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Show Altogether too Smart, Chicago News. He was a young man. He had studied law in his father's office and his father finally fin-ally retired and gave the business to him. One day, less than a week after the old gentleman gen-tleman had retired the young man came home and proudly said: "Father, you know the old Gilpin estate case you have been trying for years and years to settle?" "Y'es," answered the father with a 6ugges-tie 6ugges-tie smile. " ell, it did't take me two days to settle after I got at it." "What!" shouted the old lawyer. ''You have settled the Gdpen estate?" "Y'es; and it was just as easy as rolling off. a log." "Well, you infernal idiot, you! Why,that estate has paid the living expenses of our family for four generations and might have paid them for four more if I hadn't left the business to a ninny." |