The Holbrook news., 1909-05-28
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l0 the cOrTluOr TOT tue eleNdlOT- t1eTe you are without a stain or grease spot on your character. You can hold up your head once more and look your fellow man in the eye and hit him In the eye if you want to. You have passed through the ordeal unscathed. The acid test of question and cross question has indisputably shown the true gold of your character. Yes, in- deed, you certainly are to be congrat- ulated."
 That's all right about that" said the client, morosely, but if there's any gold in my character there ain't none anywheres else about me. You took care of that. I'm busted. guess I'll have to touch you for a lit tie. You did soak it to me good and hard.'
 'I merely mentioned what my fee would be for undertaking your case" said the lawyer. You did the rest. Do you think charged you too much?'
 "I think about half what I paid you would have been plenty" replied the CAAChlS IL MdcAl O1 o case. There wasn't nothin' to it. Say, 1t was a pipe"
 Tt was, eh?"
 Sure. I'd have bet my kit O tools against your law liberry that the yer dick would be not guilty afore that jury went out"
 How much do you suppose my h- h,o fe ha lax Do you think that you'd be giving odds?"
 "I know I would" said the client. ''It wouldn't be worth nothin' to me an I wouldn't know where to sell it. No, wouldn't have no use for your books an do know how to use my tools, If do say it"
 That's what the police seemed to think" observed the lawyer.
 ''The nuts. .' growled the client. -If I'd have known!"
 'If you'd have known what?"
 "If I'd have known what they was goin' to testify to. Why, say! There wasn't nothin' against me. Not thing. Anybody could see that they was just tryin' to put up a job on a innercent man."
 ''Is that your ground for asking a rebatef'
 'I oughtn't to have to ask It." said the client. "I ain't goin' to, either. I just leave 1t to you whether you oughtn't to hand me half of what I give you. Why, them fellows didn't know what they was talkin' about. Just as soon as you began to aS.l 'em questions they got all tangled up. They wasn't dead sure of nothin'. They wouldn't have swore to their own nameS.h
 ''They were rather confused when I got through with them, weren't they?" said the lawyer, with a gratified smile.
 "As for that prosecutin' attorney, he didn't know his business, either" urged the client. He started in to wipe up the earth with us. I thought I was in for ten years anyway. don't mind sayin' that he had me bluffed- But he was easy. Easy! It was a shame the way you handled him. He hadn't got no business bring in in the kind of everdence he did, nor yet in askin' the questions he did"
 '.I think I pointed that out to the court"
 Course you did. That was your business An the judge seen 1t the way you did, too. I don't know noth- in about law, but knew you was in the right about 1t It was a walka- way. He was dead wrong all the time Say, I've a notion to sue 'em for dam- ages and false imprisonment. I be- lieve could make it stick"
 ''I think if I were you I'd leave well enough alone.''. advised the law yer. I'm sorry that l can't see my way to return you any part of my fee Next time perhaps you had better just defend yourself-if it's an easy case like this one"
 Not me-" said the client, q ain't takin' no more chances than I have to in the way of business. Could I borrow S10 and pay it back the first money I earnf''
 I'd have to wait too long,"
 'The first money I get. thenT,
 'On that understanding I might spare you S5." said the lawyer.-Chi- cago Daily News.
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