The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

fir me frinds as he told tn story iv me life he wept, an 1 wept, too, al though this was tn first I'd heerd iv it. niver cud feel that he was doin' it fir thirty dollars. An thin whin he come to dhrag out tn authorities to support mel 1 wint to law with ye because I was cross an wasn't sure whether l cud lick ye in a rough-an'- tumble fight but, whin me lawyer be- gin to talk, I seen at wanst that l was in coort to perform a disagreeable jooty in tn inthrest iy civvylization an humanity Tn decisions were all on my side Be hivens, 1t looked as though they were all written with an eye to this particylar case. It didn't make amy diff'rence whether tn de- cision was about tn capture iv fugitive slaves or consarnin tn goold standard, it fitted onto my case as though it had been measured fir it. Dye raymimber Grogan? He was my lawyer In thim days whin I had wrongs that l dldn propose to have thrampled on. l took thim to Grogan, an Grogan presinted thim to tn coort. Dear me, but twas n threat to see an hear him. He'd been a pedar in his youth, an ye cud baar hic voice as far as tn Indyanny state line. Whin he talked 10 tn judge we'd think he was hollerin' insthruc- lions to a shipwrecked sailor against th' wind. I can see him now as ne lnelt on tn flure. aan' called Heaven to witness th' justice iv his cause, or stalked acrost tn room to where me opponent saat an hissed in his ear, 'Polthroon' Whin he spoke iv tn other lawyer as me larned brother he done it in such way that ye ex- pected tn other lawyer to reach fr gun. An it wasn't all talkin', ayether Twas tn hardest kind iv exercise. His arms were always in motion. He wud bate tn table with His fist till tn coort house thrembled. He wud shake his head till ye wud think he'd shake ti off. If he was tn lawyer in case iv assault an batthry he'd punch him. silf in tn jaw an fall over chair to show tn jury how it happened. If twas a murdher thrile he'd pretind to shoot himsilf through tn heart an sink to tn ground dead with his head in waste-paper basket an his foot in iurymaan's lap. If twas a breech iv promise suit he'd kneel on tn flure III ITOnJ " d Jul Lloh SAAe'| iSohSN SSA" an beg him to be his. There was no | kind iv acrobat that ye 1ver see in a l circus that cud give annything to , Grogan. An whin he'd filled tn air with beautiful language an baten tn coort room furniture into sllvers he'd sink down in his chair overcome be
 his emotions, with tn tears pourin' firm his eyes. an give ye tn wink firm behind his handkerchief.
 "He was tn great man, an whln tn likes iv him were alive twas some fun goin' to law. But now, mind ye, if ye consult lawyer he receives ye l in his office, looks out iv tn window while ye'er tellin' tn story iv tn crool
 wrong done ye be ye'er neighbor, taps his nose with his eyeglasses an says:
 'Ye have perfectly good case. I ad-
 wise ye to do nawthin'. Ninety-four
 dollars, please. Oh, If ye insist on
 thryin' tn case, I'll sind tn office boy
 over with ye. He always riprisints
 tn firm in coort' Don't ye iver go
 into coort?' says I. What wud I be
 doln' in smelly coort room tallin' up
 to a man that was me chief clerk last
 year.? says he. No, sir, tn law Is a
 diff'rent profissyon firm what it was
 whin Dan1 Webster an Rufus Choate
 an thim gas bags used to make a
 mighty poor Twin be shoutin' at judges