The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-03-29
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Once more Jim rose from his chair.
Wont you permit me to say n few
words? There has been n mistake"
There has not, Mr.. Carruthers, un-
less it be your own IN endeavoring to
defend case in which the evidence IS
so palpably in favor of the other side.
On the way back to the office Jim
consoled his client He promised to
appeal the case to the highest court
IN the country.
In his heart he knew that the case of
Mime. Nellie versus Miss Elizabeth
Langham would never be heard in
court again.
When Miss Elizabeth Iangham
emerged from her coupe at q o'clock
that evening she found her household
In an uproar. MathIldc. her maid. was
almost breathless IF you please.
ma am" she gasped, there's Il man in
| the parlor-a sheriff or something.
and he's been holding the best peach
blow vase these two hours. | sent for
the police. The police says he cant
do nothing. lie told the man to wait.
There he is now, ma'am. sitting on the
best gilt chair, With the vase in his
! hand. ma am
The intruder advanced as Miss
I.angham entered the parlor Yes, he
was deputy. There was "A judgment
against Elizabeth Langham In favor
of Nine Nellie. Didn't she remember
the dress she ordered from Nine.
Nellie?
but | sent it back II did not fit"
"Of course" said he suavely, that
may have been the defense. \ iudg
ment is a Judgment however. Will you
pay up or shall | make levy" he add
ed, casting longing giances at the vase.
This shall not 20 unpublished 1t Is
an outrage" said Miss Eangham indig
nantly. wait until | ring up my
friend, Judge Newton"
"Your friend?" The deputy laughed.
you will receive instructions from
him"
Il have received 'em already. 1t was
Judge Newton that entered the judg
ment against you. Here are the papers
This is his own writing"
One glance satisfied Miss Langham.
She babe Mathllde bring her check
book IN pay" she said In the
meantime You may release that vase
1t Is hardly IL tea store souvenir"
That same evening james Garruthers
sat in his den, reading Dante's Infer
no lie had finished THE Sorrows of
Werther" the day before At his elbow
still to he perused, lay The Joy of Llv=
ing"
The telephone bell tangled twice, but
he did not hear At the third call he
rose from his chair \ moment later
the volume went speeding on It's way
across the room.
This Is Jim's end of the conversation
that followed:
Represent you in the natter Glad
| ly. Paid It, You say? Tried TO take
oh. my! Newton? Beastly impudencei
Called tonight after all that happened?
! You treated him right Yes, d-ea-rI-e.
In ten minutes
The next morning Jim Informed his
stenographer gleefHlly that the Nine.
Nellie matter was settled out OF court
and that she might retain the dress AS
gift. Later he called upon the deputy
sheriff
Il am sorry, counselor" said the Off
cial. that duty compelled me to go
| against your client. Funny thing how
we collected it. / found the defendant
resided at Sixth avenue. l saw 1t
In the court record. She said so. Those
are flats and, says /, that judgment
amt no good Afterward some one
rings this Office up and tells me the de
PENDANT didn't live there at all. Says
she was II swell and lived around the
corner in FIFTY seventh street He was
right too. She paid up like II lamb. |
wonder who it was that tipped us of?
We got the money all right. But, say,
a guy that'll give away II lady like that
is as mean as dirt. Eli, jim r
"Well, that depends" replied Jim
upon the motive"