| Show me 1 grateful first when henry C smith of at michigan started to practice law ho he had bad as his hill first client a negro and he wom the case the hearing was before a loial loi al and the charge was stealing a ring As his client had employment on a tarn farm outside the town where smith first hung up bis his shingle the young lawyer is said sald to have taken the precaution of hiring a carriage and jiuing out to tle lt e farmer where he be secured promise of the negro a wage ator alfor a few days as his retainer A i made an eloquent pica plea said mr smith yesterday in recounting the pro of that case 1 I did cot not tall lall to ring the changes on the downtrodden race and aad all that sort of thing will the result that my client went free still I 1 bad had a sat sort of lingering suspicion that the verdict was certain ly all my man deserved and the caad was wag over I 1 wanted to be rid of him he continued to haunt my of flee why dont you go out and t nd chase ft around c und ith the boys I 1 said finally in dome impatience ded deed boss I 1 thought yo tee fee war t too ca small an I 1 want yer to accept this lore ere ring and the negro produced from his jeans the he bad had been supposed to have stolen but mr smith refused to accept the proffer of stolen goods |
