyond my SCOPE,
1t was IS years ago this winter that
| was summoned in haste 10 the home of
an old friend and client. Mrs. PashIey.
OF Westchester, ! found Mrs. Pashley
and q sinsnlarIy beautiful Young girl
awaiting me, Both were heartbroken.
The girl was a Miss Foote. who was en-
gagged TO Mrs. PashlCy's only son, How
ara. The cause Of their grief was as
follows:
Chase for Defaulter. ,
Howard PashIey was the Junior part I
ner in a commission house. The cashier +
Of The firm, George Furman by name. had {
stolen a large sum of the company's =
funds and decamped. The theft had been o.
discovered at once. Pashley, acting on n
the theory that the man would not cx- h
peot detection so soon and that he would a
probably 90 home for a few hours before q
making for Canada Or Europe, took the II
next train for the eX-Cashicr's Williams
bridge residence.
His partner had been averso to turn .,
Ing the case over to the police, and had
urged that Pashley try first to catch ~
the man and to persuade or force him r
to give up as much Of The money as re- p
manned unspent. On the chance that r.,
force might be necessary he had urged n
PaShley to carry a revolver on the trip. 81
This the younger man reluctantly had .,
He had not intended to use the in
weapon. but merely to display it if neces- ~
sary to enforce his arguments. A.
Pashley went to Williamsbridgc.
into the street where Furman H..
lived, and met the man face to face. ~,
had been on his way to the an
At sight OF pashIey he dropped nr
his yalise and ran. Pashley called 10 a.,
lin to stop. TIE other quickened his w.,
,ace. AT length, as Furman was gain Er.
ng on him, Pashley drew his revolver. 90,
h%outing: i
''Stop, or III shoot" n.o
A Fatal Shot. or
On The instant Furman halted. tio
'hipped out a pistol and turned on Pasb- thi
~. It was twilight at the time, and fbe att
zen were nearly 50 feet apart. As pasb- stal
y stepped forward Furman fired wit
ashley's %fGrefnger had been On the dist
.iggcr Of his W weapon. and the fash yet
I'd report of the others weapon so Pas
MIN that his gripOn his revolver shO
ghtened convulsively. He thus mad seer
.rtently pulled the trigger, The pistol acre
OF rang out through the dusk, and as Fur
e smoke cleared away the Mortified Yet
tshley saw thurman stretched out at cept
II length on the sidewalk. He threw lev
MS TeFolFef ana rushed to the man
len mans SIDE, only to find the alb saila
onder was already stone dead. n,
Pashley, half insane with the horror behi
having taken a human life. gave him war,
4 up to the police. bi1t,
mother had sent at once for me- take
beg me to take her sons case. The pogsi
81 Oh NOSE Two stricken women was as TO
eou6' Al hTs' attributed It TO their been
+ lest the son and lover be forced TO five
death or imprisonment for his borc
ing I
.fter making close Investigations ,
'eVer' anu questioning the only two with
hesSes Oh the shooting, | returned to from
m with the assurance: As
on heed give yourself no nneasiness. brain
an get Howard off without trouble to thi
IN the facts are known. Two wit. AT,
are READY 10 swear That although " Pre-
TWO Shots were almost simultaneous, let.
man hfed hfSt' IL was a clear case to yer
NO Jury IN the weird. my "a
wing all the facts. can fail to acGutt YET
yard, The facts are all in his favor. was a
beyond temporary inconvenience he body
20 scot Tree not DC
Conscientious Sorrow. Thii
| expected this assurance to r~ons,Ie ley ha
two ladies', | was to be g~rieyouslv Of the
Dpointed. The fact that Howard Pashlt
not in grave danger of loss of lilo at leas
berry had little effect in %assuaglng man h
sorrow. After a few amazed cut on
les from me the truth came out. once p
was not Towards supposed peril and ad
weighed them down one-tentb go Pashle
] as the fact that he had taken a Thea
an life; that he had broken the giytb client
nandment; that the man they both doubt,
ID had the ineradicable stain of
on his hands. r..
~ "Uiua' II Vas not the legal had. in
ne moral aspect Of the affair that shamn
them aghast and heartbroken. bie ,,y,
"ee = stiohe fellgious tempera- Paghley