The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-30
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Iorigiral.I
George Crawford left the high school
OF his native village 10 go to colleEe
win a View to Becoming q lawyer
How he was to pay his way no one
knew. for he hnd not cent IN the
/ world Moreover. there was love
match between him and his school
4 mate, Maggie Pixiey. the beginning Of
/ which neither could remember me
tnRafr drst began to look serious when
! .ponye went to college. At lenst. It
was then that AIasgie's father first
1 took notice OF 1t and showed his oppo
sition. he reminded his daughter that
she was at marriageable age. while
her lover had four yenrs at college,
t1ree at law school AMI no one could
! tell how many more in getting praes
tfce at his profession. But all this de
! pended on his getting the money to
] pay his expenses. Maggie made up her
mind to wait for George Crawford
George at his entrance to college won
/ q scholarship TINT by dfnt Of rigid
economy helped him through his hrst
year. After that he did odd jobs,
taught. won prizes, thus scraping to-
| gether enough to put him through col
Icge- When It cnme to studying law,
| ing but few hours OF each day. This
gave him what he needed to complete
bis legal education.
/ George was ADVISED ~ most OF his
professors to plant himself IN a large
city, but one of them, differing from
the rest, recommended the country,
where, II the field was smaller, the
| competition was less. George chose the
country and settled in his native VII
lage.
when one finds himself on the wrong
side of a question the more the case
goes ag5eSr. btm the closer he is tempt
] ed to cling 10 Il UlgGie's father was
the notary of the village, and. having
once studied a little law in n country
Office, now found his daughters sutton,
whom he had opposed. looking down on
him from comparatively high legal
pinnacle bis opposition to the match
was more obstinate than It had been
seven years before.
Judge PIxley. as he had come to be
called by his fellow citizens who knew
his weakness In respect TO legal lore,
was the recipient of many small trusts.
One day four men came together to
his office and after asking II he We're
Judge PixIey, laying stress on the
.iutiFe" asked him to take charge OF
1
it again, Offering him n large fee. The
notary, without stopping to Inquire
whence the men came, accepted the
trust and at their request drew up q
receipt, ending with an agreement to
pay over the money when called Tor
to each and every one OF those who
had left 1t with him and to none CT
Them separately This done, they de-
parted.
In few minutes the spokesman OF
rhe party, who had hattered the no
tary. returned and said that he wished
| TO count tie money. PixIey put him
| 1t table with the bills and during the
counting was called for moment Into
another room. When he returned both
he man and che money had vanished
| This was the severest blow the no
| .ary. had ever received. The only prop
erty he possessed was his dwelling,
and he had been years paying or
mortgage upon 1t. To replace the lost
money would require the sacrifice OF
the house and something besides. The
old man was in an agony. He spent
what ready money he had going to the
| city and consulting lawyers, all OF
whom told him that the theft of one OF
the depOsitors did not absolve his IN
| debtedness to the others.
he was not kept long in suspense
In n few days the men, excepting the
thIef. returned and claimed their prop
erty. Not receiving 1t, they entered
suit against Pfxley, and as there was
but little business before the court the
case was soon chilled for trial. There
was no lawyer in the place except
George Crawford, and Pixley had no
money with which to pay lawyer.
Maggie begged George to do something
FOR her father, and the old man was
obliged to intrust his case to the per
SON he so bitterly opposed.
On the day of the trial excellent
counsel appeared on behalf Of the
claimants, who made speeches setting
sorth "the vIllnfuy of the rascal who
mad sought to defraud these honest
men of their dues" Crawford sat
without n protest to these charges, the
raninc Villagers setting him down for
| \ yery poor lawyer for not hurting
them back In the attorneys teeth- Inc
iudge and jury We're not averse to PIX
lev. but they did not see how they
could obey the law and not bnd YER
dict for the plaintiff.
When the case against the defendant
lhad been stated and George arose 1t
was hoped that at last he would make
n fery speech accusing the claimants
of coiIusion besides other crimes ana
set forth the high standing the defend
mt had held In the community. In
stead he called for rending of the re
ceIpt, When the reader came to the
words "shnII pay to the said 0he names
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