The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-08
His Victory
Over Women.
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tremes. He was a bright man. hav- |
ing done well at school, at college and |
in the study of his profession. the law
There was nothing to stand in the |
way of his success except intensely |
definite opinions on all subjects and |
great obstinacy in carrying them out
Nevertheless lenard was ovable |
fellow 1t is not the usual man one
loves so much as the unusual. Agatha
Hunt fell desperately in love with the
young attorney. and her love was re-
ciprocated. But Agatha was an heir
ess. and venard was poor. The result
was that during their first "spat"
Agatha. womanlike, said things she
did not mean in reference to the diff
ference Of their pecuniary situations.
Her lover at once asked to be relieved
from his engagement, and all inter-
course between them ceased.
Agatha felt that modesty compelled
her to await advances toward recon-
Citation from Venard, and Venard was
deferred from making advances from
the nature of the case. AS time elapsed
without his hearing anything from
the lady, he made up his mind that he
an. 1t is very easy for a lover to be-
come woman hater and venard
conceived so fierce a hatred for the
opposite sex that he eschewed every
thing in petticoats. He would have
nothing to do with women socially,
would not take law case for
woman
was accommodating an excellent prac-
tice. In just one year he had no prac-
tice at all. 1t was then that fellow
lawyer said to him:
"Ben, you are very stupid. We get
our business on account of peoples i'm
PROJECTIONS. The more imperfect wo-
men are the more law cases come be-
+, fore the courts in which they are con-
cerned."
| One morning the lawyer met with
surprise. A gentleman introducing
himself as Francis B. Armstrong step
ped into Venard's Office and said that
Venard's name had been given him as
a person eminently fitted to conduct an
important case. Mr. Armstrong was
the owner of valuable tract that had
been encroached upon by a railroad
company and was about to lay claim
/ for 100000 damages. He would pay a
salary for services and 20 per cent Of
| the amount recovered. Venard asked
to whom he was indebted for the rec
ommendation, and the man replied that
several persons had done so, especially
as Venard had more time on his hands
than was usual with first class attor-
neys and could give it far better atten-
ton
Venard was delighted. He entered
upon study of the case and made his
preparation with great care. The OPP
posing counsel was an eminent corpO-
ration counsel. and the fact of Nenards
being retained in such IA case at once
led to a revival of his business, Within
half year the trial came on, and Sc
carefully and with such judgment had
Venard laid his plans that he won the
admiration of all persons who knew OF
them and his case. The case was ap
pealed Venard. sure that the grount
of appeal was in error. declined an of
fer Of compromise. Then one day sud
denly his opponents abandoned theil
case and agreed to pay the full amour
of the claim.
The day the papers were passed ant
the money paid Venard was happy
His contingent percentage amounted
to 100000: He was now Independent
Of the Hpurse Proud girl who ba(
thrown her wealth in his face" ant
of every woman In the world. Afte
; all, he had beaten them. The claim
ant, the attorney for the defendan
and venard were together signing pa
: pers, When ell were signed, scale
and delivered the railroads lawye
produced a check for the amount aus
Mr.. Armstrong took it and. turning
over, wrote something ON the bac
and handed 1t to venard venard rea
the face of the check. which was pay
able to Armstrong, then turned it owe
and read, PAY to the order of Agath
Hunt"
The look of establishment on his fac
| was intensified by Mr.. Armstrong, VIII
said:
81 have but small interest In thi
case, though Miss Hunt has brougt
1t all in my name. You are to loo
to her for your percentage of the dan
ages"
When the two men departed. leavin
Venard alone to his thoughts.
turned to his victory over women ger
orally and Agatha Hunt particular,
A minute before he had seen the II
dorsement of the check he had consit
cred himself a free man, over whor
no woman had any right whatever
Now he saw himself suddenly Ell
chained. One way to retain the meas
ure of independence he had had befor
Agatha had become his client occurre
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