The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-14


hand. It seems that those three cows
I bought over In Delevan last week
had chattel mortgage on them. The
holder Of 1t wants 500 from me. /
must either pay or be sued. told
him TO sue as soon as he pleased, and
he'll probably summon me tomorrow"
"And you'll have to have a lawyerY'
asked Prue.
"of course, I'm going to drive into
town to see Lawyer Parsons"
"But why not give Mr.. Livingstone
! the caseT"
"Prue Johnson. do you take me for
an idlotw exclaimed the mother in
astonishment do you think l want
to lose 500 and costs, besides $40 more
for lawyer Folks around here think
I'm pretty smart woman, and don't
want to be made laughingstock Of
That bean pole Of young man would
pot know enough to cross examine an
old cow"
Lawyer Parsons, who was the lead
ing member of the bar In the town,
was retained. and the expected sum
mons was served next day. A week
later the suit came on. During the in
terval young Livingstone drove out to
the Johnson farm. Miss Prue had
gone to town to do some shopping, and
the mother was blunt and brusque
The budding attorney almost offered
his services in the coming suit, and the
look he received in reply fingered with
him for many hours. When Prue got
home she was told that there had got
to be a stop to this sort OF thing, but
when she burst into tears and said
she could not help it her mother was
reasonable enough TO reply that maybe
she could not
The girl went to town with the moth
err on the day OF the suit In the court
room shock of surprise awaited her.
Darius Livingstone appeared as counsel
for the complainant Yes, he was there
In ali his dignity. and he didn't seem
bit frightened that 1t was his first
case and that he was matched against
one Of the Oldest and smartest lawyers
IN the county. He nodded to Prue and
would have done the same to her moth
er had she not just then been engaged
In whispering to her daughter:
'Prue Johnson. look over thereI As
true as you live your bean pole OF
young man Is going to take the case
against me! That's another specimen
Of his cheek. You walt, however.
When Parsons gets through with him
there'll be only grease spot left"
Surprise after surprise was the order
Of the day. The plaintiff really had
chattel mortgage on the cows. They
Ind been driven away and sold. In
buying them Mrs johnson had taken
the sellers work. Her lawyer argued
that this was customary, but "bean
pole brought In six Witnesses to prove
70 the contrary Mrs. johnson was
made to admit that she was business
woman and that she had never bought
even chicken without being g1aran-
teed. A dozen errors were made In
her case. and before II was concluded
MIR. Parsons was made to look extreme
~ foolish. The jury gave verdict for
the plaintiff. aud Prue shed tears be-
meath her veil and realized that she
would see no more of Lincoln No. ..
She was in despair when her mother
walked up to the young attorney and
held out her hand, saying.
"Sir, ! am a blunt and plain spoken
woman. You are lop shouldered and
slab sided. You Are as homcly as
hedgehog in March, but you are talk
er and are certain to make good law
yer. II ! ever have n saa-In-law hope
he'll be one of the profession. No.
don't make any excuses, You had n
right to take the other side and | hold
no grudge against You. II you want
TO know how good cheese Is made come
out TO the farm"
Mr.. Livingstone did want to know
He had always been curious about 1t. |
He took early advantage of her offer.
and az last reports he and Miss Prus
had decided to 20 south on their wed.
ding tour
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