Show A rap A lew lease in my y boy said t it ho a old gen gentleman I 1 lo 10 in reply to a question a lease 1 la s a document that inmost ia most wonderfully constructed ted A lease le iso is a contract contri ct that is not lived up to by either party and ana generally not fully understood by either it requires more words to say fi a little in in a lease imse my boy thau than there are in on ono of shakespearean Shakespea rea plays and according to law the whole affair is made as lin involved alved its as it a chinese the only thin thing at all equal ing it in that way being an indictment of forty seven counts carefully drawn in accordance cor dance with tile statutes of the great state of illinois I 1 have known a man mail to bo be crippled for life by the mere inere wf weight ight of an indictment accidentally dropped on oil him it is so cumbersome slid and involved that it frequently slips a COR cog and seriously clogs the machinery of the law but to rc return turn to lenses leases you acee a real estate agent and ho be tel teli layou Ayou the terms on which ho be will rent you a house oran office you understand it and lie understands t aads it and all is clear sailing T until the lease li 13 made out you too look it over and then tell him that you never carried awny away or destroyed a house I 1 in your life and didiot did not know you were suspected ot of such thin thing lie ile informs you that that is merely a legal leal formality and does riot not moan mean anything you find a lot of 0 other formalities and finally say bay why vi hy I 1 thought tile tho arrangement was that I 1 was to have the place for fifty dollars a month keep it in repair and get out it if I 1 tailed failed to pay tho the rent it exactly he be replies then you wonder at the ingenuity of tho the man inan who can use 1500 words to say so little but you sign tho the lease tako take it home study it sonic some more and discover one great grent truth it il is largely devoted to specifying what the party of the first part does docs not have to do anil and what the party of 0 the second pait does have to do a lease my boy chica chicago 0 o tribune |