Smyrna times., 1907-06-19

aand. 1t seems that those three covv,,
bought over in Delevan last week
had chattel mortgage on them. The
holder of it wants 500 from mo
must either pay or be sued. l told
nm to sue as soon as he pleased and
nell probably summon NE tomorrow
And you'll have to have a lawyer2"
asked Prue.
"Of course. I'm going to drive into
town to see Lawyer Parsons"
But why not give Mr.. Livingstone
the case?"
Frue Johnson, do you take me for
an 1diOt!' exclaimed the mother in
astonishment. do you think I want
10 lose $40 and costs, besides $40 more
for lawyer? Folks around here think
I'm pretty smart woman. and don't
want to be made a laughingstocl, of
That bean pole of a young man would
not 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. weel,
later the suit came on. During the in
terval young Livingstone drove out TO
the Johnson. farm. Miss Prue had
gong to town to do some shopping. and
the mother was blunt and brus0ue
The budding attorney almost offered
his services in the coming suit. and the
look he received in reply fingered with
nome she was told that there had got
to be 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
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, he was there
in all his dignity, and he didn't seem
bit frightened that it 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 there! 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 cheek. You wait, however.
When Parsons gets through with him
therell be only a 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 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
to the contrary. Mrs. Johnson was
made to admit that she was a business
woman and that she had never bought
even a chicken without being guaran-
teed. A dozen errors were made in
her case, and before it was concluded
Mr.. Parsons was made to look extreme
~ foolish. The jury gave a 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 up to the young attorney and
held out her hand, saying:
"Sir, l am blunt and plain spoken
woman. You are lop shOuldered and
slab sided. You are as homely as
hedgehog in March, but you are talk
er and are certain to make a good law
yer. If l ever have a son-in-law hope
he'll be one of the profession. No.
don't make any excuses You had
right to take the other side. and l hold
no grudge against you. If 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 it.
He took early advantage of her offer
and at last reports he and Miss Prue
had decided to go south on their we'd
ding tour u