The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-10-15

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land 1t seems that those three cows
bought over in Delevan last week
had chattel mortgage on them. The
holder Of Il wants 500 from me. |
must either pay or be sued. | told
him 70 Sue rs soon NJ he pleased. and
he'll probably summon me tomorrow.
.And you'll have to have lawyer?'
asked Prue.
.Of course. TIN going to drive into
town to see Lawyer Parsons"
"But why not give Mr.. Livingstone
the case2
@Prue Johnson, do you take me for
an idiotw exclaimed the mother In
establishment. do you think want
to lose 500 and costs, besides $40 more
for lawyer? Folks around here think
I'm pretty smart woman. and don't
want 10 be made laughingstock Of.
That bean pole Of young man would
not know enough to cross examine an
old cow" &C.. -:
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, ami
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
horae she was told that there had got
to be n stop to this sort OF thing, but
when she burst into tears and said
she could not help II her mother was
reasonable enough to reply that maybe
she could not.
The girl went to town with the moth
er on the day Of the suit. In the court
room shock OF surprise awaited her
Darius Livingstone appeared as counsel
for the complainant. Yes, lie was there
in all his dignity. and he didn't seem
a bit frightened that II was his first
case and that he was matched against
one Of the Oldest and sma-tcst lawyers
In the county. He nodded to Prue and
would have done the same to her moth
err had she not just then been engaged i
In whispering to her daughter:
'Prue johnson. loOs over thcral As
true as you live your bean pole Of a
young man Is going to take the case
against me. That's another specimen
Of his cheel: You wait. however.
When Parsons gets through with him
there'!l be only grease SPOT left"
Surprise after surprise was the order
OF the day. The plaintiff really had a
chattel mortgage on the cows. They
had been driven away AMI 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
to the contrary. Mrs. Johnson was |
made to admit that she was n business |
woman aad that she Lad never bought |
even a chicken without being guaran. |
teed. 4 dozen errors were made I'm /
her case. and before II was concluded |
Mr.. Parsons was made to look extreme
" foolish. The jury gave u verdict for
the plaintiff. and 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 mp to the young attorney and
held out her hand. saying:
"sir. I am blunt and plain spoken
woman. You are Iop shouldered and
slab sided. You are as homely as a
hedgehog in March. but you are a talk
er and are certain TO make good law
yer. IL I ever have a son.in.law hope
he'll be one Of the profession. No.
ion't make any excuses. You had a
right to take the other side. and I hold
no sr':dg' against you. II you want
10 kno-'' how gool cheese Is made come
1ut . tht :a-'n."
SIR. Livingstone did want to know
He hi airf'ys becl curious about IT,
lie too ea:'y a9rIa:age OF her Offer.
md at last rgp1r's he and Miss Prue
lad decided to - south on their we'd.
Ing tour.